Dachser launches new fixed LCL connections between Rotterdam and Asia

Dachser, a logistics company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, has announced the launch of new fixed Less than Container Load (LCL) connections between the port of Rotterdam and various ports in Asia with fixed departure times.

Since the end of 2023, Dachser has been setting up weekly LCL export connections from Rotterdam to the ports of Shanghai, Nhava Sheva and Dubai (as a hub for distribution within the Gulf States) and LCL import connections from Shanghai and Shenzhen to Rotterdam.

More LCL connections will be added in 2024.

For these LCL connections, Dachser uses its consolidated container.

LCL service

LCL is very advantageous for customers who do not fill a full container with their shipment. Customers then share both the space and the cost of a container. This is not new for Dachser in Benelux, but what is new is that Dachser now loads and unloads shipments in their own logistics facility weekly at fixed times. Consolidating in its own container does not involve co-loaders, which eliminates an interface in both ports. By eliminating these links, the entire logistics chain is managed by Dachser.

The export shipment is picked up from the sender in Europe through Dachser’s network and then transported by truck to a Container Freight Station (CFS) in a Dachser warehouse. Here, the shipment is bundled into a container together with shipments from other customers.

From the CFS, the container is shipped to the other continent then, where Dachser’s Air & Sea Logistics office takes care of the import operations and delivery to the final destination.

For LCL shipments incoming from overseas into Europe, the LCL consolidation containers are brought to a CFS at the nearest Dachser branch. Here the shipments are unloaded and customs cleared, only to be delivered to the final recipient through the Dachser network.