Sea-Air Service

Where ocean is too slow but air is not needed, Toll’s Sea Air solution may be the answer. Combining the advantages of economy and speed, the Sea Air solution is often the perfect balance. As always, you are kept up to date with your shipment’s progress though our state of the art technology and global air and sea freight teams.

Sea Air can be up to 80% faster than ocean freight for a fraction of the cost. Our team are adept at helping you assess what the right solution is for you in order to streamline your supply chain requirements.

How does it work?

Your cargo will be shipped via container vessel from Asia to our main transit point in Dubai where the goods are transferred within a few hours to airfreight pallets. Your cargo then proceeds via air to the international airport next to you where trucks pick it up immediately and deliver it to your warehouse.

Ecological Advantages

Our combined Sea-Air service is not only an economical alternative for urgent goods but also saves CO2 emissions and thus offers a more ecological option to pure airfreight services. We have compared both modes of Sea-Air and Airfreight on a transport from Shanghai to Central Europe, where Sea-Air was able to achieve a significant reduction of 45% of CO2 emissions.

By using Sea-Air, the amount of post-carriage trucking is less than with pure sea freight since the goods arrive at the nearest international airport rather than having to be trucked across the country from the ports located on the coast.

Suitable Commodities

Generally all types of commodities are suitable for Sea-Air Transport, even fragile, heavy, or high-value goods. If you are unsure whether your goods are suitable for Sea-Air Transport please do not hesitate to contact us, we will be glad to find out for you.

Since the second half of the transport is executed via air, the same general regulations about dangerous and hazardous goods apply as for pure airfreight.

Geographical Areas covered

We serve all international ports in Far East and India, and supply all destinations in Europe, Africa, North and South America. Dubai provides the most effective and reliable performance for our Sea-Air flow, combining geographical advantages and outstanding local infrastructure. If the final destination is in Europe, for example, our sea freight does not waste time by routing around Western Europe and our airfreight has the flexibility to serve Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Europe–following the needs of the cargo itself.