Sea freight
Full container load in a dedicated 20ft or 40ft box, or shared space priced per cubic metre. 6-8 weeks door-to-door from the UK, the US and Europe; 4-6 weeks from Australia.
Ship your home or business to Bali
Sea freight, air freight and full 20ft or 40ft containers from the UK, Australia, the US and Europe — through customs at Benoa or Ngurah Rai, and delivered to your door in Bali.
from USD 3,000
20ft container, door-to-door
- Operating since
- 2017
- Shipments into Indonesia
- 1,500+a year
- 20ft containers into Benoa
- 300+a year
- Client satisfaction, 2023
- 98%
Precision, and a price you can plan against
London to Denpasar is over 12,000 kilometres. We manage that distance from your origin — a suburb in Sydney, a town in the Cotswolds — through to your door in Canggu or Ubud: inventory, packing, documentation, and the Indonesian import rules that decide whether any of it clears.
A 20ft container holds around 28-30 m³, which is a 2-3 bedrooms household. A 40ft holds 56-58 m³, enough for 4+ bedrooms or a commercial consignment. Below about 12-15 m³ you are better off in a shared container, and we will say so.
Goods route through established lanes — often transhipped at Singapore — into Port of Benoa, Denpasar, or via Tanjung Perak, Surabaya for the onward domestic leg. Air cargo clears at Ngurah Rai International (DPS). Which one your shipment takes is a cost-and-time decision, not a default.
Sea or air — the trade, stated plainly
Most of this decision is settled by volume. Once a shipment passes about 1-2 m³ or 150-200 kg, sea wins on cost by a margin air cannot close. Below it, the calculation flips.
Sea freight
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6-8 weeks door-to-door
From most Western origins; 4-6 weeks from Australia and Southeast Asia.
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FCL or shared
A dedicated 20ft or 40ft container, or USD 150-300 per m³ in a shared one.
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Furniture and volume
Household goods, appliances, stock, building materials.
Split the shipment
Air freight
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3-7 days door-to-door
Courier-style express runs 2-5 days plus local clearance.
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Priced by the kilo
USD 5-15 per kg, minimum charge USD 200 to 500.
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Urgent and high value
Documents, samples, electronics, replacement parts.
What we handle
Four things, and the paperwork that holds them together
Freight is the easy part. What decides whether a shipment lands on schedule is the documentation, and that is where the work is.
Air freight
3-7 days door-to-door into Ngurah Rai International (DPS), charged on actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher. For documents and small parcels, courier at USD 50 to 200 and USD 100 to 500.
Customs clearance
HS classification, PIB or PIBK, and submission ahead of arrival so clearance starts before the vessel berths. Duty runs 0% to 40% of CIF value, plus VAT at 11%.
Door-to-door delivery
Export-grade packing, container loading and sealing, port charges, then delivery across Bali — Seminyak, Sanur, Uluwatu, Canggu — with unpacking and debris removal on request.
How it works
From first message to the last box unpacked
Four steps. The quote is itemised before anything is collected, and the figures in it are broken out by line rather than rolled into one number.
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Survey and quote
A video walkthrough or an in-home visit sets the volume. You get back a mode comparison, a container recommendation and a line-by-line quote — typically under 24 hours.
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Packing and collection
Export-grade packing, custom crating for fragile items, an itemised inventory with photographs, then a high-security bolt seal whose number you are given.
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03
Freight and documents
Bill of lading or air waybill, commercial invoice, packing list, and any ISPM 15 or phytosanitary certificate the cargo needs. Filed electronically before arrival.
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Clearance and delivery
Duties and taxes settled on your behalf against a transparent breakdown, then delivery to the room, furniture reassembled and the packing taken away.
We audit your inventory against the Indonesian Lartas list before the booking is confirmed. A seizure at Benoa costs more than the hour it takes to check.
Three levels of service
The same freight, with different amounts of it handled for you. Figures are working budgets from our published service page, not quotations — the real number comes from your inventory.
Port-to-port
5-8 m³ shared container
You deliver the cargo to our warehouse. We ship it, and truck it on in Bali if you want that leg.
- Sea freight to Indonesia
- Origin and destination terminal handling
- Optional trucking to your Bali address
- You handle packing and clearance
Most chosen
Door-to-door full service
40ft container, 3-4 bedrooms
Everything handled, including the parts people underestimate: crating, insurance and reassembly.
- Professional export packing and crating
- Furniture disassembly and reassembly
- High-coverage marine insurance
- Delivery into rooms, packing removed
None of the figures above include Indonesian import duty, which runs 0% to 40% of CIF value plus VAT at 11% and depends on customs' own valuation. Marine insurance is 1% to 3% of declared value. Quarantine fees and villa access works are quoted separately.
What it travels in
What your goods travel in
All three are ISO 668 boxes, sealed at origin and opened at destination. Which one you need is a volume question, and it is worth getting right — a half-empty container is the most expensive way to ship.
20ft · 28-30 m³
A 2-3 bedrooms household with furniture, appliances and personal effects. Door-to-door from USD 3,000 to USD 7,500 depending on origin, packing level and insurance.
40ft · 56-58 m³
4+ bedrooms, or household goods combined with business stock. Usually only 20-40% more than a 20ft, so the cost per cubic metre is lower.
Shared container (LCL)
Under about 12-15 m³ you pay only for the space you use, USD 150 to USD 300 per m³. Consolidation adds a week or two at each end.
Before you ask
Frequently asked questions
The route
Where your shipment actually lands
Ocean cargo arrives at Port of Benoa, Denpasar, or at Tanjung Perak, Surabaya for the onward domestic leg when the vessel is too large to call at Bali. Air cargo clears at Ngurah Rai International (DPS). From either, we truck across the island.
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Origin port
Felixstowe, Port Botany, Los Angeles, Rotterdam and the other lanes we run
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Singapore
The usual transhipment point for Europe and Australia
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Port of Benoa
Bali's international sea gateway, in Denpasar
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Tanjung Perak
Surabaya, for vessels too large to call at Bali · adds 3-5 days
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Ngurah Rai (DPS)
Air cargo clearance
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Delivery across Bali
Seminyak, Canggu, Ubud, Sanur, Uluwatu and beyond
Tell us what you are shipping
Send your origin, a rough inventory and when you need it in Bali. You get back a mode comparison, a container recommendation and a written quote — typically under 24 hours.
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