Ocean Freight

Global carrier contracts, space guarantees and variable price options to keep our customers cargo moving.
TEU <br /> shipped

100K

TEU
shipped

Trade <br /> Lanes

250+

Trade
Lanes

Consignments managed

100K

Consignments managed

Full/Less than Container Load - FCL/LCL

  • Complete visibility end-to-end via MVT
  • Strategic MCC hubs
  • Established services worldwide

Roll on Roll off (RoRo - H&H)

  • Finished vehicle logistics
  • High & Heavy, industrial, agricultural
  • Global PCC and PCTC RoRo

Conventional & Project

  • Bespoke programme of solutions
  • Oil and gas/energy and power
  • Charter services available by all modes

Ocean News & Insights

  • Port Labour Disputes Ease as Carriers Adjust Capacity

    North European ports are recovering from a turbulent October marked by strikes, slowdowns, and strategic capacity withdrawals that continue to test... Read more

  • Asia Air and Ocean Rates Edge Higher — For Now

    After months of volatility and gradual rate decline, airfreight rates on key Asia–Europe and trans-Pacific lanes are climbing as capacity tighten... Read more

  • USTR Port Fee Shockwave Hits Chinese Shipping and Vehicle Carrier Sectors

    The U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) newly imposed port fee regime is massively impacting container and roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) operators, infl... Read more

  • When the Suez Canal Comes Back Online: Hidden Risks for Supply Chains

    With hopes rising of stabilising conflict in the Red Sea region, analysts are increasingly considering what it would mean if shipping lines resume ... Read more

  • One Minute Late, Thousands Lost: U.S. Customs Tightens Enforcement Across All Modes

    In U.S. trade compliance, even a one-minute delay can be costly. Recent cases show importers and logistics partners facing thousands of dollars in ... Read more

  • Carriers Pull Sailings and Add GRIs as US Port Fees Add New Cost Layer

    Container lines are tightening capacity to defend freight rates just as new U.S. port fees on China vessels start on 14 October—costs that carrie... Read more

  • Rotterdam Strike Suspended as Europe’s Port Disputes Worsen

    Europe’s container ports may see a short reprieve following a court-mediated agreement to pause a major strike at the Port of Rotterdam, but broa... Read more

  • Transatlantic Sea Freight Steadies

    The North Europe to US, transatlantic trade-lane, is settling into a more predictable rhythm, after a trade deal and took much of the guesswork out... Read more

  • Blank Sailings, GRIs and a Typhoon Disrupt Asia Shipping

    Shippers moving goods out of Asia are bracing for the tightest space and schedule disruptions as the major container shipping lines accelerate blan... Read more

Case Study

We never “tyre” of getting it right

Working with this global tyre brand for 30 years, Metro manages deep-sea inbound raw material flows and daily bulk dispatch of containerised exports of finished products to numerous destinations across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US.

The quality products developed by this client must be protected from contamination, which means that containers must be clean, dry and odour free.

Working directly with the carriers Metro’s account team only position food grade (CDOF) containers.

Containers are supplied on a drop and swap basis, to allow time for inspection and sweeping prior to loading.