Get Your Spot Rate

Generally speaking, a spot rate is a one-off rate for shipping goods. Spot rates fluctuate and can be higher or even lower than standard rates, depending on market conditions.At Hapag-Lloyd, we provide spot rates with additional priorities.

When you choose a Hapag-Lloyd spot rate, you will get prioritize equipment and fulfillment, including loading, for your chosen vessel and route. Once you submit your booking, you will also receive instant confirmation.

The price is available for three hours, as long as you stay in the web application. Once the time is up or you close the application, the price is no longer valid and you need to submit a new request.

Your booking will be confirmed instantly by email.

Yes. However, if you decide to cancel your Quick Quotes Spot booking, it will be subject to local policy. Following amendments are subject to amendment fees as per local tariff: Merge and split of bills of lading and split of bookings as well as change of booking commodity.

Once your booking is confirmed, changes are not allowed – in almost all circumstances. The only exception are “soft amendments.” These include changes to your customer reference, cargo description, adding inland at destination, or container pick-up location. It is also permissible to change the specified weight of permissible cargo up to +3 TON (the weight change only applies to the extent that it does not trigger a heavy-lift surcharge that is different from the one set forth in the rate confirmation and that is subject to the tonnage limit as per standard rules). Please note that soft amendments are allowed only once per confirmed booking.

QQ Spot is designed to provide greater shipment reliability through priority handling (equipment and/or loading, depending on the service scope). If Hapag-Lloyd is unable to fulfill your booking, the product does not include monetary compensation for cancellations, non-loading, rollings, or delays.

Quick Quotes Spot is our voyage-based pricing product, providing a rate that is valid for a specific voyage. It is designed for customers who are ready to book on the selected voyage and want to benefit from priority loading, even if this comes at a premium price. You will also receive an instant booking confirmation, allowing you to complete your booking quickly and efficiently.

If you require a Shipping Guarantee for your Quick Quotes Spot booking, you can purchase it either as an Additional Service during the quotation process or after the booking has been placed.
Quick Quotes provide more flexibility by giving you additional time to review quotes before deciding to book. They can also be used multiple times within the validity period.

Yes, Quick Quotes Spot is available for all customers worldwide.

Containers for dry cargo – 20 STD, 40 STD, and 40 HC – operating reefer cargo containers (Freight All Kinds) and non-operating reefers are covered by Quick Quotes Spot. Special equipment (in-gauge or out-of- gauge) are currently excluded.  

Quick Quotes Spot is currently available for Freight All Kinds (FAK) and in certain trades also for commodities. For now, commodities are only available for standard containers.

Quick Quotes Spot is not available for Dangerous Goods nor for Special Handling cargo, such as, but not limited to: Flexitank, Hides – Wet, Blue, Lithium Battery, Metal Scrap, Logs/Timber, Military Cargo, Foodgrade, Active Carbon, Carbon Black, Charcoal.

Yes, it is available for inland at origin and destination.

No, a Quick Quotes Spot rate confirmation is valid for a specific departure and cannot be used to place further bookings. 

Loading priority means that, in case of a full vessel situation, Quick Quotes Spot shipments will be prioritized over standard Quick Quotes.

However, Quick Quotes Spot shipments may still be deselected if required due to operational constraints. While Quick Quotes Spot offers a higher loading priority, loading cannot be guaranteed in all circumstances. In the unlikely event of a rollover, no monetary compensation will be provided by Hapag-Lloyd.

Yes*, you can select equipment from a predefined list of depots in Quick Quotes Spot.**

*Exception applies

**A change of the container pick-up location is acceptable, however, the provision of the container at the new location is subject to availability and not guaranteed.

We offer our regular on-carriage services with priority for Quick Quotes Spot shipments.

You can add the Shipping Guarantee service during the New Quote process, in Step 3 – Additional Services, or purchase it after your booking has been confirmed.

Yes, a Quick Quotes Spot shipment can be combined with one or more Quick Quotes Spot shipments into one bill of lading, and it will be charged with an amendment fee. 

Yes, split bookings are allowed and will be charged with an amendment fee. 

The standard free-time allowance applies for Quick Quotes Spot bookings. However, you may purchase Additional Freetime packages, which are available in our Online Business Suite and subject to the product’s terms and conditions.

In the event that the cargo is transported from/to Territories of the United States, it is required to comply with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) regulations. Depending on the booking party figure, the following cases are possible:

• If the booking party is the cargo owner, nothing additional is needed.
• If the booking party is an NVOCC with a registered FMC license, the FMC license number must be provided to Hapag-Lloyd.
• If the booking party is a freight forwarder who acts as an agent of a cargo owner or as an agent of an NVOCC, a Letter of Authority (LOA) is required.

For more details, please read our Terms and Conditions.

You are entitled to book a maximum of 20 containers per booking, subject to a maximum of 100 TEU per voyage.

Only FAK commodities are allowed for Quick Quotes Spot shipments. For commodity exceptions for Operated Reefer containers please refer to the General Information page in our tariff section.

You can find more information on our reefer cargo page.

Partly. You can add HL LIVE to your Spot booking, whereas Controlled Atmosphere (Special Atmosphere) and Cold Treatment as optional reefer services are not part of Quick Quotes Spot for now.

Yes, inland pre-carriage offers are limited to the application of gensets to ensure safe transportation.