Quick Quotes - Container Shipping Rates

The free-time allowance for Hapag-Lloyd depends on your routing. You can find details here. If you require more leeway, you can use our Additional Freetime option to buy up to 10 extra days when you place your booking.

Quick Quotes Spot rates have a shorter validity – use Spot when you are ready to book and need to guarantee fulfillment, even if it comes at a premium price. You will also get an instant booking confirmation, so you can get on with your day. Our standard Quick Quotes rates give you extra time to review quotes with customers before deciding to book. For added reassurance, they can be purchased with an additional Shipping Guarantee.

Please check the validity in the quotation, as it may differ depending on the origin and destination. Use our “valid-from” option to select the starting date for validity.   

No, the validity of the offer cannot be extended. You can, however, simply submit a new Quick Quotes request to get a valid quote at a later date.

Quick Quotes is an online pricing tool that gives you container shipping rates based on which you can place a booking instantly. There is no option to negotiate these rates online.

Your Quick Quotes contain a fixed SEA. No GRI applies during the validity of the offer. Surcharges are subject to change and are  valid at the time of the shipment.

Most but not all surcharges are included. Please see local surcharges and inland costs associated with your cargo for details.

All charges are either export- (origin), import- (destination), or sea-freight-related. Depending on the agreement between shipper and consignee, the charges either have to be prepaid or collected (there might also be legal requirements in some countries).  

Yes, simply select the equipment type “Reefer” or “Non-operating Reefer” to receive a Quick Quote for your shipment.

At this time, the reefer feature is available for fresh and frozen cargo only. It is not possible to quote controlled-atmosphere cargo. Please check our FAK definition. If you would like an offer for controlled-atmosphere reefers, please contact your local sales office.

Yes, you can get a quotation for open-top, flat-rack and hard top containers. Please note that rates will only apply for in-gauge cargo, out of gauge cargo is excluded. You can use our Special Cargo Quotes or to contact your local Hapag-Lloyd office to get an out of gauge quotation.

Yes, Quick Quotes is also available for dangerous cargo shipments. Nevertheless, IMO Classes 1 and 7, Military Cargo, Waste Shipments and Lithium Batteries are excluded. Please contact your local Hapag-Lloyd office to get a quotation.

Please check the FAK definition for the exempt commodities. On certain trades, there might be commodity-based rates available that you can see by clicking on “Check commodities.” Hazardous goods and out-of-gauge cargo are generally excluded from Quick Quotes.

Yes. SOC is available for Quick Quotes. Simply mark the checkbox during the Search and get a quote for your SOC shipments with
Dry, Reefer, Non-Operated Reefer or Tank Containers. Please find more information about our SOC Procedure .

Certain commodities can damage the reefer container during stuffing, transport, or unstuffing. Because of the specific construction of reefer containers, the following commodities are not allowed to be loaded into our reefer containers:

• Heavy packages with rough and/or sharp edges and machinery parts that cannot be lashed and secured properly. That can damage the floor, e.g., cargo with more than 3 metric tons weight per running meter.
• Soiled and/or odorous cargo, such as hides or menthol.
• Cement and other similar powders in bags.
• IMO cargo unless approved by Dangerous Goods department.
• Bulk cargo such as grain, scrap metal, etc.
• Potentially corrosive substances (non-dangerous cargo).

For ethical reasons, Hapag-Lloyd does not transport any species that are seriously endangered and on the so-called “red list of threatened species”, e.g., whales, dolphins, sharks etc.  

Yes,  with our Additional Freetime option, you can easily purchase import detention free time at a discounted price.

You can look for a location using the UN/LOCODE or the full location name. Searching via ZIP codes is not possible.

Please make sure that we service the selected routing. When in doubt, you can check our service network.  

If the quotation includes a start or an end location that is not a seaport, our system provides the best routing option if available. If a different port of loading or discharge is required, the “Advanced routing” button will give you the option to enter your desired port and you will get a new Quick Quote with this routing.

Yes, you can send the quotation to a different email using the text box at the bottom of the quotation window. You may also download it if needed.

Based on the offer of shortest validity among the requested routes.

No, the quotation document will show a single, unified validity, based on the shortest offer validity among the requested routings.

You can request maximum 10 Routings per search.

Multiple Routing Quotations are available with Quick Quotes only. To view both ( in case Quick Quotes Spot offer applicable) , please switch back and submit a request for a single lane.

Yes, additional services can be added per routing.

Yes, this functionality is planned for implementation.

For each container type, the system will always attempt to apply the most specific commodity rule available. If no specific rule is found, it will then fall back to FAK.

No, the Multiple Routing Quotation is not offered per individual Departure. Instead, it is provided with a general validity period. 

The FMC applies not just to the US but also to the US territory which includes fourteen US territories; Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Wake Island and Navassa Island.

Please reach out to your Sales representative and they will reach out to the IT Support to request a customer relation change.

There could be multiple different reasons:

• Have you already submitted an LoA for this Shipment/Quotation? If yes, then you are not required to submit another LoA, and therefore the system is disabled.
• Have you selected the correct customer relation? It is possible, that you have selected NVOCC by mistake and therefore the system does not allow you to upload an LoA. In this case please reach out to your Sales representative.
  

It depends on the product.

• For Quick Quotes Spot the LoA is only valid for that specific booking.
• For Quick Quotes the LoA that was submitted with the first booking is sufficient for the entire quotation.
  

No. The 48-hour countdown begins once the booking creation is completed and includes weekends and holidays. Therefore the customer must stick to the timeframe. 

It is a mandatory legal requirement that all customers must undergo a verification to confirm their role in their booking. BCOs and NVOCC that have an FMC license number don't need further documentation. All other customers (e.g. Agents acting on behalf of a BCO or NVOCC) are required to verify their customer role. Hapag-Lloyd has chosen the LoA as the most suitable document for the verification.

Yes, we have an LoA template that is available to all customers and located in the application Letter_Of_Authority_Template_FMC.pdf

Exempt commodities which do not require FMC filing not matter if the route is FMC relevant or not:

• Bulk cargo: Includes raw materials that are shipped in large quantities without being packaged.
• Forest products: Includes commodities like lumber, logs, and wood pulp.
• Recycled metal scrap: Includes materials like scrap steel and other recyclable metals.
• New assembled motor vehicles: Includes new cars and trucks that are factory-assembled.
• Waste paper or paper waste: Includes recyclable paper and cardboard products. 
  

A Letter of Authority/Authorization, is a document used in business when a company needs to grant permission to a third party to perform a specific task. In shipping it is required when an NVOCC or Freight Forwarder is acting as an Agent on behalf of another NVOCC. The authorized party is permitted to act on the shipper’s behalf when carrying out tasks like negotiating freight rates or in this case create bookings/quotations. In particular, an LoA is used in scenarios where the original shipper or consignee is asking a different party to make business on his behalf.