How it works
From your supplier in China to your hands in Dar
Every step your cargo takes, who does it, and what — if anything — you need to do. One reference follows your goods the whole way.
- Sailings
- Weekly
- At sea
- ≈ 35 days
- Next receiving closes
- Fri 09 Oct
01The lane
Six stations, one reference
- Delivers to our warehouse, or we collect from the factory.
- Counted, weighed, measured and photographed. Every package gets its own reference and QR.
- Loose cargo shares a container; each consignment stays traceable on its own.
- About 35 days from departure to Dar es Salaam.
- Checked in at our Dar warehouse and counted again against the China figures. Free storage starts that day.
- Pay the invoice, receive your pickup note, collect with your ID.
01 · China
Your supplier
Delivers to our warehouse, or we collect from the factory.
02 · Foshan
BlueWave warehouse
Counted, weighed, measured and photographed. Every package gets its own reference and QR.
03 · Foshan
Container loading
Loose cargo shares a container; each consignment stays traceable on its own.
04 · Indian Ocean
At sea
About 35 days from departure to Dar es Salaam.
05 · Dar es Salaam
Arrived in Dar
Checked in at our Dar warehouse and counted again against the China figures. Free storage starts that day.
06 · Dar es Salaam
You collect
Pay the invoice, receive your pickup note, collect with your ID.
02Step by step
What we do. What you do.
In China
01 · Your supplier
Send your goods to Foshan
What we do
- Give you a shipping mark of your own when you open an account.
- Give you our Foshan warehouse address in Chinese, ready to forward to your supplier.
- Collect from the factory or market ourselves if the supplier will not deliver.
What you do
- Send your supplier our Foshan address and your shipping mark.
- Ask them to write the mark on every carton and to phone the warehouse before delivering.
02 · Foshan warehouse
Received, measured, photographed
What we do
- Count, weigh and measure every package, and work out the CBM.
- Photograph the goods on arrival.
- Give each package its own reference and a QR label it keeps until you collect.
What you do
- Check the reference, the figures and the photos on the tracking page or in your account.
- Tell us at once if something you paid for has not arrived.
03 · Foshan
Loaded on the week's container
Next receiving closes Fri 09 Oct · departs Mon 12 Oct
What we do
- Load the goods that arrived before receiving closed onto that week's container.
- Loose cargo shares the container, but every consignment stays separate and traceable.
What you do
- Make sure your goods reach Foshan before receiving closes for the sailing you want.
At sea
04 · Indian Ocean
In transit
Estimated arrival — subject to shipping and port conditions.
What we do
- The moment the container departs, your cargo shows as In transit.
- The crossing to Dar es Salaam takes about 35 days.
What you do
- Follow it with your reference. The tracking page shows the container and the estimated arrival.
In Dar es Salaam
05 · Dar es Salaam port
Arrival and recount
What we do
- Bring the container from the port to our warehouse.
- Count your cargo again and compare it with the figures taken in Foshan. Both counts are kept.
- Check it in on our warehouse floor. That is the day it counts as arrived, and free storage starts.
What you do
- Nothing yet — we tell you the day your cargo has arrived.
06 · Office
Your invoice
Today's rate 1 USD = 2,700 TZS
What we do
- Price your cargo from the rate book and issue the invoice in USD.
- Show the amount in shillings at the exchange rate of the day the invoice is issued. That rate is pinned to the invoice and does not change afterwards.
What you do
- Open the invoice in your account and check the figures against your cargo.
07 · Office
Payment
What we do
- Confirm your payment against our accounts.
What you do
- Pay only to the accounts printed on the invoice, and keep your payment slip.
- If anybody gives you a different account, call the office before you pay.
08 · Office
Pickup note
What we do
- Issue your pickup note once the payment is confirmed.
What you do
- Receive the pickup note in your account and bring it with you.
09 · Dar es Salaam
Collect your cargo
What we do
- Check the pickup note and your ID.
- Scan every box out against your consignment, so nothing leaves that is not yours and nothing of yours is left behind.
What you do
- Come to our Dar es Salaam warehouse with your ID and pickup note once we tell you it is ready.
03Your checklist
Before, during, after
Before
- Get a quote or price it in the calculator
- Open an account for your shipping mark
- Send your supplier our Foshan address and your mark
- Deliver before receiving closes
During
- Check the photos and figures from Foshan
- Track your reference while it is at sea
- Keep your phone on — we call the day it lands in Dar
After
- Check your invoice
- Pay only to the accounts on the invoice
- Receive your pickup note
- Collect at our Dar warehouse with your ID
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