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

  • Tariff Pause Triggers Surge in Ocean Freight Rates – But Legal Roadblocks Lie Ahead

    Container shipping lines are driving spot rates sharply higher, with the 2025 transpacific peak season likely to begin earlier than usual, fuelled ... Read more

  • Global Schedule Reliability Rises Again

    Container shipping schedule reliability improved for the second consecutive month in April 2025, reaching its highest level since November 2023. Ac... Read more

  • Cargo Rush Sparks Port Congestion and Equipment Shortages

    The recent 90-day pause on US tariffs on Chinese imports has sparked a dramatic surge in demand, as American importers scramble to front-load shipm... Read more

  • Tariff Pause Triggers Early Transpacific Peak Season

    The 90-day suspension of US-China tariffs has delivered a sharp jolt to transpacific ocean freight, triggering an unseasonal spike in demand and pu... Read more

  • US Port Fees on Chinese-Built Vessels

    The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has finalised a revised plan to impose port fees on Chinese-built containerships calling at US ports.... Read more

  • US-China Tariff Pause Offers Fashion Breathing Space

    Fashion brands and retailers around the world have welcomed a temporary easing of tensions between the US and China, but remain wary of the wider u... Read more

  • Trump’s Red Sea Gambit

    A dramatic shift in the Red Sea shipping crisis may be underway following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Houthi militants have agr... Read more

  • Blanked Sailings Amid Geopolitical Shifts

    Global sea freight is navigating a complex landscape marked by geopolitical tensions, fluctuating demand, and strategic capacity adjustments and wh... Read more

  • India and Pakistan Impose Cargo Bans

    The fragile balance of South Asia’s supply chain network has been thrown into disarray after India and Pakistan imposed tit-for-tat bans on each ... 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.