Service route: Sydney to Nanjing
Service mode: one-stop sea freight service
Case overview: Ms. Ke commissioned Seapoe Relo to ship the furniture and belongings from her Sydney home to Nanjing by sea.

Ms. Ke had lived and worked in Sydney for years before deciding to move back to China for retirement. Her Sydney home held a good number of furniture pieces, large and small, along with personal belongings. She chose Seapoe Relo's door-to-door sea freight service, and 12m³ of personal effects arrived at her home in China and were signed for without a hitch.

  • Inventory

The shipment was made up of furniture and household goods Ms. Ke had been using in Sydney:

Living room:

- three-seat fabric sofa, solid wood coffee table, TV cabinet, armchair, bookcase

Bedroom:

- double bed frame, mattress, chest of drawers, bedside table, dressing table, wardrobe

Dining room:

- solid wood dining table, six dining chairs, sideboard, wine cabinet

Other items:

- floor lamp, shelving unit, rugs, kitchen pots and tableware, clothes, bedding, shoes and hats, books and art albums, ornaments and everyday household items

1. Packing at the Sydney home

Once the booking was confirmed, Seapoe arranged for its local Sydney team to visit around Ms. Ke's return date. The crew checked every item one by one. Solid wood furniture got four layers of wrapping: EPE foam, corner protectors and cardboard. Glass tops and fragile ornaments went into separate wooden crates. Everything was then taken straight back to the warehouse to await booking.

2. Export declaration, customs clearance and sea freight

The documentation team prepared the export paperwork in advance and handled the Australian export declaration on her behalf. After booking, they arranged the sailing from Sydney to the port of Shanghai, with shipment tracking available throughout. When the goods reached China, the customs team put the full set of documents together and submitted them to customs, completing clearance.

  1. Delivery to the door in China

After release, Seapoe sent a dedicated truck to Ms. Ke's home in Nanjing. The delivery crew carried everything inside and, as she asked, placed the sofa, dining table, bed frame, bookcase and other large pieces in the positions she wanted, checking each item with her as they went. Once everything was confirmed, they cleared out the cardboard, foam, wooden frames and other packing waste.