Service route: Zhenjiang to Vienna;
Service mode: Door-to-door moving one-stop service;
Case Overview: Ms Xie entrusted Hippo International to transport furniture items from her home in Zhenjiang to Vienna, Austria by sea.

Vienna, located on the banks of the Danube River, is the capital and largest city of Austria, but also the centre of Europe's major cultures, known as the "world's capital of music", the birth of Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Strauss, and many other musicians, has been for many years by the United Nations as one of the world's most livable cities.

Zhenjiang's Ms Xie for her daughter's music dream, the family migrated to Vienna, Austria, home furniture furniture used for many years, so they thought of shipping together to Vienna, Ms Xie in the recommendation of a friend, chose the Hippo International Moving door-to-door transport services.
Hippo's one-stop door-to-door transport service starts from door-to-door packing to final delivery, with specialised tracking service for each step. Ms Xie only needs to assist in providing information.
Xie's items to be transported by sea are some of the old furniture used, for larger furniture, the master will first disassemble the furniture and then packaged, for fragile items (such as ceramic dishes), Xipu in addition to giving multi-layer soft package, but also in the custom fumigation-free wooden box to protect. The following is the packing scene on that day:

**Which is the more cost-effective option for a cross-country move? **

The most common forms of transport in a cross-country move are sea freight, air freight and road freight. Airfreight is the fastest, but there are more restrictions on what you can carry and it is more expensive. In cross-country moving, there will be some large pieces of furniture, such as beds, wardrobes, pianos, etc., when there is no land transport to reach the destination country, in this case, Xipu will suggest customers to choose the way of sea transport, the price is much cheaper than air transport. There are also three types of sea freight transport:

(1) Containerised Transport
This kind of transport is also called container transport, with container as the carrier for transport and loading and unloading. There are three specifications for customers to choose from: 20-foot (can hold about 28 cubic metres), 40-foot flat container (can hold about 56 cubic metres), 40-foot tall container (can hold about 68 cubic metres). Customers who choose this kind of transport usually move their families across the country, and there will be a large amount of furniture and living goods need to be transported when they move, and the international moving company quotes the price according to the whole container, and the unit price is cheaper.

(2) Consolidated Container Transport
If the customer's belongings are not much, besides the possibility of choosing bulk transport, he/she can also choose consolidated container transport, which is usually operated by international moving companies. The customer's goods destined for the port of the same country will be concentrated and then loaded into the container for the whole container transport, this mode of transport is relative to the bulk transport, in addition to the price has a great advantage, there is also a great guarantee for the safety of goods.

(3) Bulk Cargo Transportation
When the customer's goods are not enough to form a whole container for customs clearance, the customer can choose bulk transport, through the bulk transport for customs clearance. In this case, the customer's marine furniture is packed by themselves and sent to the customs supervised warehouse, where the customs will measure the volume of the marine furniture and load the container. The price of this kind of transport is more expensive compared with the whole container transport, and the customer needs to pack the furniture by himself, which consumes more time and energy.