Service route: Fuzhou to New York;
Service mode: door-to-door moving one-stop service;
Case Overview: Mr Lai entrusted Hipu International to transport his furniture items from Fuzhou to New York, USA by sea.

New York is part of the U.S. state of New York, the largest city in the United States. New York City is the economic, financial, commercial, trade, cultural and media centre of the United States and the world, and is one of the world's three major financial centres, with Wall Street known as the barometer of the American economy. New York has 120 higher education institutions such as Columbia University and New York University and 2,000 arts and cultural institutions. It is the centre city of the global television, advertising, music, newspaper and book publishing industries and the largest media market in North America. New York is conveniently located with a dense network of highways and well-developed public transport. It has three international airports, including JFK International Airport, and the Port of New York is the busiest port in North America.

Mr Lai's family is preparing to move from Fuzhou to New York, USA. After purchasing their new house, they found that the price of furniture in the US was relatively high. After comparing the cost of shipping domestic furniture to New York, they found that it was more cost-effective, so they approached Hippo International for a cross-border move. According to the list of items provided by the customer, the total volume of items to be transported by Mr Lai was expected to be about 32m³. Hippo specialist suggested the customer to choose the way to transport the whole container by sea, Hippo also provides free delivery service and packing guide to help customers to pack. In addition, Mr Lai had some large furniture and fragile artefacts. As moving to the US involves a long transit time and a high number of turnovers, it is especially important to pack the items in a comprehensive manner. In order to ensure the safety of the transport, Hippo's staff will use professional packing materials to pack the items when picking up the goods from the door, the following is the packing site:

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