Ascent Fast Boat speed on the sea
In challenging ocean and air freight markets, our Fast Boat solution assures cost-effective consistency within Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific lanes. You can benefit from 10–21 day port-to-port transit times on a set accelerated schedule.
On the West Coast, transport your cargo with direct eastbound service from China and Vietnam to Long Beach with feeder service from Thailand. On the East Coast, transport eastbound and westbound with feeder service available from anywhere in Europe, the UK, Ireland and the U.S. Switching from air to Fast Boat can reduce transport CO2 emissions by about 90-95%
Fast Boat Comparison Chart
Door-to-Door Freight: North America, Europe, Asia
30-50%
Faster than standard ocean freight
Why Fast Boat?
• No blank sailing or rolls
99%
On-time performance
• Weekly sailings multiple days a week
• Higher cost-savings compared to air freight
• More reliable than traditional ocean freight
• Priority offload with 24 hour transloading
• Flexible mode shift on arrival
• Ease of container availability
• Option to consolidate multi-supplier freight into single, coordinated project shipments
Trusted When Every Minute Counts
Ascent brings deep expertise in ocean logistics, delivering flexible, cost-effective solutions for time-critical lanes and project-based shipments With priority access, adaptable routing options and white-glove oversight from origin through final delivery, our team ensures complex freight moves smoothly through every stage of the journey.
Supported by our expert operations team across 3 control towers in the U.S., Mexico & Europe and proprietary PEAK™ technology, Ascent provides the visibility, control and coordination needed to keep your supply chain moving. From port to final destination, we manage the end-to-end coordination to help ensure cargo moves seamlessly and reliably.
~$5/kg
Savings vs. airfreight Asia to North America
Global In-bond Transit
~$2/kg
Savings vs. airfreight Europe to North America
Global in-bond Fast Boat routing keeps freight moving under customs control between Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Duty-deferred moves via key U.S. and EU gateways, avoiding extra customs entries and charges until final delivery.
Direct in-bond connections to Mexico, Canada and Europe with expedited inland delivery to your plants and distribution centers.
One compliant, end-to-end plan. Ascent manages ocean, in-bond paperwork and inland transport as a single solution.
Transloading
Rapid Door Delivery
Cargo is typically available for transload within 24 hours and delivered via team ground expedite or shifted to air charter or on-board courier for faster delivery, ensuring full control and avoiding delays.
