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+1 (818) 600-0008FCL and LCL ocean freight from Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Chennai, plus air cargo from Delhi
and Mumbai. Customs cleared, picked up at LA and Long Beach, and delivered to your door
anywhere in the western U.S.
U.S. imports from India reached $103.8 billion in 2025, up 19 percent, spread across a wider product mix than almost any Asian origin: machinery and electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles and apparel, gems and jewelry, steel articles and chemicals. Three gateways move the containerized share. Mundra on the Gujarat coast is India's largest container port and serves the northern and western manufacturing belts. Nhava Sheva outside Mumbai is the traditional gateway for western India. Chennai anchors the southeast, closest to the auto and electronics clusters of Tamil Nadu. Which coast your supplier sits on decides your port and your routing across the Pacific.
AEEM Shipping manages the full move: FCL bookings and LCL consolidations out of Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Chennai, air cargo from Delhi and Mumbai, customs clearance coordinated through licensed partners while your freight is on the water, and same-day drayage at every San Pedro Bay terminal on arrival. One point of contact from Indian origin to U.S. door, tracked in real time with 24/7 dispatch.
Origin port to final door, managed by one team.
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FCL and LCL container shipping from Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Chennai on transpacific routings to LA and Long Beach.
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Same-day and next-day pickup at every LA and Long Beach terminal, with pre-pull, overweight, and reefer capability.
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TSA/IAC certified air cargo from Delhi and Mumbai for pharmaceuticals, samples, and time-critical shipments where a 30-day ocean transit doesn't work.
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Entry filing, ISF, and FDA prior notice for seafood and food products, coordinated through licensed partners so Indian imports clear and keep moving.
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India is the one major Asian origin where the routing decision comes before the booking. Most Indian cargo bound for the U.S. sails west through Suez to the East Coast, so a Los Angeles routing is a deliberate choice, and the right one when your distribution sits in the western U.S. Eastbound services from Chennai and Nhava Sheva cross the Pacific in roughly 26 to 32 days, usually connecting through Colombo, Singapore or Port Klang, and land your cargo at San Pedro Bay instead of adding a transcontinental rail or truck leg from the East Coast to reach West Coast customers.
The math is distribution cost, not just ocean transit. A container discharged in LA is same-day drayage from Inland Empire warehouses and two-day trucking from anywhere in the West, while an East Coast discharge serving western distribution pays for 2,800 miles of inland moves on every box. We run that comparison per shipment rather than defaulting either way. When LA wins, we book the eastbound routing, file ISF before loading, coordinate entry through our licensed customs partners, and keep the box moving on arrival with appointments set off the vessel ETA and pre-pulls when free time runs short.
Nhava Sheva · Mundra · Chennai
Straight answers on freight from India to the U.S.
Eastbound routings from Chennai reach LA and Long Beach in roughly 26 to 32 days, and Nhava Sheva or Mundra origins run 28 to 35 days, typically connecting through Colombo, Singapore or Port Klang. Add time for customs clearance and drayage to final delivery.
It depends where your customers are. Suez routings to the East Coast are shorter on the water, but if your distribution is in California or the western U.S., an East Coast discharge adds a long inland leg on every container. We compare total landed cost both ways for your specific lane before booking.
Rates move with container size, season, fuel surcharges, routing, and origin port. Send us the origin, cargo, and volume and we return a real all-in quote covering ocean freight, destination charges, duties, and delivery.
If your cargo fills most of a 20-foot container, FCL is usually faster and cheaper per unit. Smaller volumes move LCL through consolidation at Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Chennai, which typically adds one to two weeks over FCL because of consolidation at origin and deconsolidation on arrival.
Ocean freight moves FCL and LCL from Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Chennai. Air cargo departs Delhi and Mumbai. If your supplier sits inland, we arrange trucking or rail to the nearest gateway port.
Our own drayage network picks up at every San Pedro Bay terminal, with pre-pull and overweight capability, then delivers to your door or transloads in the Inland Empire.
