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+1 (818) 600-0008FCL and LCL ocean freight from Ambarli, Izmir and Mersin, plus air cargo from Istanbul.
Customs cleared, picked up at LA and Long Beach, and delivered to your door anywhere in the U.S.
Turkey is the Middle East's biggest containerized shipper to the U.S., moving $16.4 billion in goods in 2025 across a mix wider than any origin in the region: textiles and apparel, hand-woven and machine-made carpets, ceramic tile, marble and travertine, steel articles, machinery, auto parts, furniture, and the dried fruit and hazelnuts that Turkish agriculture dominates globally. Three gateways carry it. Ambarli outside Istanbul serves the Marmara industrial heartland. Izmir's Aliaga terminals cover the Aegean's textile and stone belt. Mersin anchors the south and east.
AEEM Shipping manages the full move: FCL bookings and LCL consolidations out of Ambarli, Izmir and Mersin, air cargo from Istanbul, customs clearance handled by a licensed customs broker while your freight is on the water, and same-day drayage at every San Pedro Bay terminal on arrival. One point of contact from Turkish 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 Ambarli, Izmir and Mersin on all-water services through the Panama Canal 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 Istanbul, one of the world's largest cargo hubs, for apparel launches, samples, and time-critical shipments to LAX.
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Entry filing, ISF, tariff classification, and FDA prior notice for food products, handled by licensed customs brokers.
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Turkey ships the region's most California-shaped catalog. Marble and travertine feed the stone yards and fabricators across Southern California, one of the largest Turkish stone markets in the world, and those containers routinely run overweight and need permitted drayage on arrival. Carpets and rugs, textiles and apparel move steadily from the Aegean and Marmara mills, ceramic tile competes head-on with Spain and Italy, and dried apricots, figs and hazelnuts ride the FDA rails to American food brands. All-water services from Ambarli and Izmir reach San Pedro Bay in roughly 27 to 33 days.
The lane runs on classification discipline. Turkish steel and aluminum articles carry their own U.S. duty history, textiles price differently line by line, and stone at 25 tons a box needs tri-axle chassis and overweight permits arranged before the vessel docks. Food shipments need an FDA-registered facility and prior notice before arrival. We sort the requirements per commodity at booking, file ISF before loading, clear entries through licensed customs brokers while the freight is on the water, and on arrival run the right equipment with appointments set off the vessel ETA and pre-pulls when free time runs short.
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Ambarli · Izmir · Mersin
Straight answers on freight from Israel to the U.S.
All-water services from Ambarli and Izmir through the Panama Canal reach LA and Long Beach in roughly 27 to 33 days port to port. Mersin runs a few days longer. Add time for customs clearance and drayage to final delivery.
It depends where your customers are. If your distribution is in California or the western U.S., an all-water routing to LA usually beats East Coast discharge plus a transcontinental inland move on total landed cost, especially for heavy stone and tile. We compare both ways for your specific lane before booking.
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 Ambarli and Izmir, which typically adds one to two weeks over FCL because of consolidation at origin and deconsolidation on arrival.
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 Haifa and Ashdod, which typically adds one to two weeks over FCL because of consolidation at origin and deconsolidation on arrival.
Yes. Marble and travertine containers routinely ship overweight and need permitted drayage with tri-axle chassis on arrival, which we arrange before the vessel docks. We also coordinate the tariff classification for stone products, with entries handled by licensed customs brokers.
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.
