This is an update you will receive while waiting for international shipments to arrive. Also normally reserved for packages shipped from China and the Far East. Does that mean your package is in transit or are delays to be expected?
Uplifted from Transshipment Hub – What does it Mean?
“Uplifted from Transshipment Hub” means that the package is temporarily stored at the transshipment point while waiting to be loaded onto the next means of transport. In most cases this means that your luggage will be loaded onto another freighter and you will continue on your next journey.
What is a Transshipment Hub?
To fully understand what is meant by “uplifting from a transshipment hub”, it is necessary to understand what a transshipment hub actually is. A transshipment hub is basically a terminal at a major shipping port that handles containers from container ships. At transshipment hubs, containers are temporarily stored awaiting transshipment to another vessel for the next journey.
When tracking a shipment shows it has been lifted from the Transshipment Hub, this means that the temporary storage of the container has ended and the shipment (in that container) will be loaded onto another cargo vessel. increase. Transshipment point cargo is transferred to other ports instead of being carried inland by rail, road or waterway.
What to do when you receive an “Uplifted from Transshipment Hub” update?
If you received an “Uplifted from Transshipment Hub” update, no action is required. The cargo and its containers have been loaded onto another freighter and are now on their way. Basically, it takes several weeks for the product to arrive.
What to do if the update is stuck on “Uplifted from Transshipment Hub”
- It is very common for this update to be the last alert you will receive for quite some time.
- The cargo ship the container has been placed on could be making its way to the destination country.
- Depending on the distance this could take weeks before the item is unloaded and scanned for a new update.
- This means that if your package remains stuck on this update, the main thing you should do is be patient and wait.
- If several weeks pass and you receive no updated alerts, you should contact the shipper and/or the shipping service used to handle the package delivery.
What does “Uplifted TO Transshipment Hub Mean”?
Finally, we should mention what is meant by “uplift to transshipment hub”. Receipt of this update means that the shipment has arrived at the transshipment hub and the container has been lifted from the ship to the port terminal, awaiting transfer to the forwarding freighter.