Meet Rex Xu · Shanghai
Important cargo. Experienced hands.
DG FCL, DG LCL and general cargo LCL. Talk directly with Rex about your cargo and shipping plan.
Freight forwarding since 2008 · DG since 2009
REX XU / SHANGHAI
From operations to your shipment plan.
Services
FCL and LCL are handled separately, because the problems they create are genuinely different.
Container handling · Service illustration
Container planning, class segregation, lashing and securing, DG booking and port coordination.
DG container placards · Service illustration
Segregation checks, compatible cargo grouping and warehouse handling — DG LCL is harder to get right than DG FCL.
Palletised cargo · Service illustration
Non-dangerous cargo consolidation, with chargeable weight and minimum volume rules explained up front.
Selected shipments
Real shipments, with the scope, cargo requirements and practical decisions explained. See how I approach the work before we discuss yours.
SHANGHAI → LOS ANGELES PORT
A note on the windshield read “Urgent!!! NVIDIA summit.” The vehicle had not launched. The event already had a date. A fellow forwarder entrusted the Shanghai-to-Los Angeles port leg to me.
Explore this shipment: A ZEEKR 8X exhibition vehicle, Shanghai to Los Angeles
SHANGHAI → KARACHI PORT
Two 20HQ energy storage units, each rated at 4.18MWh with an actual shipping gross mass of 37.7 tonnes including the enclosure. This UN3536 shipment travelled as a pair and has arrived at Karachi port.
Explore this shipment: 37.7 tonnes each. Now in Karachi.
SHANGHAI → MANZANILLO PORT
This shipment combined dangerous goods with eight different UN numbers in one container, from Shanghai port to Manzanillo, Mexico. The cargo has arrived at the destination port.
Explore this shipment: Eight UN numbers. One container.Loading in practice · Dimensions to decisions
Why four shorter IBCs belong in the final row: a practical detail explained through loading photographs.
The short version
Rex Xu is a Shanghai-based dangerous goods and international freight forwarding specialist. In freight forwarding since 2008 and dangerous goods since 2009, his main business is DG sea freight, primarily FCL, alongside DG LCL and general cargo LCL.
A verifiable track record
2008
Entered freight forwarding on the Europe general cargo LCL desk
2009
Moved into dangerous goods in September
2013
Co-founded Shanghai Seajoy
2024
Co-founded THANKSTART
THANKSTART
I handle initial shipment planning and coordinate key issues. Business is handled through THANKSTART, the company I co-founded, with our operations team managing day-to-day bookings, documents and milestone updates. Contracting, invoicing and service scope are confirmed in writing for each shipment.
Meet THANKSTART and the operations teamFor Overseas Freight Forwarders
Overseas forwarders are welcome to discuss Shanghai DG FCL, DG LCL and general cargo LCL. Coordination of customs, DG declaration, warehousing, trucking and port operations is scoped for each cargo and route.
Partial information is fine to start. Flag any unknowns; feasibility depends on cargo, packaging, routing and review, not just a UN number and destination.
Cargo
These are cargo topics, not a record of completed shipments. Acceptance conditions need an individual review.
Knowledge
Practical notes on dangerous goods shipping, LCL consolidation and Shanghai port operations, with questions to clarify before arranging a shipment.
My career connects three perspectives: LCL operations, dangerous goods sales and running a forwarding business.
A previous shipment is useful evidence. The question is whether it describes the cargo and route you are booking today.
The lowest ocean freight is not necessarily the lowest cost of moving the shipment. Start by making sure the quotes cover the same job.
Tell me about the cargo, origin and destination so we can review suitable shipping options. Include quantity, packaging, a confirmed UN number and available documents. Flag anything still awaiting confirmation.