The company
Shiplet is the freight-forwarding brand of Empirical Marine and Trading Pte. Limited, UEN 202418701E, registered office 7 Fourth Lok Yang Road, Singapore 629704. The company is a Registered Declaring Agent with Singapore Customs, which means we lodge import permits in-house rather than through a third party. Singapore Customs describes the role on its Declaring Agent page. The name Shiplet is a registered trade mark, granted by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore in 2025.
We are a freight forwarder, which is to say an agent. We do not own ships or aircraft. We book your cargo onto carriers that do, and we take care of everything around the freight: receiving and counting at the hub, consolidation, the Singapore import permit and clearance, GST paid at clearance and passed through at cost, and delivery to your address. Every shipment is carried on our Standard Trading Conditions.
What we do
One route, China to Singapore. Two modes, sea and air. Sea is LCL at S$82 per CBM with a 1 CBM minimum, or FCL quoted per booking; air is from S$6.50 per kg on chargeable weight with a 10 kg minimum. Every rate is hub to door: 10–14 days by sea and 3–5 days by air from our hub in China (Foshan for sea, Shenzhen for air) to your Singapore address, permit and clearance included. Express courier, single parcels and other routes are not offered. The guide to shipping from China to Singapore sets out how it all fits together, and the freight forwarder page says plainly what is and is not in scope.
The Foshan hub
Your suppliers deliver to our hub in Foshan, Guangdong. We receive Mon–Sat, 8:00am – 5:00pm, count every carton against your packing list, hold cargo free for 5 days while a consolidation comes together, and ship it as one consignment. Departures run Monday to Saturday; cargo received on a working day leaves the next working day. Air cargo goes to our air freight warehouse in Shenzhen instead, at Building 9, Dayangtian Industrial Zone, No. 141 Fengtang Avenue, Xinqiao Sub-district, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518104. It keeps the same hours.
Give this address to your supplier
Address in Chinese — this is what your supplier needs
When you book, you get a marking code like WHL/SHIPLET/K7M3P. Ask your supplier to write it on every carton.
Receiving hours
Mon–Sat, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Closed Sundays & public holidays
Tell us what you're shipping.
Tell us what you're shipping and roughly how big. Your instant quote appears as you type, you get a reference number immediately, and the confirmed quote follows in writing within a few hours.
How we work
- Published rates. LCL and air rates are on the site, the quote form turns them into an instant quote, and our team confirms it in writing. FCL is quoted per booking because carrier rates move weekly.
- An instant quote as you type, with a reference number issued the moment you submit the quote request and the confirmed quote following in writing within a few hours. Nothing is booked and nothing is payable until you confirm.
- Every carton counted against the packing list at the hub, and you are told the same day if the count does not match.
- Cargo cover at declared invoice value. Missing cargo is compensated in full; damage is assessed case by case.
- Pay on arrival in Singapore, by PayNow or bank transfer, before we deliver. No card details, no deposit.
Track record
140,000+ CBM moved and 9,000+ shipments handled on this lane. We count shipments rather than sailings because one departure carries many customers' cargo; shipments is the honest unit.
Check us yourself
You do not have to take a forwarder's word for who it is. Everything below can be checked without asking us.
- The company. Search UEN 202418701E on ACRA's BizFile, the government's company register. It returns Empirical Marine and Trading Pte. Limited.
- The customs registration. A declaring agent is registered with Singapore Customs under its company's UEN; the Declaring Agent page explains what the registration allows.
- The reviews. Customers review us on our Google listing, under the name Shiplet at the same address. We cannot edit or remove what is written there.
- The terms. Every shipment is carried on the Standard Trading Conditions, published in full, and the rates on the pricing page are the ones your confirmed quote is built on.
- The risk you carry. You pay when the cargo is in Singapore, not before, so there is no deposit to lose.
Contact
WhatsApp +65 8162 1037 for anything quick, or to send photos of your cargo. Email info@empiricalmarine.com for documents: invoices, packing lists, product specifications. We answer every day, 9:00am to 6:00pm Singapore time, on every channel. The quote request form collects everything in one go if you would rather just send the details.