The paperwork for Malaysia–Singapore shipping.

1. Commercial invoice: shipper and receiver company names and addresses, a description of each item, quantities, unit and total values, and the currency.

2. Packing list: how many cartons or pallets, what is in each, and the gross weight and dimensions.

3. Shipper and receiver details: company registration details and a contact person on each side.

4. Goods information: a plain-language description of each item, and for unfamiliar products a datasheet or photo.

5. Permits or licences: only for controlled goods. We tell you whether your goods need one before the truck is booked.

The usual causes are an invoice that does not match the cargo, vague descriptions such as “parts” or “samples”, missing values, or controlled goods shipped without the permit. Each one stops the declaration until it is corrected.

Send us the documents before pickup and we check them against the goods, so problems are fixed at your office rather than at the checkpoint.

Northbound shipments need the same set of information, with the export declaration on the Singapore side and the import declaration on the Malaysian side. We arrange both directions.