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Freight forwarding services From the basic nature of international freight forwarder, freight forwarding is entrusted by the client, the transportation of goods, transport, storage, handling and other matters. On the one hand it and the cargo consignor enters into a contract of carriage, and he and transportation departments signed the contract, the Cargo shippers, and he is a cargo carrier. At present, a considerable part of the cargo agent master library field of transport and storage of goods, in its business, including land for the transport of goods. International freight forwarding business mainly: One, as the consignor service Freight forwarding instead of consignor bear any a procedures in different transport of goods: 1, with the fastest, mode of transport, to arrange for appropriate packaging of goods, goods transportation route selection. 2, advise warehousing and distribution. 3, choose reliable, high efficiency and is responsible for the conclusion of the contract of carriage carrier. 4, arrange the weight and measurement of goods. 5, to handle the cargo insurance. 6, the assembly of goods. Put the cargo storage 7, shipment or distribution of the goods at the destination before. 8, arrange for the goods to the port transport, customs and relevant documents, procedures, and take the goods to the carrier. 9, on behalf of the consignor / importers pay freight, customs tax. 10, for any foreign exchange for cargo transport. 11, from carrier got various signed bills of lading, and handed them over to the consignor. 12, through a proxy agent in foreign countries and the carrier on the freight transportation process, supervision, and to know the goods to the shipper. Two, the Customs Service When the freight forwarder as customs agent to handle the relevant import and export goods customs formalities, it not only on behalf of his client, and on behalf of the customs authorities. In fact, in many countries, he obtained the permission of the authorities, the customs formalities, the customs and responsible, responsible for the early set documents, declaration of the goods the exact amount, number, name, to enable the government in these areas not affected by the loss. Three, as the carrier service Freight to the carrier shall timely tank are fair and reasonable, agreed to the shipper, the carrier's delivery costs, appropriate time arrangement, and in the name of the shipper and carrier freight accounts etc.. Four, for the airline service Freight forwarding in the air cargo industry, act as airlines agent. In the International Air Transport Association meeting in air cargo for the purpose, and the implementation of the rules, it was designated as the International Aviation Association agent. In this relationship, the airlines cargo means for the owner, and the airlines to pay commission. At the same time, as a freight forwarding, it provides a suitable for air degree of service, continue to the shipper or the consignee service. Five, for the liner service The relationship between freight and shipping companies, with the business of various, in recent years the forwarder provide LCL service, namely the LCL cargo services have developed their and liner companies and other carriers (such as railway) between the relatively close contact, but some countries refuse to freight paid on commission, so their worldwide for the Commission requirements. Six, provide LCL service Along with the international trade of intermediate transport growth, the introduction of consolidation and consolidation services, in providing such services, freight forwarder plays a principal role. The basic meaning of consolidation and consolidation is: put a shipment of several consignor consignee to small goods of another destination together, as a whole to transport goods to the destination of freight forwarding, and the single ticket delivery of goods to the consignee through it all. The freight bill of lading, the bill of lading or other similar receipt to each shipment shipper; forwarding destination port agent, with the original bill of lading to consignee. LCL, shippers do not directly contact with the carrier, the carrier, freight forwarder is the consignor, and freight forwarding agent at the port of destination, the consignee. Therefore, the carrier to the forwarder is issued through bill of lading or waybill. If the consignor or consignee has special requirements, freight forwarding can also be engaged in the delivery and delivery service in the shipment and destination, to provide door to door service. Seven, to provide multimodal transport services In the forwarder effect, a more profound influence containerization is he involved in multimodal transport which he acts as the main carrier and the organization to bear a single contract, door to door through a variety of means of transport of goods transport. It can be the identity of the parties, and other carrier or other service provider negotiations and signing respectively. However, these distribution contract will not affect long time through the execution of the contract, that is to say, will not affect the shipper's obligations and in the multimodal transport process, he to damage and loss of responsibilities. In the forwarder as long transport operator, usually need to include all transportation and a comprehensive "package" service distribution process, and to its customers to shoulder the responsibility of a higher level. |
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