"Double Clearance to Door" is one of the products promoted by many freight forwarding companies, which can provide convenience to the owner and good profit to the freight forwarder.
In the general understanding, "double clear to the door" is to sign a contract with the freight forwarder, give the goods to the freight forwarder after all the affairs of the freight forwarder is responsible for, and wait for the goods to the door at ease, but the actual situation is far more complex.
01 Goods change hands many times, who to find if the goods are lost?
In the double clearing to the door mode, the freight forwarder will mostly refuse to provide transport and customs documents, such as the shipowner's bill of lading (MBL) and customs declaration on the grounds of "cargo consolidation". Even if some freight forwarders will provide their own NVOCC bill of lading (HBL), but the format and content of such bills of lading are often full of loopholes, neither any effective information for the owner to track the status of the goods, but also in the event of disputes can not play a role in protecting the interests of the owner.
At this time, if the forwarder in the receipt of the order will be the goods changed hands many times, but can not be transferred to the next strict control, will inevitably lead to the state of the goods is not controllable. The beginning of the agreed mode of transport of goods and transport period can not be guaranteed, not to mention that the legal relationship between the forwarder and the forwarder in the transfer of hands again and again becomes more and more complex, once the goods have problems, the owner of the goods, "who is responsible for" has become a difficult problem.
02 consolidated container is checked, normal goods are gone?
Discuss the risk of container transport, first of all need to set a premise, that is, "double clearing to the door transport" is not the norm in the industry. The export of "sensitive" goods suppliers of double clear to the door more favourable. The supplier understands the risk of the goods, the freight forwarder naturally also understand the risk of the goods, but everyone has a lucky break.
One of the important reasons is to go double clear to the door of the goods will usually be transported in a group of containers, in order to "sensitive" high-freight goods can go through customs smoothly, some freight forwarders may be loaded in the container first loaded with sensitive goods, and then loaded with normal goods. At this time, if the container was investigated by Customs, the normal goods in the cabinet will also be "sit-in".
03 price is super low, pick up the leakage?
Not necessarily! Encountered low-priced services, on the contrary, need to pay special attention to some small-scale freight forwarding companies use low prices to attract customers, after receiving the goods in the spirit of "anyway, the goods in my hands" mentality, and immediately ask for a price increase. What's more, after receiving the goods and freight directly disappeared, can no longer find people, the owner of the goods unmanaged or unknown.
As mentioned above, the use of double clearing to the door of the goods may be more sensitive, even if this situation occurs, the owner may not take any effective action, some freight forwarders precisely hold the goods of such a psychological, so unscrupulous.
04 How to prevent risks?
Start from the source, choose a reliable partner
Pie and trap often appear at the same time. When choosing a freight forwarder, never be attracted by unreasonably low prices. In the case of relatively stable market conditions, low price is the spokesman for risk.
Cooperation before the freight forwarder to conduct a comprehensive credit investigation, can help shippers screen out a number of "a glance is not reliable" of the company. For example, if a newly established freight forwarding company in the past year there have been several as the defendant of the freight forwarding contract disputes involved in the record, you will still find him to cooperate?
Lose your illusions and keep track of cargo status
For the double clearing to the door of the transport model, the cargo owners to get rid of "all the problems to the freight forwarder" idea. Even if the contract is well signed, you need evidence to support your request when problems arise. From the goods to the forwarder before, the owner must do the following things:
1, retain the goods delivery documents, truthfully declare the value of the goods;
2, keep a close eye on the shipment of goods, require the freight forwarder to provide complete carrier and container information;
3, regularly follow up the cargo transport situation and retain the transport records provided by the freight forwarder."
