Freight forwarding agent is freight forwarding agent (freight forwarding agent) short, refers to the operation of the commissioned by others, to provide on behalf of the transport formalities, on behalf of the lifting, on behalf of the hair, on behalf of the transport of goods service business.
Freight forwarding agent, some of them are intermediaries is not their own ship or aircraft or shipping companies, airlines, are freight forwarding agent duty is, the principal entrusted by the goods, through the development of transport routes, from one place to another freight forwarding agent, for the transport company (sea, land, air) agents to receive and transport goods, soliciting for the goods of the company.
Freight forwarding industry in the international freight market, in between the owner and the carrier, accept the owner of the goods entrusted to do on behalf of the chartering, booking, loading, repairing the relevant documents, customs clearance, inspection, insurance, container transport, unpacking, the issuance of bills of lading, settlement of transportation and miscellaneous fees, and even the bill of lading negotiation and settlement of foreign exchange.
Ocean freight operation (ocean freight operation) generally refers to the freight forwarding company in the operation of maritime business, the work of the main counterparts of the guests are also customarily referred to as customer service operations, the process is divided into import and export operations. Container export goods, for example, the process is roughly as follows: consignment acceptance - booking - do box - customs loading - loading - unloading - notification of pickup - customs clearance -Exchange of documents -Pick up the goods.
The shipping operation generally refers to the personnel in the freight forwarding company who enquire and book with the shipping company or the operator in the shipping company.
Take forwarder as an example, the shipping operation process is roughly as follows: inquiring with the shipping company - booking (under Booking) - the shipping company issued a booking form (S/O) - the owner of the cargo to take the S/O to pick up containers for loading - customs clearance - bill of lading to replenish the material -Payment - B/L.
Large freight forwarding company operating procedures will be subdivided, each operation has a person, small freight forwarding company a person packaged above the business. Certain large manufacturers will also have shipping and shipping operations.
(Source: shipping network)
