Those who are engaged in the export industry should be familiar with the term “freight forwarding”. When you need to export goods from China to Southeast Asia and other regions, you need to contact a professional freight forwarding company to help you complete the specific process. So, what kind of work do Chinese freight forwarders mainly do? Let’s take a look together.

1. What is the freight forwarder?

Freight forwarding is the middleman, broker and transportation organizer between the cargo owner and the carrier. It refers to the general term for providing various transportation services in the field of logistics for cargo transportation needs and capacity suppliers. They serve the whole society and serve as a bridge and link between cargo owners and capacity suppliers.

2. What services are included in the freight forwarder?

Serving the shipper

The Chinese freight forwarder undertakes any procedure in the transportation of different goods on behalf of the consignor:

(1) Arrange suitable cargo packaging and select the transportation route of the goods by the fastest and most economical transportation method.

(2) Advise customers on warehousing and distribution.

(3) Choose a reliable and efficient carrier and be responsible for concluding the transportation contract.

(4) Arrange the weighing and measuring of goods.

(5) Handle cargo insurance.

(6) Assembly of goods.

(7) Warehouse the goods before shipment or before the goods are distributed at the destination.

(8) Arrange the transportation of the goods to the port, go through the formalities of customs and relevant documents, and hand over the goods to the carrier.

(9) On behalf of the shipper/importer, bear the freight, duties and taxes.

(10) Handle any foreign exchange transactions related to the transportation of goods.

(11) Obtain various signed bills of lading from the carrier and hand them over to the consignor.

(12) Supervise the progress of cargo transportation and let the shipper know the whereabouts of the cargo.

Serving the consignee

When the consignee in a country has goods arriving, it provides import services, the agent handles customs declaration and clearance to the customs, and provides the required bills of lading such as: customs declaration, bill of lading, packing list, commodity inspection certificate, commercial invoice, etc. .

Serving the carrier

The Chinese freight forwarder makes timely reservations to the carrier, agrees on a fair and reasonable fee for both the consignor and the carrier, arranges delivery at an appropriate time, and resolves issues with the carrier’s freight account in the name of the consignor.

multimodal transport service

In the role of freight forwarding, a more far-reaching impact of containerization is his involvement in multimodal transport, which is that he acts as the main carrier and undertakes to organize door-to-door cargo transportation through multiple modes of transport under a single contract. . It can negotiate and contract separately with other carriers or other service providers in its capacity as a party.

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