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2015 international freight agent examination guidance: the choice of freight forwarding skills

Carriage of goods by sea is the main way of international transportation, and about 90% of international trade is carried by sea. Carriage of goods by sea not only includes a process and a series of documents and procedures, etc., but also relates to the relationship with the transport law of the parties, the freight agent is one of the parties. On freight, it is important to distinguish between various procedures related to shipping the chimney, to provide good shipping services to shippers. As the owner, appropriate choice of freight forwarders, means to choose the appropriate maritime shipping business and familiar with the mode of transport for trade contracts, so as to effectively fulfill the legal obligations of trade contract, so as to protect their own interests as shippers.
Smart owner will choose reputable freight forwarding, freight forwarding choice usually can consider the following factors:
First, the shipping agent must be familiar with marine geographic aspects of common sense.
First, as an international freight forwarder, as a result of different countries, the ship should be familiar with the world geography and route, the location of the port, the transfer of land and its inland distribution center. Secondly, the forwarder should also understand international trade patterns and trends, the flow of goods, such as Western Europe, and Japan and other industrialized countries with a higher degree, a large number of raw materials imported from developing countries, and exports of manufactured goods to these countries.
Two, freight forwarders should be familiar with the applicability of different types of transport of goods.
There are 4 kinds of modes of transport in the world shipping market: liner transportation, charter transportation, non vessel carrier transportation and multimodal transport. The characteristics of liner shipping are scheduled time, fixed route, fixed port sequence and fixed rate. The charter is not a regular transport, that without a fixed route and schedule, in accordance with the shipping market supply and demand, can be engaged in any operations on the route, the freight can be negotiated for bulk cargo carrier. NVOCC refers to the regular operation of the carrier, but does not own or operate the vessels required for maritime transport, NVOCC actual shipper is the identity of the carrier, but compared with the actual carrier is the identity of the shipper. For the shipper, choosing the appropriate mode of transportation, freight forwarding decision on whether in the following business:
1, regular transport services, such as the goods shall be shipped in a fixed period of time should choose the liner;
2, transport speed;
3, when transport costs, transport time and transport speed is the main factors taken into account when the shipper or owner of the goods, the freight has become the most important;
4, the reliability of transport, the choice of freight forwarding company should be entrusted to the strength of the credibility of the company before, in order to reduce the possibility of maritime fraud and become a victim;
5, management status and responsibility, on the surface of a ship all of the ship ownership, but in fact he will ship mortgage to the bank, and the bank and business contract and become the operator. This will bring negative influence to the future cargo transportation dispute to the court when the interests of the owner.
Three, freight forwarders should understand the different types of ships on the adaptability of the goods owner.
As a freight forwarder, must understand the characteristics of ship, such as ship's registry and tonnage, gross registered tonnage (GRT), NRT (NRT), bulk packing cellar, cellar, total deadweight tonnage (DWT), load line, classification and other aspects of knowledge. Freight better sleep should also be aware of several cargo types, such as liner, semi container ship, semi tray ships, bulk carriers, RO RO and container vessels. The third generation container ship has the capacity of 2000-3000TEU, which can pass through the Panama Canal, so it is also called the Panama ship. The fourth generation and the greater capacity of the vessel, is not suitable for the passage of the canal, often known as the super bar type ship.
Four, first-class freight forwarders should be familiar with the shipping regulations.
In addition to the understanding of the "Hague rules" and "Visby Rules", "Hamburg Rules", also should be appropriate to understand the export goods or the port of destination country shipping regulations, port operating habits etc..
Five, first-class freight forwarders should be skilled in the operation of marine cargo shipping documents, and ensure that the basis of the production of the correct, clear and timely. The main shipping documents including bill of lading, sea waybill, manifest, invoice, packing list, bill of lading, the Hong Kong Station receipts, mate's receipt and so on.
Six, better freight forwarders should know the customs procedures and port operations.
In the import and export trade, customs clearance is a traditional function of freight forwarders. In the dual relationship between freight forwarders and customs authorities and their customers, the laws of the freight forwarders are direct, the regulations of different countries are not the same, but the customs agents are usually authorized by the government. The customer (i.e., the owner of 0 should be considered as the customs freight forwarding agent, in the discharge of their duties in the process, whether it can protect customers and the customs authorities of both responsibility. Freight forwarders with transportation to the departure procedures, bonded storage, customs clearance and other inland port agent ability, program operation ability is very important. In addition, freight forwarders can provide the lower transport rates are also an important factor to consider, freight forwarders are closely related to the liner rates. Of course, the inspection of freight forwarders, should also pay attention to other factors such as credit information. First-class freight forwarding operation, the owner is very important to complete the trade contract.

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