The main business of freight forwarders

The main business of freight forwarders is to accept the entrustment of the entrusting party and handle matters related to the transportation, transshipment, storage and loading and unloading of goods.

Freight forwarding industry refers to the industry that accepts the entrustment of the consignor and consignor of import and export goods to handle international cargo transportation and related businesses (customs declaration, handover, warehousing, distribution, inspection, packaging, transshipment, booking, etc.). ) Serve the client in the name of the client or in his own name, and collect remuneration.

The main work includes: arranging the appropriate packaging of goods and selecting the transportation route of goods by the fastest and most economical transportation mode. Advise customers on warehousing and distribution. Select a reliable and efficient carrier to be responsible for concluding the transportation contract. Arrange the weighing and measurement of goods. Handle cargo insurance. Assembly of goods.

Store the goods in the warehouse before shipment or distribution at the destination. Arrange the transportation of the goods to the port, go through the customs and related documents, and hand over the goods to the carrier. Bear freight and customs duties on behalf of the shipper or importer. Handle any foreign exchange transactions related to cargo transportation.

The significance and application of freight forwarding;

With the development of international trade and transportation mode, international freight forwarders have penetrated into all fields of international trade and become an indispensable part of international trade. With the rapid development of market economy, the social division of labor is becoming more and more clear. A single trade operator or a single transport operator does not have enough strength to handle every specific business personally. They need to entrust agents to handle a series of business procedures for them, so as to achieve their respective purposes.

The basic feature of international freight forwarding is that it is entrusted or authorized by the principal to handle all kinds of services required for international trade and transportation, and collect certain remuneration, or as an independent operator to complete and organize the transportation and storage of goods, so it is considered as the organizer of international transportation, also known as the bridge of international trade and the designer of international cargo transportation.