Domestic freight forwarding specifically include what business scope?

The scope of business of freight forwarding:

One, for the consignor's services

Freight forwarding instead of the consignor to undertake any of the formalities in the transportation of different goods:

1, the fastest and the most economical mode of transportation, arrange for appropriate packaging of goods, choose the route of transportation of goods.

2. Suggesting warehousing and distribution to the customer.

3.Selection of reliable and efficient carriers, and responsible for the conclusion of transportation contracts.

4.Arranging weighting and measuring of goods.

5, for cargo insurance.

6. Consolidation of goods.

7, storage of goods before shipment or before distribution of goods at destination.

8, arrange for transportation of the goods to the port, handle customs and related documents, and hand over the goods to the carrier.

9. Undertake payment of freight and customs duties and taxes on behalf of the shipper/importer.

10, Handling any foreign exchange transactions related to the transportation of goods.

11, from the carrier to obtain a variety of signed bills of lading and hand them over to the consignor.

12, through contact with the carrier in the freight forwarder's agent abroad, to monitor the process of transportation of goods, and to enable the shipper to know the destination of the goods.

Two, for the customs service

When the freight forwarder as a customs agent for customs formalities related to import and export commodities, it is not only on behalf of his customers, but also on behalf of the customs authorities. In fact, in many countries, he is licensed by these authorities to handle customs formalities and is responsible to the customs for the early issuance of documents, declaring the exact amount, quantity, and name of the goods, so that the government will not lose money in these areas.

Third, for the carrier

Freight forwarders to the carrier in a timely manner booking, agreed to the consignor, the carrier are fair and reasonable charges, arrange for delivery at the appropriate time, as well as in the name of the consignor to solve and the carrier's freight accounts and other issues.

Four, for airline services

Freight forwarders in the air transportation industry, acting as an agent of the airline. In the International Air Transport Association will be the purpose of air cargo, and the rules, it is designated as an agent of the International Association of Aeronautics and Aviation. In this relationship, it utilizes the airlines' means of freight transportation to serve the cargo owner and is paid a commission by the airlines.

At the same time, as a freight forwarder, it continues to serve the consignor or consignee by providing a means of service appropriate to the degree of air transportation.

Fifth, for the liner company services

Freight forwarders and liner company relations, with the business of different and different, in recent years by the freight forwarders to provide consolidation services, that is, consolidation of freight consolidation services have been established between them and the liner company and other carriers (such as railroads) closer links, however, some countries have refused to pay commission to the freight forwarders, so they are world-wide fought the demand for commissions.

Sixth, the provision of consolidation services

With the growth of international trade in containerized transport, the introduction of consolidation and consolidation services, in the provision of such services, freight forwarders take on the role of the principal. Consolidation and consolidation of the basic meaning is: a shipment of a number of consignors to another destination of a number of consignees of small pieces of goods together, as a whole transportation of goods to the destination of the freight forwarder, and through which a single bill of goods to the consignee of each.

Freight forwarder to issue a bill of lading, that is, sub-bill of lading or other similar receipts to the consignor of each ticket of goods; Freight forwarding agent at the port of destination, with the initial bill of lading to the consignee. The consignee and consignor of a LCL are not directly connected to the carrier, for the carrier, the forwarder is the consignor, and the forwarder's agent at the port of destination is the consignee.

Therefore, the carrier issued to the forwarder is the whole bill of lading or freight bill. If the consignor or consignee has special requirements, the freight forwarder can also engage in pickup and delivery services at the place of shipment and destination, providing door-to-door services.

Seven, multimodal transport services

In the role of the freight forwarder, containerization of a more far-reaching impact is that he intervened in the multimodal transport, which is he acted as the main carrier and assumed the organization of a single contract, through a variety of modes of transport for the door-to-door carriage of goods. It can negotiate and contract separately as a party with other carriers or other service providers.

However, these subcontracts do not affect the execution of the contract of multimodal transportation, that is to say, they do not affect the obligations of the consignor and his liability for damage to and loss of the goods in the course of multimodal transportation. In the freight forwarder as a multimodal transport operator, usually need to provide a comprehensive "package" of services, including all transportation and distribution process, and assume a higher level of responsibility for its customers.

from the basic nature of the international freight forwarder, freight forwarding is mainly to accept the entrustment of the principal, on the transportation of goods, transit, warehousing, loading and unloading and other matters. On the one hand, it and the shipper of the goods to enter into a contract of carriage, at the same time he signed a contract with the transportation sector, for the shipper of the goods, he is also the carrier of the goods.

In 2012, a significant portion of the freight forwarders hold various means of transportation and storage of goods in the depot, in the operation of its business for the transportation of goods, including air, land and sea.

When carrying out business activities in accordance with the provisions of the agreement or contract with the principal or on the instructions of the principal, the freight forwarder shall fulfill this commission with the usual responsibility, in particular within the scope of the authorization.

Report truthfully on all important matters. The situation and information provided to the principal in the commissioning of the business must be true, and the principal has the right to recover from the freight forwarder and revoke the agency contract or agreement in case of any loss caused by any concealment or inaccuracy of the information provided.?

Transportation first as the "third source of profit" and attention, the so-called third source of profit, is for the enterprise's profit sources, the first source of profit from the enterprise sales increase, the second source of profit is the cost of production (for manufacturers) or the cost of goods (for the circulation of business), and the reduction of the cost of profit from the reduction of costs. The profit from cost reduction becomes the third source of profit.

Here, transportation is defined as the distribution of materials configuration, including manufacturers, distributors, loading and unloading, transportation, warehousing, handling and a series of processes, the importance of freight transport has been raised to the height of the reduction of costs and increase profits, becoming the first turning point in the definition of freight transport.

According to the different means of transportation, the contract of carriage of goods can be divided into the contract of carriage of goods by rail, the contract of carriage of goods by road, the contract of carriage of goods by water, the contract of carriage of goods by air, the contract of carriage of goods by pipeline, and the contract of carriage of goods by multimodal transport.

Contract for the carriage of goods by rail The contract for the carriage of goods by rail is a contract in which the railroad carrier transports the goods by rail from the place of shipment to the agreed place, and the shipper or consignee pays for the transportation. Shippers use the railroad to transport goods, should sign a contract of carriage of goods with the railroad carrier.

The carrier in the contract of carriage of goods by rail is the railroad transportation enterprise. Railroad transport enterprises mainly refers to the national railroad transport enterprises and local railroad transport enterprises. The national railroad transport enterprise refers to the railroad bureau and railroad branch. Railroad station section is not a railroad transport enterprise, but the grass-roots organization of the railroad transport enterprise, it can only be in the name of the railroad bureau or sub-bureau of the railroad transport production activities.

The shipper in the contract of carriage of goods by rail is the person who delivers the goods to the railroad for transportation. It can be a natural person, legal person or other social organization.

The consignee in the contract of carriage of goods by rail is the person who receives the consignment' at the arrival station. The consignee can also be a natural person, a legal person or other social organization. Although the consignee does not participate in the conclusion of the contract for the carriage of goods by rail, but they are closely related to the contract concluded, but also enjoy some of the economic rights in the contract, but also to bear some of the economic obligations brought about by the contract.

Based on the different ways of organizing the carriage of goods, the contract for the carriage of goods by rail can be divided into the contract for the carriage of goods by car, the contract for the carriage of less-than-truckloads of goods and the contract for the carriage of containerized goods.

Production Note:

(1) the bill of lading is only a contract of carriage, not a privileged certificate, not transferable, in the front of the bill of lading "non-transferable" (NOT NEGOTIABLE) words.

(2) waybill can be used for the transportation of a single type of goods, can also be used for the collection of different types of goods transportation. It can be used for one-way transportation or for intermodal transportation.

(3) a waybill can be used for a shipper at the same time, the same place consignment by the carrier to the same destination station of the same consignee of one or more pieces of goods.

(4) The shipper is responsible for the correctness of the completed description and statement of the goods. The shipper shall be liable to pay compensation for any loss caused to the carrier or other persons as a result of the non-compliance, or incompleteness or incorrectness of the description and statement filled in on the freight bill of lading.

(5) the validity of the waybill: when the goods to the destination, the consignee to pick up the goods and the consignee in the delivery of the freight bill on the signature recognition, the freight bill as a transport contract voucher of the validity period will come to an end. As a contract of carriage, its validity as a legal basis should be extended to two years after the cessation of transportation is valid.

(6) a full set of original: air waybill must be submitted to the shipper / consignor of the original "of the joint, even if the letter of credit requires a full set of original air waybill, but also as long as the submission of the shipper's joint

References: