Classification of international freight forwarding enterprises

International freight forwarding enterprises can be classified from different angles. In order to better understand their industry characteristics and business content, enterprises can be divided into the following types according to their establishment background and business characteristics.

1) an international freight forwarding enterprise with foreign trade transportation enterprises as the background.

This kind of international freight forwarding enterprises mainly refer to China Foreign Trade Transportation (Group) Company and its branches, subsidiaries, holding companies and joint ventures. Mainly engaged in international freight forwarding by land, sea and air, integrating shipping, air transport, air express, railway transport, international multimodal transport, automobile transport, warehousing, ship management, ship leasing, ship agency and integrated logistics. Its characteristics are: one industry is the mainstay and diversified management; Wide business scope, developed business network, strong strength, rich human resources and strong comprehensive market competitiveness.

2) International freight forwarders with the actual carrier as the background.

This kind of international freight forwarding enterprises mainly refer to international freight forwarding enterprises invested or controlled by highway, railway, sea and air transportation departments or enterprises, such as China Railway Foreign Service Company, China Ocean Shipping Agency Company, COSCO International Freight Co., Ltd. and China Civil Aviation Passenger and Freight Transportation Sales Agency Company. Its characteristics are: professional management, close relationship with actual carriers, obvious freight rate advantages, well-informed transportation information, convenience for shippers, and strong market competitiveness under specific modes of transportation.

3) International freight forwarding enterprises with foreign trade, industry and trade companies as the background.

This kind of international freight forwarding enterprises mainly refer to international freight forwarding enterprises invested or controlled by various professional foreign trade companies or large industry and trade companies, such as Minmetals International Freight Company, Sinochem International Storage and Transportation Company, COFCO International Storage and Transportation Company, SINOMACH International Storage and Transportation Company, Zhongcheng International Transportation Company, Great Wall International Transportation Agency Co., Ltd., etc. Their characteristics are: relatively stable supply, rich experience in handling goods and documents, and strong competitive advantage for certain types of freight forwarding, but most of them are small in scale and have service functions.

4) International freight forwarding enterprises with warehousing and packaging enterprises as the background.

This kind of international freight forwarder mainly refers to the international freight forwarder invested and controlled by warehousing and packaging enterprises or the international freight forwarder with increased business scope, such as Beijing Friendship Packaging and Transportation Company, Tianjin Hongda International Freight Forwarder Co., Ltd., China Storage International Freight Forwarder Co., Ltd., etc. Its characteristics are: relying on warehousing advantages to win the trust of shippers and having rich experience in special cargo forwarding, but most of them are small in scale, with few service outlets and weak comprehensive service ability.

5) International freight forwarding enterprises with port, waterway and airport enterprises as the background.

This kind of international freight forwarding enterprises mainly refer to international freight forwarding enterprises invested and controlled by ports, waterways and airports, such as Shanghai Container Terminal Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Zhenhua International Freight Co., Ltd., etc. These international freight forwarding enterprises are characterized by close relations with port and airport enterprises, rich experience in port and station operations, competitive advantages in container freight forwarding, high personnel quality and management level, but single service content and lack of service network.

6) International freight forwarding enterprises with overseas international transportation and transportation agency enterprises as the background.

This kind of international freight forwarding enterprises mainly refer to foreign-invested international freight forwarding enterprises established in China by overseas international transportation and transportation agencies in the form of joint ventures and cooperation, such as Hua Xun International Transportation Co., Ltd., Huahui International Transportation Service Co., Ltd., Tianbao Mingmen (Tianjin) International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Cailian Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd., etc. Its characteristics are: relatively developed international business network, high degree of informationization, high personnel quality, high management level and good service quality.

7) International freight forwarding enterprises with other backgrounds.

This kind of international freight forwarding enterprises mainly refer to international freight forwarding enterprises invested or controlled by other investors. Its investment subjects are diverse, its business scale and scope are different, and its personnel quality, management level and service quality are uneven. Some have strong strength, wide business scope, developed service network, high level of informatization, high personnel quality and management level, and good service quality, such as Tianjin Datian Air Service Agency Company and Beijing Foreign Enterprise Service Company. Some have small scale, single service content, low personnel quality and management level, and average service quality.