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Knowledge of International Freight Forwarders

First, the nature of the international freight forwarding

"" The People's Republic of China International Freight Agency regulations "" clear definition of international freight forwarding industry, namely: "refers to import and export goods, the shippers, shipper entrusted to the client's name or the name of their own , for the client handle international cargo transportation and related business and collect service remuneration industries. "

As international trade and the development of modes of transport, international freight forwarding agent has infiltrated into every area of international trade, international trade, an indispensable and important component. The rapid development of the market economy, so that social division of labor has become increasingly tends to clear a single business operators, or a single transport operators do not have enough power to personally deal with each specific business operations, they need an agent for handling a series of business procedures in order to achieve their goals. The basic characteristics of international freight forwarders are entrusted by the principal or authorized agent of various international trade, transport businesses in need of services and receive a certain reward, or as an independent operator to complete and the organization of cargo transportation, storage and other business, they have been considered to be the organizers of international transport, also known as a bridge between international trade and international transport of goods designers.

Second, international freight forwarding business

International Freight Forwarders is usually the completion of a client to accept a certain part of the carriage of goods or in connection with the various links either directly or through freight forwarders and his other employment agency for customer service, you can also make use of his overseas agents to provide service. Its main services include:

1. On behalf of shippers (exporters) (1) choice of transport routes, transport modes and appropriate carriers; (2) to the selected carrier to provide canvassing, booking; (3) to extract the goods and issue a single certificate; (4) to study the letter of credit terms and all government regulations; (5) packing; (6) storage; (7), weighing and volume size; (8) arrangements for insurance; (9) to the port handled cargo declaration and documentation procedures, and will deliver the goods to the carrier; (10) to do foreign exchange transactions; (11) pay the freight and other costs; (12) received the original bill of lading have been issued, and pay the consignor; (13) to arrange the goods transporter; (14) inform the consignee that the goods dynamics; (15) records the loss of the goods; (16) to assist the consignee to the responsible party to the claim.

2. On behalf of the consignee (importer) (1) The dynamics of goods; (2) to receive and review of all transport-related documents; (3) pick-ups and pay freight charges; (4) to arrange customs clearance and payment of taxes and other costs; (5) to arrange transportation in the process of warehousing; (6) have been delivered to the consignee for customs clearance of goods; (7) to assist the consignee storage or distribution of goods.

3. As a multimodal transport operator, which collect the goods and the issuance of the multimodal transport bill of lading, the carrier bear the risk of liability for cargo owners to provide a package of transportation services. In developed countries, due to freight forwarders play a huge role in the transport organizer, so many of the major freight forwarders engaged in international multimodal transport operations, while in developing countries, due to poor transport infrastructure, the relevant laws and regulations are not sound, as well as freight forwarding is generally not high quality, international freight forwarding agents are generally not as high quality, international freight forwarding as a multimodal transport operator to play a narrower role.

4. Other services, such as the special needs of the customer to supervise the installation, monitoring unloading, cargo and container assembled a mixture of devanning transportation consulting services.

5. Special cargo is loaded and linked transport services and transport services in overseas trade fairs.

Third, the right of International Freight Forwarders

International Freight Forwarding to accept customer payments for goods transportation, storage, insurance, customs clearance, visas, handling acceptances and other services bill what happened costs, while also accepting customer payments due to reasons beyond the control of international freight forwarding contracts resulted in unable to meet other expenses arising from, if a customer refused to pay the international freight forwarder has a lien on the goods, right in some appropriate manner to sell the goods as a way to compensate for the fees to be charged. International freight booking agent to accept a commission paid by the carrier.

Fourth, the international freight forwarding agent's responsibility to

International Freight Forwarders should provide "safe, rapid, accurate, saving and convenient" service, and its the fault of himself and his hired staff responsibility. Its error and negligence including: failure to follow the instructions for the delivery of goods; though been instructed to handle the insurance is still there negligence; declaration is wrong: transport error destination; not in accordance with the procedures necessary to obtain re-export of goods rebate; not obtained the consignee for the goods on the delivery of the goods. Freight forwarders should also be caused in the course of their operations destroy or damage property of a third party or personal injury liability. If the freight forwarder can prove he is the choice of a third party to do a reasonable care, then he is generally not borne by a third party act or omission gave rise to responsibility.

When the freight forwarders as the contracting parties, the response to the performance of its freight forwarding contract carrier hired, sub-freight agents responsible for acts and omissions. Under such circumstances, freight agents and clients to contact the prices of services, rather than collect agency fees.

5, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA Fiata)

Federation of International Freight Forwarders Association is the world's international freight forwarding industry organizations. At its meeting held May 31, 1926 in Vienna, Austria set up its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The aim is to protect and improve the international freight forwarders in the global interest. This would be a field of transport in the world's largest non-governmental and non-profit organization, with a wide range of international influence, and its members include countries in the world of international freight forwarding industry, has 76 ordinary members, an Associate Member of 1751, over 124 countries and regions, including the 3500 international freight forwarding company with 800 employees. The Association of the United Nations Economic and Social Organization and the United Nations Conference Trade Development consultant, and is recognized as an international freight forwarding industry representatives. Sinotrans Corporation as a national organization to the general membership of the in 1985 and formally joined the organization.

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