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Freight Forward
Freight forwarding is the art providing services for transportation in
order to moving goods from one place to another.
Freight forwarder is someone or person who provide service for
transportation in a particular country. To become a freight forwarder you need
to obtain the necessary credentials or documents from custom before one can be
approved as a freight forwarder.
Freight forward industries have a higher pedigree and serve as a means of
generating revenue from government in a given country.
Join the freight forwarding industry by registering your company and
obtaining a clearing license from custom service.
Exports are accumulated with various challenges in shipping
their goods to final customers. Therefore, some companies patronize with
professionals known as "freight forwarders" to help them solve these
challenges.
ROLES
OF FREIGHT A FORWARDER
Freight forwarders serves as a legal entity between businesses and
the various transportation services who is in-charge of getting their products
to overseas customers, including carriers, handlers and customs officials.
The amount of operatives involved in bringing items from
suppliers to customers, largely depends on the final destination of the
shipments and the nature of the products sold. But the overall objective is
always the same: to ensure the delivery of undamaged products, by specified
dates.
Packaging
Freight forwarders help businesses package and prepare products
for export. This task has varying degrees of complexity, based in on a
product's final destination. Case in point: packaging for shipping
within the China may be simpler than packaging products for extended
transportation, where items may be shipped in large cargo containers, and may
be loaded and unloaded multiple times along route. Items may also be stored in
environments of extreme high and low temperatures, and they can experience
volatile weather that can jostle the freight ships.
Labeling
Freight forwarders help businesses correctly label packages, to
make sure they contain the following information:
- An itemized list of products in the shipping container
- Any hazardous items
- Country of origin
- Correct weight, reflected in pounds and kilograms
- Port of entry details
- Any details required in the language of the destination country
Documentation
Shipping items overseas sometimes requires a deal of higher documentation
requiring specialist knowledge, that may include the following:
- Bill of Lading (BOL) – This is a contract between the owner of the goods and the carrier.
- There are two types of BOLs; a non-negotiable "straight" BOL, and a negotiable "shipper's" BOL. The latter BOL can be bought, sold, or traded while the goods are in transit. The customer usually needs an original document as proof of ownership, to take possession of the goods.
- Commercial Invoice – The invoice is the bill for the goods, presented from the seller to the buyer, often used to determine the true value of goods when assessing the amount of customs duty.
- Certificate of Origin (COO) – This signed statement identifies the origin of the export item.