What Is a Forwarding Company?

Freight companies are physical distribution companies, including companies, sellers' own transportation, storage, packaging and handling activities.

Shipping company

Freight companies are physical distribution companies, including companies, sellers' own transportation, storage, packaging and handling activities.

Chinese name

Shipping company

Work content

Distribution in kind

Focus of work

Transportation by companies, vendors, etc.

Features

To achieve customer satisfaction as the first goal

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In order to ensure the safe transfer of imported and exported goods, various documents need to be prepared during the entire transportation process. Each of these documents has a specific purpose, and there is an interdependent relationship between each other. They not only link ship, port and cargo parties, but also distinguish their respective rights and businesses.

Introduce some of the main according to the actual business procedures

Shipped bill of lading SHIPPED OR BOARD B / L means the bill of lading issued by the carrier to the shipper.

Receipt for shipping or bill of lading RECEIVED FOR SHIPPING B / L refers to the bill of lading issued when the carrier has received the goods but has not loaded them.

Direct bill of lading DIRECT B / L refers to the bill of lading issued after the goods have been loaded from the port of loading and sailed directly to the port of unloading without changing the ship.

The combined bill of lading or transshipment bill of lading THROUGH B / L refers to the bill of lading which can be transshipped to the destination port by the carrier on the way to the port of loading.

Multimodal transport bill of lading MT B / L refers to the bill of lading applicable to the whole journey signed by the two or more modes of transport by sea, inland river, railway, highway, air, etc.

Liner B / L Liner B / L Liner is a ship engaged in cargo transportation between specified ports on a certain route in accordance with the published schedule. Liner can be divided into regular and irregular routes.

Charter party bill of lading CHARTER PARTY B / L generally refers to the use of a charterer to carry all the goods of the charterer, the bill of lading signed by the shipowner to the charterer, or not the entire charterer's cargo, and the shipowner or charterer The bill of lading issued.

Registered bill of lading STRAIGHT B / L Only bills of lading which can be picked up by the consignee named on the bill of lading are generally not liquid.

Instruction bill of lading ORDER B / L usually has unlisted instructions (write only ORDER), listed instructions (ORDER OF SHIPPER or ORDER OF CONSIGNEE ** COMPANY; ORDER OF ** BANK). Such bills of lading can be transferred after being endorsed by the instructor.

The bearer bill of lading BLANK B / L or OPEN B / L does not contain any consignee or the word ORDER, which means that any holder of the bill of lading has the right to pick up the goods.

Clean bill of lading CLEAN B / L When the goods were delivered, the surface was in good condition. The carrier issued the bill of lading without adding any damage to the goods, poor packaging, or other annotations that prevented the settlement of foreign exchange.

Unclean bill of lading FOUL B / L When the goods are delivered, their packaging and surface conditions are not solid and complete, etc., and the ship can endorse it, which is an unclean bill of lading.

Parcel bill of lading PARCLE RECEIPT or NON-NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT is suitable for a small amount of cargo, luggage or samples.

The bottom freight bill of lading or minimum bill of lading MIMMUM B / L freight does not reach the minimum amount specified in the freight rate, and is charged at the specified minimum freight.

Combining bills of lading OMNIBUS B / L or COMBINED B / L Combining different batches of goods into one bill of lading, or different batches of the same liquid cargo in one tank, when issuing several bills of lading, the former is called a bill of lading, The latter is called assembly bill of lading.

Bill of Lading SAPARATE B / L A batch of goods, that is, the goods of the same manifest, can be divided into 2 or more sets of bills of lading according to the requirements of the shipper.

Expired bills of lading STALE B / L The date of the exporter's statement to the bank for settlement is too far from the date of shipment, so that the bill of lading cannot be delivered to the consignee of the destination port before the ship arrives at the destination. .

Exchange bill of lading SWITCH B / L A set of bills of lading issued at the port of transit after the bill of lading is issued at the port of departure, as the batch of goods from the midway or transit station

ANTE-DATED B / L At the request of the shipper, the carrier issues the bill of lading before the actual date of completion of the shipment after the goods have been loaded on board.

Advance loan bill of lading ADVANCED B / L due to the letter of credit stipulated that the shipping period and the settlement period have expired and the goods have not been loaded for any reason. Even if the shipment is under the carrier's control or has begun shipping, the shipper issues a guarantee letter requesting the carrier. Advance borrowed bills of lading.

Deck bill of lading, or deck cargo bill of lading ON DECK B / L refers to the bill of lading on which the cargo is loaded on the ship's open deck and marked "on deck".

Freight Bill of Lading House bill of lading issued by a freight forwarder. Freight bills of lading are often issued when goods are shipped inland and shipped inland. This type of bill of lading is technically and strictly legally meaningless.