| What is the concept of freight forwarder and shipping agency and what is the difference between them？■ What is a shipping agency？
It refers to a certain link or related link entrusted by the agent to complete the import and export logistics transportation。Common freight forwarding work includes air import and export, import customs clearance, import declaration and so on。
Since many shipping companies are not authorized in China, they cannot participate in the operation themselves。They have to find a Chinese shipping agent to act as their agent。They mainly work for shipping companies。They are responsible for helping direct customers and freight forwarders book space for some routes and businesses of the shipping companies represented by their own company。The main profit comes from charters, carton stickers, etc。
■ What is a freight forwarder？
The procedures and coordination associated with the ship's operations that ultimately ensure the smooth handling of cargo。Common ship agency work is: quarantine, trailer, loading and unloading of goods, signing bills of lading and so on。
Cargo agencyMainly for the cargo owner services。The cargo owner wants to ship the goods to which port, the freight forwarder will help you find the appropriate route and the ship you need, and then help you to the shipping company or ship booking space。As the freight forwarder is a service industry, as long as the requirements of the freight forwarder are reasonable, the freight forwarder can help you solve, from booking, customs declaration, inspection, platoon car, bill of lading confirmation, tracking the ship, etc., if it is imported, the freight forwarder can also be customs clearance。
■ What is the difference between shipping agency and freight forwarder？
▲ Different responsibilities。
The freight forwarder is essentially the same as the third party logistics, not the actual carrier of the shipping company, but the consignor of the cargo owner, helping the cargo owner to deal with the contact and communication of the goods in the import and export logistics。
Shipping agency mainly provides a series of special services for ships and shipping companies。
▲ Different service objects。
The cargo agent is the link between the owner and the carrier, and the bridge between the foreign trade, the factory and the owner。
Shipping agency serves the shipping company and is the bridge between the shipping company or carrier and the port。
▲ Other differences。
Freight forwarders are generally divided into a first-level freight forwarder and a second-level freight forwarder。The first tier freight forwarder can book space directly from the shipping company, but it does not have to meet the booking conditions, and the second tier freight forwarder does not have to be worse than the first tier freight forwarder。It depends on the qualification and ability of the freight forwarding company。Not all freight forwarders are all-powerful, and not all freight forwarders have the same scope of work。
The freight forwarding company orders the space by the freight forwarding company, the shipping company generally does not accept the LCL, so the LCL bill of lading is generally not the shipping company bill of lading。