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What is SHIPPING?

Shipping

What is an agent?

Agent or Shipping (Shipping) refers to the person who performs the duty of document clearance through the bank. customs clearance and marine or air freight companies to bring imported products Or export to foreign countries, including procuring to pick up products from the customer’s warehouse Bring to the vans and trailers to the port. Shipping is a company that has its own marine vessels. including container which has a duty to contact the exporter that the quantity of goods will be rented as a container or will be combined with other exporters’ goods in one of the containers

Freight Forwarder

Let’s get acquainted with this type of business first. because many believe People are still not familiar with this type of business. Or maybe it’s known, but it’s still somewhat vague. Because of the unclear and overlapping definitions of other businesses. which caused the name to be called out Other businesses mentioned are Custom Broker and Shipping Custom Broker. What is Custom Broker?

A Customs Broker is a broker in customs clearance. What is a Freight Forwarder A Freight Forwarder is a service business that acts on behalf of an exporter and an importer. in matters from the booking of the ship Packing, transportation, import and export clearance, handling of export and import documents, etc. In short, a Freight Forwarder is a company that provides services to customers beyond customs.

The services that a Freight Forwarder can provide to its customers are:

1. Custom Broker is an agent that issues goods for senders and receivers.
2. Forwarding Business is an agent in handling international freight of exporters and importers.
3. Transportation Provider is a person who transports goods by plane, sea and rail.
4. Packing service for packing management
5. Warehouse provides warehouse service. maybe the operator of the management itself or together with other operators who have warehouses for service
6. Labour provides labor services, to workers in loading goods into containers.
7.Multimodal Transport provides multimodal transport services.
8. Logistics Service provides services in logistics management. or distribution
9. Business Consultant provides consulting services on export and import.

From the above services, the company can be a broker or act as a carrier itself. that is, usually International freight forwarding companies must arrange the transportation for the customers from the start to the destination. However, there are exceptions in cases where the customer wishes to manage on their own at some stage.

The Company may manage solely on its own or employ other service providers. Therefore, the company must have a long string. is to have a wide network both in the country and abroad in order to be able to support the needs of customers as much as possible In addition, there must be a sufficient amount of money in circulation. due to some expenses The company has to pay the customer in advance, such as freight charges, port charges. And the cost of some documents, etc., but also depends on the nature and purchase contract of the customer.