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A detailed explanation of the definition of freight forwarding freight forwarding - freight forwarders

Publish: 2016-06-04  Views: 587
    Freight forwarding in China is not a very old industry, although more low-profit industry, but this is a consequence of competition, this competition will reduce profits, while improving service, it is toward standardization of direction.
    Freight forwarders, English as freight forwarding, "the middleman, brokers and transport between the carrier and the owner organizers." In China International Freight Forwarders is an emerging industry, "it is in international trade and the transport of goods between 'industrial symbiosis' or 'edge industry'. "
    Freight forwarding, cargo agents from the literal point of view is short. From the content point of view is to accept the work commissioned by the customer a certain part of the carriage of goods or related to this part, related work in this area can be directly or indirectly find freight to complete, in order to save capital. Depending on the goods also have overseas agents. Freight Forwarders in circulation refers specifically to provide various services for freight transport demand and capacity providers in general. They service the whole of society, it is the owner and provider capacity between the bridge and link.
Freight forwarding industry in the international freight market, is between the carrier and the owner, accepted by the owner, agent charter, booking, loading, versions and related documents, customs declaration, inspection, insurance, container transportation, entry boxes, issuance of bills of lading, clearing fees, and even pay a single negotiation and settlement. These efforts wide contact surface, many links, it is the international trade freight business is quite complicated to handle work is relatively concentrated, co-ordination, straightening out relations, enhance their professional, technical and policy, international freight forwarding industry is formed, is the inevitable outcome of international commodity circulation process, international trade is an integral part of, and as such, the industry has been recognized as the world's freight forwarding business of international trade. Its English name FORWARDERS, and for the establishment of an international organization, "Fiata", the abbreviation "FIATA". Its Member States has grown to more than 130 countries and regions, with more than 3,500 international freight forwarders, employees reached more than 800 million people, China's Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian, Jiangsu, Shenzhen have established the International Freight Forwarders Association of Foreign Trade and economic cooperation is to build China international Cargo Agencies Association, the Association will lead the country, and join an international organization to become a member. International freight forwarding industry had been built as early as the tenth century AD, initially as a customs broker, its employees come from mostly the international trade business, the higher the quality of personnel, we can charge d'affaires for the owner of a considerable part of the international trade and transport issues, with trade development, and gradually derive a specialized industry, in its development process, some countries have tried to cancel it, so that shippers and carriers a direct business relationship, reduce intermediate links, but they were not successful because the international freight market constitute shippers, freight forwarding, the owner (or other capacity), four main shipping, and port terminals, airports, bus stations, libraries and other objects can not be mixed, retail, cross-business.
Freight shippers and carriers to communicate is a bridge.