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Do you know how the all freight trucks loaded and unloaded?

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  (1) Before loading, the transportation personnel of the enterprise shall carefully check whether the body (including light transmission inspection), doors, windows and cover valves of the freight truck are intact and in good condition, whether there is any repair notice, color ticket(A "color ticket" inserted in the truck means that the final inspection is due or the vehicle is in poor technical condition and needs to be repaired.), wash and return label of the truck or passage restriction, whether the car is clean and whether it is polluted by poisons.   When loading grain, medicine, salt, fresh goods, drinking food with the goods under escort, the vehicle shall also be checked for foul odor.   Carefully check the name and number of the loaded goods, check the marks, labels and the status of the goods.   (2) When loading vehicles, the enterprise transport personnel must check the waybill, the invoice, the actual goods, to ensure the "three unified" waybill, the i...

How to lower international freight cost?

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  Recently,many freight forwarder are facing a big problem which is the high international freight cost,and how to lower the fright cost if you can not change the shipping rates?Here is 7 ways for logistics cost management .   1. Shorten the transportation distance of goods Today's international trade logistics and transportation services, in addition to extremely valuable goods, most of the goods are in accordance with the volume or weight of goods, and referring to the distance of transport to calculate the freight, so the length of the distance of transport of goods often affects the level of logistics costs.   In the process of carrying goods, to choose as short a distance as possible.       2. Choose the right means of air and sea transport When carrying out international transport of goods, it is necessary to choose the appropriate means of transport.   For goods with strong timeliness and small quantity, you can choose air transportation.  ...

Why are freight forwarders facing severe png air cargo rates challenges?

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  Shippers/cargo owner around the world face significant supply chain challenges due to port congestion and severe container shortages.   Besides , freight forwarders from all over the world are facing high freight, as well as shipping company's various surcharges.   Port of Auckland in New Zealand is the latest of a number of container shipping hubs to be hit by congestion surcharges.   MSC  reported 10-13 days' delay in berthing at Auckland harbour and a lack of dockworkers made the situation so bad that a congestion surcharge will be imposed.   MSC will impose a CONGESTION surcharge of us $300 / TEU on all exports from Europe, Turkey and Israel to Auckland Port, New Zealand from the Date of bill of Lading on November 9, 2020.   In addition, from the same day, the peak season Surcharge (PSS) will be charged at US $300 / TEU for all shipments from mainland China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia to Auckland Port.     The MSC ...

The 2nd Global Freight Forwarders Cloud Conference Concluded

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  From October 19 to October 23, 2020, 5 days, 120 hours, the 2nd Global Freight Forwarders Cloud Conference concluded successfully on 23rd,Oct.. The global logistics compatriots once again gathered together under the call of the Cloud Conference to witness this well-known logistics event at home and abroad. With the perfect host of the first cloud summit  in May this year, the 2nd cloud summit focused on "new business formats, new patterns, and new opportunities", attracting 100 from many countries and regions around the world, and bringing together 1000 companies to discuss the crisis in the cloud.   This Cloud Summit received strong support from China Association of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Enterprises, China Transportation Association, China International Freight Forwarders Association, and Tianjin International Freight Forwarders Association. Many industry experts brought wonderful sharing. The 5-day conference, global simultaneous live broadcast, 10000...

How does maritime cargo insurance make claims?

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  Marine insurance is a required insurance for marine cosmos air cargo  transportation insurance. international freight forwarders There are two types of basic insurance: general cargo insurance and special cargo insurance. R ts global insurance brokers  is connected with safety insurance, water pollution insurance and all risks.   Maritime transport risk Maritime risks include natural disasters and accidents. Natural disasters refer only to severe weather, thunder and lightning, floods, drift ice, earthquakes, tsunamis and other irresistible disasters.   Accidents mainly include major accidents with obvious marine characteristics; external risks refer to various risks other than marine risks, divided into general external risks and special external risks: general external risks refer to theft, breaking, leakage, and contamination. Moisture and heat, odor, corrosion, hook damage, short amount, fresh water rain, etc.   Special external risks mainly refer to ...

How to Be A Good Frieght Forwarder

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  1. Freight forwarders must be familiar with common sense in maritime geography.   First of all, as an international freight forwarder, since ships will travel to different countries, they should be familiar with the world's geography and shipping routes, the location of ports, transshipment sites and their inland distribution centers. Secondly, freight forwarders should also understand the pattern of international trade and its development trends, the flow of goods, etc., such as Western Europe and the United States, Canada, Japan and other highly industrialized countries, import a large number of raw materials from developing countries, and export industrial systems to these countries Finished product.   2. J rb freight forwarders   should be familiar with the applicability of different types of transportation to goods.   There are four modes of transportation in the world shipping market: liner transportation, charter transportation, NVOCC transportation and...