With the increase of modern cargo transportation, lianyungang import freight forwarding industry has become popular, but do you know the difference between shipping agent and freight forwarder? Below we lianyungang freight forwarding company to introduce the difference between shipping agent and freight forwarder for you!

I. definition of shipping agent and freight forwarder

The ship generation, namely agent and ship the relevant business unit, its scope of work have to deal with water diversion, quarantine, tug, berthing, loading and unloading goods, materials, documents, etc, the ship generation is responsible for shipping business, shipping import and export formalities, coordination of the ship and port departments, to ensure that the cargo smoothly, in addition to complete the ship's charter, such as replacement of the crew, material, food supplies, ship repairing, etc. Sometimes the ship will entrust the ship to sign the bill of lading.

Freight forwarding, literally the abbreviation for freight forwarding. From the perspective of work content, it is to complete a certain link or related link of cargo transportation entrusted by the customer. All the work involved in this aspect can be completed directly or indirectly by finding freight forwarders, which is the bridge and link between the owner of the cargo and the supplier of transport capacity.

Ii. Major differences

One difference: freight forwarders are freight forwarders, not actual carriers of shipping companies. Freight forwarders and logistics companies (third parties) are essentially the same. Different from the shipping agent, the shipping agent can handle the work of booking space, signing orders, changing orders and putting boxes on behalf of the shipping company, which are functions that the shipping agent does not have.

Some students will ask, so freight forwarders can book space ah, here we will talk about the problem of freight forwarders book space.

As we all know, some freight forwarders can book shipping space directly from the shipping company.

So let me talk about the concept of the next generation here, I believe many students will often hear that we are a generation.

In fact, the generation here has two concepts. The current generation is NVOCC, and NVOCC can basically say that it is a generation. The previous generation is a relic of history, which was once a state-owned enterprise. Nvocc and nvocc can be owned by one company at the same time, so it is common to see what freight forwarding company is both nvocc and nvocc. Nvoccs are essentially the same as tier I freight forwarders. The former is approved by the ministry of communications, while the latter is approved by the ministry of commerce. The former can issue shipping invoices, while the latter can only use agency invoices. In addition, both can be invoiced in us dollars.

A level of freight forwarders can directly to the shipping company to take the price but not necessarily qualified to book space, there are a lot of shipping companies only designated a few freight forwarders as booking space, so it is not that a level of freight forwarders is certain how, most of a level of freight forwarders only limit themselves to be better at a few shipping companies have booking space right.

A first-class forwarder who has the right to book space does not always get good prices and services. In many cases, the forwarder who books space has to get the price and space from the forwarder who booked space through him (other first-class or second-class).

About the affiliated

Forwarder affiliated very normal, not to say that all the affiliated no strength, so don't just listen to that of call forwarding is how wear, of course, if you are attached, don't say we preached, is the level where the office is affiliated, is linked, and ah, don't think we are the level is about, one is not capable, but the secondary also don't think you have a little relationship to how wear what, understand the owner is more about whether you suitable forwarder;

Therefore, when we communicate with customers, we can understand that what customers need is not a single generation

It is a freight forwarder suitable for him and able to meet his needs. At this point, we should understand that actually the freight forwarder at the port is not necessarily the first generation. It can be said that more than 90% of the freight forwarder at the port is also the freight forwarder or the second generation without the right to reserve space.

In addition, there is a special existence, that is, the customs declaration company is not necessarily the customs declaration company (company), the freight forwarder can also report, some freight forwarders only do customs declaration, other things he does not do; This happens a lot.

The shipper must book the space from the shipping company through the forwarder. The shipping company has received your shipper's order, and it will be done through the forwarder eventually. Then the shipping agency will complete some tedious work of documents. The second generation cannot book the shipping space directly. It can book the shipping space through the first generation, but the second generation can confirm the sea freight with the shipping company.

The forwarder is attached to less, customs declaration and inspection are attached to 60%. Now the freight forwarder has been released, so attached less and less, but the customs broker because of the characteristics of small fast spirit, so many are attached.

Through the above introduction of lianyungang freight forwarder I believe you must have some understanding of the difference between shipping agent and freight forwarder! Professional lianyungang freight forwarding company, please identify lianyungang zhanhang international freight forwarding co., LTD.