Import and export freight forwarders simply include two parts, one isInternational freight forwardingThe other is a domestic trade freight forwarder。Freight forwarding refers to an industry that accepts the entrustment of the consignee of import and export goods and domestic trade goods, handles the transportation of goods and related business for the client in the name of the client or its own, and collects labor remuneration from the client。
The main business categories include:
1.Water transport agent: means a freight forwarder who provides water transport and related services。Such as import and export shipping, container business, shipping lines, domestic trade shipping, bulk carriers and so on。The biggest advantage of water transportation is low cost, little pollution, safety and economy。Compared with other modes of transport, water transport is more suitable for the transportation of bulk goods。Rivers and oceans are natural resources that do not waste resources and are conducive to environmental protection。At the same time, the waterway is greatly restricted and affected by natural conditions, that is, the obvious restriction and influence of the geographical distribution of the river and its geological, geomorphological, hydrometeorological and other conditions and factors, and the waterway can not be arbitrarily extended on the vast land。
2.Air freight forwarder: means a freight forwarder who provides air cargo transportation and related services。Such as import and export air transport, domestic trade air transport, etc。The biggest advantage of air transport is timeliness, safety and large space span, but the air transport price, load and weather impact factors are larger。For example, from China to the West coast of the United States, the price of air transport is at least ten times that of water transport, so it is not recommended that the goods with low value or time requirements are not strict in the form of air transport。
3.Land transport agency: refers to the provision of road, rail, pipeline transport and other freight transport services and related services。Such as import and export railway, international land transport, domestic trade land transport, pipeline transport, etc。In the land transport, the main characteristics of road transport are strong flexibility, short road construction cycle, low investment, local conditions, low requirements for receiving station facilities, but not suitable for long-distance transport。As for railway transportation, the main characteristics are large transportation capacity, low transportation cost, little influence by natural conditions, and timeliness。The use of sealing equipment for pipeline transportation can minimize the loss and loss of transported goods during transportation。At the same time, the transport volume is large, not limited by time, but the relative flexibility is poor, and the transport of goods is single。
4.Intermodal transport agent: mainly refers to the transport process of two or more modes of transport connected to each other and completed, collectively referred to as composite transport, which is customary in China as multimodal transport。According to the international multimodal transport contract, there are at least two different modes of transport。An intermodal transport operator transports goods from a place of takeover in one country to a designated place of delivery in another country。China's Maritime Law stipulates that there must be a way for domestic multimodal transport。
5.Other: Compared to the special branches of the above business types。Such as import and export express, car consignment, pet consignment, cross-border e-commerce, insurance services, customs services, trailer customs declaration, mainland and Hong Kong trailers, etc。We won't go into details。