A freight forwarder is a freight agent, not the actual carrier of the shipping company。
Second, freight forwarders and logistics (third party), freight companies are essentially the same。
Third, the freight forwarder is different from the shipping agent, the shipping agent can represent the shipping company to deal with the booking, signing, amendment, container and other work。
Fourth, the freight forwarder has a level and two points, the level one freight forwarder has a dollar invoice, the level two does not and must go to the IRS to invoice。
Fifth, the first class freight forwarder can book space directly to the shipping company, but not necessarily qualified to book space, many shipping companies only designated a few freight forwarders as booking hatch。So it's not like level one is what。Most of the first class can only be limited to a few shipping companies with booking rights。
The first level freight forwarder does not always get a good price and service, in many cases, the booking freight forwarder has to book the freight forwarder through him (other first or second level) to get the price and shipping space。
Seven, the freight forwarder is normal，That's not to say that all affiliations are powerless，So don't just listen to the freight forwarder is attached to what，当然，If you're attached，Do not say that we are a first-class office where，It's a close call，Besides...，Not that we're level one. How's it going，Level One is not necessarily competent，But secondary also don't think that they have something to do with what what，Understand that the shippers value is that you are not suitable for their own freight forwarder。
Port freight forwarders are not necessarily the first generation, more than 90% of port freight forwarders are also freight forwarders without booking rights or second generation, so do not think that the port freight forwarders are what。
Nine, the main work of the freight forwarder is booking, customs clearance, car transportation and other work, not everything can be done。
10, customs declaration is not necessarily a customs broker (company), freight forwarders can also report, some freight forwarders only do customs declaration, other things he does not do!
11. The cargo owner must book the cargo space from the shipping company through the freight forwarder. The shipping company accepts your cargo owner's order, and finally it must be done through the freight forwarder。
12, LCL booking is not booked to the shipping company, but through the freight forwarding company booked, the shipping company generally does not accept LCL, so the LCL bill of lading is generally not the shipping company bill of lading。
13, NVOCC and a freight forwarder essence is the same, the former is approved by the Ministry of Communications, the latter is approved by foreign trade, before the ocean invoice can be issued, the latter can only use agent invoices。Both can be invoiced in US dollars。But if it's both, it's one or the other。
14, no ship and a generation of two brands can have a company at the same time, so often see what freight companies are generation and what is no ship。
The choice of freight forwarder mainly depends on his service, service is the focus, of course, the price also hopes to be cheap, cheap and fine。So whether it is the first generation, the second generation or no ship, you want to feel that it is not relevant to your own mouth, I hope everyone can find their favorite freight forwarder。