What are the main tasks of an international freight forwarder?

With the development trend of international trade and transportation methods, international freight forwarders have already penetrated into all fields of international trade and are an indispensable key component of international trade. The rapid development trend of the market economy has made the division of labor in social development more and more clear. A single trade operator or a single transportation operator does not have sufficient strength to operate and handle every practical operation in person. They must entrust an agent to It handles a series of business processes and then accomplishes their respective goals.

The main job of an international freight forwarder is to act as an agent for various international trade, business required for cargo transportation, and to accept the entrustment or authorization of customers. International freight forwarders can directly serve customers through freight forwarders or other hired agencies, or they can use their overseas agents to provide services. In the import and export business of international freight forwarders, the procedures of consignment, delivery, warehouse, customs declaration, insurance and other links are relatively complicated, and the operator needs to be fully familiar with the business. The emergence of international freight forwarders has solved this difficulty for importers and exporters. Or by accepting the entrustment of the customer to complete a certain link or related link of the goods transportation. Its main services include the following.




1. (Exporter) represents the shipper

Select the transportation route, mode of transportation and suitable carrier; provide the selected carrier with collecting and ordering; pick up the goods and issue relevant documents; study credit terms and government regulations, packaging, warehousing, weighing, measuring and arranging After insurance, customs declaration and documentation procedures, the port of the goods will be handed over to the carrier; foreign exchange transactions will be processed; freight and other expenses will be paid; the original bill of lading issued and delivered to the consignor; ; Record the loss of goods; assist the consignee to make a claim to the responsible party.

2. On behalf of the consignee (importer)

(1) Cargo dynamic report.

(2) Receive and review all shipping-related documents.

(3) Pick up the goods and pay the freight.

(4) Arrangements for customs declaration and tax payment.

(5) Arrange storage during transportation.

(6) Deliver the cleared goods to the consignee.

(7) Assist the consignee to store or distribute the goods.

3. Provide transportation services for shippers

As a multimodal transport operator, it receives and issues multimodal transport bills of lading, undertakes the risk responsibility of the carrier, and provides transport services for cargo owners. In developed countries, many international freight forwarders mainly play an important role in international multimodal transport. In developing countries, due to poor transportation infrastructure and imperfect relevant laws and regulations, the quality of freight forwarders is generally not high, and the quality of international freight forwarders is generally not high, and the role of international freight forwarders in multimodal transport operators is small.

4. Other services

Such as supervision of loading, unloading, mixed loading of goods, container assembly, unpacking and transportation consultation, etc., according to the special needs of customers. There are also special cargo loading and hanging transportation services and overseas exhibition transportation services, etc.