The seven steps of internationa自體l shipping are divided into 什鄉export hauling, origin processin火人g, export declaration, s美銀ea transportation, import customs clea房呢rance, destination processin呢黃g and import transportation.
1. Export hauling
The first step in interna暗科tional maritime transport is e線公xport towing, wh動船ich involves th線工e transfer of goods from th男作e shipper to the premises of th姐謝e freight forwarder. For the g外照oods with a smal用如l volume, the freight for飛老warder will choose to鐵風 transport them to the錢樹 export center (origin warehouse),說街 waiting for centralized技術 consignment. Export towing is一讀 usually done by road (by truck), 上行rail or a combination, and the co看拍st is usually paid by the shipper, 服弟but can also be negoti章件ated and paid by the co生地nsignee.
2. Export declarati山新on
For each piece of goods that 音化is about to leave the country, the票化 relevant formaliti視通es must be completed to meet the regula讀鐘tory requirements.現通 Customs declaration is a process西機 of making a declar也拍ation and submitting the re船子quired documents to the 間錢customs, which can only be carried out公新 by companies that have cus唱去toms clearance qualific土舊ations and are recognized by th商她e customs (the so-called customs brok通年ers).
Export DECLARATION MAY BE DONE BY A Q朋制UALIFIED FREIGHT FORWARDER O一員R BY A CUSTOMS BRO吧南KER DIRECTLY DESIGNA制市TED BY THE SHIPP校會ER, WHO MAY NOT BE INVOLV購聽ED IN ANY OTHER PART離雨 OF THE shipping process. 刀可Export declaration must be complete車靜d before the goo短少ds leave the country o電爸r, if not done by a freight forwarder, 中理usually before the good要跳s enter the forwarder's warehous看校e of origin.
3. Processing of origin
The processing of origin兵校 includes the physical han北筆dling and inspection of all 開這goods from receipt at the warehouse o區錢f origin to shipment. Althou請花gh there is a lot o女雨f work involved, i又錯t is all coordinate生用d by freight forwar音雨ders. In short, when the forwa暗師rder receives the cargo, it checks it 但朋(tally it), plans 西讀to load it, merges it with other 校雜cargo, puts it into a container and 動匠transport it to the port of export,友綠 where it is loaded onto a shi子刀p. In these processes, th員如e costs incurred are paid by著村 the shipper or consignee.
4, shipping
In this link, the freight for月通warder signs the container transport低答 contract with the shipping co火窗mpany. In this case, the sh白山ipper or the consig弟女nee cannot get direct子土 contact with the shi問時pping company. Sea fr理亮eight is for the 校笑shipper or consignee's account. I不器t SHOULD be noted, however, that the美水re are various 我匠surcharges, such as fuel surcharges, 西暗currency depreciation surcharges, etc.中影, all borne by the 資科shipper or consignee.
5. Import customs clearance
Import clearance usually begi靜要ns before the goods arrive 公件in the destination country. I動樹mport CUSTOMS clearance sha湖好ll be handled by the customs br花很oker designated by the forwarder 男見or consignee, who shall ma章謝ke the declaration form, decla哥樹re it to the local customs togethe通算r with the relevant 我雜documents, and go through va車內rious procedures stipulated劇微 by the customs. Generally speaking船站, import clearance procedures must b海雪e completed before the goods leave th也校e bonded area of the desti說習nation country.
6. Destination processin火市g
The goods also need to be pro秒車cessed in the destination country be費花fore they can be released t視事o the consignee. Destination h文北andling involves transferring cont土信ainers from the s你答hip to shore and from the po藍了rt to the freight forw子畫arder's warehouse in the de一他stination country. It also includes co遠村ntainer unloading and cargo preparat上謝ion for pickup by the consignee. N答白ote that under normal circumstan熱做ces, all the charges裡秒 must be paid before the麗匠 goods can be recei區小ved, and the fee p一對ayer can be either the shi醫國pper or the consignee.
7. Import transportat拿務ion
The last step in international 日嗎shipping is to delive頻和r the goods to the consignee. Genera歌做lly speaking, the forwar笑森der or consignee大是's designat章從ed transportation company 紙內will transport the goods from th有飛e forwarder's warehouse to the des雜少ignated receiving add區校ress, but the specific discharg南女e of the goods is do數分ne by the consi我草gnee. Of course, you can also pay a哥少n extra fee and let the f對場orwarder or transportation compan歌麗y do the operation.
