The processes involved in shipping and freight forwarding are far from straightforward. The management and shipment of cargo from one site to another through one or more carriers constitutes freight forwarding and international shipping. Freight can be transported by road haulage, rail, ocean freight, or air freight throughout the freight forwarding process.
One cannot overstate how crucial freight forwarding is to world trade. It takes a great deal of organization and coordination to get freight from point A to point B. To ensure the smooth transportation of your consignment, you, the shipper, and the freight forwarder must collaborate in a coordinated effort for the process to be successful.
The phases of shipping and freight forwarding explained
Although the shipping process is lengthy, the main goal is always to make sure that the payload is transported effectively and affordably. Freight forwarders are in charge of coordinating the logistics required to guarantee that cargo arrives on schedule in order for this to happen successfully. The following are the key phases of shipping and freight forwarding:
hauling for export
Export haulage is the movement of goods from the shipper’s location or the product’s original source to the warehouse of the freight forwarder at the point of origin. Usually the first in a long series of steps, export haulage is accomplished by truck, rail, or a combination of both. Numerous variables, including distance, the type of goods being transported, and the location, might have an impact on export haulage.
Checkpoint for items
The freight forwarder must inspect the cargo after export haulage to check for damage or to make sure the products have been wrapped and secured appropriately. After export haulage, when a freight forwarder receives cargo, before being transported to the port where it will be put onto a ship or airplane, it must be examined and counted, packaged for loading, combined with other goods, and packed into a container.
Customs clearance for export
The country of origin must clear the products before they can be shipped. A custom broker handles the clearing procedure and makes sure that all formalities and legal requirements have been followed. In order for products to be permitted to go to their next destination, custom brokers or businesses with active customs licenses typically participate in transactions that involve presenting the required paperwork to authorities.
Customs clearance for shipping is handled by a freight forwarder with an active license or an agent chosen by the freight forwarding service. For instance, if your products were being exported from China, the Chinese customs clearance office would need to give the shipment the all-clear before it could depart the country.
Lorgan Freight Solutions Limited manages a variety of export customs clearance-related issues, such as:
–Creation of the shipping bill (based on the letter of instructions from the shipper)
-Schema for grouping shipping bills
-Acceptance of goods
-Cargo measurement and weighting
-Labeling & Marking
-Guaranteeing presence throughout the customs inspection and perfect “Out of charge”
Transport
Depending on the distance they must travel and the type of cargo, the products can subsequently be sent via a variety of methods, such as air freight or ocean freight, after they have been cleared (perishable, non-perishable, etc.).
Clearance of import customs
When the package reaches its final destination, the cargo must also be cleared before it can be admitted. Customs approval for imports is often completed before the shipment departs for its final destination. For example, before being delivered to you, your products will be held at the customs bonded area in a Mombasa port if they are being shipped by ocean freight from China to Kenya. A trustworthy freight broker is accountable for performing this clearance before the cargo arrives in Kenya from China
By taking care of the following, Lorgan Freight Solutions manages import customs clearance.
The HS Code Classification
Determination of the proper customs duty rates
Bills of entry preparation; customs clearance processing; assessment; customs examination; obtaining customs exemption; quick Dispatch/delivery of consignments to consignee location.
Reaching the destination and import hauling
The merchandise is delivered to the freight forwarder’s warehouse in the destination nation after it has completed the import customs clearance step. Import haulage, which is nearly identical to export haulage, is the next step after the cargo has been received, handled, and sorted. The freight forwarder can handle the import haulage, or the consignee or client can decide to pick up their own cargo from the warehouse of the freight forwarder.
We have been providing unmatched Custom Clearing services ever since we were founded. You may unwind and wait for your items to arrive without having to worry since Lorgan Freight Solutions Limited will take care of every part of customs clearance. Do you want to talk about how we might cooperate to move your items at a reasonable price? To find out how we can assist, Click Here
