Services Offered By International Freight Shipping
International Freight Shipping deals in various sectors and delivers services in many sections such as Empty Container Depot, Surface transportation, NVOCC, Liner Agency, Customer Clearance, Freight forwarding, Equipment Rentals, Packaging. International Shipping Services provides both kinds of facilities to the companies such as full container load (FCL) and part load (LCL) cargoes for the import and export of goods in various countries USA, UK and more. International Freight Forwarding Companies obtain a license to provide these services to the clients.
International Freight Forwarding Companies delivers superior services to all customers due to a chain of domestic and international partners. They understand the needs and requirements and gives proper guidance to them from time to time-related to customs clearance, NVOCC Services as well as equipment rentals.
International freight shipping gives the proper information about tariff to clients. In tariff, there is proper information about freight rates, charges, and freight classifications, the specification of proper rules, regulations, and practices of common carrier (NVOCC).
The various services that come under International Freight Shipping:
Freight forwarders services:
Many people considered NVOCC and freight forwarders are almost same. There is need to obtain a license to provide these services to clients. NVOCC and freight forwarding companies come under the OTI (Ocean Transportation Intermediary). They also both considered as OTI.
The main purpose of freight forwarders is to provide expert advice and consultancy services to clients from time to time. It provides advice to the clients, the usage of the correct incoterms letters of credit, license, and gives general information relevant to the safe movement of cargo.
Freight forwarders are a kind of entity that is usually employed by importers and exports to manipulate various types of activities that are necessary at the time of shipment.
NVOCC Services:
The main purpose of NVOCC section is to deliver a bill of landing to the clients when goods arrived by ships. It dispatches the documents as well as gives bill as a testimony to the companies. As result companies get an assurance that the goods received along with their point of origin and destination.
International freight shipping services who provides NVOCC services to the companies, have basically purchase slots as well as space from VOCC (Vessel Operating Common Carrier). Then they offer the same services to the companies who associated with them as exporters or importers.
Empty container Depot:
In empty shipping container, the storage area that exists is called as container depot. That empty container depot is the term used for import and export of transportation of goods for sea shipments.
The main function of container depot is:
Proper delivery of cargo with proper receipt and dispatch.
Proper custom clearance.
Proper maintenance of containers and reworking of containers from time to time.
Proper transit of cargo by rail/ roads to and from serving ports.
Inland container depot:
The main purpose of inland container depot is to helps the importers and exports to properly manage their shipments near the position of the location. It helps the companies to save time as well as money in the dealings and formalities. It is very difficult sometimes to handle when seaports are ways from the location of importers and exporters.
Difference between Interior Depot Container (IDC) and Container Freight Station (CFS):
For International shipping services do operational work from servicing ports. Container freight station is established near to the servicing port area that helps to transmit cargo goods easily. But the existence of Interior Depot container is outside of the main town or country. It usually located away from the servicing ports.
Surface Transportation Board services:
International shipping services have surface transportation board who handles various kinds of problems and disputes related to shipping cargo goods. Surface transportation board services are to detect the fraud and prevent the companies from any kind of abuse. International freight services have the comprehensive global network of trade business.
Customs Clearance Services:
International shipping services have customs clearance department who clears the doubts of any client regarding customs duties through dedicated telephone lines as well as point of contact.
Custom clearance services of International shipping services from time to time provide proper guidance to the companies and delivers the custom duties bills to them, apart from that gives the approval of their shipment when goods received at shipping port to maintain long-term contracts with companies. Custom clearing services give proper support how to a usage of incoterms letters of credit, license, delivers us relevant information about safe movements of cargo.
Packaging services:
International freight forwarder provides the proper packaging of products. International freight shipping services provide a facility of a superior quality of packaging of goods, for transportation to their clients. They have properly packaging of products for distribution.
Equipment Rental Services:
International freight shipping services provide equipment services on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Anyone can rely on the pieces of equipment to get their job done. They have from time to time maintaining all the pieces of equipment that keep in the workshop or other jobs sites for the convenience of customers. Companies also purchase new pieces of equipment related to new technology for the comforts of customers.
Linear Agency Services:
International Shipping Services operates as the local agent who deals in one or more carriers. Their main motive is to get bookings from local shippers as well as from the cities from other countries. International Freight Shipping Services are best in delivering services to the clients with the proper guidance of domestic and international partners.