Marine trailer transport is a kind of modern transport mode which takes the container as the transport unit to carry on the transport of goods. Its main process is complicated and cumbersome. The following is a detail introduction of its process for the majority of traders.

————♦️ Mode of transportation ♦️————

(I) Packing Way

1. FCL:

The shipper rents a certain container from a carrier or leasing company.

The empty containers are transported to the factory warehouse under the supervision of the customs personnel, the shipper puts the goods into the container, locks and seals the goods, delivers the goods to the carrier and obtains the station receipt, and finally exchange the bill of lading or waybill with the receipt.

2. LCL

The carrier accepts the cargo that the cargo owner consigns in less than a full container. After shipment, the cargo that goes to the same destination will be classified and sorted according to the nature of the cargo and the destination. The cargo will be concentrated to a certain amount and packed into the container.

 

(II) handover way

1. FCL Delivery and FCL Receive(FCL/FCL)

The carrier shall be responsible for the delivery by FCL, and the consignee shall be responsible for the packing and unpacking of the goods.

2. LCL Delivery and LCL Receive (LCL/LCL)

The packing and unpacking of the goods are the responsibility of the carrier.

3. FCL Delivery and LCL Receive (FCL/LCL)

4. LCL Receive and FCL Receive (LCL/FCL)

 

(III) Place of handover

(Note: "door" refers to the factory or warehouse of the consignee. "Yard" means a container yard at a port. "Station" means the container cargo depot at the port. )

1. Door to door -- in the whole transport process, is completely container transport, and there is no cargo transport, suitable for FCL to FCL.

2. Door to station -- from the door to the station for container transport, from the station to the door is goods transport, suitable for FCL to LCL.

3. Terminal to door -- from the door to the terminal is cargo transportation, from the terminal to the door is container transportation, suitable for LCL to FCL.

4. Terminal to Terminal -- Except for the middle section of container transport, the inland transport at both ends is cargo transport, which is suitable for LCL to LCL.

 

(IV) Export procedures

1. The booking.

2. Loading List: After confirming the space booking, the shipping company issues the loading list and sends it to the container yard and container freight station to arrange empty containers and handle cargo handover.

3. Send empty containers: empty containers needed for FCL freight shall be sent by the shipping company or picked up by the shipper. Empty containers for LCL freight are usually picked up by freight depot.

4. LCL Cargo Packing: the shipper will pack the empty containers by himself and deliver them to the container stacking station on time after receiving them. Container depot accepts and issues the goods receipt according to the booking order and packing list, and then loads the goods in the depot.

5. FCL Packing: Container Depot verifies and receives the consignment goods according to the manifest and issues the cargo receipt at the depot. After sorting out, the container is then packed in the depot.

6. Container delivery: the terminal receipt issued by 4 and 5 above is the proof of the delivery of the goods by the shipper and the receipt of the goods by the shipping company.

7. B/L: the shipper can exchange the B/L with the shipping company with the receipt of the shipping station, and then settle the exchange with the bank. If the credit stipulates that an on board bill of lading is required, the on board bill of lading should be exchanged after the container has been loaded on board.

8. Shipment: Container yard shall load the container according to the stowage plan of the vessel.

 

(V) Import procedures

1. Freight documents: Proceed with the relevant shipping documents sent by the port of export.

2. Distribution of documents: send the documents to the agent container freight station and container yard respectively.

3. Notice of arrival: notify the consignee about the time of arrival of the vessel, so as to facilitate the preparation for receiving the goods, and issue the notice of arrival after the vessel arrives at the port.

4. Bill of lading: the consignee according to the arrival notice to hold the original bill of lading to the shipping company in exchange for the bill of lading.

5. Bill of Lading: The shipping company will issue the Bill of Lading after verifying the original Bill of Lading is correct.

6. Pick up: the consignee with the bill of lading together with the import license to container yard for picking up or pick up procedures.

7. FCL delivery: the container yard shall deliver the container to the consignee according to the bill of lading and handle the equipment delivery order with the representative of the shipper.

8. LCL delivery: Container Freight Terminal delivers against B/L.

————♦️ Cost ♦️————

(I) Cost structure

1. FCL/FCL: Tow charge at loading port + operation charge at dock + freight + operation charge at unloading port + towing charge.

2. FCL/LCL: towing charge provided by the shipping company + dock handling charge + freight charge + unpacking charge.

3. LCL/LCL: packing fee + freight + unpacking fee.

4. LCL/FCL: packing fee + freight + dock handling fee + towing fee provided by the shipping company.

 

(II) Freight

1. Bale rate

Each container is taken as the billing unit. According to the China Ocean Freight Tariff Book of the Ministry of Communications used by COSCO, there are the following three kinds of Bale rate:

(1) FAK package rate. That is, the rate charged for each container regardless of cargo class.

(2) FCS package rate. Backing rates based on different classes of goods. The grade of goods is also 1~20, but the grade difference is small. The general cost rate of low-priced goods is higher than the traditional transportation rate, and the high-priced goods are lower than the traditional rate. For the same grade of goods, the real weight freight price is higher than the volume freight price.

(3) FCB package rate. Rates based both on different grades or classes of goods and on calculation standards. Because calculation standard is different with one class cost rate, cost rate is different also.

2. The lowest way of freight

(1) Stipulate the minimum freight class. If COSCO Company stipulates that the lowest charge grade is 7 goods, all goods lower than 7 will be charged as 7 goods.

(2) Stipulate the minimum freight ton. As stipulated by Far East Shipping Company, the minimum freight for a 20-foot container is 17.5 tons for heavy cargo, 21.5 cubic meters for size cargo, and 21.5 tons for W/M.

(3) Stipulate the minimum container load utilization rate.

3. Maximum freight

(1) The maximum chargeable tons shall be stipulated

If the volume of the cargo exceeds the normal capacity of the container, the charge will still be based on the standard volume. If the packing rate is based on the packing class, and the packing class is different, the freight for the lower class of goods will be free.

(2) Provide a maximum billing level

Cargo not higher than this class of goods shall be charged according to the specified maximum billing class.

————♦️ Container trailer transport steps ♦️————

For freight forwarders, container trailers are often encountered business, so what is the operation process of container trailers? What should I pay attention to? Here we come to understand together, I hope to understand the trailer related knowledge business help.

1. Take orders: the customer will fax the "Booking Confirm" and "Trailer Operation Entrusted Letter" to the container trailer service company in advance according to his/her coming out plan.

2. Check the order: after receiving the order, the operation team will strictly check the date, place, customs declaration, etc., to make clear S/O NO., container type, container volume, freight rate, whether to submit and various costs, etc. After passing the audit, we will immediately confirm the acceptance of entrustment by EMAIL, fax or telephone.

3. Making documents: after checking the documents, it will decide the time of making documents according to the date of making cabinets and the needs of customers out of cabinets, so as to avoid unnecessary waste of making documents. According to the arrangement of the operation group, the document making team will exchange the formal E I R with the corresponding shipping company by S/O.

4. Feedback: The tabling team will inform the operation team of the tabling information, such as the pick-up location or other abnormal situations, and the operation team will feed back the information to customers.

5. Plan to send orders: after receiving the plan of coming out of the closet from the operation group, the vehicle arrangement will be decided according to the internal objective situation of the company. Then fill in the "towing operation sheet" and "wharf pickup sheet" and other documents special requirements of the customer together complete and error-free to the arranged driver.

6. Follow up: The dispatching team will track the vehicle dynamics 24 hours a day, and timely feed back the vehicle information, such as license plate number, driver data, cabinet number, etc. to the operation team, and then the operation team will feed back the corresponding information tocustomers.

7. Delivery: The driver will deliver the heavy container to the dock after loading the goods and sealing it at the local customs. The operation group will deliver the heavy container paper and the submission materials to the submission group, and the submission group will feed back the submission information to the customer through the operation group.

8. INVOICE issued: the batch of container release, will be issued INVOICE, so that the customer timely confirm the cost.

—♦️ Attention matters in container trailer operation process ♦️—

1. Loading place (including factory name), loading time, contact information and person.

2. Weight of cargo.

3. If it is a small cabinet, which position should be placed on the trailers/or whether to use small trailers. If it is two small cabinets, according to the actual situation, can it be towed double.

 

The above is a detailed explanation of the specific operation process of container trailer transportation. You want to transport goods, you should have an understanding of these processes, so as to avoid some unnecessary losses.