Freight Forwarding Price: Tips For Shipper'S Inquiry

When container exports are large and space is tight, Shipping company It will be improved by various means. Freight rate The transportation cost of foreign trade enterprises has increased greatly. How to make a reasonable judgement of transport cost before signing a trade contract has become the most important concern of the vast majority of foreign trade shippers. In fact, shippers can use their freight volume to reduce freight rates, and note that the actual freight rates of some routes are different depending on the type of goods.

Generally speaking, most of the operation of international freight business is completed by freight forwarding enterprises. The majority of shipper enterprises, especially those producing import and export business for a long time, do not fully grasp the pricing link, resulting in lack of decision-making basis in calculating the transportation cost. According to the introduction, the shipping tariff includes several parts. Taking the port of Shanghai as an example, the export container containerized freight rate includes the basic freight rate of shipping (the shipping price announced by the shipping company), the BAF (fuel surcharge), the SPS (Shanghai port surcharge), the PSS (high season surcharge) and the GRI (general price increase). Among them, the shipping basic freight ship companies are different, but for the shipper, if you provide freight forwarders for freight forwarding, sign a negotiated freight rate with a shipping company, or even some preferential policies such as large quantity of boxes and buckles, the freight rate of a shipping company that can be provided by freight forwarders may be far lower than the shipping price announced by the shipping company itself. BAF and SPS generally have little difference, while PSS and GRI are related to the whole freight volume and market environment. There are many uncertain factors, but some freight forwarders and a shipping company sign special clauses on this aspect, and they often enjoy very preferential policies.

　　根據海運運價的組成，業內人士提醒貨主，咨詢運價時應注意：1.某一航線可能有幾家船公司經營，在選擇合適船期的船公司后，要注意為你提供貨運服務的貨代企業是否與這家船公司簽有協議運價，如有你便可以享受到比較低的運價;2.如果你有較穩定的長期貨量，可以直接與船公司簽定一個協議運價，由船公司指定它的代理為你提供貨運服務;3.PSS、GRI這兩部分費用，如果你的運輸計劃正確性比較高，可以通過與船公司或貨代的協商，達成一定程度的減免;4.美國線的貨物，關于海運基本運價部分，一部分船東以采取FAK運價(所有貨種同費率)方式，一部分船東則采取根據貨物品名分級的費率方式，忽視這一點，貨主詢價的結果可能與實際運輸的運價相差很大。