Common Terminology of International Freight Forwarding Knowl
发布时间：2019年-09月-23日 浏览：652
1．ORC：Origin Receiving Charge
2．DDC：Destination Delivery Charge
3．THC：Terminal Handling Charge
4． BAF：Bunker Adjusted Factor or FAF（Fuel Adjusted Factor）；
5．CAF: Currency Adjustment Factor
6．DOC：Document
7．PSS：Peak Season Surcharge
8．AMS：America Manifest System
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What does the international freight forwarder mainly do?
The responsibility of an international freight forwarder is the liability of an international freight forwarder as the agent and the two party. From the traditional position of international freight forwarders, as an agent, the shipper or consignor responsible for booking, warehousing and transport arrangements, packaging, insurance, and they pay the freight and insurance costs, packaging costs, customs duties, and then charge a commission agent (usually a percentage of the cost). The cost of all of the above are (or will be) client, including international freight forwarders for delivery of goods, storage, insurance, customs, entry visas, bill acceptance and the expenses incurred, at the same time, should also pay due to international freight forwarders can not control the reason, fails to perform this contract other expenses arising. Only when the customer pays all the above-mentioned fees before taking delivery can the customer obtain the right to take delivery of the goods. Otherwise, the international agent shall have the lien on the goods and shall have the right to sell the goods in a suitable manner to compensate for the charges. International freight forwarding agent as a pure, usually to himself and the employee's fault liability, the errors and omissions include: not to deliver the goods according to the instructions; although instructions for insurance still neglect; customs error; error delivery destination; not according to the necessary procedures to obtain export (import) goods the tax rebate; without obtaining the consignee payment and delivery of goods. The international freight forwarder shall also be liable for the loss or damage or personal injury of the property of third persons in the course of its operation. If the international freight forwarder can prove that he has made reasonable caution to the choice of the third party, he will not normally bear the responsibility arising from the act of "third entry" or "non act". The international freight forwarder as a party, means to provide customers with the required, is liable on behalf of his own independent contractor, he is responsible for the performance of international freight agency contract and employment of the carrier, divided freight forwarding behavior or not behavior. Generally speaking, he is talking to the client about the price, not the agent fee. At present, the legal provisions of national transport definition and scope of business agent on the loan is different, but according to their responsibility range, in principle, can be divided into three kinds, the first kind of situation, as the international freight agency, only responsible for their own mistakes and negligence; second cases, as the International Freight Forwarders not only, responsible for their own mistakes and negligence, should also make the goods to their destination, which means he should bear the responsibility of the carrier and cause the loss of the third party liability; third, the international freight forwarders liability depends on the terms of the contract provisions and the choice of means of transport, such as FIATA responsible for the provisions of international freight only belongs to itself or its employees caused by negligence. As in the choice of third people has duty, for the act or omission of the third person is not responsible. To prove that he did not do due diligence, any third people whose responsibility should not exceed its contract responsibility. It is precisely because of the different laws and regulations of different countries, international freight forwarders are required to bear the responsibility is very different.
