Whenever a large quantity of export containers, tight space, shipping companies will use various means to continuously improve the price, cost of transport of foreign trade enterprises increased significantly. How to sign the contract before the trade, the transportation cost can make a reasonable judgment, a majority of shippers are most concerned about. Actually, the owner can use their cargo to lower rates, and pay attention to the part of the route of transport of the actual tariff vary due to the different kinds of goods.
Generally speaking, international freight business for most operations are completed by the freight forwarding enterprise, the majority owner of enterprise, especially to carry out import and export business is not a long time production enterprises, grasp of the freight link is not fully established, resulting in a lack of basis for decision making in transport cost accounting. According to reports, the ocean freight includes several parts, taking Shanghai port as an example, export container freight FCL including sea freight prices (referring to the shipping company announced tariffs), BAF (fuel surcharge), SPS (Shanghai port surcharge, PSS (peak season surcharge), gri (price). The marine basic freight shipping companies each are not identical, but for the owner, if a freight forwarding freight service is provided for you, with a shipping company signed agreement rates, and even some because the volume of a box buckle and other preferential policies, then the freight can provide a shipping company of freight is likely to be far below the ship company announced their tariffs. BAF, SPS generally little difference, and PSS, gri is with the freight volume and market environment related, a lot of uncertain factors, but some freight forwarding companies and a shipping company signed special rules about this, often also can enjoy preferential policies.
According to the composition of ocean freight, insiders remind owners, should pay attention to consulting tariffs:
1, a route may have several ship company, in choosing the right sailing ship company, should pay attention to the freight service freight forwarding enterprise whether with the ship company signed freight rate agreement for you, if you will be able to enjoy relatively low tariffs.
2, if you have a more stable long-term volume of goods, you can directly with the shipping company signed an agreement rate, the shipping company designated by its agents to provide you with freight services;
3, PSS, GRI these two parts of the cost, if your transport plan is relatively high, you can negotiate with the shipping company or freight forwarding, to achieve a certain degree of relief;