Common Classifications Of International Trade Transport Agents

1. Chartering agent.

Also known as SHIPPING BROKER, refers to the person who carries on the ship leasing business on the basis of the ship's business activities. The main business is to find suitable shipping vessels for the Charterers in the market, or to find the cargo objects for the shipowners, and to make the Charterers and shipowners double Fang Dacheng lease transactions with middlemen and earn commission from them. Therefore, it is divided into chartering agents and shipowners agents according to their different identities.

Two. Shipping Agency (SHIPPING AGENT).

A person who accepts the carrier's entrustment and deals with all matters relating to the ship. The main business is ship entry and exit, freight, supply and other services. The ship's entrustment and agent's acceptance is limited to one time per vessel, which is called voyage agent, and a long-term agency agreement signed between the ship and the agent is called long-term agency.

Three, FREIGHT FORWARDER.

Refers to accepting the consignor's entrustment, handling cargo declaration, transfer, warehousing, allocation, inspection, packing, transhipment, booking and other business on behalf of the consignor, including booking cargo agent, cargo handling agent, cargo declaration agent, forwarding agent, tally agent, storage agent, container agent, etc.

Four, consulting agency (CONSULTATIVEAGENT): A person who specializes in consulting work and receives certain remuneration on the basis of client's need to provide services relating to international trade and transportation, intelligence, data, data and information. The business between the above types of agents is often interlaced, for example, many shipping agents also run freight forwarders, and some freight agents also run shipping agents.