Comprehensive analysis of what is LCL shipping?
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-What is LCL shipping:
Sea freight consolidation, refers to the carrier (or agent) to accept the consignment of the number of less than a full container of small ticket freight, according to the nature of the goods and destination for classification. To the same destination of the goods, concentrated to a certain number of consolidation into boxes.
-LCL shipping destination port pickup process:
1, LCL shipping agency, give you the recipient phone or send an email to tell you that something arrived at the port, the recipient needs to prepare the information, and then pay money to the LCL shipping agency, they will help you handle customs clearance procedures.
2、When you go to pay the money, you must pay attention to see whether the fee list given to you by the LCL shipping agency is the same as the one told to you by the domestic agent.
3, go to customs for customs clearance, relatively easy, fill out the form on the good, customs clearance do not pay.
4, in the customs for quarantine procedures, in the customs clearance of the next counter.
5, go to the yard to pick up the goods, this time your goods are back in your hands.
6, if you are unfortunate enough to be quarantined by the quarantine of the department required to do quarantine, then the sea cargo owners is to toss a little.
-The advantages of LCL shipping:
1、According to the volume charge, you can transport a lot of heavy things, exaggerating a little, refrigerators, TVs and so on can be shipped.
2, the volume can be shaped and large, can be put into the box on the box.
3, not easy to lose and break.
5, if a lot of things, several cubic meters, LCL shipping is definitely a better choice.
-Disadvantages of LCL shipping:
1, generally can not accept the designation of a specific shipping company, the shipping company only accepts the booking of the whole container of goods, and does not directly accept the booking of LCL cargo, only through the freight forwarder, the LCL cargo will be put together after the whole to the shipping company booking.
2, daily operations often encounter L/C provisions of LCL cargo transportation does not accept the freight forwarder's bill of lading, because the shipping company does not directly accept the booking of LCL cargo.
3, LCL cargo billing tons strive to be accurate.
4, some ports due to the lack of LCL cargo, high cost reasons, specializing in LCL freight forwarding company to take the minimum charge for less cargo.
5, in addition, due to LCL delivery, the boxing operation in the terminal, there may be the risk of damage to the outer packaging of the goods.
6, LCL goods in the import, due to the need to allocate, customs clearance is slower than the whole container goods, bill of lading is issued to the freight forwarder.
