How to distinguish between freight forwarders, ocean freight operations, and shipping operations? Explanation of shipping company's SO documents?

How to distinguish between freight forwarders, ocean freight operations, and shipping operations? Explanation of shipping company’s SO documents?

Freight forwarder is the abbreviation for freight forwarding, which refers to the business of providing transportation procedures, picking up, sending, and transporting goods on behalf of others. Freight forwarding, some are intermediaries who do not have their own ships or planes, or shipping companies or airlines. The responsibility of freight forwarding is to transport the goods entrusted by the principal from one place to another through designated transportation routes, and act as an agent for transportation companies (sea, land, air) to collect and collect goods.

How to distinguish between freight forwarders, ocean freight operations, and shipping operations

The freight forwarding industry is located between shippers and carriers in the international freight market, accepting shippers’ commissions to handle chartering, booking, loading, preparing relevant documents, customs declaration, inspection, insurance, container transportation, unpacking, issuing bills of lading, settling transportation and miscellaneous fees, and even submitting documents for negotiation and foreign exchange settlement.

Sea freight operations generally refer to the operations of sea freight business in freight forwarding companies, which mainly target customers and are commonly referred to as customer service operations. The process is divided into import and export operations. Taking container export goods as an example, the process roughly includes: consignment acceptance, booking, container making, customs declaration and packing, loading, unloading, notification of pick-up, customs clearance, document exchange, and pickup.

Shipping operations generally refer to personnel in freight forwarding companies who inquire about booking with shipping companies or operators in shipping companies.

Taking a freight forwarding company as an example, the shipping operation process is roughly as follows: inquiring with the shipping company, booking (booking), issuing a booking form (S/O) by the shipping company, the shipper picking up the container and loading the goods with the S/O, customs declaration, bill of lading supplementation, bill of lading comparison, payment, and bill of lading collection.

Large freight forwarding companies have segmented operational processes, with dedicated personnel for each operation, while small freight forwarding companies have one person to package more than one business. Some large manufacturers also have maritime and shipping operations.

How to distinguish between freight forwarders, ocean freight operations, and shipping operations?

Teach you how to understand the shipping company’s SO documents

After obtaining the booking form from the shipping company, please mainly verify the following information:

Booking number
Ship name/voyage
Cabinet type
Port of discharge, destination
Replenishment time, cut-off weight cabinet, and cut-off release strip time
Cabinet making time
Special requirements

Interpretation of Shipping Company’s SO Documents

Booking number：订舱号码

Vessel：船名
Voyage：航次
CY Closing DATE：截柜日期，截关日
closing Date/Time：截柜日期
SI CUT OFF date/time：截提单补料日期/时间
Expiry date：有效期限，到期日期
Sailing date：航行日期 / 船离开港口的日期
ETA （ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL）：预计到达时间，到港日（船到目的港日期）
ETD（ESTIMATED TIME OF DELIVERY）：开船日（起运港船离港日期）
ETC（ESTIMATED TIME OF CLOSING）：截关日
Port of loading（POL）：装货港
Full Delivery Pickup Terminal: 提重柜码头
Empty Cntainer Depot:交空柜场站
Loading port：装货港
From City:起运地
EXP（export)：出口

Final destination：目的港，最终目的地
Place of Delivery（POD）或To City：目的地，交货地
Port of discharge：卸货港
Discharge port：卸货港
Load Port: 卸货港
Dry：干的/不含液体或湿气
Quantity：数量
cargo type：货物种类
container number：集装箱号码
container：集装箱
specific cargo container:特种货物集装箱
Number of container：货柜数量
container Size：货柜尺寸
CU.FT ：立方英尺
Cont Status:货柜状况
seal number：封条号码
seal No：封条号码
seal type：封条类型
weight：重量

Gross weight：总重（一般是含柜重和货重）
Net Weight：净重
Actual weight:实际重量，货车，集装箱等运输工具装载后的总重量
Laden：重柜
remarks：备注
remarks for Terminal：堆场/码头备注
piace of receipt：收货地
Commodity：货物品名
intended：预期
ETD:预计开船日期
Booking NO: SO号码/订仓号码
Shipper:发货人
Container No（Number）:集装箱号码
Equipment Number：货柜号码
Reefer Tetails:冷柜参数
contact：联络人,联系方式
contact person：联络人

intended fcl container delivery CUT-OFF：指定的重柜交柜时间，装箱整箱交付截止
intended shipping instruction CUT-OFF：指定的文件结关时间，航运指示截止
DOC CUT-OFF：文件结关时间(可能没有额外指定,按船公司一般的规律)
像上面都是有特指的）
Cargo nature：货物种类
service contract NO：服务合同编号，
SI CUT: 截提单补料或截关
BKG Staff: BKG是Booking的简写，那就是订舱人员
Regional BKG#:预订区域，
Sales Rep: 销售代表
BILL of Lading#:提单号，提单方案
Empty Pick up CY:提空柜地点
Empty Pick up Date:提空柜时间，提柜有效期
Pre Carrier: 预载
Est.Arrival Date:EIS到达时间
CY CUT: 结关时间（具体还不清楚是码头截重柜还是截海关放行条时间）
CY open: 整柜开仓时间
Port of delivery：交货港口
Receive Term: 接收期限
Delivery Term: 交货期限

Ocean Route Type: 海运路线类型，多指印度洋航线类型
EQ Type/Q＇ty:集装箱数量，类型 EQ是Equipment的简写
Address:地址
Special cargo information: 特别货物信息
Please see attached,if exists: 如果有,请见附档/如果存在，请参阅附件
Shipper＇own container:托运人自己的集装箱
Dangerous:危险或危险品 / 危险标志
Internal：中心的，内部的
Released: 释放，放行
MT就是指吨，英文叫METRE TONE
Customer:客户
FCL full container load：整柜
FCL：整箱，整箱货
LCL less than container load ：拼箱，拼箱货
Carrier：承运人
Trucker:拖车公司/运输公司
Tractor NO：车牌号码
Depot:提柜地点
Pickup Location：提柜地点
Stuffing:装货地点
Terminal:还柜地点
Return Location：交柜地点
Full Container Address:还重柜地点
revised:修改后，已经校正，已经修订
Size/Type:柜型尺寸尺寸/种类
Discharge Port:卸货港
Destination:目的地
Special Type:特殊柜型
S/O No:订舱号
Shipping Order No. :托运单号码
Temp:温度
Vent:通风
Humidity:湿度
PTI:检测
Genset:发电机
Instruction:装货说明
Special Requirement:特殊要求
GWT：（货物毛重）限重/柜，一般是柜和货物的总重量
SOC：货主的集装箱
Feeder Vessel/Lighter：驳船航次
WT(weight) ：重量
G.W.(gross weight) ：毛重
N.W.(net weight) ：净重
MAX (maximum) ：最大的、最大限度的
MIN (minimum)：最小的，最低限度
M 或MED (medium) ：中等，中级的
P/L (packing list) ：装箱单、明细表

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