Double clear to the door, why people "love and hate"?
"Double clearance to the door" is one of the products promoted by many freight forwarding companies, which can provide convenience for the owner and have good profits for the freight forwarding.
In the general understanding, "double clearance to the door" is to sign a contract with the freight forwarder, and all the affairs are responsible for the freight forwarder after the goods are handed over to the freight forwarder, and wait for the goods to be delivered to the door, but the actual situation is far more complicated.
01 Goods changed hands many times, lost goods to find who?
In the double clearance to the door mode, the freight forwarder will refuse to provide transportation and customs declaration documents, such as the owner's bill of lading (MBL) and customs declaration, on the grounds of "cargo LCL". Even if some forwarders do provide their own non-vessel carrier bills of lading (HBL), the format and content of such bills of lading are often full of loopholes, and there is no effective information for shippers to track the status of the goods, nor to protect the interests of shippers in the event of disputes.
At this time, if the freight forwarder changes the goods several times after receiving the order, but it cannot strictly control the next house of the transfer, it will inevitably lead to the uncontrollable state of the goods. At the beginning of the agreed mode of transport of goods and transportation period can not be guaranteed, the legal relationship between freight forwarders and freight forwarders has become more and more complex in the change of hands again and again, once the goods have problems, the owner of the cargo "find who to take responsibility" has become a difficult problem.
02 LCL is inspected, normal goods are gone?
To discuss the risks of LCL transportation, we first need to set a premise that "double clear to door transportation" is not the norm in the industry. Suppliers that export "sensitive" goods are more likely to favor double clearance to the door. The supplier understands the risks of this batch of goods, and the freight forwarder naturally understands the risks of this batch of goods, but everyone is lucky.
One of the important reasons is that the goods that go to the door are usually LCL transportation, in order to successfully pass the "sensitive" high-freight goods, some freight forwarders may first load sensitive goods when loading, and then load normal goods. At this time, if the container is investigated by the customs, the normal goods in the cabinet will also be "joined".
03 Low price, find a leak?
Not necessarily! Encounter low-cost services need special attention, some small-scale freight forwarding companies use low prices to attract customers, after receiving the goods in line with the "goods in my hands" mentality, immediately ask for price increases. What's more, after receiving the goods and freight, they disappear directly, no one can be found, and the goods of the owner are not managed or disappeared.
And as mentioned above, the use of double clear to the door of the goods may be more sensitive, even if this happens, the owner may not take any effective action, some freight forwarders is to grasp the goods such psychology, is so brazen.
04 How to Prevent risks?
Start from the source and choose a reliable partner
Pies and traps often go hand in hand. When choosing a freight forwarder, never be attracted by unreasonably low prices. In the case of relatively stable market conditions, low prices are the spokesman of risk.
A comprehensive credit investigation of the freight forwarder before cooperation can help the owner to screen out a number of "unreliable" companies. For example, if a newly established freight forwarding company has been involved in several freight forwarding contract disputes as a defendant in the past year, will you still work with him?
Lose your illusions and stay on top of the cargo
For the double-clear to the door transportation mode, the goods mainly get rid of the idea of "all problems to the freight forwarder". Even if the contract is well signed, you need evidence to support your claim if something goes wrong. Before handing the goods to the forwarder, the owner must do the following things:
1. Keep the delivery documents of the goods and truthfully declare the value of the goods;
2, closely monitor the shipment of goods, requiring freight forwarders to provide complete carrier and container information;
3. Regularly follow up the transport of goods and keep the transport records provided by the forwarder.
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