International transport of goods between

1. Carrier (CARRIER) is specialized in water, rail, highway, aviation and other transport passenger and freight transport business sectors such as shipping companies, rail or road transport companies, airlines and so on. They generally have a large number of vehicles, and provide transportation services.



2. The owner (CARGO OWNER) is the specialized foreign trade import and export commodities business department or importers and exporters. They trade in order to fulfill the contract, must organize the transport of goods for import and export, is the work of international transport of goods shipper (SHIPPER) or the consignee (CONSIGNEE).



3. Transport Agency Type:



(1) charter agent. Also known as the charter broker (SHIPPING BROKER), refers to the ship as a business object to the person leasing the ship, the main business is in the market to find the right person for the charter ships or cargo owners to find the object to brokering and the owner of the two sides reached the charter lease transactions earn commissions. Thus, according to the identity of its principal representative of the different agents and owners are divided into chartering agent.



(2) Shipping Agency (SHIPPING AGENT). That the carrier accepted the commission, with a ship agent for all the business, the main business out of Hong Kong ships, cargo, supplies, and other service work. Ship to accept the commission and the agent is limited to one per boat, called the voyage agent; ship and the agent of the agency agreement signed between the long-term, known as long-term agent.



(3) Freight Forwarding (FREIGHT FORWARDER). Refers to the owner to accept the commission, on behalf of the owner of the goods for customs clearance, transfer, storage, transfer, testing, packaging, transport, booking and other business people, mainly booking canvassing agents, cargo handling agents, cargo customs agents, forwarding agents , cargo handling agents, storage agent, container and other agents.



(4) advisory agency (CONSULTATIVEAGENT): refers to specialize in consulting work, according to the client's needs, to provide information about the situation of international trade and transport, intelligence, information, data and information services to people who pay a certain amount. Above types of business between agents are often intertwined, such as the number of shipping agents, which also operates freight forwarders, freight forwarders, which also operates some shipping agents.