SPIKO GROUP forwarders solve the following tasks in ports:
- Unloading of vessels;
- Ensuring cargo security;
- Storage of cargo in warehouses during transit and subsequent transshipment from the port;
- Freight Consolidation;
- Loading on trucks;
- Prompt passage of goods through ports.
When forwarding cargoes in the port, SPIKO GROUP specialists closely cooperate with port services, sea lines, railway terminals, customs service.
Freight forwarders accompany the cargo and organize loading and unloading at ports and stations, carry out inspection and weighing of containers, pay all necessary customs duties, issue permits, and carry out certification.
How does freight forwarding work?
Freight forwarding is a complex service, including coordinated logistics, control of cargo safety on the way and storage conditions of each item and includes a step-by-step execution of work
- Development and coordination of the itinerary;
- Registration of accompanying documents;
- Delivery of goods to the consolidation point;
- Warehouse processing: reconciliation, labeling, checking completeness and packaging, etc…;
- Cargo Preparation;
- Formation of consolidated cargo in containers;
- Providing transportation under direct contracts with transportation companies, chartering a place on the ship;
- Supervise labeling, loading/shipping of cargo from consolidation point;
- Customs escort, customs inspection service at the port or rail terminals;
- Coordination of convenient delivery time and unloading conditions with the client.
In addition to organizing the transportation and control of the cargo, the freight forwarder regularly informs the customer about the location of the cargo and solves current issues arising during cargo consolidation and transportation.
Consolidation in freight forwarding
SPIKO GROUP forwarders form a groupage cargo, combining small shipments of goods from two to several dozens of suppliers – factories, warehouses, enterprises located in different locations in the same country. Additional services may be included in the consolidation:
- Reconciliation of goods by article;
- The services of an agent who will handle the pickup of the shipment overseas;
- Labeling;
- Customs clearance;
- Assistance in control at ports of entry, in-house customs inspection specialists;
- Certification (we work directly with certification bodies and laboratories).
The benefit of cargo consolidation is in the economical, rational use of usable container and vehicle space. This is the easiest way to optimize the cost of delivery: transit of a consolidated consignment is almost 1.5-3 times cheaper than transportation in individual containers.
Collection of consolidated shipments is part of Spiko Group’s comprehensive freight forwarding service. Our company has consolidation warehouses all over Russia and in major cities of China: Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Tianjin, Nanyang, Qingdao, Harbin, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shijiazhuang, Shangqiu, Ganzhou, etc.
SPIKO GROUP Company is an experienced carrier that provides consolidation, cargo storage, logistics and customs support of goods within the framework of forwarding multimodal transportation or door-to-door transportation by one mode of transport.
Together with the request for transportation and freight forwarding, our representatives receive from the customer the contacts of the shippers (factories and loading warehouses). At this stage, the logistician’s task is to promptly organize the delivery to the consolidation warehouse of all planned cargoes to avoid downtime. The specialist calls all shippers to clarify cargo readiness, shipment date and other information. Based on data from suppliers, logisticians plan routes to deliver goods to the warehouse.
If it takes several days to assemble shipments, the manager ensures that each category of goods has suitable storage conditions. Accepted items are placed in a temporary storage area and re-sorted as new items are received.
Collected cargo is packed according to the scheme corresponding to the types of goods and the order of unloading. SPIKO GROUP manager forms a package of documents for transportation and sends the consolidated cargo to the customer.
Example of freight forwarding from China
SPIKO GROUP directly cooperates with several Chinese factories. We provide logistics and freight forwarding services to Russian customers. For example, we organize delivery of orders for retail chains selling tools, clothing, machinery, construction and agricultural equipment produced by various Chinese brands.
Consolidated purchases in the procurement of tools or small-sized equipment makes it possible to regularly replenish the assortment of the retail network with a variety of products, as well as to participate in promotions from manufacturers, as well as to quickly and inexpensively bring individual products piece by piece “to order”.
When Russian customers submit a request to assemble shipments from several brands, our managers in China organize shipment to the nearest consolidation point to the factories. As a rule, manufacturers communicate in advance the quantity, dimensions, weight and other characteristics of the planned delivery. This allows managers to get the goods into the warehouse before they even arrive:
- Reserve the required number of containers;
- Calculate the preliminary cost of delivery;
- Develop a scheme for the safe packaging of goods in containers;
- Conclude contracts with transportation companies;
- Prepare draft supporting documents.
By the time of full delivery of all ordered cargoes to the SPIKO GROUP point, most of the consolidation and forwarding work has been completed. This makes it possible to form a consignment much faster and coordinate shipment with the customer.
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