Questions to Define Your Need Before Contacting A Freight Forwarding Company

When  Overnight freight Sydney to Canberra  involves freight forwarding and third party logistics (3PL), selecting the right logistics service provider is no different than selecting the most appropriate supplier or your own employees for your company; you are choosing a partner that will help your business succeed. The company that you'll choose should be a reliable partner for your logistics needs, and really should have good track record in providing the very best freight forwarding services. In this fast-changing world which is highly dependent on supply chain optimization, cost efficiency, timeliness, and unvarying service, shippers, importer, exporters among others mixed up in supply chain must make an assurance on which freight forwarding company to choose for his or her logistic needs.

In choosing the right forwarding company for the business, how big is your company should not fix upon the size of your freight forwarder (a combination of volume shipped, revenues and # of employees are how the size of one's freight forwarder is defined). You can find large companies that chose small freight forwarders for their business and also small companies that chose to have large freight forwarders. Therefore, there are lots of other questions that must definitely be answered and other point of comparison that should be analyzed to conclude which freight forwarding company is right for you and your company.

Here are several questions that you should answer that you should know which freight forwarding company to select:

1. What mode of service do I need? Do I want port to port, port to door, door to port, or door to door services?

2. What is the foundation address of the cargo, what's the final destination?

3. If you are having international freight forwarding, consider What exactly are my international commercial terms with my supplier or my buyer? At what point does my responsibility and liability of the cargo begin or end?

4. What is the size/weight/dimensions/value of my cargo? What is the value? Is my shipment considered oversized or out of gauge?

5. According to the mode of transport that you will be needing: what size ocean container, what volume of air cargo, or size domestic cargo am i going to be shipping?

6. How is my cargo packaged? Do I need additional packing or loading services?

7. Is my cargo considered hazardous? If that's the case, do I have the material safety data sheet, that is required by my freight forwarder?

8. Is there any sort of import or export license required for the import or export of my cargo depending on commodity and ultimate destination of the cargo? If that's the case, do I know how to apply for that license?

9. AM I GOING TO need any special services such as: documentary services such as for example document attestation or legalization services, drop and pull of a container (container left overnight at supplier), customs clearance and duties paid, CBP/FDA/USDA exam processing, in-bond entry, commodity classification (HTS codes), fish & wildlife license, prior notice, annual bond for imports, consolidation of cargo, deconsolidation or any type of additional service?

10. If cargo will visit a fulfillment center such as Amazon.com, am i going to need additional repacking services, labeling, pick and pack or other service necessary to deliver to Amazon.com fulfillment centers?

11. Will I ship my cargo within an ocean container, RORO vessel, breakbulk vessel, airplane, truck, barge, rail or other mode of transport? Will I need intermodal services offering a variety of these services?

For additional insights, in choosing a freight forwarding company, it's also advisable to check that the company that your choosing is certified, when you are round the middle east, you need to look for NAFL member or a FIATA member.