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Maritime transport

Sea transportation is an important component of the international trade system, past, present, and future, as it is the only mode of transportation that takes longer and has lower freight costs compared to other modes of transportation. Sea freight is a factor that affects the competitiveness of global market trade. Therefore, those involved in the import and export of goods should study and understand various factors. The important matters regarding sea freight are as follows: personnel involved in the transportation of sea freight products

People involved in the transportation of sea freight products include

• Ship Owner

• Ship Charterer

• Shipping Agent&Freight Forwarder

• Shipper or Exporter

• Consignee

• Notify Party

Transportation service providers include

• Shipping companies or shipping agents

• ocean shipping agent

The roles and responsibilities of ocean freight service providers are as follows

Ship Agent

The transportation agent is the authorized person of the shipowner. The operator who becomes a shipowner has the following general responsibilities as a transportation agent at the source and destination ports:

• Provide transportation for importers and exporters

• Issue a bill of lading to the exporter

• Sending bills of lading or electronic release bills of lading to importers

Sea Freight

Sea transportation has become widely popular. Due to its low cost, it is suitable for large or large-scale products, but the limitation is that customers are affected by delays over a long period of time. Usually, each ship has an accurate transportation schedule, but sometimes the shipping schedule may be changed due to weather conditions causing delays in transportation, seasonal product shortages, or other uncontrollable factors. The shipper should plan the transportation time and reserve time.

Service type

• LCL LCL (Less than Container Load) refers to bulk cargo that is less than one container. If the sender's quantity of goods is small, the freight will be charged in USD/CBM (cubic meters).

• FCL is a type of container that covers the entire container and the product belongs only to one customer. The shipping fee is USD/CONT. The cabinet sizes are divided into 20 foot, 40 foot, and 40 foot high cabinets.

• REEFER is a container equipped with refrigeration. Used for storing food and products that require temperature control.

The importance of sea freight

• Causing continuous business such as freight forwarding

• Customs broker

• Multimodal transportation

• logistics service

The maritime transportation system consists of the following components

• Shipping from one port to another port

• Activities related to ports

• Loading and unloading goods from ships

• Sorting and packaging products

• Transport goods

• Product Storage

• The transportation of products is linked to the recipient of the product from the port of departure, or vice versa.

• related business

• Shipyard business

• Inland container warehouse, ICD

• freight forwarder

• Customs broker

• multimodal transport

• logistics service

Ocean freight service model

• Shipping services with precise route planning will incur certain freight charges

• Tramp Service， Depending on the employer or according to the agreement between the employer and the contractor

Shipping Goods (VESSEL)

• bulk carrier

• bulk carrier

• container ship

• The RO-RO product ship uses a transportation system that may include a container, a machine, or a car from the ship

Transportation of container systems. This type of transportation is a development of maritime transportation that has evolved from the past. Due to the necessity of product conditions and transportation costs, there are advantages. Convenient for lifting or moving products

• From ship to shore

• Inside the dock

• From the port of the goods to the consignee

• Using multimodal transport systems (such as cars) for trains/trains to ships/ships to cars

• Save labor costs

Container type

• Standard size, width 8 feet, height 8 feet 6 inches

• 20 foot long (short container) and 40 foot long container, 45 feet long (only applicable to some ships)

• Temperature control cabinet (REEFER)

• It is a mobile refrigerator with insulation material or a thermal system

• Special cabinets

• Designed for goods that appear quite special, such as filling with gas, liquid, perishable, or require closure on the outside

• Container service