(1) Shipping is slower than air transportation. More is more sea conditions. But the big advantage is that it is cheap!
(2) Shipping is easy to postpone. In the sea, due to weather, docks and other reasons caused by berthing and other time delays, the error of about 3 days is particularly normal.
(3) There are many links in the middle. Shipping includes loading, taking the boat, and shipping. If a link is negligent, it will definitely delay the arrival time of your goods. (So be sure to keep track of it.)
(4) There are many shipping companies, but there are several shipping companies. Abandoning the ship slow, changing the freight company is also the two or three ships.
(5) Going by boat, if anyone tells you that you are guaranteed to arrive in a few days, he will definitely lie to you. If you want to be cheap and want to be fast, unless you are particularly lucky!
Ps: I once had a customer who was very cute. When I shipped it, I was the fourth freight company that I had already changed. Because the ship of each shipping company he took was delayed for many reasons, of course I don't think that the ship suddenly failed to change the ship. When I was ready to go to the raft, he actually said that it was not going to burn incense.
Mainly divided into two cases of light and peak seasons.
Low season:
(1) Loading the cargo before the small barge is cut (2-10 days according to the situation), first take the small barge and then transfer to the big ship. Such as the Yangtze River Delta, and many tributary ships in the Pearl River Delta can not enter. They were all barred out by small barges and then placed on top of the big ship. This situation is based on the time of the small barge sailing and the time when the big ship returns. The farther away from the port, the more it has to be loaded in advance to ensure that it catches up with the big ship. If the schedule is tight then it is loaded and the boat is fixed by your loading time. For example, many ports from the Yangtze River to Shanghai, Jiangyin, Taicang transit are generally 2-3 days or so a barge, and then arrange to take the big ship after the out! If the schedule is far apart, then you must pay attention to the cut-off time, must be cut Just come back in time to catch up!
(2) One day in advance, you can go directly to the big ship. Directly on the beach by the port, you can directly load the big ship with a trailer! The day before the boat can be loaded, you can load it! So for the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, where the tributaries are developed, if you use the handlebars directly on the big ship, the freight will be high. a lot of. In order to save costs, we will take a few days in advance to load the barge and then go on the big ship!
High season:
In the peak season, there will be frequent lack of cabinets, or some docks will stop in the port, and the warehouse will be opened (the ship will be connected more). Then the sooner you load the goods, the better! Many times the shipping company arranges the big ship according to the time when the cabinet returns to the dock! After the pier, I have to go to the shipping company system to check that the cabinets have been shipped, and those who may come back late are not worthy! (The season should pay special attention to this situation, it is too early to install. The cabinet is pressed underneath, the result is Shipment first installed above, and later have been on top, you are always worthy.)
Three: How to more accurately grasp where the cabinet is?
In fact, the big ship ran very fast, fearing that the ship would not go. Just know the ship that your cabinet is equipped with, and name the ship in the "going boat net" public number. Once the ship is positioned, check where the satellite positioning ship has gone. When is it expected to arrive at the destination port! They can check the vessel directly. Moved. And on the order placed above, you can also directly synchronize a number of shipping company systems, always remind you of the cargo arrivals in Hong Kong! Very convenient.
Four: How to more accurately grasp the schedule?
The shipping company reported + its own positioning of the ship + special circumstances = the arrival time of the vessel. The closer the ship's schedule is, the smaller the error is. The majority of people want to load the ship tomorrow, but they are too expensive. If the schedule is particularly far away, then you must count the errors of a few more days. Generally, there will be more or less errors in the middle!
Five; how to minimize the accidents in the intermediate links and delay the arrival?
Still have to be more on your own, if you know every step, there will be a lot less accidents! You know that every salesman picks up a lot of cabinets at the same time, he is not a computer to remember that each cabinet has arrived. Link! You ask him, he still has to check for a long time to reply to you. You can monitor every part of him, there is a timeline for you! In fact, every shipping company has a system to query!
Six: worry, choose to be a dedicated freight company salesman!
People's energy is limited, the more areas he is responsible for, the less energy they spend in each area, and the lesser the heart of your cabinet. If you are a special line, you can definitely remember your market and port, shipping schedule, and price! When the ship leaves those cabinets, it is in his mind! Then check if he is a special line to see him. The speed of the quotation, and the speed of the inspection! And the freight of the special line has an advantage!
Seven: How to deliver in time?
More direct contact with the team, and mutual fit. Don't just rely on the freight forwarder to arrange for you to send the team, he just speaks in the middle! In fact, you let the team's dispatch know your habits. You are the real customer of the team. Don't be afraid of trouble. If he arranges for you badly, ask the freight forwarder to change your team!
Eight: How to find a cost-effective schedule?
Shop around! The shipping schedule is also better than the three! And you must know which shipping company they gave you. The speed of the Clippers and the slow ship sometimes varies greatly! (Tell everyone a little secret, how the former Xiaobian colleagues made money: the customer is in a hurry to take the Clippers for 5 days, the ship is only after 4 days; the slow ship Take 8-9 days, and today's tomorrow will go. The difference in shipping costs is 1000 ~ In fact, the arrival time is almost the same! You know this money!!) All not only have to shop around, know which boat you are leaving. Later, you know which ship is going!
Nine: The shipping company at the loading place has an advantage!
Don't say, this really needs to be distinguished. Loading is more difficult to master than delivery! The loaded car is looking for it (if there is a box, there is a more dock, more clearly the loading truck team) then it will save some costs, it is easier to mobilize the car. Let you feel more assured! Many customers still like to find the shipping company of the loading place, because it can better grasp the rhythm of loading!
Ten: How to find a professional shipping company?
(1) Everyone must be personally sent to you by the door, you will not believe, let the friends who often take the boat to help you introduce, you can compare more hands!
(2) There is another situation that is to see which system is more professional. If you look at each part of his family, you can see it very conveniently. You don't have to ask every day, and then check it for a long time. I heard that the public number: "Walking the Net" has a one-stop service, your mobile phone directly synchronizes the backstage of many shipping companies, and always reminds you of the status of the goods. The cattle can also compare the freight rates of many first-line freight forwarding companies. It is more troublesome to save the goods every day. And there are many functions, such as checking the ship schedule, checking orders, ship positioning and so on.
