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Benefits of Hiring China Freight Forwarder for Your Business

When importing from China,  hiring a freight forwarder in China will make everything much easier. TJ is a professional local China freight forwarder agent providing one-stop service including shipping service,  customs broker and clearance, and door to door service, and more. Whether you are buying furniture, car parts, or household appliances, working along with TJ China freight in a long run is a crucial step to making your business become more successful. Here today, we are going to show you the benefits of hiring TJ China freight.

  1. Lower Rates

Price will always be the first reason when you choose an agent. The lower labor cost, lower exchange rate, lower expenses, and other factors, make Chinese forwarders’ charges much cheaper, not only the shipping rates but also in other handling fees. The situation here allows them to work out the best pricing based on your specific logistics needs. And this translates to bigger profit margins for buyers or can be able to sell at more competitive prices. Please note that most international freight forwarders with operations in China will use a local logistics or forwarding company because of their lower costs and local knowledge, which means the shipping agents in your country cannot handle China shipments directly.

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  1. Flexible Logistic Solution

For TJ China Freight, it is much easier for us to adjust the operation to suit the client’s needs better and handle the shipment in a more proper way. Multinational cargo forwarders are stuck with using their own overseas office to move your shipments, which sometimes is not the best option because their allied office may not have the expertise that’s just right for you. This means they do not have the ability to switch service providers or improve their level of service if there is a problem. You’d better find the one that big enough to manage all your shipping needs, and small enough to care about your cargo. TJ China Freight is a good partner, and we can provide you with a more cost-effective solution as you expected. Sea freight, air freight, rail freight and complex. You can contact us for a quick quote.

  1. Customized Service

Usually, there will be one or two individuals communicating with you, and a professional team will manage your entire logistic operation. One-to-one service will help improve the efficiency of cooperation, and they are more familiar with your operation and your needs. They can also empathize with your daily stresses as you are not just a number for them and can pay more attention to your problems and come up with a solution quickly.

  1. Professional & Reliable

Most people know that there are tons of paperwork and administration, logistics, timings, time differences, currency, language barriers and strict import, export and customs procedures to deal with, and every single country has different regulations that have to be fully understood and met by the international freight provider to ensure safe and speedy delivery of goods. Local agents in China have many more choices in selecting the best routing, carrier, and price combination. They also can more easily adapt and change their operations to cater directly to you – the importer.

Compared to a multinational, good China freight forwarder can help you solve some urgent issues faster and more efficiently, and also is more familiar with the destination countries’ regulations, which will save you lots of time and cost.

/ By tjchinafreight ivy / Shipping

New tolls for the Panama Canal will affect these ships

The Panama Canal Authority (PCA) is proposing a new containership charging scheme that would, for the first time, charge for empty containers returning to Asia. The plan will also increase tolls for other types of laden and empty container ships. Get a sea freight quote

In addition to the empty vessel charges, the proposal calls for a fixed fee for each passage of the vessel, based on the locks used and the size of the vessel, which would run until 2025.
The proposal also proposes to levy a capacity fee based on the type and size of the vessel. Under the proposal, the loyalty program created in 2016, which originally encouraged ship operators to use the canal's Neo-Panamax locks, will now be reduced from Category 6 to Category 1 eligible vessels. It is reported that the loyalty program will be phased out by 2025. According to data from the Canal Authority, 55% of the tonnage of ships passing through uses the new locks.

Marotta said the current fee scheme was "a very complex system". "The goal is to make it simple and transparent."

Marotta said the toll will help fund a $2 billion project where authorities plan to build additional reservoirs to supply fresh water to the canal, which has been dealing with traffic restrictions due to low water levels. In 2020, authorities imposed a surcharge on ships related to the water level of the canal, which many believe has been affected by climate change.

The current container ship charging system has been in place since 2017 and charges are assessed based on vessel capacity and the actual number of containers loaded.

Changes in toll charges could significantly affect those on long-term charter contracts on the US Gulf-East Asia route, as the canal is the most convenient link between the two markets in the US and East Asia.

In December, the Canal Authority said it wanted the charges to reflect changing market conditions, including increased global demand for LNG. The Canal Authority also said it would communicate more directly with market participants on how to ease congestion. Congestion caused some LNG carriers in line to be diverted to the Cape of Good Hope last fall. The Canal Authority said the maximum wait times for unscheduled LNG carriers to pass through the canal were 5 days (northbound) and 3 days (southbound). In the future, ships that do not meet IMO emission standards may face additional costs during peak winter energy demand periods.