Freight Forwarders, Carriers and Brokers
You follow one container of quilted gilets from Abu Hammad to Rotterdam, through the people who moved it. A house bill of lading caps a USD 9,315.20 loss at USD 1,102.08. A USD 1,340 quotation turns into USD 3,491. A cheaper tender bid costs USD 189 a container more. And a booking clears every cut-off and is rolled anyway.
Published by Merchandising Academy · First lesson free to read
Course value
What will you be able to do?
Work outcome
You can assemble a complete export document set and find the error before the bank does, defend a classification, and plan a clearance so a delay at the border is a day you had allowed for.
Who it is for
Factory, supplier, brand and buying-office teams.
What you will produce
You build a forwarder and broker file for one shipment. You run three tests that say whether your forwarder is an agent or your carrier. You rebuild a quotation into origin, ocean, and destination blocks. You write eight questions that make two quotations comparable. You build a cut-off ladder and price a rolled sailing four ways. And you assemble a broker pack with the standing instruction that stops the Friday query.
Learning format
6 lessons · 0 templates · workplace calculations and decisions.
Lessons
- 01Agent or carrier: what your forwarder actually sold you🔒22 min
- 02Reading a quote: the freight figure and everything after it🔒20 min
- 03Making two quotes comparable🔒20 min
- 04Nominated or your own: who chooses the forwarder, and what it costs🔒19 min
- 05The booking, the cut-offs, and the roll🔒21 min
- 06The broker: choosing one, and what you must give them🔒18 min