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TOPIC : Alternative procedure for shipping freight?
Posted on 17 December 2008 at 20:14:00

Dear Sir,

It is very difficult for cargo handling agents and CHAs to get ocean freight from all premium vessels/ bulk carrier vessels in time. It takes more than 24 hours to get the feedback. Please suggest some alternative procedure.

Akbar M S

GSA Logistics India
New Delhi-110045
India

Mr. F A KHAN

INDO PRO-AGRO GOLDEN FOODZ & MINERAL CO.

Manager, INDO PRO-AGRO GOLDEN FOODZ & MINERAL CO.
Lucknow, India

Free Member, Joined :11/20/2004
No of Topics Posted : 1
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Re: Alternative procedure for shipping freight?
Posted on 03 January 2009 at 00:16:00 [Message #1898 ]

dear Mrs. Hena Zareen,
since so many destinations are there and many carriers will be starting new services, stopping services, rates will be changing from month to month or so .....
so it is impossible to have any CHA/forwarding agent to have the rates in fingers to quote immediately.and the time is taken to find the best among all the providers to quote the best and have some margin.
for regular trade routes like usa/europe base ports most of the people will have ready rates from premium carriers.
alternative route is to get the rates directly from the carier's web sites but these rates wil be always higher since relations play a role in getting good rates from carriers.and this is done by cha/forwading agents.

Atlas Shipping Services Pvt. Ltd.

Atlas Shipping Services Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru, India

Free Member, Joined :05/01/2008
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