International freight forwarding and package shipping process

Logistics make it possible for us to send our parcels across nations with strict guarantee and insurance making it available within days. And indeed it is not as easy a task as it seems.

International freight forwarding has a big role to play in the international logistics business. With a variety of package shipping done internationally like corporate packages, personal shipping, export goods, oil tools, pipes & equipments, automobiles and vehicles, agricultural equipments, heavy machineries, hazardous cargo like perfumes and chemicals etc. international freight forwarding is becoming increasingly becoming more complex and troublesome.

International freight forwarders are the people who take the shipment of cargo from the cargo stations to Airports or ports to ship them to different nations. International freight forwarding involves processing and preparing of customs and other documents which allows the cargo to go out of the country as well as the related papers which are essential for the cargo to get accepted in the receiving country. International freight forwarding is like a scanner that is ran through the cargo to ensure that the goods that are sent are safe and according to the laws of both the countries.

International freight forwarding has a lot of paper work into it, these include:

• Commercial invoice
• Shipper’s export declaration
• Bill of lading
• Export/import license
• Insurance notes
• Consignor and consignee copy
  

Package shipping when done for international freight forwarding goes through this paper work and then is exported to the country they are aimed to be sent. After reaching the port of another country, they are again scanned and given access to be forwarded to their destination addresses. Package shipping is an important task of logistics and with international package shipping the responsibility of the parcel increases much more. It is very important that you know about your logistics partner and ensure that they give quality services.

The logistics have their own websites wherein they have all their services listed and you can choose from the mode of transport you want to send your parcel as these decide the time and safety of the parcel. Air freight is the fastest way to send your package shipping as it takes less time and risk and is relatively safer than the modes of railway and roads which stay on transport for longer and hence longer at risk. Package shipping through air freight is easier and the freight forwarding usually takes place at airports where the regular checks are done. And so your parcel reaches its destination at the right time.

Package shipping is also equipped with the facility to track your shipment any time of the day through the logistics website. Their live tracking feature enables everyone to track their shipment through feeding in the unique shipment id that comes with the receipt given to the customers on booking the shipment to courier.  You shall be able to know the current position of the parcel along with the number of days it would take to reach the port or the destination address.