What are the differences between carriers and freight forwarders?

Definition of Carrier in International Conventions:

Global sea cargo transportation is governed by international conventions.

The first convention signed in international scale related to international sea transportation is known as "Hague Rules".

The full name of this convention is "International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading and Protocol of Signature".

Hague Rules drafted in Brussels on 25 August 1924 and defines the carrier as follows:

"Carrier" includes the owner or the charterer who enters into a contract of carriage with a shipper.

"Freight collect" or "Freight Prepaid" should be used with DAT Incoterms 2010?

DAT is a new trade term. It is very normal that most of the exporters or importers do not know the main characteristics of this new trade term in detail.

DAT is a trade terms defined in Incoterms 2010. Its long form is "Delivered at Terminal". According to the Incoterms 2010 rules, exporters deliver goods to the importers at the importers country when DAT trade term is chosen.

How to find a freight forwarder in Algeria?

Algerian economy is significantly controlled by the public sector. There are various controls on the imports and foreign private investments. For this reason Algerian economy can be accepted as a semi-closed economy.

Algerian economy heavily depends on crude petroleum and natural gas exports. Top 5 products exported by Algeria are crude petroleum (45%), petroleum gas (37%), refined petroleum (14%), coal tar oil (1.2%), and ammonia (0.88%).

Algerian government would like to improve country’s domestic production instead of giving importance to importing goods from other countries. Top 5 Products imported by Algeria are cars (8.3%), refined petroleum (7.5%), delivery trucks (4.2%), raw iron bars (3.9%), and wheat (3.7%)

Biggest exporting partners of Algeria are Italy (15%), United States (15%), Spain (12%), France (7.5%), and Canada (7.4%). Biggest importing partners of Algeria are France (14%), China (11%), Italy (9.8%), Spain (8.5%), and Germany (4.8%).

Algeria has a great potential, although most of the exporters find it not easy to work with.

On this page I will show you how to find a good and reliable Algerian freight forwarder.

International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) is a non-governmental organization that represents freight forwarders in a global scale. They have 40.000 individual freight forwarder members. They have also one or more association members in each country, which makes their website invaluable when looking for a reliable freight forwarder.

Finding an Algerian Freight Forwarder from FIATA Website's Member Directory

Step 1: Open Fiata Website  ( http://www.fiata.com )

Step 2: Click Members Directory Which is Located Under the Members Menu

Step 3: Choose Algeria from the Drop-down List and Press Submit Button

Step 4: Congratulations! You Have Reached All Fiata Member Freight Forwarders in Algeria

How to find a freight forwarder in China?

China is the biggest exporting country in the world. Chinese exports of goods and services have reached 2,210,00 billion USD volume in year 2013. This is more than European Union's total exports volume in year 2012 which is 2,173,00 billion USD. 

US and European companies are importing significant amount of goods from China. In 2013 US companies' imports from China have reached 440.40 billion USD in total. China is also one of the biggest import partner's of Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada etc...

What I am trying to explain you is that Chinese companies are doing serious amount of international trade with their partners throughout the world and one day you may need to find a reliable Chinese freight forwarder as an importer.

On this page I will show you how to find a good and reliable Chinese freight forwarder.

International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) is a non-governmental organization that represents freight forwarders in a global scale. They have 40.000 individual freight forwarder members. They have also one or more association members in each country, which makes their website invaluable when looking for a reliable freight forwarder.

Finding a Chinese Freight Forwarder from FIATA Website's Member Directory

Step 1: Open Fiata Website  ( http://www.fiata.com )

Step 2: Click Members Directory Which is Located Under the Members Menu

Step 3: Choose China from the Drop-down List and Press Submit Button

Step 4: Congratulations! You Have Reached All Fiata Member Freight Forwarders in China

How to find a reliable local freight forwarder?

Today I would like to show you how to to find a reliable local freight forwarder in your country.

International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) is a non-governmental organisation that represents freight forwarders in a global scale. They have 40.000 individual freight forwarder members. They have also one or more association members in each country, which makes their website invaluable when looking for a reliable freight forwarder.

I will be demonstrating my example as if I am looking for a local freight forwarder in the United Kingdom. please keep in mind that you can find a local freight forwarder more than 100 countries with my method.

Option 1 : Finding a Local Freight Forwarder through FIATA Website's Member Directory 

Step 1: Open Fiata Website  ( http://www.fiata.com )

Step 1 : Open Fiata website

Step 2: Click Members Directory Which is Located Under the Members Menu

Step 2: Click Members Directory Which is Located Under the Members Menu

Step 3: Choose Your Country from the Drop-down List and Press Submit Button

Step 3: Choose Your Country from the Drop-down List and Press Submit Button

Step 4: Congratulations! You Have Reached All Fiata Member Freight Forwarders in Your Country

You Have Reached All Fiata Member Freight Forwarders in Your Country

Option 2 : Finding a Local Freight Forwarder through Local Fiata Association Member's Website 

Step 1: Open Fiata Website

Step 1 : Open Fiata website

Step 2: Click Association-Members Page

Step 2 : Click Association-Members Page

Step 3: Choose Your Country From The List and Press Submit Button

Step 3: Choose Your Country From The List and Press Submit Button

Step 4: Click Fiata Associate Member's Website Located in Your Country

Step 4: Click Fiata Associate Member's Website Located in Your Country

Step 5: Locate Members Area in Your Country's Associate Member's Website 

Step 5: Locate Members Area in Your Country's Associate Member's Website

Step 6: Find a Local Forwarder by Using the Search Option in Your Country's Associate Member's Website 

Step 6: Find a Local Forwarder by Using the Search Option in Your Country's Associate Member's Website