Consol activities

SEA CONSOL

Bill of lading

Bill of Lading is a receipt or profff of the consignment; the shipping/liner company or carrier certifies that it has received the goods mentioned in the B/L for transportation to the specified destination. This is proff or evidence of a contract in between shipper and liner for the transport movement of goods mentioned in the Bill of lading.

The master bill of lading or MBL is issued by the liner to forwarder/CHA and HBL or house bill of lading is issued by forwarder/CHA to the shipper     

Types of shipment

Containerization has greatly facilitated the import and export of good as as even small consignments can be traded. 

The types of shipments are LCL and FCL

LCL- less than container load

FCL- full container load

Activity

The process would start from an enquiry from the client. After getting the information from the customer regarding the nature of cargo, wt/volume, destination, inco terms. Rates are taken from the liners after comparison the quote is given. After getting approval from the client booking will be done on the liner

A pre alert would be send in case of exports and alert received in case of imports which would include documents namely hbl, mbl, invoice and packing list. In case of imports alert will be received this has to be acted upon.

In case of the consignee is mentioned as to order in CAN acknowledgment of the bank is checked before handing over the goods to party. 

Import general manifest

The shipping line has to give a detailed report of all the goods on board in a report known as "Import General Manifest" (IGM) within 24 hours after arrival of the vessel to the proper officer. In EDI System IGM has to be filed in the computer at the EDI Service Centre. IGM can also be filed in advance, i.e. before the arrival of the vessel.

AIR CONSOL :

Airway bill

A shipping document used by the airlines for air freight.  It serves as contract for carriage and includes carrier conditions such as limits of liability and claim procedures. The airway bill no also includes shipping instruction to airline a description of commodity and applicable transportation charges.

Airway bill contains sets of forms, following the IATA standard form. These are issued by the airlines or their airline agents, and has a serial number and the name and the three-digit identification number of the issuing airline. The main airline can issue AWB and the airline agent can issue HAWB to to the importer for further clearance of goods at respective ports,

The MAWB or HAWB might be filled by the airline, or by airline IATA agent, but in the name of the shipper. The required details provided by the shipper to agent to prepare the AWB.

The below the types of Airway Bills,

1 MAWB  issued by the airline

2 HAWB issued by sindhucargo.

The billing would be done on the weight basis categories would be as <45,+45,<100,+100,+350,+1000

Activity

The query from the customers is recd for the destination. After confirming the nature of cargo ,weight ,volume.The consol asks for the quotes from the airline. On the receipt of the competitive quote the CHA/Forwarder margin is added and quoted to the customer.

Some of the airline are

Cathay Pacific

Singapore Airlines

Air France,

Emirates,

Lufthansa,

Air Lanka

Thai Airways

Air India

Jet Airwarys.