Export process, step by step
The seven steps between a booking and a sailing, who does what, and the two points where shipments usually slip.
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Guides and resources
Three guides written to be used, not skimmed: the export process, the charges on a quotation, and the bill of lading.
These guides explain how container shipping out of China actually works: the sequence from booking to sailing, what each charge on a quotation represents, and how a bill of lading controls the release of cargo. They are written for importers and for staff who are new to a shipping desk.
Resources
The three guides
The charges on a quotation
Terminal handling, documentation, CFS, customs, demurrage and detention — what each pays for and who charges it.
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Master and house bills, original, telex release and seaway bills — and what each means for releasing the cargo.
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