International Freight Forwarding Services

Today, World is a global marketplace. Each country has its own portfolio of supplying goods of high quality and with expert technology. One country may have the ability to supply spices while other may have abundant precious and semi-preciousstones, some countries have mastered the art of engine making while some other may have high class artist manufacturing handicraft items.  Import and export of all these goods is only possible because of services of Freight forwarding agents.

The import and export of goods requires an elaborate knowledge of rules and regulations, documentation, product packing, transportation, insurance etc. A small mistake can leave your goods stranded with customs leading to huge losses in terms of money and time. Since it is not possible for every company to employ professionals, the services of freight forwarding agents come to our rescue.

The principalfunction of international freight forwarder is to arrange the shipment of goods. The leading names in the industry like JTM Cargo have specialist for all the functions involved in this process.

The packing experts do the packing of goods according to the requirement. Though this raises the shipment cost but procedure allows the shipment company to assume higher liability of the goods. You get wider insurance cover if packing is done by experts.

Then comesthe logistics. The logistic professionals plan a shipment route by using the most convenient and cost effective combination of transport. There are four major means of transport namely road, rail, sea and air transport. For example, they may use rail for transporting good to the sea port and then load it into ship for overseas transportation.

The most sensitive and difficult task is customs clearance. The freight forwarding companies take care of the complete paper work including payment of taxes and duties. They are updated with the latest rules and regulations in various countries and adhere to their legal procedures. Many times the shipping company hires a local broker or agent to handle the clearance of goods. This way, they have a very large network of specialist to do the job without any flaws.

The freight forwarding company such as JTM Cargo offer services that include doing the elaborate paper work including preparing various documents involved related to buyer of goods, banks of the client and documents related to customs.

Among all these services, they also do inventory management, insurance and supply chain management for their clients. These are optional services provided to ease the work of clients.  When the goods are required to be kept in the warehouse for a considerable time, you can hire the inventory management services of freight forwarding experts. They also allow smooth supply of goods by taking care of supply chain management.

If you are looking for hiring a reliable international freight forwarder to help you with shipment of your goods you can log onto jtmcargo.com.au. We have many years of experience in global shipping trade and can help you get your goods reach their destination cost effectively and on time. Our promise is high class hassle free service to our clients in the arena of shipping and logistics.