International freight transportation way, functions and developing direction

The international air express freight transportation way of shipping

1, the shipping agent

Refers to the carriage of goods by water services and related services of international freight forwarders. Can concrete is divided into two types, that is, shipping agency and rivers.

2, air freight agent

Refers to provide air transport of goods and related services of international freight forwarders.

3, land agent

Refers to provide highway, railway, pipeline transport and cargo transport services and related services of freight forwarder.

4, transport agent

Refers to provide highway, railway, pipeline transport and cargo transport services and related services of international freight forwarders. This agent, can be further divided into agent for sea-air freight agency, transportation, air transportation agent type, etc.

The international air express freight forwarding functions of shipping

The function of organization and coordination

Professional service function

Communication and control functions

Functions of the consultant

Reduce the cost function

Capital accommodation function

The international air express freight development direction of shipping

(1) the company major acquisitions phenomenon is increasingly common

(2) the transition from the freight forwarder to logistics company

(3) the advanced technology, especially the wide application of Internet

(4) put forward the concept of "knowledge-based forwarder"