Role of Customs Clearing & Forwarding Agents
When you have the formalities of Shipping the goods to carry out, you look towards a custom clearing and forwarding agent. The duties of such an agent always begin from the time the cargo departs from the manufacturing site and is loaded for delivery on the forwarding vehicle. But what all are those duties? Let’s discuss it here.
Formalities of Customs
The cargo shipment is cleared for export transportation only after the relevant customs formalities are completed. There is a requirement by the Customs Clearing and Forwarding Agent in Bangalore for Transport Bill to be presented in prescribed format. Along with the payment of transport relevant documents, bill for the goods being transported, listing of the packing, relevant forms by Exchange Control, etc. On the passing of the inspection upon the mentioned requirements, the cargo is allowed to be shipped.
Carting Order
If the cargo is being shipped through Sea freight, then another authority after customs clearance is of the shipping Superintendent for a port. This is because at the harbour, the customs pass takes the cargo to the right bay but the loading can proceed upon the submission and permission through Carting Order.
Docks Cargo examination
It is necessary for the Docking staff to go through with the packing cargo to ensure that whatever the documents listed is all present and nothing is absent or unnecessarily or illegally present. This is for endorsement into the Shipping Bill.
Permit Deliver Order
After all endorsements and checks, the next step is to physically begin the cargo loading upon the deemed vessel for export. Permit Deliver Order is the order that is given by the relevant preventive officer to begin loaded which is another crucial step. It is another endorsement which acts as an acceptance of cargo order of the vessel captain.
Mate Receipt
Once the products are loaded, this order is given by captain of the vessel to the Port superintendent as a surety of the export procedure ignition.
All these above formalities are to be successfully carried out or ensured by customs clearing and forwarding agents in Bangalore.
In all the following essential duties are carried out:
- Warehousing before transport to docks
- Goods transfer to docks and port warehousing
- Space reserving in relevant vessels and relative value calculation of transportation
- Provision of loading to vessel
- Freight coverage policies
- Payment collection papers
- Delivery stats and data on freight stop locations
- Processing the relevant bills like the bill of lading, declarations of export, foundation certificate, Dock receipt etc.
Therefore, a huge responsibility of successful clearance of cargo to ensure its transportation journey is in ignition lies upon the most trusted and preferred customs clearing and forwarding agents in Bangalore. Access Worldwide Cargo guarantees expectations at par to be met with successful delivery.
