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Chapter 3
TRANSPORTATION IN FOREIGN
TRADE
3. Railway Transport
Inflexibility
Large carrying capacity
Continuous, regular, relatively safe
Less affected by the weather
Low cost
Requires lower packaging
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Railway Transport regulations and
organization
❖ The CIM Convention (Convention International
Transport Merchandise) includes 38 member countries,
coordinating more than 400,000 km of railways.
❖ Provide regulations on fees, procedures and
compensation levels for transit countries.
❖ The effect of this convention is only in Europe.
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Railway Transport Documents
❖ Original of the waybill: this copy follows the goods to the
arrival station and is delivered to the consignee with the
cargo;
❖ Copy of waybill: This copy is given to the sender after
loading the wagon
❖ Delivery note: This paper follows the goods to the arrival
terminal and stores it at the destination
❖ Notification of arrival: This paper follows the goods to the
arrival station and is delivered to the recipient
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Container used when transporting
goods
Using public container for multimodal transport (by sea,
railway, road and internal waterways)
❖ Characteristics:
❖ Fixed shape, durable, usable many times
❖ Special construction suitable for multimodal transport (goods
don’t need to be unloaded along the way)
❖ Having a separate handling equipment (easily moving from
one transport tool to another)
❖ Easily unloading goods in / out of the public
❖ Minimum capacity of 1m3
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Types of container
Weight, volume Shape Function
Small (<5 Dry container
Closed container
ton, <3m3)
Medium (5-8 Refrigerated
Open top container container
ton)
Large (>10
High container Tank container
ton, >10m3)
Cool container
Fold container
Flat rack container Special container
Roll container
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Freight by container
Freight by container
❖ Carriage: Ocean Freight and pre-carriage and on-carriage.
❖ Local charges:
▪ THC terminal handling charge => full container
▪ Seal phí niêm phong kẹt chì
▪ Bill
▪ Telex release
▪ CFS Phí giữ hàng tại bãi CFS
▪ Delivery Order (D/O)
▪ Cleaning container fee
▪ Handling fee Same THC but divided in to smaller con=> Handling fee Nhiều người gửi hh trong con => được chia nhỏ cho
từng consignee
▪ DEMURRAGE; DETENTION; STORAGE
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Freight by container
❖ Surcharge
▪ CIC – Container Imbalance Charge Phí cân băng của con
▪ ENS – Entry Summary Declaration
▪ EBS – Emergency Bunker Surcharge (Asian route)
▪ BAF – Bulker Adjustment Factor (European route)
▪ CAF – Currency Adjustment Factor
Ví dụ như phí lquan đến chính trị: Mỹ, Nhật Bản
Phí lquan đến mtruong
▪ LSS - Low Sulphur Surcharge Phí bù đắp cho việc chênh lệch tỷ gía hối đoái
Phí đối với hh ở tuyến đường Châu Âu, Châu Á
❖ Other charges
▪ GRI – General Rate Increase
▪ PSS – Peak Season Surchange
▪ AMS/ ANB – Automatic Manifest system (US, Canada, TQ)
▪ AFR – Advance Filling Rules (Japan)
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Shanghai – Cat Lai HCM
❖ Ocean Freight : USD 80/180
Telex release charges : USD35/bill
❖ Remark:
POL have EBS USD200/400 & CIC USD100/200 for per
20’/40’ based on FOB items.
VAT: 6.83% extra in POL
The validity will till the 20th,March.
❖ Local charge at SHA:
Booking space fee: RMB250/380 or USD41/USD63 for per
20’/40’
THC: RMB825/1225 or USD138/USD204 for per 20’/40’
DOC: RMB450 or USD75/bill
Handling fee: USD65/bill
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Container B/L
▪ The carrier or the representative of the carrier signs
to the shipper after having received the container,
checked, sealed lead, for transport purposes.
▪ Receiving payment before loading = received for
shipment B / L
▪ Note: payment by L / C cannot be accepted if L / C
does not state clearly “received for shipment B / L
acceptable”
▪ Therefore: the shipper requires the carrier to add a
note on B / L as "container shipped on board on ..."
to be paid by L / C
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Container Transport Rates
1. Commodity Box Rate – CBR
2. Freight All Kinds Rate – FAK
3. LCL or CFS charge
4. Time Volume Contract – TVC
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4. Pipeline transport
• Commodity: gas, liquid
• Associated with the agreements signed by the
parties involved (transportation agreement)
• Large construction investment capital, time-
consuming
• Strict management standards, high operating
level
• But: convenient when forwarding
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Modes of pipeline transport
❖ Transport by hoses:
▪ Short-distance, Irregularly, Highly flexible
▪ Unsustainable and less safety
❖ Transport by rigid pipe:
▪ Long distance, regularly, continuously
▪ Transporting large volumes
▪ High security
▪ But: complicated by long distances, across many
countries, requires high security and preservation.
❖ Others: underground pipes, floating pipes, domestic pipes,
offshore pipes ...
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Pipeline transport rates
• Rate is usually included in the price of goods
(excluding the cost of construction of a pipeline)
• Countries participating in the construction and
transportation of pipelines are entitled to
discounted purchase rates at special prices.
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