Transit port

Transit port

Transit port: sometimes also known as "transit port", refers to the goods from the port of departure to the port of destination, through the third port in the journey, the means of transport for docking, loading and unloading of goods, supply and other operations, the goods for the transport to continue to the port of destination, that is, the transit port.

There are both one-time transshipment by shipping companies and transshipment by shippers for duty-free reasons.

Transit port status

The transit port is generally a basic port, so the ships calling at the transit port are generally large ships from the main international shipping routes and feeder ships to and from various ports in the region.

Port of discharge/Place of delivery = Port of transit/Port of destination?

If it only refers to sea transport, the port of discharge is indeed the port of transit, and the place of delivery is the port of destination. When booking the space, generally only need to indicate the place of delivery on the line, whether to transit, or to which transit port is decided by the shipping company.

In the case of multimodal transport, the port of discharge refers to the port of destination and the place of delivery refers to the destination. As different ports of discharge will incur different transfer charges, it is necessary to specify the port of discharge when booking.

The magic of transit ports

Tax exemption

What we're talking about here is staging. If the transit port is set as a free trade port, the purpose of tariff reduction can be achieved.

If Hong Kong is a free trade port, if the goods are transshipped to Hong Kong; Non-state special provisions of the goods, basically can achieve the purpose of duty-free export, and even have tax rebates.

hold goods

This is the shipping company transfer. In international trade, various factors lead to the midway goods can not move forward, need to hold goods. The shipper may apply to the shipping company for detention before arriving at the transit port. The goods will be shipped to the port of destination after the settlement of the trade issue. This tends to be relatively easier to operate than a direct ship. But it's not cheap.

Transit port code

A ship will be attached to a number of ports, so the ship in the same dock head of the record of the port code, that is, the subsequent transit port code there are many, if the shipper fill in the code at will, the match will cause the container can not enter the port.

If it is matched but not the real transit port, then even if it enters the port and gets on the ship, it will be unloaded to the wrong port. If the modifications are made correctly before shipment, the boxes may also be unloaded at the wrong port. Reshipment costs are very high, and there may also be heavy penalties to pay.

About transfer strip

In the process of international cargo transport, due to geographical or political and economic reasons, goods need to be transferred in some ports or other locations. At the time of booking, it is necessary to specify the port of transit. But ultimately it depends on whether the shipping company accepts transshipment here.

If accepted, the terms and conditions for the port of transit are clear, usually after the port of destination, usually by "VIA" or "W/T" (with transshipment at... in Transshipment) "connection. As an example of the following terms:

Port of Loading: Shanghai China

Port of Destination: London UK W/T Hong Kong

In practice, we cannot directly regard the transit port as the port of destination, so as not to cause transport errors and unnecessary losses. Because the transit port is only a temporary port for transferring goods, not the destination of the final goods.