International Shipping, Import & Export to Dubai United Arab Emirates
ETC International Freight System (www.etcinternational.com) worldwide freight network brings us today to Dubai in the UAE. In effect, we, as a forwarder have the chance to be involved with the UAE with commodities ranging from SUV automobiles, Jetskis, quadskis, garbage trucks, cement trucks, off-road trucks, furniture for school, exhibition goods, personal effects, cars & motorcycles.
ETC International Freight System is providing 2 flights weekly to Dubai using our consolidation or direct consignment services. One of our agents that we are profiling today is AFCO in Dubai. Below is an introduction wrote by them:
AFCO Dubai was established in 1976 with the objective to cater for the growing needs of the importers and exporters in Dubai, the business center of the Middle East and the neighboring Gulf Oil Countries, to set a professional standard in the forwarding industry.
AFCO, as an international
forwarding company, deals with all kinds of cargo, port to port /
door to door services, integrating all segments of multimodal transport operation.
AFCO enjoys an excellent relationship with most major shipping lines / airlines in Dubai. This enables AFCO to obtain the best available rates and services.
AFCO Dubai as GTO, FIATA and NCFF member has a vast network of associates and business partners all over the five continents. This enables AFCO in handling all operations efficiently ensuring high performance standards.
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Back in the early 80s of ETC International Freight System, we were known as Euro Transport
Connections, which derived to an early European freight network, which was predominantly
the markets, we offered under the leadership of our chairman, Reid Malinbaum. Our forwarding company quickly traveled & developed relationships with other forwarders around the world to
establish a viable freight network. Nowadays, most travels to visit our worldwide agents are left to the Vice President & Co-Owner Dimitri Malinbaum.
Happy together, now a second generation business that celebrated 30 years since our creation in July 1984, more ready than ever to make a difference in our lives as well as our customers’
shipments.
New shippers
FREIGHT TERMS
GLOSSARY
Freight terms
- Shipper: A person or a company sending freight (theoriginator
- Consignee: A person ora company receiving the freight (the receiver)
- Carrier: A transportation provider (truckers, railroad, airline, steam line)
- Freight bill of lading: A legal shipping document between a shipper and a carrier for the transportation of freight (reflect all parties involved and shipping terms of sales)
- Free on Board (FOB): ex-factory charges up to the origin port / airport
are for the shipper’s account. Consignees are responsible once delivered to the port / airport of origin all the way to their site. - Cost of freight (C & F) or Cost of Freight + Insurance (CIF): Freight
charges payable by shipper & up to the destination port / airport only. (Always refer to ETC International Freight system disclosure / information sheet) - Loss or damage cargo: While in transit in a carrier’s possession will fall
under the terms & conditions of the carriers’ liability coverage, as shown on their terms & conditions. If am insurance coverage is purchased through ETC International Freight System & a claim is filed timely with the carriers with supporting documents, the insurer will handle the insurance refund. - Common Carrier: Transportation providers
- Freight forwarder: A booking agent on behalf of the shippers handles the export declaration to the USA Customs and other logistical freight services
- Customhouse broker: A clearing house through Customs for importers
- Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier: Wholesaler of space. Buy from carriers’yearly space in bulk.
- 3PL: A 3rd party outsourced logistic company (warehousing & distribution)
- Interline Shipment: When more than one carrier is used during
transportation to move a container from the destination port to a door location (IE# Hong Kong to Chicago via Long Beach) - Door to Door: Transportation services from the origin / destination curb sides (duty paid or unpaid to be defined). The originator of the request (shipper or the consignee) is responsible to pay all charges. (Always refer to ETC International Freight system disclosure / information sheet)
- Consolidation services: NVOCC re-group shipments into a warehouse from various shippers, load a full container load, ship to a destination port to their agent known as the break-bulk agent that will segregate the each shipment readying it for its final destination (refer to your shipping terms)
- Terminal / Deport: Where cargo is shipped or picked-up from.
- Cross-dock: A terminal receiving (inbound), storing & exporting
(outbound) - Full Truck Load (FTL): using the whole trailer (53’)
- Less Than A Container Load (LTL): Consolidating a shipment with others into a truck.
- Full container Load (FCL): exclusive use of 1x20’ or 1x40’ ocean
containers - Less Than a Container Load (LCL): Consolidated shipments into a full
container load Intermodal: Ocean containers transferred onto a truck chassis or railroad for final or depot delivery - Reefer: Refrigerated ocean container
- Drayage: Local trucking
- Line-haul: Trucking from depot to airlines warehouses
- Long-haul: Long distance from terminal to terminal
- Detention / Demurrage: Assessed by the carriers to the shipper / consignee for keeping a shipment longer than the authorized time.
- Diversion / Re-consignment: Change of consignee name on the bill of lading while the freight is in transit (cost associated with it)
- Bulk Cargo: vehicles, tank, grain moved by bulk-ship types
- Break-bulk cargo: Each piece is handled by the terminal handler
(stevedore) - Pallet or Skid: a 48” x 42” heat treated (HT stamped for export) wooden platform on studs
- Dunnage: Materials inside a container used to secure (IE# bracing &
blocking a vehicle) - Stock-keeping unit (SKU): A line-item of inventory that is a different
type or size of good. Freight weight measures: Short ton (American) 2000 lbs. Long ton (English) 2240 lbs. Metric ton (1000 kg. 2.2046 lbs. - 20’ ocean container unit (TEU) Standard 20’ container: Measuring capacity for a vessel.
- 40’ ocean container (FEU):Standard or High Cube container: Measuring
capacity for a vessel - Slot: Location of a container on a ship
- Liner shipping: regular sailing schedules between specified ports
- Tramp shipping: irregular sailing schedules (IE# Bulk ship)
- Ocean conference: cartel of vessels sharing trade points with set rates
- Alliance: airlines or steam lines coordinating each other’ s schedules and selling capacity
- Container leasing: supplied by the carriers to shippers for the duration
of the voyage - Lo-Lo: lift on & lift off for conventional container cargo ships. Cranes are used on the quay to load /unload.
- Ro-Ro: roll on, roll off. A method by which the cargo is wheeled on & off a Ro-Ro ship
More terms are available, some more obscure. For a quote please contact us at www.etcinternational.com or email us at Sales@etcinternational.com.
For a consultation, please make an appointment by calling 1-800-383-3157 Our VIP Sales is Mr. Dimitri Malinbaum.
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