Do you know all this about transit ports?

"Transit port," sometimes called "transit place," refers to the goods from the port of departure to the port of destination, through the journey of the third port, the means of transport to stop, loading and unloading of goods, supplies, and other operations, and goods for the change of means of transport to continue to the destination port, that is, the port of transshipment. This is the port of transshipment. Here both the shipping company one-time transit and the consignor have duty-free reasons to change the single transfer ship.

 

 

Transit ports are generally basic ports, so ships calling at transshipment ports are generally large ships from the main international maritime routes and feeder ships traveling to and from ports in the region.

 

 

If it only refers to sea transportation, the port of discharge is indeed the port of transshipment, and the place of delivery is the port of destination. When booking, you generally only need to specify the place of delivery, whether to transit, or which transit port is decided by the shipping company.

 

If it is multimodal transportation, the port of discharge refers to the port of destination, and the place of delivery refers to the destination. Since different ports of discharge will generate different transshipment charges, it is necessary to specify the port of discharge when booking.

 

 

Tax-free

 

The point here is segmented transshipment. A transshipment port set up as a free trade port can achieve the purpose of tariff reduction and exemption. For example, Hong Kong is a free trade port, so if the goods transit through Hong Kong, non-state special provisions for the goods can basically achieve the purpose of export tax exemption and will even have tax rebate subsidies.

 

Hold cargo

Here is the shipping company's transit. In international trade, various factors lead to midway goods that cannot go forward and need to hold cargo. The consignor can apply for a hold with the shipping company before arriving at the port of transit. The shipment will be loaded at the destination port after the trade problem is solved. This is often relatively easier to operate than a direct ship. However, it is also expensive.

 

 

A ship will be docked at multiple ports, so the ship in the same port head of the port code is also the subsequent code of the port of transit. There are many; if the shipment is put to fill in the code arbitrarily, the match cannot be caused by the container not entering the port. If the code is matched but not the real transshipment port, then even if the container enters the port and gets on the ship, it will be unloaded at the wrong port. If the matching is correct before shipment, the container may also be unloaded at the wrong port. Re-transit costs are very high, and high penalties may also be payable.

 

 

In the course of international transportation of goods, due to geographical or political-economic reasons, etc., the goods need to be transshipped at certain ports or other locations. When booking, it is necessary to limit the transshipment ports. But ultimately, it depends on whether the shipping company accepts transshipment at this place or not.

If accepted, the terms and conditions of the transshipment port will be clear, usually by adding a note after the port of destination, usually through "VIA (via, through)" or "W/T (with transshipment at..., at the port of transshipment)." As shown in the following examples of terms:

 

Port of Loading: 中国上海 Shanghai China

 

Port of Destination: 英国 伦敦, London, UK, W/T Hong Kong

In actual operation, we can't treat the port of transshipment as the port of destination directly, so as not to cause transportation errors and unnecessary losses. Because the port of transit is only a temporary port to transfer the goods, not the final destination of the goods,.