Helping Hand for Trade

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Helping Hand for Trade

• Vietnam is emerging as an important country in
  the global supply chain. This is raising the
  opportunities for the shipping agencies in
  Vietnam to flourish.
• A shipping agency or shipping agent is the
  designated person or agency held responsible for
  handling shipments and cargo, and the general
  interests of its customers, at ports and harbors
  worldwide, on behalf of ship owners, managers,
  and charterers.
• When a ship comes into port, it is taken under
  its wing by the shipping agent, who conducts all
  of the procedures necessary to make the most of
  its time while moored in the port. Their diligent
  action translates into economic savings since
  spending long periods idle in port can send the
  costs of the operation soaring sky high.
• Shipping agency in Vietnam or anywhere in the
  world helps in running the ocean freight traffic
  smoothly and efficiently by performing various
  functions
• Commercial Duties The shipping agency provides
  shippers or forwarding agents with transport
  services and is responsible for facilitating
  transport for the ship.
• Operational Duties The enabling of all services
  related to their time in port for the ship or its
  crew. This includes all procedures required when
  arriving at and leaving its mooring, port, or
• customs authority formalities, monitoring
  operations in the port, and managing the right to
  enter and stay in the port. Here the reference is
  not only to paperwork, but also to the supply of
  fuel and provisions, and the hiring of personnel.
• Freight Management Functions The shipping agency
  is responsible for filing the off-loading
  manifest with customs and for issuing the
  delivery document, in order that the owner may
  withdraw the freight, as well as for hiring
  personnel to load and unload the cargo.
• The figure of the shipping agency in Vietnam or
  anywhere in the world is essential given their
  great responsibility in completing a large part
  of the logistics process.