At the very early stage to export or transport your commodity to a new market or new place, your should fully understand the special situation or requirement for your product in this country, what kind of documents needed , what kind of certificates and shipping docs have to be presented for custom clearance before it is imported to this country, and what is the import tax, duty, vat and concerned charges may happen, the shipping schedules, the choice of transport models, by air or by sea, the estimated freight cost , the local charge may happen, such as the port charge, the loading charge, the warehouse and storing charge, the inland trucking charge, etc,  in fact before you consign your products,  you are already a expert on it, where did you find such useful information, only the local freight forwarder can give such support.

Next, when you sign the contract or get the purchase orders fm the buyers or importers, it moves to implemetation phase to deliver the cargo, the local freight forwarder will support you to contact and coordinate each associated parties of your business, like the manufacturers, the seller, shipping companies, port or Container Yard, warehouse, custom house, commodity inspection authority, shipping agencies, custom brokers, etc, to make the whole process in a smooth way.

Thirdly, of course, you can use your old experience to contact the carriers directly to reduce some freight cost, but most of the time, what you will get is misunderstanding, bad communication, long time involved in the trouble, more money lost not saved. Anyway, the carriers have their own core business to take care of , they can¡¯t treat each shipment of you carefully, if some trouble happens, they do not have enough time,labor and patience to explain to you, but a good freight forwarder will do this for you, they speak the same¡±transportation language ¡°which is very easy to be understood by the carriers and all associated parties, they are the professionals and experts in such field, they are really a good lubricant to well link the whole chains of your trade activities.

In gereral speaking, you can get all of the transport information you require from a freight forwarder, using the right freight forwarder can save time, money and establish a more competitive base for your product.