A must-see for foreign traders! Guide to avoiding pitfalls in shipping surcharge: One article dismantles 30 + hidden shipping charging routines

Old iron, every time you see the dense English abbreviations on the freight forwarding bill, do you feel like you are playing "guess what"? Don't panic! Today, let's talk about these doorways of shipping surcharge with people, so that we will never be taken advantage of again after reading the quotation!

The first bomb of ▶ burning money: oil prices will rise when they say they go up
What the boat bosses are best at playing is the fuel cost variant:
-BAF (FSC): If the international oil price sneezes, the cost will have to jump twice. Each route is called differently, but the essence is "oil money is shared equally"
-FAF (Japanese line exclusive): The special name of Cherry Blossom Country, the essence is still wasting oil and wool
-EBS (emergency fuel fee): Carrier engaged in a "dark rise" when the market was deserted, but it was euphemistically called emergency but actually passed on the cost
-LSS (Low Sulfur Fee): Have you heard of environmental protection tax? The expensive part of clean marine fuel is all on you, and the Africa and South America line must be collected

▶ 's exchange rate fluctuates and leeks are cut
-CAF (Currency Devaluation Fee): Have you encountered RMB devaluation? The shipowner will calculate the exchange rate loss account for you in minutes
-YAS (Japanese Yen Adjustment Fee): Exclusively governing the Japanese line, the Japanese Yen exchange rate takes a roller coaster and you are waiting to be Great Linked

Those coquettish operations at ▶ Port
-THC (TERMINAL HANDLING CHARGE): You have to pay "tickets" after the box passes the venue, POL OTHC and POD DTHC are calculated separately
-PCS (Congestion Charge): Is the port blocked into a parking lot? This fee is even harsher than Didi's dynamic price increase. North Africa and Israel charge it all year round
-ORC (South China Terminal Fee): Exclusive "special service" in EXP, Guangdong, which friends in East China and North China may not have seen before

▶ goods come with "krypton gold" attributes
-OWS (overweight container fee): 20-foot containers exceed 14 tons will be charged extra, which is common on the US line and the Middle East line
-HLA (Single Piece Overweight Charge): Large goods will be charged once more for each transfer of the ship, comparable to the express renewal fee Plus version
-LLA (extra-length fee): the length of the goods exceeds the standard? You have to pay for the special binding and reinforcement

"Tolls" on the ▶ Seaway
-SCS (Suez Toll): the "highway toll" of the only way to go on the European line
-PTF (Panama Fee): Canal Pass for the US Eastern Route
-LWS (dry water charge): Drop in European inland river water levels? You pay for the loss of less loading in Barge

[Pit Avoidance TIPS]

1. Ask for the "ALL IN" price in the quotation
2. Advance confirmation of floating fees such as EBS in peak season
3. Dimensions and weights of special goods should be reported in advance
4. Pay attention to congestion in POD
5. Be aware of fluctuations in currency settlement currencies