With the rapid development of the current automotive industry layout. It has also brought more business to many multi-modal transportation companies, and many car manufacturers and transportation companies will have more cooperative relationships. Therefore, it is necessary to have an understanding of some commonly used operating methods of companies. The following is an introduction to commonly used collaborative and connecting transportation modes.
A. Collaborative type
This mode refers to the transportation of goods by two or more modes of transportation, in accordance with unified regulations or agreed agreements, from the place where goods are taken over to the designated place of delivery. One of the basic forms of inter-modal transportation of goods in China currently. Under this method, the carriers participating in inter-modal transportation can accept the consignor's consignment application, receive goods, sign the entire transportation documents, and be responsible for the transportation and production of their own section.
In addition to being responsible for the transportation and production of their own section, the subsequent carrier also needs to undertake transportation connection work. The carrier needs to be responsible for the delivery of goods and accept claims for damages and discrepancies from the consignee. Under this system, each carrier participating in inter-modal transportation has a dual identity. Externally speaking, both parties are joint carriers, and a transportation contract entered into between one carrier (or the inter-modal transport agency representing all carriers) and the shipper is binding on the other carriers, that is, it is considered that each carrier has a transportation contract relationship with the cargo party.
Internally, each carrier not only has the obligation to complete the actual transportation and related freight organization work of their own section, but also should bear risks and allocate benefits according to regulations or agreed agreements. At present, collaborative multi-modal transportation can be further subdivided into two types based on different criteria for conducting inter-modal transportation: statutory (multi-modal) inter-modal transport and agreement (multi-modal) inter-modal transportation.
B. Linking type
The connecting mode in multi-modal transportation refers to the transportation of goods from the place where goods are taken over to the designated place for delivery, organized by a multi-modal transportation enterprise (hereinafter referred to as the multi-modal transportation operator) with two or more transportation modes. The operator of this method may be either an international freight forwarder, station operator, warehouse operator who does not own any means of transportation, or an actual carrier engaged in a certain section.
However, in any case, multi-modal transport operators must hold a permit certificate approved by the relevant national authorities and be able to independently assume responsibility. In the context of connected multi-modal transportation, transportation organization work is separated from actual transportation production. The multi-modal transportation operator is responsible for the entire transportation organization work, while the actual carriers in each district are responsible for actual transportation production.
Under this mode, for the cargo party, it is the full process carrier, who enters into a full process transportation contract with the cargo party, charges the full process freight and other fees to the cargo party, and assumes the carrier's obligations; For the actual carriers in each segment, they are the consignors who enter into separate transportation contracts with the actual carriers in each segment and pay the freight and other necessary fees to the actual carriers.
Through the introduction of this article, we should have a preliminary understanding of some commonly used transportation methods in automobile multi-modal transportation companies. Of course, before specific implementation, both parties still need to negotiate more detailed issues, formulate relevant agreements and contracts, in order to better carry out related business, so that it can be successfully completed and reach a good cooperative relationship.