CG NNANNA INTERNATIONAL LTD. is a privately owned custom clearing establishment that provides services on clearing and forwarding of consignments from seaports & airports to the final destination.
The following are simplified roles of freight forwarders
Consultants
Freight forwarders they advise importers and suppliers within the supply chain process in many ways; For instance, they advise on the choice of packaging, the choice of the route and the mode of transport, the kind of insurance cover needed for the cargo, the customs rules and regulations and also the transportation documentation also the freight forwarder is consulted when during processing of the letter of credit as per the banking requirements.
Organizer/planner for imports
Imports and exports while in transit may be required to undergo a lot of processes before reaching the final destination. This processes are very complex and need freight forwarders to tackle a number of stages for example consignments may require consolidations which involves groupage of consignments to suit the required standard of similarity and same destination for example during transshipment or when dealing with special cargo.
The freight forwarder is also responsible for transport planning as far as heavy project cargo is concerned depending on capacity he negotiates rates of the transport to the best rates on behalf of the client(importer, exporter or any other party interested with 3pls services.
Takes care of the offloading of the cargo from carriers means of transport may also break bulk of consolidations, verification of the cargo, local delivery and in case of any marine survey during cargo loss or damage the exercise should be conducted in his presence on behalf of the cargo owner.
Organizer for exports
Freight forwarders are very key parties during the process of exportation of cargo. Organizes for the following; picking up of the cargo being exported from the source may be from the factory, packing and maybe marking it is required to do so, freight and space booking, issue of transport documents, freight escorting documents, supervising departure and dispatch advice to customs clearance.