Transport Logistics Article 2022

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Transport Logistics: A Case review
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Executive Summary
This article provides a review of a case scenario related to transport logistics. It
highlights the processes involved in the shipping and the various documentations
needed to be produced for hassle free shipment of medical diagnostics equipments
from a manufacturing plant in Singapore to a hospital in Dubai. It also provides
recommendations on what needs to be done in case of wrong delivery of
consignment.

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Table of Contents
Introduction: An Overview of the case..........................................................................3
Discussion....................................................................................................................3
Export Haulage.........................................................................................................3
Export Customs Clearance.......................................................................................3
Origin handling..........................................................................................................4
Origin handling of the Product...............................................................................4
Ocean freight.............................................................................................................4
Import Customs Clearance.......................................................................................4
Destination Handling.................................................................................................5
Import Haulage..........................................................................................................5
Major shipping routes................................................................................................5
Documents associated with transportation...............................................................5
Costs associated with transportation............................................................................6
Conclusion and Resolving of issue..............................................................................7
Reference List...............................................................................................................8

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Introduction: An Overview of the case
Transport logistics plays a crucial role in transporting commodities between
places (Lee and Meng 2014). This is a case scenario in which the shipper/customer
is a medical diagnostics equipment manufacturer in Singapore supplying to hospitals
and medical laboratories world-wide. They have 3 models which are in great demand
whose price ranges from US 30,000 to US 50,000. These are to be delivered to a
hospital in Dubai within the next 30 days, in addition taking care of the transportation
of 5 units of Model AXN from the plant for stuffing at the port.
The article provides information on the arrangements that needs to be done
as a Freight Forwarder to export the shipment from the plant in Singapore to Dubai,
UAE. Also, making necessary arrangements to resolve the matter of wrong delivery
of a pallet which was not according to customer’s requirement.
Discussion
As a freight forwarder, the shipping process consists of the following steps which
needs to be carried out to export the shipment from the plant in Singapore to Dubai,
UAE.
Export Haulage
It is the process of transporting goods and products from the warehouse of
the shipper to the freight forwarder’s facility (Hossain 2017). Trucks, trains or both
combinations are used to carry the goods and usually takes hours or weeks to reach
the destination depending upon geographical location and distance.
Appropriate trucks will be arranged for the transportation of 5 Units of Model
AXN from the manufacturing plant to the port. The transporting personnel will make
sure that the products are properly packed into the carton and are labelled with the
Shipper Name and Address; Purchase Order No; Consignee Name and Address;
Model and Serial No.
Export Customs Clearance
Registrations and paperwork has to be done of the goods by the government
authorities to ensure there is no involvement in malicious activities. This process
requires a declaration submission in which details about the medical equipments has
to be provided along with supporting documents.

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Details of the consignment will be given to the concerned authorities for custom
clearance.
Origin handling
No. of activities comes under origin handling. The product will be received at
the port and will be unloaded from the truck and then put in a staging area for
inspection and counting (Zhao and Lianjun 2017). The consignment will be checked
and verified if it is according to the booking details and the consignment receipt will
be send to the shipper once it is ready for shipping.
Origin handling of the Product
The product will then be stacked in the origin warehouse where it will be
consolidated with other shipments in one container (LCL or FCL) according to the
destination ports (Kim, Nicholson and Kusumastuti 2017). The consignment is
arranged at the shipping line which will then be carried to the port.
Ocean freight
Ocean freight is handled by the shipping line under a contract of carriage. The
house bill of lading (HBL) prepared contains the details of the vessel in which the
consignment is kept. The vessel carrying the product will not necessarily be shipped
all the way to the destination port (Ho et al. 2017). There can be connecting routes
and break up in the journey from Singapore to Dubai. The charges will be adjusted
according to breakups and freights.
Import Customs Clearance
After reaching Dubai hub, the shipment will be requiring customs clearance
from the concerned authorities. In this stage, a declaration will be submitted for
registration purpose and required duty payments will be given. The clearance
process starts beforehand only, when the shipment is about to reach the destination
and it needs to be verified and completed before consignment reach the country. A
shipment is examined as moving into the country as soon as it clears the customs
bounded area. Relevant documents will be produced to initiate the clearance
process.

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Destination Handling
In this process, the original carrier bill of lading will be submitted to the
shipping line and then container is gathered and transported to the destination
warehouse where it will be unstuffed, inspected and sorted for onwards
transportation.
Import Haulage
It is the final stage of delivery in which the medical equipments will be
transported from the import warehouse to the final destination (Hospital). This
process will be carried out by truck, train or can be a combination of both.
Now, apart from these standard procedures, there are some documents and
costs associated with the transportation which needs to be discussed while making
arrangements for the shipment.
Major shipping routes
The major shipping route the consignment will follow is Port of Jebel
Ali,Dubai it is considered as the most active commercial port in the Middle East.
Besides, there is one more port called Khalifa Port which can be used.
Documents associated with transportation
 Commercial invoice: It is the invoice given by the seller containing products
price and details. The invoice contains information like details of the buyer,
seller terms and conditions, type of goods, date of transactions etc.
 Booking confirmation: It is the document given by the freight forwarder
listing the details of the booking except the cost of transportation. This
documentation can be used as a reference for the shipper, relevant parties
and buyers. It generally contains information on the follow ups and addresses
of the forwarders warehouses.
 Forwarder’s Cargo Receipt (FCR): It is the document given by the freight
forwarder which is given to the shipper when the product is received for
shipping. It doesn’t give any info on whether the shipment has left the origin
country or the condition of the product.
 Forwarder invoice: It is the invoice given by the freight forwarder which
contains information on the costs related to transportation, billing addresses,
unique booking address and terms and conditions.

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 House Bill of Lading: It is released by the freight forwarders for the purpose
of proof of contract, receipt of goods shipped and document of title (Lamont-
Black 2019).
 Telex Release: Earlier original house bill of lading was given to the buyer by
the shipper. After which the buyer has to submit it to the freight forwarder so
that the shipment can be dispersed from the destination port. Now, original
house bill of lading can be given directly to freight forwarder by the shipper
who will then instruct the office at destination to release the shipment.
 Master bill of lading: It is the document given to the freight forwarder by the
shipping line when the consignment is loaded on the ship (Debattista 2017).
 Seaway bill: It is a document of carrier's receipt of the goods and carriage’s
contract.
 Insurance certificate: Insurance should be done in order to avoid big
repercussions when the shipment is damaged.
Costs associated with transportation
 Cargo Type costs
 Weight and Volume costs
 Packing and Palletization costs
 Container Costs
 Carrier Costs
 Documentation Fees
 Insurance fees
 Administration Charge
 Additional Surcharges

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Conclusion and Resolving of issue
In case of wrong delivery of the consignment, the hospital personnel should
file a complaint regarding the issue to the shipper/manufacturer along with proper
documents and evidences to support their claim.
The shipper from his side will look into the matter and will cross-check the
whole procedure whilst consulting with the freight forwarder. Charges can be claim
by the shipper if the freight forwarder is found guilty but in any case the hospital will
get the replacement and compensation if any by the shipper.

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