Less Container Load Arrival Notice Fees

Arrival Notice (AN) is issued 5-7 days before shipment is in U.S. port:

  1. Export freight forwarder (EFF) = issuer bill of lading (BL) = pre-arranged before leaving foreign port, to warehouse / port / issuer-of-arrival notice and etc.
  2. Import freight forwarder (IFF) = issuer of arrival notice (5-7 days before cargo is in us): overseer of cargo to CFS warehouse / port.

Freight released is issued by your import freight forwarder / IFF (issuer of arrival notice = agent of Bill of Lading (BL) / obl, after you have sat ISF y your iff needs customs released is issued by your customs broker / U.S. customs / agencies, after your shipment is cleared and you have paid your entry filing fee, and look 1-11. Bill-of-lading (BL) (aka: straight bill of lading (nonnegotiable) with Telex Release / surrender / Express Release or original- Bill of Lading (obl).

Here are some reference of LCL ( loose cargo/container load / less-than-container load / not full container ) shipment with arrival notice Invoice from your import freight forwarder: that could be compare with your arrival notice / Invoice . (also, see here to check and compare your freight released , ( LCL sea arrival notice , full container sea arrival notice and air way bill/abw, note: 1cbm = 1 pallet = 3ft x 3ft x 3ft = 1000kg = 2000lb max per pallet. If you shipment 15 cbm to 26 cbm, it may be cheaper and more convenient to use 20 feet container. 20 feet container is about $1300-$1600 from china to la/long beach ca 20ft container approximately 26-28 cbm / 40ft container approximately 55-58 cbm / 40ft hq container approximately 60-68 cbm / 45ft hq container approximately 78 cbm

LCL - Less Container Load
  1. Arrival notice with 1. 45 CBM = $152. 75
  2. Arrival notice with 10. 23 CBM = $212. 53
  3. (two pages of) arrival notice with 0. 25 CBM = $564. 50 this is quarter of pallet, yet, he is paying highest fees. (14 different crazy fee)
  4. Arrival notice with 1. 81 CBM = $485. 14 and forwarder is including warehouse fee $258. 60, i my view, warehouse fee should be about $50-$80.
  5. Arrival notice with 2. 60 CBM = $326. 06, but forwarder is including forklift $75
  6. Arrival notice with 2. 48 CBM = $303. 97, but port security fee is $35, yet 10. 23 CBM is only $25compare to
  7. Arrival notice with 0. 80 CBM = $362, this is not even one pallet

(8, 9 and 10 give you over-view of, how your shipment is process from your supplier/factory to you)

  1. When shipment is, your (#2) factory contacts (#3) shipping company and (#3) shipping company contacts (#4) vessel company
  2. (#3) origin shipping company contacts (#5) us logistic company and bills your (#6) freight forwarder $141. 24.
  3. (#6) your freight forwarder email you arrival notice/ Invoice to importer/consignee $231. 21
  4. Arrival notice with 1. 5 CBM = $57, china to long beach and to nashville tn (here the customer who has done his homework and got the best shipping fee)
  5. Arrival notice with obl
  6. Arrival notice with ddu $175 residential surcharge delivery / $4409. 20 lbs / 2. 09 CBM and $20. 90 exam fee.
  7. Arrival notice with 4. 141 CBM = $470. 20, customer over paying $217. 06
  • AFTER 3 month later, customer called-in,  arguing about our $25 service fee  &  asking for copy of warehouse invoice,
  • told the importer to call  your freight forwarder & review the arrival notice that you have paid warehouse fee up-front $217.06.
  • But, he said, he pay other warehouse fee $87 to pick-up.
  • i explain to importer, we have no way of knowing your arrangement with your vendors (Freight-Forwarder/Shipping-company/Supplier/Factory/etc),
  • also, before you pay anyone, you should ask them "what are the fees for & what am i paying for",  Just as you asked us. (All fees are clearly on our website  & we have email you)

NOTE:

  1. Your Responsibility  =  Your money,  Your profit / sells,  Your Vendors (supplier/forwarder and etc.),  Your Shipment,  Your Documents,  Your Arrangement,/negotiation  and  etc.
  2. Terms of shipping from your vendors (supplier/factory/shipping-company and etc) = Shipping  Terms = Bill-of-Lading (aka / ie / fyi; Bill-of-Sale) / Mnufacturer  Contract  Agreement.
  1. Arrival notice with 3. 3 CBM = exam fee of $63.
  • importer want to find-out how his freight forwarder receives exam notice and Invoice from US customs exam site
  • so, when called his forwarder, forwarder could not give / find the exam notice and Invoice , that forwarder receive from US customs exam site.
  • importer thinks, forwarder is adding bs fees. ( importer said, he called 7 or 8 and hoping he could resolved it with his forwarder, but. . . . . . . . )
  • he call us, asking how he could file complaint against his forwarder / shipping company (told him to google: filing a complaint to fmc.gov.
  1. Arrival notice with 8. 62 CBM = exam fee of $60. 34. Look at #15, sometime with all the bs fee, nothing makes sense
  2. Arrival notice with 0. 89 CBM = exam fee of $3. (cfs to cfs) (wow, wow, wow. Best negotiation i seen)
  3. Arrival notice with origin charge, (shipping charge = origin charge) importer said he pay shipping cost to supplier/factory,
  • yet US forwarder adding OTHER $225 as Origin Charge.   (X-Ray exam = $9.80    / CET Exam = $42)
  1. Arrival notice with x-ray exam $94. 50 and tailgate exam $94. 50 +demurrage $203. 55 +other bs fees. = total $680. 70
  1. This shipment came to long beach port on NOV 11 2014 and was unload from vessel DEC 1 2014, and x-ray $94. 50 with tailgate/back-door exam $94. 50.
  2. Importer should ask for exam Invoice that they received from exam site
  3. Shipment is been at long beach for 3 weeks, but container could not be unload (port strike). Importer had to pay extra $205. 55 (you should ask for how you're getting charge)
  4. Every year, port-union pick worse time to strike: beginning of nov and dec (busiest holiday). E. Importer should ask, where in there (freight forwarder) email/website that forwarder has the right to charge all bs fees
  5. Importer is responsible for all fees/us laws/liability/exam/permit(s)retroactive(backdate) document (BL, arrival notice and etc. ) case file: federal court us attorney's.
  1. Arrival notice $288, but over pay $100 +other bs fees. (file# cosu6049183370 / ib12152014)
  1. 3th time, consignee has imported
  2. So knowing, there will be warehouse fees, but warehouse told him, your forwarder paid.
  3. Thinking importer need keep a records of all the Invoice , importer/consignee asked for Invoice , then he notice Invoice was only $25
  4. Looking at the arrival notice, freight forwarder charge $100 for warehouse.
  5. Freight forwarder charge ISF validation $25. (importer asked proof of validation and who authorize it)
  6. By not look, what his was paying for arrival notice, he pay extra $75 for warehouse and $25 for ISF validation.
  7. Also, importer ask forwarder, where are all
  8. Importer complain to FMC and forwarder, where in there website, email, tariff filing or any other place, that forwarder could charge all bs fee.
  9. (importer did some digging and he found out, all arrival notice has disclaimer of: by FMC regulation)

IN CASE OF DAMAGE,CLAIM NOTICE MUST BE REPORTED TO US WITHIN  15 DAYS OF DELIVERY OR RECEIPT OF SHIPMENT AND FORMAL CLAIM WITH FULL DETAILS MUST BE SENT O US WITHIN ONE MONTH AFTER INITIAL   CLAIM NOTICE. OTHERWISE,CLAIM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THE LIMIT OF LIABILITY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS$0.10 PER 10 LBS.  WITH THE MAXIMUM OF $500 PER REPORT, UNLESS A SET DECLARED VALUE IS SUBMITTED TO US IN WRITING PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF GODS

  1. Arrival notice $291. (75% fee are all bs fees) (file# anlczqzs807531 / ib02202015)
  1. As you could see they are charging twice by changing language/terminology, but they are same (psf: port security fee $35 / psf: port security charge $25)
  2. Also, they are charging "warehouse fee $126", c. Port congestion fee $15.
  1. If you shipment 15 CBM to 26 CBM , it may be cheaper and more convent to use 20 feet container. 20 feet container is about $1300-$1600 from china to la/long beach ca page 1 and 2: customer paid supplier $1,810 (to issuer of Bill of Lading ) and paid $1,225. 74 (to issuer of arrival notice) for 25. 32 CBM + $628 warehouse = $3,663. 74 (import as LCL ) page 3 and 4: customer paid supplier $1,300 (to issuer of Bill of Lading ) and paid $55 to forwarder agent (to issuer of arrival notice) = $1355 (import as 20 feet container)
  • Most are "Union" Labors for page 1 & 2.   (Feb 2015)
  • LCL = someone unload from Vessel and has to truck the container to CFS warehouse (1-3 hours) and separate each importer shipment (4-8 hours)
  • Average Union Labor in U.S. Port:  full-time wages of $147,000 per year.    +  $88,800 per year Pension,” ( this is also, showing as example #9 above)
  1. Arrival notice with 2. 761 CBM = exam fee of $70.
  2. Arrival notice with 4. 21 CBM = $395. 45. 11 different bs fee. It looks like they ran-out-of-lines and /or they couldn't thinking other bs's, otherwise they could add 11 others
  3. Arrival notice with 10. 637 CBM = $223. From china to la, ca and to houston tx. (one of the best i seen)
  4. Arrival notice with 5. 6 CBM = $665. 9 different bs fee (this is only company chargers for congestion surcharge $166 at oct 15). From china to la, ca
  5. Most of importer pay's what ever forwarder says, with-out any questions:
  1. Importer pay warehouse $213. 60
  2. but, importer pay again, when he was pick-up the shipment $63. 60
  3. not only, importer pay twice, he also over pay $150

Most of importer asked, out of nowhere some us freight forwarder (shipping company) is charging 10 different fees (arrival notice), when i pay my supplier/factory. I can't understand the terminology, language, slang, abbreviation and etc. , fees, so when i (importer) called, they could not even answer their own terminology when i(importer) google "clean truck fee" it has ended at Jan. 1, 2012, and if so, why are they charging me. No where in their website i see any their fees, that they will be charging this and that. I feel they are holding my shipment as hostage. Only thing, i (importer) receive is arrival notice, saying that i must pay or. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  1. Negotiate with your vendors/supplier/factory/shipping company. Before the shipping: check these shipping terms.
  2. Most of your shipping term could be view at your Bill of Lading from your supplier/factory/shipping-company.
  3. Arrival notice for LCL = unloading from the vessel, removing your shipment from 40-feet-container (devanning), separating all importer shipment and moving it to your warehouse.
  4. Most of arrival notice from your freight forwarder (shipping-company) has no no no consistency of fees.
  5. If you're having problems with all BS fees and forwarder and they cannot explain what fees are for. You can file complaint against your freight forwarder in Federal Maritime Commision.

(Few of the our customer/importer/consignee makes comments/feedback after importing and understand the details process: it's funny how " I " (importer/consignee) want to argue about customs clearing entry filing fee, even though your fees are clear post it on your website and on your emails, but i could not argue with my forwarder/shipping-company/ supplier/factory about arrival notice/ Invoice fee, warehouse fee, shipping fee, storage fees and etc. Maybe because, forwarder/shipping-company and warehouse does not post there fees and gives very little info by email??/website??, it was hard to argue when you have no info / very little info or maybe, I thinking, they were holding my shipment as hostage with storage fee and go warehouse fee.

To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, importer must review incoterms and contact issuer of Bill of Lading / arrival notice LCL / full. Incoterms published by international chamber of commerce and recognized by united nations commission on international trade law as global common terms.

  1. Us freight forwarder issues arrival notice/( LCL /full), six or seven days before importer shipment is in us. (arrival notice glossary)
  2. Arrival notice/( LCL /full) is us freight forwarder (unload from vessel and moving it to warehouse) is reflection of Bill of Lading (instruction/permit to load onto vessel)
  3. Arrival notice/( LCL /full) is us freight forwarder terms-of- Bill of Lading , agreement, including the date of transfer, timing of payment, title to your shipment and other provisions.
  4. All shipment are pre-arrange by issuer (importer/supplier/factory/mover-shipper) of Bill of Lading (aka / ie: bill-of-sale / shipping terms (loader terms), before the shipping.
  5. Most of pre-arrangement are cif terms = are done with-out paying all vendor, such as arrival notice ( LCL /full), warehouse/port, ISF filing, customs clearing, exam and etc.
  6. After you have pay your arrival notice / Invoice (sea LCL /full/AWB) to your us freight forwarder, they will be email a freight released (turnover / freight-release /. Carrier-released / released-order / steam-ship-release) to you, your warehouse, port, trucker, customs broker and etc.

Why can't supplier / factory / shipper / shipping-company arrange us domestic trucking, ISF filing and customs entry.

  1. Most of foreign supplier / shipper (issuer of Bill of Lading ) vary limited contact with domestic trucker and customs broker
  2. Your supplier in business of MFG and your shipping-company in business of shipping, they are not in business of knowing US customs rule and regulations, we are.

Note:

  1. To arrange sea shipping, arranger must be your supplier or licenses by FMC . Gov ( NVOCC / OFF / OTI) = issuer of Bill of Lading / LCL arrival notice / full arrival notice.
  2. To arrange air shipping, arranger must be your supplier or licenses by international air transport association ( IATA ) = issuer of Bill of Lading / air-way-bill ( AWB )
  3. To arrange domestic trucking, arranger must be licenses by FMC sa. Gov (mc# / dot#) / must have "filer-code" from US customs = issuer of pick-up- Bill of Lading .
  4. To file ISF and customs entry (customs agent / customs broker), filer must have "filer-code" from US customs = issuer of customs release documents.

 

If you think, it's not cost-effective to pay all the fees (duty/tax, forwarder, trucker, warehouse, ISF filing, customs entry filing, exam and etc. ) you could abandon your shipment. There are three choices, shipment that was refused by US customs/agencies. Sample of abandon letter.

1. Re-exporting back to vendor / exporting to other-country:.

  1. To export, your must contact your freight forwarder, company that has done your transportation to us port.
  2. Your current freight forwarder will be helping you with 7512 (ie / immediate exportation) form.
  3. Local US customs officer must sign and if any, agencies officer must sign a 7512 (ie / immediate exportation) form.
  4. Local = city, county, state that you are in.
  5. Who is liable: case file: federal court U.S. attorney's, remember that importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive.
  1. Abandon your shipment. Please notify your supplier/us forwarder/carrier and warehouse and us through email only.
  1. For abandoning, you may be penalize / fines / demurrage / per-diem / destroy / trash / add-dpl and etc.
  2. Examples of other shipment that was abandon, refused by U.S. customs/agencies and was not cost-effective.
  3. Who is liable: case file: federal court us attorney's, importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive.
  1. Destroy / trash email customs officer, warehouse and us by email only.
  1. If shipment is import with-out permit / permission hazard, patent, trademark and etc.
  2. You may be penalize / fines / demurrage / per-diem / destroy / trash / add-dpl and etc.
  3. Who is liable: case file: federal court us attorney's, importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive.

Note: final ruling by US customs/agencies for ISF filing (part 1-2) is 6 years and for customs entry filing (part 2-2) is 5 years.

  1. Customs broker = messenger between US customs and importer: to transmits importer info/documents, way it was received from you and your-vendors, to US customs
  2. Customs broker = is not a messenger between you and your-vendors (factory/ supplier/ forwarder/ warehouse/ shipping-company/ CET-exam-site, us agencies and etc. )
  3. All importer are bound to incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving foreign port, such as: Bill of Lading /BL (sale) / MFG contract agreement / OBL / arrival notice)
  4. To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, you must review incoterms and contact issuer of Bill of Lading (title to shipment)
  5. Please review import process, incoterms and etc import requirements by US customs. After viewing, if you required a personal assistant: $250 hr / $2000 day +retainer
  6. Importer is responsible for all fees/us laws/liability/exam/permit(s)retroactive(backdate) document (BL, arrival notice and etc. ) case file: federal court us attorney's.
  7. Your responsibility = your shipment / money / profit / sales / documents / permit, your-vendors (factory/supplier/forwarder and etc. ), your arrangement/negotiation and etc.
  8. Exam notice by freight forwarder: LCL arrival notice, full container arrival notice. For AD/CVD , fumigation, emergency action notifications can be $1,000's.
  9. Fumigating your shipment can be $7,205, vacuum cleaning can be $1,900 and A-TCET exam / intensive exam/stop sign / CET exam can be $1,843. 60 / $2,059. 90.
  10. If exam (vacis, nii, x-ray, ibet, met, cet and etc,), your freight forwarder will be notifying with arrival notice and Invoice (pay your freight forwarder) (99% of the time).
  11. If exam ( CET exam , A-TCET exam, intensive exam/stop sign, ipr, tailgate, emergency action notifications and etc,) importer must pay directly to exam site. (100%)
  12. If importer / id=(ssn# or tax-id/ein/irs# or can#) or any info is off-by-one-digit/letter, US customs can/will confiscate/seize your shipment and penalize/fines you.
  13. And US customs/agencies can release with detention(hold)/hold/confiscate/penalize/fines/recall/exam/penalty/re- ISF -filing/issue destroy/re-export/add-dpl and etc.
  14. Please pay all your-vendors directly (asap), to avoid our $50 these service fees. You can go here if amending/up-dating your entry filing and go here If you are going to refile entry.
  15. You /importer/consignee is fully responsible for all actions of payment (be aware of scam hijack emails and other scams).
  16. Before paying us, consignee must verify payment method and amount of payment, and such as our bank account#, western-union account#, check payable to and etc,.
  17. Only valid communication is, if you/importer/consignee/your-vendors is communicating by phone# and email lists from our uscustomsclearing.com .

LCL – less than container load / loose cargo load:

The shipping term ( LCL ) is commonly used to describe an international ocean freight service that was designed for shipping boxed, crated or palletized cargo from or to the USA that can’t fill an entire 20′ or 40′ foot container. When you are shipping LCL cargo you are paying for the space that you use in the container, and LCL cargo ocean freight rates are calculated by the volume (per cubic meter/cubic foot) but not by the weight.

 

There are many advantages in using LCL service for your international shipments:

  • it will decreases the shipping cost, you are paying for the portion of the space you are using.
  • for inland, you can either drop or pick up the cargo from the CFS /bonded warehouse where they load or unload the container.
  • transit time will be the same as if you would have ship a full ocean freight container.
  • international moving company can also palletize smaller boxes to eliminate shipping cost extra volume charges.

There is a downside to shipping LCL . Here are some disadvantages of shipping LCL rather than FCL :

  • if one of the consignee cargo in the container get exam, the whole container will get exam. You need to share the exam charges with everyone else.
  • delay, once the container get to the final port the container needs to transfer to the CFS warehouse for stripping.
  • it will take about 7 days from terminal to the CFS before your cargo is available for pick up.

 

Samples of CFS warehouse charges (breakdown, stripping, AMS, handing fee, in and out fee, etc)

Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipments: 1.45cbm (CMDUGGZ0496933) (CC 201)
Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipments: 10.23cbm (PABV00426054) (IB 924)
Arrival Notice Sample Page 1
Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipments (page 1-2): 0.25cbm (COSU6093168970) (IB 926)
Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipments (page 2-2): 0.25cbm (COSU6093168970) (IB 926)
4th Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipment: 1.81 CBM = $485.14, BUT forwarder is including warehouse fee $258.60, i my view, warehouse fee should be about $50-$80. (from: ANLCALY0158306) (IB1013)
Arrival Notice Sample OOLU2550939305
5th Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipment: 2.6 CBM = $326.06, BUT forwarder is including Forklift $75 (from: OOLU2550939305)) (CC1009)
6th Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipment: 2.48CBM = $303.97, BUT forwarder Port Security Fee is $35 & look at other fees (from: COSU609320640)) (IB1009)
7th Freight Forwarder Invoice / Arrival Notice for LCL shipment: 0.80CBM = $362 (from: MOLU11028421615) (IB1020)
Factory to Consignee
8th When shipment is Ready, your (#2) Factory contacts (#3) shipping company & (#3) shipping company contacts (#4) Vessel company (COSU6093228680) (IM10242014)
9th (#3) Origin shipping company contacts (#5) US Logistic company & bills your (#6) Freight Forwarder $141.24 .(COSU6093228680) (IM10242014)
10th: (#6) your Freight Forwarder email you Arrival Notice/Invoice to Importer/Consignee $231.21 (COSU6093228680) (IM10242014)
China to Long Beach & to Nashville - Arrival Notice
11th: China to Long Beach & to Nashville TN / 462kg / 1.5cbm / Arrival Notice to Importer/Consignee $57 UASUCNNBO617717 (IT # 692 878 863) (IB10312014)
12th: What is OBL
13th: Arrival Notice with DDU $175 Residential Surcharge Delivery / $4409.20 lbs / 2.09cbm & $20.90 exam fee.
Arrival Notice with Customer Over Paying
14th: Arrival Notice with 4.141cbm = $470.20, Customer over paying $217.06 - AFTER 3 month later, customer called-in, arguing about our $25 service fee & asking for copy of warehouse invoice, - told him to call the freight forwarder & review the arrival notice that you have paid warehouse fee up-front $217.06. - But, he said, he pay other warehouse fee $87 to pick-up. NOTE: your money, your shipment, your invoice, your vendors (Freight-Forwarder/Shipping-company/Supplier/Factory/etc), your responsibility . Terms of shipping from your supplier/factory/shipping-company = Your Manufacturer Contract Agreement & Bill-of-Lading & etc..
15th: Arrival Notice with 3.3cbm = $176.20 with Exam fee of $63 - Importer want to find-out how his Freight Forwarder receives Exam Notice & invoice from US Customs Exam Site - so, when called his Forwarder, Forwarder could NOT give / find the exam notice & invoice, that forwarder receive from US Customs Exam Site. - importer thinks, Forwarder is adding BS fees. ( Importer said, he called 7 or 8 & hoping he could resolved it with his Forwarder, but ........ ) - he call us, asking how he could file complaint against his Forwarder / Shipping company (told him to google: and file a complaint in FMC.
16th: Arrival Notice with 8.62cbm = Exam fee of $60.34) (DDC 242.22, THC 129.30 = $567.72 ) - one over this (#15) is 3.3cbm = Exam fee of $63. - Sometime with all the BS fee, Nothing makes sense
Arrival Notice with Exam Fee 2
17th: Arrival Notice with 0.89cbm = Exam fee of $3.
18th: Arrival Notice with Origin Charge, (Shipping Charge = Origin Charge) Importer pay shipping cost to supplier/factory. (X-Ray exam = $9.80 / CET Exam = $42)
19. Arrival Notice with X-ray exam $94.50 & Tailgate exam $94.50 +Demurrage $203.55 +Other BS fees. a. This shipment came to Long Beach Port on Nov 11 2014 & was unload from Vessel Dec 1 2014, and X-ray $94.50 with Tailgate/Back-Door Exam $94.50. b. Importer should ask for Exam invoice that they received from Exam site getting charge)Extra d. Every year, Port-Union pick worse time to strike: Beginning of Nov & Dec (busiest holiday). e. Importer should ask, where in there (Freight Forwarder) email/website that Forwarder has the right to charge all BS fees f. Importer is RESPONSIBLE for all US Laws/Liability/exam/permit(s)retroactive(backdate) Document (BL, Arrival Notice & etc.) Case File: federal court US Attorney's.
Arrival Notice - Over pay with other BS fees
20. Arrival Notice $288, BUT over pay $100 +Other BS fees. (file# COSU6049183370 / IB12152014) a. 3th time, Consignee has imported b. So knowing, there will be warehouse fees, But warehouse told him, your Forwarder paid. c. Thinking importer need keep a records of all the invoice, Importer/consignee asked for invoice, then he notice invoice was only $25 d. Looking at the arrival notice, Freight Forwarder charge $100 for warehouse. e. Freight Forwarder charge ISF Validation $25. (Importer asked proof of validation & who authorize it) f. By not look, what his was paying for arrival notice, he pay Extra $75 for warehouse and $25 for ISF Validation. g. Also, importer ask Forwarder, where are all h. Importer complain to FMC & Forwarder, where in there website, email, tariff filing or any other place, that forwarder could charge all BS fee. i. (Importer did some digging & he found out, all arrival notice has disclaimer of: by FMC regulation) . IN CASE OF DAMAGE,CLAIM NOTICE MUST BE REPORTED TO US WITHIN 15 DAYS OF DELIVERY OR RECEIPT OF SHIPMENT AND FORMAL CLAIM WITH . FULL DETAILS MUST BE SENT O US WITHIN ONE MONTH AFTER INITIAL CLAIM NOTICE. OTHERWISE,CLAIM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. . THE LIMIT OF LIABILITY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS$0.10 PER 10 LBS. WITH THE MAXIMUM OF $500 PER REPORT, UNLESS A SET DECLARED VALUE . IS SUBMITTED TO US IN WRITING PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF GODS
21. Arrival Notice $291. (75% fee are all bs fees) (file# ANLCZQZS807531 / IB02202015) a. As you could see they are charging twice by changing Language/Terminology, BUT they are same (PSF: Port Security Fee $35 / PSF: Port Security Charge $25) b. Also, they are charging "Warehouse fee $126", c. Port Congestion fee $15.

22. If you shipment 15 CBM to 26 CBM , it may be cheaper and more convent to use 20 feet container. 20 feet container is about $1300-$1600 from china to la/long beach CA

page 1 and 2: customer paid supplier $1,810 (to issuer of Bill of Lading ) and paid $1,225. 74 (to issuer of arrival notice) for 25. 32 CBM + $628 warehouse = $3,663. 74 (import as LCL )

page 3 and 4: customer paid supplier $1,300 (to issuer of Bill of Lading ) and paid $55 to forwarder agent (to issuer of arrival notice) = $1355 (import as 20 feet container)

Most are "union" labors. Lcl = someone unload from vessel and has to truck the container to CFS warehouse (1-3 hours) and separate each importer shipment (4-8 hours) average union labor in us port: full-time wages of $147,000 per year. + $88,800 per year pension,”

  • container CBM 's 20ft container approximately 26-28 CBM
  • 40ft container approximately 55-58 CBM
  • 40ft hq container approximately 60-68 CBM
  • 45ft hq container approximately 78 CBM
Page 1
page 4: 20 feet Container Arrival Notice Invoice $55
page 2 Arrival Notice Invoice of $1,225.74
Page 3: 20 feet container pay to supplier $1300
23. Arrival Notice with 2.761cbm = Exam fee of $70.
24. Arrival Notice with 4.21 cbm = $395.45. 11 different BS fee. It Looks like they ran-out-of-lines &/or they couldn't thinking other BS's, otherwise they could add 11 others
25. Arrival Notice with 10.637cbm = $223. From China to LA, CA & to Houston TX. (one of the best i seen)
26. Arrival Notice with 5.6cbm = $665. 9 different BS fee (This is only Company chargers for Congestion Surcharge $166 at Oct 15). From China to LA, CA
27. Most of importer pay's what ever Forwarder says, with-OUT any questions: a) importer pay warehouse $213.60 b) BUT, Importer pay again, when he was pick-up the shipment $63.60 c) Not only, importer pay twice, he also over pay $150