In international trade, companies often fail to ship the goods due to various reasons, so they have to bear the corresponding cost of LCL loss. The most important thing is that many shippers are not very aware of these costs, so they are hard to guard against. Today, Xiaobian and everyone will learn about some related knowledge about the cost of LCL loss in the process of cargo transportation. What is LCL? CL CARGO= LESS CONTAINER LOAD, LCL cargo specifically refers to small-ticket cargo that is less than a full box (20'/40/45). Usually, the bulk cargo consolidator (consolidator) picks up the goods separately and collects them at the container freight station or inland station, and then assembles two or more shipments of goods in one container, also at the destination container freight station. Or inland station unpacking and delivery separately. For this kind of goods, the carrier has to bear the packing and unpacking operations, and the packing and unpacking fees are still charged to the cargo party. The carrier's responsibilities for LCL shipments are basically the same as for traditional grocery shipments. What is the LCL loss fee? In the process of LCL export by sea, after 11:00 noon on the working day before the cut-off date of the order, the goods could not be shipped in time due to the reasons of the booker, resulting in the vacancy of the LCL company's space, and the LCL company therefore sent the order to the booking company. The fee charged by the cabin crew to make up for the loss. How is the loss of cabin fee calculated? The cost of vacant space is used as the standard for the calculation of the cost of lost space, and the specific calculation formula is: loss of space fee = booking fee cubic x (FCL sea freight + FCL port of departure fee) / standard cubic number. Note: Standard cubes: 25/20' 50/40' 60/40'HQ Common reasons and preventive measures for missing fares (1) The owner of the goods was too late to enter the warehouse or temporarily canceled the shipment booking but did not cancel the booking in time. Prevention: Please keep in communication with the cargo owner regularly before the customs deadline and give feedback in a timely manner. And inform the owner that he has the responsibility to notify, otherwise there will be a loss of shipping fee. (2) A larger proportion of super-square / reduced square / overweight. Prevention: Please ask the freight forwarder to request the cargo owner's booking manifest to be as consistent as possible with the actual goods, and notify in time if there are any changes. (3) After the goods are put into the warehouse, it is found that the characteristics or specifications of the goods make it impossible to carry them, such as "liquid/dangerous goods/oversized and overweight items". Prevention: Please inform the freight forwarder that they do not accept liquid/dangerous goods/semi-dangerous goods, and oversized and overweight items must be confirmed in advance.?? (4) Customs inspection results in failure to ship in time. Prevention: Please ask the freight forwarder to require the owner to declare the same documents, documents, and goods. If the customs has any questions, please cooperate with the customs declarers of the freight forwarding company to reply to the customs in a timely and clear manner. What are the requirements of the customs to cooperate as much as possible to ensure that the goods are shipped in time.?? In a nutshell, the most important thing for the prevention of LCL loss is to maintain close and good communication between the cargo owner and the freight forwarder. At the same time, the freight forwarder is dedicated to solving problems in a timely manner for the owner, and the owner should also trust the forwarder and meet each other frankly.