It is important to clarify that in both cases the merchandise travels in containers. The difference is that in the first case, relatively small merchandise from different importers or exporters travel consolidated in the same container and each pays the proportional part of the maritime freight that their merchandise represents. In full load, on the other hand, a single person assumes the full cost of the maritime freight and in exchange their merchandise has exclusive use of the container during that trip, whether the container is at full capacity, half its capacity or half empty. At Tic Tac Logistics Mexico we can advise you on the best scenario for your shipment, just contact us.

The Bill of Lading is the document issued by the shipping company to anyone who presents a loose or complete load for shipment. In a certain way, it is the document that accredits the authority to dispose of said merchandise, so it is essential to have it to release the cargo at the port of destination. To do so, the supplier can be asked for the original BL (usually sent by parcel to your home) or the remote release Telex Release, which consists of the supplier delivering the original BL directly to the shipping company at the port of origin of the merchandise, so that the original is no longer necessary at the port of destination, but rather a simple copy.

These are international trade terms expressed in 3-letter abbreviations (e.g. EXW, FOB, CFR, CIF, DAP, DDP, etc.) that help simplify the negotiation between the buyer and the seller and therefore directly influence the price of the goods. The incoterm establishes the responsibilities that each of the parties will have, for example, transport, insurance, taxes, duties, etc. In this way, the same merchandise will have a different price in each of these incoterms. We are ready to advise you on the most convenient incoterm for your operation.

These are those that the importer performs directly or indirectly to ensure that his merchandise arrives at the port/airport/customs of destination. This category includes freight, insurance, packaging, merchandise handling and some commissions, mainly. The sum of the value of the merchandise and the increments give rise to the customs value, which is the one on which the taxes are calculated by the authority.

In the case of goods arriving by sea, we speak of liner transport when the person who sells us the transport also provides us with land freight to our home or any other address. This second freight is usually indicated in the MBL in the “Place of Delivery” box, and implies that both the delivery to the final recipient and certain maneuvers within the port are already prepaid. We speak of non-liner or “outside BL” services when the land freight is contracted with a different provider than the one who sold us the sea freight. Do you want to know which scheme is the most convenient for your business? Tic Tac can tell you, leave us your question.