1.      “CONSOL” is short for Consolidate in the operation process of international trading and shipping.

2.      Shipping companies don’t accept direct LCL, in which case, the LCL suppliers have to seek shipping agents. And the shipping agents generally are restricted to their sources of goods, causing it is hard to fulfill the demands of a appointed carrier.

3.      During the negotiation between the agent and the carrier, the conditions of shipping must paid attention to so as to avoid the conditions unable to fulfill after the carriage accepted. In daily operation, it might be found that sometimes House B/L is unacceptable in the B/L.

For example, Here is a booking note: Goods must be shipped in container on LCL basis and Bill of Lading to evidence the same and to show that all LCL. handling charges, THC and delivery order charges at that port of discharges are prepaid。

Obviously, the consignee shifted his responsible bearings to the shipper in the L/C, which is caused by the shipper’s carelessness in the negotiation with the customer.

4.      The weight of LCL as counting base should be as accurate as possible. When loose cargo arrives in the appointed warehouse, the volume and weight would be measured again and take the new data as final.

5.      In some ports, the source of LCL is not enough and the cost of LCL is high. The agents engaged in LCL have to set a minimum weight as its charging point. This factor should be considered when the small and remote ports involved.

6.      When the route is not busy and the port is remote, a consultation need to be taken with shipping company and destination shipping agents to make sure the inland destination is reachable before sign the deal of multimodal transporting to inland.