Chapter 4.

INTERNATIONAL CARGO
TRANSPORTATION BY AIRWAY
Chapter 4. INTERNATIONAL CARGO TRANSPORTATION
BY AIRWAY

I. Basis of airway transportation

II. Organizations of cargo transportation by air

III. Liabilities and Duties of carrier, shipper and

consignee

IV. Documentation of airway

VI. Fees and charges in airway

VII. Legal basis of cargo transportation by airway

 I. Basis of airway transportation

1. Features of airway

* Advantages

. Direct route

. High speed and fast transportation

. Safer than other ways

. High technical requirements

 I. Basis of airway transportation

1. Features of airway

* Disadvantages

. Airfreight is higher than others.

. Improper with the oversized cargo, overweighted

cargo, or low value cargo.

. High and huge investment into facility, vehicles and

trained labors.
 I. Basis of airway transportation

2. Facility and vehicles of airway

. Airport

. Cargo

. Loading and unloading vehicles, equipments, and etc

 I. Basis of airway transportation

2. Facility and vehicles of airway

. Types of airway containers

 I. Basis of airway transportation

2. Facility and vehicles of airway

. Loading and unloading cargo

 II. Organization of cargo transportation by airway

* Airway association and organizations

. International scope:

ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)

IATA (International Air Transport Association)

 II. Organization of cargo transportation by airway

* Airway association and organizations

. National scope:

CAA (Civil Aviation Administration)

Airlines
 II. Organization of cargo transporttion by airway

* Geography and areas in airway

IATA devides the world into 3 traffic and conference

areas: TC1, TC2, TC3
 II. Organization of cargo transportation by airway

* Time and time zone airway

GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
ETD (Estimating Time Departure)
ETA (Estimating Time Arrival)
III. Liabilities and duties of carrier, shipper & consignee

* Liabilities and duties of carrier

. Can collect the fees and charges of relating transportation

. Transport and take care of cargo

. Compensate for the loss and/or damage if caused by

carriers
III. Liabilities and duties of carrier, shipper & consignee

* Responsibilities of carriers
. Responsible from the time and date receiving cargoes

. Responsible for the late cargo delivery

. Responsible for the transport route

. The consignee can claim within 14 days in case of

damaged cargo and within 21 days in case of late delivery.
III. Liabilities and duties of carrier, shipper & consignee

* Liabilities and duties of shipper/consignee

. Pay airfreight and the relating fees and charges

. Responsibilities for the declaration of goods

. Can claim for the compensation if loss and/or damage

 IV. Documentation of airway

* Main documents of airways

. Shipping instruction

. Airway bill

. Packing list, Invoice, MSDS, phytosanitary certificate, etc

 IV. Documentation of airway

1. Airway bill
* Functions of Airway bill

. The transport service contract

. Proof of cargo receipt

. Airfreight invoice

. Insurance policy

. Customs document

. Cargo handling instruction

 IV. Documentation of airway

1. Airway bill
* Contents of Airway bill

. Front page

. Back page
 IV. Documentation of airway

1. Airway bill
* Number of Airway bill

. 3 originals: green for carrier; pink for consignor; blue for

consignee

. 6-10 copies
 V. Airway agent

• IATA (IATA Cargo Agent)

• Airfrieght Forwarder
 VI. Airfreight
Freight calculation
• By chargeable weight
Types of rate
. General Cargo Rate
. Minimum Rate
. Special Cargo Rate
 VI. Airfreight
2. Routes and airfreight
 Standard service
 Express service
 2. Routes and Air freight

Standard service
WHS Airport Airport WHS
 2. Các lộ trình và cách tính phí
• Airport – Airport:
- Air freight (A/F) – Cước phí hàng air: tính theo kg
- Fuel Surchare (FSC) – Phụ phí nhiên liệu: theo kg
- Security Charge (SCC): tính theo kg
- Sercurity Scanning fee: tính theo kg
- War Risk Surcharge – Phụ phí chiến tranh: tính theo kg
- Airway Bill fee (AWB fee) – Phí AWB: tính theo set
• Airport – Airport:
Eg 1: One consignment with the following shipment:
- CFR Frankfurt airport, Germany Incoterms 2010
- GW: 150 kg
- A/F: USD 4.50/kg for + 100 kg; USD 4.00 for +300 kg
- Dimmension:
. Ctn mark A: (50 cm x 80 cm x 80 cm) x 3 ctns
. Ctn mark B: (60 cm x 60 cm x 50 cm) x 5 ctns
. Fuel surcharge: USD 0.75/kg
. SCC: USD 0.015/kg
. AWB fee: USD 2.00/set
. Airlines: VN
. Transit time: 3-5 days
Please calculate the total fees and charges
• Door – Airport:
- Packing fee: by cbm
- Inland trucking fee at origin: by trip
- Export Customs Clearance Fee: by shipment
- Air freight (A/F) – Cước phí hàng air: by kg
- Fuel Surchare (FSC) – Phụ phí nhiên liệu: by kg
- Security Charge (SCC): by kg
- Sercurity Scanning fee: by kg
- War Risk Surcharge: by kg
- Airway Bill fee (AWB fee) – Phí AWB: by set
• Airport - Door:
- Air freight (A/F) – Cước phí hàng air: by kg
- Fuel Surchare (FSC) – Phụ phí nhiên liệu: by kg
- Security Charge (SCC): by kg
- Sercurity Scanning fee: by kg
- War Risk Surcharge – Phụ phí chiến tranh: by kg
- Airway Bill fee (AWB fee) – Phí AWB: by set
- Inland trucking fee at destination: by trip
- Import Customs Clearance Fee: by shipment
- Delivery Order Fee: by set
• Airport - Door:
Eg 2: One shipment with the below information:
- Destination: Charles De Gaule airport (CDG)
- GW: 42 kg
- A/F: USD 6.50/kg for < 45 kg; USD 4.00 for +45 kg
- Dimmension:
. Ctn: (50 cm x 50 cm x 50 cm) x 2 ctns
. Fuel surcharge: USD 0.75/kg
. SCC: USD 0.015/kg - AWB fee: USD 2.00/set
. Inland trucking fee at destination: USD 100/trip
. Import customs clearance fee: USD 120/shipment
. D.O fee: USD 60/set
. Airport charge at Destination: USD 80/shipment
Please calculate the total fees and charge.
• Door - Door:
- Packing fee: tính theo cbm
- Inland trucking fee at origin: tính chuyến
- Export Customs Clearance Fee: tính theo lô
- Air freight (A/F) – Cước phí hàng air: tính theo kg
- Fuel Surchare (FSC) – Phụ phí nhiên liệu: kg
- Security Charge (SCC): tính theo kg
- Sercurity Scanning fee: tính theo kg
- War Risk Surcharge – Phụ phí chiến tranh: tính
theo kg
- Airway Bill fee (AWB fee) – Phí AWB: tính theo se
- Inland trucking fee at destination: tính chuyến
- Import Customs Clearance Fee: tính theo lô
- Delivery Order Fee: tính theo set
• Door - Door:
Eg: One consignment with following information:
- DDU Moscow, Russia - GW: 98 kg
- A/F: USD 4.50/kg for + 45 kg; USD 4.00 for + 100
kg
- Dimmension:
. Ctn: (50 cm x 75 cm x 60 cm) x 2 wooden cases
. Fuel surcharge: USD 0.75/kg
. SCC: USD 0.015/kg - AWB fee: USD 2.00/set
. Inland trucking fee at origin: USD 20/trip
. Export customs clearance fee: USD 60/shipment
. Inland trucking fee at destination: USD 100/trip
. Import customs clearance fee: USD 120/shipment
. D.O fee: USD 60/set
. Airport charge at Destination: USD 120/shipment
Please calculate the total fees and charges
Express Service:
* Express Door to Door Service:
+ Airfreight:
Compare GW và Volume Weight => Chargeable Weight
Volume weight: {D (cm) x R (cm) x C (cm)}/ 5000
+ Service types:
- IP – International Priorty
- IE – Internatioal Economy
- SPOT
- Economy
- Express
- Oversize
- Rural area