What are Common Items on a Quote or Invoice?
Let's overview some of the items you may see on your quote or invoice.
General & Freight:
- Airline Document Fee: Import Service Fee assessed per airline
- Base Freight: Cost of freight booking on vessel/airplane
- Booking Fee: Shippabo booking service fee
- Disbursement: Shippabo payment service fee
- Port Congestion Fee (Origin): Congestion fee assessed by carrier, if app.
- DOC Fee: Document Fee
- Diversion Fee: Fee for routing change of booked cargo
- ISPS: International Ship and Port Facility Security: Security Fee assessed by carrier
- Document Fee: Fee for additional preparation of add'l BL's
- Cancellation Fee: Cancellation of a booking after approval
- Admin Fee: Shippabo Service fee
CFS Loading Fees (LCL/ Air):
- Warehouse Document Fee
- Warehouse Forklift
- Warehouse Fuel Surcharge
- Warehouse Inbound
- Warehouse Window Fee
- Liftgate
- Pallet Fee (LCL / Air)
Origin Charges:
- Pick up Trucking: Trucking from factory to port by Shippabo
- Origin Customs: Customs filing at origin by Shippabo
- Origin Transloading: Transfer of goods from one container or truck to another at origin
- Origin Palletizing: Palletization of cargo at origin by Shippabo
- Seal: Placement of seal at origin by Shippabo
- VGM Fee: Verified Gross Mass Services
- AMS Fees: AMS Filing by Shippabo
- Fumigation: Heat treating of pallets at origin
- Equipment Interchange Receipt (EIR): Common origin ex-works fee for container loading
- Booking Fee (Origin): Administration Fee when booking at origin
- Telex Fee: Processing fee when original BLs are telexed
Customs & Compliance:
- Customs Entry & ISF: USA Customs Entry Processing- ISF is complimentary with Customs processing
- Customs Entry: Canadian Customs Entry Processing
- ISF: Standalone ISF processing
- Annual Bond: Annual Customs Bond for Import
- Insurance: Optional Cargo insurance filing
- Duties: Customs Compliance- *Disbursement Fee Will Apply; Duties vary per HTS and Entry Value
- Duties GST: Customs Compliance (Canada Only) *Disbursement Fee Will Apply; Duties vary per HTS and Entry Value
- Customs Exam: Compliance *Disbursement Fee Will Apply
- Post Summary Correction: Entry Correction/Revision Services
- Protest: Entry Correction/Revision Services
- Classification Services: Customs consulting for HTS codes per product
Delivery & Port Services:
- Delivery Trucking: FCL, FTL, or LTL delivery services
- Chassis: Chassis Rental for FCL
- Clean Truck Fee: Port imposed fee for LA/LB
- Pierpass: Port imposed fee for Los Angeles or Long Beach port
- Prepull: Prior pickup of container from port
- Port Congestion Fee (Destination): Trucker assessed congestion fee
- Split Chassis: Return of chassis to different location
- Terminal Charge: Terminal imposed fee
- Waiting Time: Add'l time incurred at pickup or delivery
- Drop Fee: Drayage container drop off and pickup of empty
- Dry Run: Unsuccessful delivery or pickup attempt
- OICT Gate Fee: Oakland Intl Container Terminal Fee
- Overweight by Container: Delivery of container over standard weight
- Storage: Daily container storage at trucker's yard
- Toll Fee: Toll fee incurred during delivery
- Demurrage: Port penalty for container past free time
- Detention: Carrier penalty for container past empty free time
- Dwell Fee: Port penalty for long dwelling containers
- CFS/Terminal Storage: Daily storage of goods at CFS or Airline
- Layover Fee
- Carbon Tax Charge: Carrier Assessed Fee when arriving into Canada or USA
- Terminal Security Fee
Warehousing Services:
- Destination Transloading Cost: Transfer of goods from one cont/truck to another
- Warehouse Port Drayage: Container pickup and transfer to warehouse
- Pallet Fee: Palletization of cargo
- Pallet Labeling: Labelling of pallets as directed