What is the difference between THC charges and terminal charges? What are the ocean freight surcharges?

When friends open a store on a cross-border e-commerce platform, they should all know that there are many rules related to the cross-border e-commerce platform. First of all, the mode of logistics and transportation, including commodity warehousing, has conditions. What is the difference between THC fees and terminal fees?

What is the difference between thc fees and dockage fees?

1. THC is the fee charged by the shipping company to the booking company. It is most commonly used in South China, while there is another charging name in North China.

2. Wharfage refers to the local wharf comprehensive miscellaneous fees charged by the specific wharf itself to the cargo holder. Most wharfage is generated by inland river ports and some monopoly-operated wharfs. Generally, large ports, such as Shenzhen and Nansha, rarely charge such fees.

What are the ocean freight surcharges?

1. Terminal operation fee THC

Terminal Handling Charge refers to the fee charged by ports, terminals and loading and unloading companies to carriers for receiving export containers at the loading port yard, storing them and moving them to the ship's side.

According to the difference in operating units, terminal handling charges can be further divided into OTHC (Origin Terminal Handling Charge) and DTHC (Destination Terminal Handling Charge).

2. ORC

Original Receiving Charge, local receiving fee/origin receiving fee/origin receiving fee. This fee is more complicated, and is both different from and related to the terminal handling fee THC. In many ports in my country, it is usually charged as a derivative of the terminal fee (THC).

Generally speaking:

(1) ORC is only available in ports in South China, mainly in Guangdong, while THC is available in all ports (including those in Guangdong).

(2) ORC and THC are not charged at the same time. If THC is charged, ORC will not be charged.

(3) ORC is usually only applicable to ocean routes that depart from ports in South China and whose destination ports are North America, Central and South America, Europe and North Africa. For other destination ports, such as Southeast Asia, only THC is levied, just like ports in other regions.

(4) ORC and THC have different charging standards, and the specific charging standards of different shipping companies vary.

3. General Rate Increase Surcharge (GRI)

General Rate Increase is usually used on South American and US routes.

Due to various reasons such as ports, ships, fuel, cargo or other factors, the transportation costs of shipping companies have increased significantly. In order to compensate for these increased expenses, shipowners charge a surcharge on the comprehensive rate increase to ensure normal operations.

4. Container imbalance surcharge CIC

Container Imbalance Charge: This charge is a surcharge charged by shipping companies to make up for the cost of transporting empty containers due to an imbalance in trade volume or seasonal changes that leads to an imbalance in cargo flow and containers.

It can be considered an unfair charge, but my country's export volume is huge during the peak season, so there is an urgent shortage of containers. During the peak season, a large number of containers need to be shipped back to China from abroad.

This is the end of the introduction to the difference between thc fees and dock fees. Dock fees are generally when your goods are transported out of the dock and may need to be stored at the dock. At this time, the dock fee will be incurred.

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