What is the relationship between B and D?

It is either the relationship between the parent company and its subsidiaries, or the relationship between the branches, or the relationship between brother companies or agents. To put it bluntly, it is a strategic partnership.

After contacting with each other, A and B confirmed that the goods were in good condition. They quickly allocated ships and booked shipping space, arranged shipment, and both parties checked the bill of lading

Actually, the foreigners only appointed the customs clearance freight forwarder at the destination port. The appointed freight forwarder here was found by the customs clearance freight forwarder at the destination port, which has no real relationship with the foreigners.

As the goods are FOB, the ocean freight shall be paid. That is to say, after the arrival of goods such as ocean freight, C Scotland Dansk Co., Ltd. will pay for them.

Ship company and company B issue master bill of lading, and the shipper and consignee on the bill of lading are shown as follows (English)

SHIPPER: Qingdao Ocean International Freight Co., Ltd

CONSIGNEE: Inter Scotland Cargo Limited

then,

Company B will issue a House Bill of Lading according to the master bill of lading. The shipper and consignee on the bill of lading are shown as follows (in English)

SHIPPER: Qingdao Chengxin Trading Co., Ltd

CONSIGNEE: Dansk Limited, Scotland

The information of the shipper consignee is simply changed, and the information of the port of departure and the port of destination for other types of containers remains unchanged. This not only ensures the security of information, but also achieves the purpose of controlling the bill of lading.

Then, after Company A has paid all the FOB local fees, Company B will send the forwarder bill of lading to Company A. Company B will give the owner's bill of lading to Company D after the expense is settled with Company D. In this way, the real owner's bill of lading is in the hands of Company D, and Company C will pay the remaining payment to Company A, and Company A will give the freight forwarder's bill of lading to Company C, and then Company C will exchange the owner's bill of lading with the freight forwarder's bill of lading to Company D. After Company C pays the freight to Company D, Company D will give the owner's bill of lading to Company C, Then Company C went to the shipping company to exchange the bill of lading with the owner's bill of lading and went to the wharf to clear customs and pick up the goods.

Some foreign purchasers may discuss FOB terms to reduce logistics costs and control the goods. That is, most customers will designate a freight forwarder to handle the transportation process. Although the appointment of a freight forwarder will save exporters a lot of trouble in their work, it is because of the customer's appointment that there is often a certain risk. Only by properly handling the cooperation with the designated freight forwarder, can it be convenient on the basis of obtaining legitimate interests.

Even for CIF, its profit after countless rounds of war is very small. In fact, it is almost the same as FOB cargo for customs declaration, because a few dollars and dozens of dollars can be ignored.