"Internet + shipping" trading patterns or add a point to a shipping dispute

       According to the Shanghai Maritime Court, recently, Shanghai Maritime Court FTA court hearing in the case found that Internet + shipping "under the trading patterns, shipping companies' freight direct electronic business platform" after the launch of "Freight about number" triggered a new dispute form.

       Traditional major ocean shipping companies booking made through the freight forwarding companies, with the use of Internet technology, many shipping companies introduced the "tariff direct electronic business platform", that freight shippers through direct sales platform directly to the shipping company "about No. "shipping company therefore made the supply of competitive advantage, because the owner a corresponding reduction of the middle agent to obtain lower freight terms from shipping companies, forming a win-win situation the ship and the cargo, but in the middle part freight forwarding company's business and therefore profit margins being squeezed.

When made "Freight about numbers" on the shipping goods through online electronic business platform, the actual commission when booking online to shipping companies under the freight forwarding business, the dispute mainly due to "some number" caused as follows: First the owner did not accurately informed "about number" message to the freight forwarding business; the second is to inform the owner of the freight forwarding business, "about number" information, the freight forwarding business was not disclosed to shipping companies; the third is the freight forwarding business led to delay in booking "number about" expired; Fourth shipping companies for different customers at different "about number" given shipping conditions vary, the owner can only prove the existence of "some number" in some cases, but can not accurately proof about the specific number of freight prices, which will in shippers and freight forwarding business dispute settlement when.
  Shanghai Maritime Court FTA Court held that: With the gradual rise and accelerate the development of third-party shipping electronic business platform, the legal status of the platform and platform-related rights and obligations will inevitably be controversial. Therefore, to further clarify the "Internet + shipping" trading rules or industry will be the next justice and Maritime Research and the need to face a new topic.

Today industrial development has entered the "Internet +" era, the shipping industry is no exception. New trading patterns "Internet + shipping," the birth, and never appeared in the past will inevitably bring disputes over growth.

       It is understood that the current domestic Shipping Exchange Shipping Exchange, including Chongqing, Xiamen Shipping Exchange, Shanghai Shipping Exchange Shipping Exchange, Guangzhou, Ningbo Shipping Exchange and the like.