Extortion, running away with the money? The freight forwarder's official response is here

As an important link in the cross-border food chain, the logistics industry can be described as a mixed bag, and the conflicts of interest within it are only increasing. Recently, freight forwarders have been pushed to the hot search due to incidents such as withholding orders, extortion, running away, and malicious arrears. There are also many different opinions about the truth of the matter. Now the freight forwarder has officially responded: the company has not run away, and the amount involved is not 20 million...

Freight forwarders report their peers by real name, involving withholding orders and extortion

Recently, a picture titled "Online exposure of unscrupulous freight forwarder Shenzhen ** withholding orders and blackmailing people" was circulated wildly among sellers.

The picture shows that ** International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Freight Forwarding A") exposed Shenzhen ** International Logistics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Freight Forwarding B") for withholding the bill and extorting it after collecting the freight. The victim is not only ** International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd., as many as 14 peers have not been spared , and they call on all peers to be cautious in booking!

In terms of the timeline of events,

On August 12, 2021, freight forwarder A booked space for three high-container containers through freight forwarder B, with normal quotation and no abnormalities during the period;

On September 18, 2021, freight forwarder A paid all the freight and asked for the original bill of lading, but the salesperson said that it would take time to sign the bill and did not send the bill after two weeks. During this period, he made numerous phone calls to urge him.

Freight forwarder A came to the door on October 8, 2021, and brought the customer to the door on October 18 to request the bill of lading, but to no avail.

Freight forwarder A stated that the person in charge of freight forwarder B, ****, claimed that his company owed the shipping company too much money and was unable to bear the burden, which led to the shipping company withholding the order . He took advantage of the customers' eagerness to get the order and their desire to spend money to avoid disaster, and adopted a method of dragging and grinding. Under the euphemism of sharing the responsibility, he actually deliberately withheld the order and forced the customers to pay extra fees .

As of October 19, freight forwarder A stated that although it had no disputes or outstanding fees with freight forwarder B, its two bills of lading were withheld by freight forwarder B for more than a month. The container took more than 20 days to arrive at the port. In addition to the increasing port of destination charges and the frantic urging of the factory and consignees every day, freight forwarder A had no choice but to pay an additional RMB 25,000 to freight forwarder B on the afternoon of October 18 to get the bills of lading back .

Freight forwarder A stated that he had on-site recordings as evidence and reserved the right to sue. He promised that his information was true and called on more than a dozen other victimized peers to speak out together to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. He also called on his peers to boycott such rogue companies with no professional ethics.

Then the editor called the heads of both parties one after another.

Freight forwarder A stated that the content of the pictures it sent was true and it was willing to bear legal responsibility for it.

Freight Forwarder B responded for the first time, saying that the matter had been handed over to the company's legal department for handling, and that Freight Forwarder A only had a few people and had time to hype the incident, and stated that it would not respond to the incident exposed by Freight Forwarder A.

Freight forwarder B responded for the second time, saying that he had been in business for more than 30 years and would not defraud a fellow trader for more than 20,000 yuan. He also asked the editor not to report the incident until the court results came out. "If your boss doesn't want to cause trouble, don't report it. If you do, our boss will fight your boss to the end. Don't let him get into trouble."

It has to be said that freight forwarders have problems every year, but this year there are more. Earlier, the editor also wrote about the incident of "Freight forwarder was reported by real name and was on the verge of bankruptcy, owed millions of processing fees and refused to pay!" Recently, a seller broke the news to the editor that another freight forwarding company ran away ...

Another freight forwarder absconded with the money? Sellers report to the police and appeal for rights protection

Recently, a seller revealed that Shenzhen ** International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. has run away.

An insider revealed that the company mainly deals with European railways, first receiving goods at a low price, and then cooperating with upstream companies. As for the reason why the company ran away, an insider said that the company said on the 16th that customs clearance was completed and waiting for delivery to the warehouse. The problem now may be that they cannot pay the fees of the foreign customs clearance agency.

However, some insiders also said that the upstream did not pay and its capital chain was broken. In other words, the broken capital chain and the inability to pay foreign customs clearance fees were the main reasons why the freight forwarding company owed a large amount of fees. As for the specific amount of this fee, a colleague said it was more than one million yuan, but it was rumored to be more than 20 million yuan. The specific amount involved needs further verification.

A video sent by a whistleblower showed that the freight forwarding company still had a few goods. Currently, all the company's salesmen have resigned and the company has long been deserted.

After the incident, some victims who had cooperated with the freight forwarder had set up a **dispute resolution group, and sent a message in the industry group: "Do you have any goods to hand over to Shenzhen **International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. for European routes? Now their capital chain has been broken and they have run away. If anyone has encountered problems with them, please join the group."

Afterwards, the editor checked the company on Tianyancha and found that the company was still in operation. Then the editor called the logistics company, and the company responded that " it has not run away, the company is not that big, and the fees owed are not more than 20 million. The specific amount of the fees owed is not convenient to respond. It is true that some salesmen resigned, and the incident is currently being handled ."

Freight forwarders run away from the market and many sellers suffer from it. However, we cannot generalize. However, the chaos in the logistics industry is a reality. In addition to extortion and running away, there are also logistics companies maliciously delaying freight payments .

Freight was delayed many times, and the debt was exposed after the peers failed to collect it

The recent freight forwarding incident also pushed an incident of a logistics company maliciously withholding freight, which was exposed earlier by a peer, to the forefront of the search.

A colleague revealed that this was the first time he cooperated with **** (Shenzhen) International Logistics Co., Ltd. Since March this year, they had cooperated on two air cargo shipments, but the payment has not been paid for nearly half a year. During this period, there were no problems in transportation, and the bills were confirmed by their financial department, but when it came time to pay, there was no payment.

Their airline manager, knowing full well that his company had operational problems, still went looking for new suppliers. He negotiated with the supplier for a settlement, but when the payment date came, he repeatedly delayed payment without reason.

After many unsuccessful attempts at communication, the colleague had no choice but to find the company's legal representative and held three interviews with them. They also discussed several payment dates, but every time the payment deadline came, the legal representative either deliberately delayed or said he had no money to pay. To date, he has not paid a penny.

It is reported that the colleague wrote a confirmation letter with the legal person in person to confirm the payment before August 31 and stamped it, but on the 31st, he said that he would pay the next day, and on September 1st, he said that he had no money. The colleague said that the boss of the logistics company had broken his promise many times, and after asking for the debt again to no avail, he had no choice but to expose it. He also hoped that all logistics colleagues would keep their eyes open and avoid stepping on landmines.

Extortion, running away, and malicious arrears have undoubtedly added a heavy color to the logistics industry, but behind this series of events, some problems have gradually emerged.

There is never the lowest price in the market. You get what you pay for. Stability is the priority. The problem of lack of money breaks out in the peak season. On the one hand, it is because the port congestion has become increasingly serious recently. The time required to put goods on the shelves and issue orders has been extended. The extended time for sellers to pay back has also caused many freight forwarders to have funding problems . On the other hand, although the revenue and profits of major shipping companies this year are considerable, the freight forwarders are the opposite. The low price of receiving goods and the high customs clearance fees have caused the freight forwarders to panic in their capital chain. We don’t know what kind of problems will arise next ...

Blackmail

Roll money

Freight Forwarding