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#Credit Control
Getting Paid: Credit Control for Freight Forwarders
Forwarding lends money whether it means to or not. The strongest debt-recovery tools you have are already in your trading conditions, most forwarders have never read them properly, and in the UK they changed on 31 December 2025.
Vetting Overseas Freight Agents: What to Check Before You Trust One
Every shipment is executed at the other end by a company you have never met, in a jurisdiction where suing them is impractical. What to check first, and what network protection plans really cover once you read the terms.
Trade Credit Insurance and Credit Control for Freight Forwarders
A forwarder often pays carriers, haulage and duties before the customer pays it. Here is how to check a customer, set a limit, decide when to hold cargo, and where trade credit insurance fits.
Standby Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees: A Forwarder’s Guide
A carrier wants security before opening a credit account, or a project-cargo customer wants a performance guarantee. Both a standby letter of credit and a demand guarantee will do it, and both tie up a bank line the moment they are issued.