freight forwarder

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An enterprise that provides services to facilitate the transport of shipments Services can include documentation preparation, space and equipment reservation, warehousing, consolidation, delivery, clearance, banking and insurance services, and agency services The forwarder may facilitate transport by land, air, ocean, or may specialize in one mode of transport Also called Forwarder or Foreign Freight Forwarder      
A firm that makes or assists in the making of shipping arrangements
This is a company or person that handles the shipment of goods The responsibilities of a freight forwarder include arranging shipment details and completing documentation Because of their brokering role, freight forwarders have a good understanding of market trends, insurance and transport alternatives and are a good source of information with respect to these matters
Independent business that handles export shipments for compensation
An individual or company, acting on behalf of a shipper, who arranges all necessary details of shipping and documentation, which includes employing the services of a "carrier of carriers"
A person that dispatches shipments via common carriers and books or otherwise arranges space for those shipments on behalf of shippers and processes the documentation or performs related activities incident to those shipments
A company handling all aspects of export shipping, including customs and export documentation Sometimes, they can save you money by combining your shipment with others or using pre-booked carrier space
A business or person who arranges shipments for customers usually break bulk and issues a HBL (sea) or HAWB (air) The freight forwarder then consolidates a number of shipments under one BL or AWB The freight forwarder does not actually carry the cargo or conduct business for the ship The Muecke Group of Companies are international & domestic freight forwarders in South Australia to and from most places in the World - email: forwarding@muecke com au
Any agent or facility designated to receive, process, and transship U S material to foreign recipients In the context of this Manual, an agent or facility cleared specifically to perform these functions for the transfer of U S classified material to foreign recipients
Component of the shipping industry that arranges for shipment of goods for shippers that do not have their own shipping departments Frequently, if a shipper has a less than container load shipment, it will seek the services of a freight forwarder that will consolidate the partial load shipment with other partial load shipments Freight forwarders that handle international shipments may also act as customs brokers for goods coming into the country
A company that arranges for the truck transportation of cargo belonging to others, utilizing for-hire carriers to provide the actual truck transportation The Forwarder does assume responsibility for the cargo from origin to destination and usually does take possession of the cargo at some point during the transportation Forwarders typically assemble and consolidate less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments into truckload shipments at origin and disassemble and deliver LTL shipments at destination
Person engaged in assembling, collecting, consolidating shipping and distributing less than trailerload freight; also, a person acting as agent in the trans-shipping of freight to or from foreign countries and clearing freight through Federal Customs
Freight Forwarders, who are subject to regulations by the Interstate Commerce Commission, are defined by that commission as persons, other than carriers, who in the performance of contracts to transport property for the general public employ the services of rail, water, and other carriers Freight Forwarders act on behalf of the shipper, and when retained for this purpose, attend to all the necessary details of shipping and documenting for the manufacturer or exporter, or vice versa, for the shipper and importer
Person or organization that assembles small shipments into one large shipment which is then tendered to a regulated over the road carrier Upon reaching destination, the shipment is separated into small shipments and delivered
Company that, as an agent for the shipper, arranges transportation for goods Many freight forwarders offer additional services such as preparing export documentation, arranging for goods to be packed into shipping containers, arranging for goods to clear customs, etc
An independent business that handles export shipments for compensation (A freight forwarder is among the best sources of information and assistance on U S export regulations and documentation, shipping methods, and foreign import regulations )
1 Individual/company that accepts LTL shipments and consolidates them into truckload lots on for-hire basis
an independent business that handles export shipments
An agent who arranges transport of export cargo
An independent business that handles export shipments for compensation
Firm specializing in arranging transport of merchandise and completing documentation required for the orderly transport of merchandise Occasionally, they will take merchandise for the purpose of packing or consolidating with other cargo for export to the same country
The business is compensated for handling export shipments Also a good source of information and assistance for exporting
A firm that handles export shipments for other firms
freight forwarder

    Hyphenation

    freight for·ward·er

    Turkish pronunciation

    freyt fôrwırdır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfrāt ˈfôrwərdər/ /ˈfreɪt ˈfɔːrwɜrdɜr/
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