Freight Company
Freight companies are companies that specialize in the moving (or "Freight forwarding, forwarding") of freight, or cargo, from one place to another. These companies are divided into several variant sections. For example, international freight forwarders ship goods internationally from country to country, and domestic freight forwarders, ship goods within a single country. There are thousands of freight companies in business worldwide, many of which are members of certain organizations. Such organizations include the IATA (International Air Transport Association), TIA (Transportation Intermediaries Association) the BIFA (British International Freight Association), or the FTA (Freight Transport Association) and various or other regional organisations. There are various methods of shipping goods; by Air transportation, air, Road transport, road, Ship transport, sea, or Rail transport, rail. Some companies offer intermodal freight transport, multi-modal solutions, this means that th ...
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Freight Forwarding
A freight forwarder, or forwarding agent, is a person or company who, for a fee organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution."Freight forwarder."
''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'' (1997). Random House, Inc., on Info, please. Retrieved 21 December 2012. Forwarders contract with a carrier or often multiple carriers to move the goods from one country to another. A forwarder does not move the goods but acts as an expert in the network. The carriers can use a variety of shipping modes, in ...
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