freight forwarder
noun
a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.
Origin of freight forwarder
1First recorded in 1920–25
- Also called forwarder, forwarding agent.
Words Nearby freight forwarder
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How to use freight forwarder in a sentence
It’s also an airline, a trucking company, a port terminal operator, and a freight forwarder.
Joy Tan wrote, to the freight forwarder, on December 3, after many emails asking why the container had not moved.
Why Is Everything More Expensive Right Now? Let This Stuffed Giraffe Explain | Alana Semuels | August 17, 2021 | TimeInstead, it called a freight forwarder—essentially a logistics company that negotiates the best prices for shipping a single container, rather than a whole boatload of goods.
Why Is Everything More Expensive Right Now? Let This Stuffed Giraffe Explain | Alana Semuels | August 17, 2021 | Time
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