freight forwarder

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freight forwarder¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

It’s also an airline, a trucking company, a port terminal operator, and a freight forwarder.

From Quartz

Joy Tan wrote, to the freight forwarder, on December 3, after many emails asking why the container had not moved.

From Time

Instead, 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.

From Time