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.
freight forwarders
-
pluralof freight forwarder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Higher tariffs raise costs for freight forwarders like us, as well as for factories, companies, and sellers. It just means everyone earns less."
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025
Sorting through hundreds of millions of shipment records scattered across subsidiary names and freight forwarders in unstructured, error-prone data sets can be a Sisyphean effort.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Exporters, freight forwarders and retailers started outbidding one another for a dwindling amount of space aboard cargo vessels from Asia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
“Our freight forwarders are telling us to plan for this lasting for a really long time. That would be devastating to companies like ours that depend on manufacturing overseas,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021
E2open said it would integrate the shipment-booking platform connecting container shipping lines and ocean freight forwarders into its software, giving the company a hand in executing transportation transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2018
