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
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pluralof freight forwarder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Clecat, a European association that represents freight forwarders, agreed that the "most acute disruption has been on the Rhine".
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Greg Tompsett, a trade expert at Kuehne+Nagel, one of the world’s largest freight forwarders, said he is managing expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
"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
