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An individual who, as a regular business, assembles and combines small shipments into one lot and takes the responsibility for the transportation of such property from the place of receipt to the place of destination. The role of a freight forwarder is to collect and consolidate shipments that are less than a carload or truckload and obtain common carrier transportation for the long-haul transport of the property, which is owned by individual carload or truckload shippers. Such a forwarder ordinarily has the same liability for loss as a common carrier. Cross-referencesHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ron Barker, president of American Overseas, will continue to lead the El Segundo-based international freight forwarder once the acquisition is finalized. A test with a freight forwarder will commence in the near future; Defense Logistics Agency headquarters will monitor the test. Noteworthy among these has been the progressive deregulation of transport markets within and between the member countries of the EU, with the dismantling of customs barriers between member countries removing the need for many of the specialist services formerly provided by the freight forwarder. |
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