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The Most Common Terms used in Freight Forwarding

Updated: Jan 25, 2021



carrier

A carrier is any company or individual service that helps you transport your goods from point A to B or helps you receive your goods from a particular point to your current location. Carriers are also known as freight forwarders, freight companies or trucking carrier


Freight broker

A lot of people think that freight brokers and freight forwarders are the same, but they are not. A freight broker is an individual that acts as a go-between between the customer and the carrier or shipper. A broker basically arranges transportation by road, rail or ocean on behalf of a shipper, consignee or freight forwarder.


shipper

A shipper is anyone, whether an individual or business, that has goods or products that need to be transported.


Consignee

A consignee is any person or destination that the freight is to be delivered to. If you buy goods online, the goods will be delivered to you, the consignee.


Accessorial

Accessorial are all the additional services that are given by a carrier which go beyond moving your goods. They include loading and unloading, lift-gates, etc.


Freight

This is any item(s) that is boxed, crated, or palletized for transport. It must weigh more than 68 kilograms for it to be referred to as freight.


Supply chain

The supply chain refers to all the resources that are utilized so that goods can move from a supplier to a customer.


Customs clearance

Customs clearance is the process of passing shipments or freight through customs so that they can enter or leave a country.


Customs broker

A customs broker is an individual that is authorized by the government to act on behalf of importers and exporters with respect to the customs laws of the country.


Inbound Freight

Inbound freight refers to any shipment or goods that come are delivered directly from a vendor or manufacturer to a storage facility such a warehouse as it is in transit.


Outbound Freight

Outbound freight is the opposite of inbound freight and refers to shipments that are leaving a storage facility so that t can be delivered to the owner.


LTL freight

LTL or Less Than Truckload means just that. It refers to shipments that are larger than a parcel or small package. However, LTL shipments cannot fill an entire truckload hence the name less-than-truckload freight.


BL / Bill Of Lading

This is a document that acts as a contract between a shipper and carrier. The BOL contains important details such as the description of what is being shipped as well as details of the consignee and the dispatcher.


The PRO number

The PRO number is basically the standard trucking number. It used to help shippers track the progress of their freight.


LCL (Less than a Container Load)


A shipment too small to require a container of its own. The shipment will be grouped with other shipments to the same destination and loaded in a shared 20- or 40-foot container.


FCL (Full Container Load)

A shipment made in a dedicated 20- or 40- foot container


Sea Waybill

The document shipping lines issue on receipt of cargo for shipment.


FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarding Associations)

International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, a non-governmental organisation, representing some 40,000 forwarding and logistics companies in 150 countries.


HS Code (Harmonised Code/Tariff Heading)

A six digit coding scheme used to describe goods being shipped. Developed by the World Customs Organisation, it is understood around the world.



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