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What You Should Know About Freight Forwarding.
In this post we’re going to discuss freight forwarding. What does it freight forwarding mean? What do freight forwarders do? How does it apply to shippers? How does it save companies time and money?
What is a freight forwarder?
A cargo forwarder is a contractor that arranges organized shipments for individuals or large corporations to transport goods from a manufacturer to customers or to a final destination of distribution. Typically, we as freight forwarders specialize in decreasing costs and arrange the logistics for transportation of the freight being shipped.
What does a freight forwarder do?
A freight forwarders job is to act as a mediary between the shipper and the carrier to which the carrier brings the freight to its destination. Even though the freight forwarding specialist do not move the freight itself, they arrange for the transport of freight through cargo ships, road transport and expedited shipping through air transport for freight.
A freight forwarder utilizes their long time relationships within the cargo transportation industry to leverage the best price with the most reliable transportation specialists. Freight forwarding specialists like United States of Freight act as a medium to arrange and manage the shipment from Point (A) to Point (B). A freight forwarder specializes in importing and exporting goods from east to west coast or outside the United States. Many large corporations find that shipping is too formidable of a task to handle themselves so they hire a cargo forwarding agent to handle it for them. Some companies view international logistics as a task that is too formidable or complex to tackle alone, which makes hiring a cargo forwarder the smartest decision.
Who is a freight forwarding agent?
Any company offering services to transfer cargo from one point to another. A freight forwarder does not actually move the cargo, but they handle several aspects of moving cargo. A Freight forwarding specialist acts as an intermediary between the company shipping the goods and various transportation services. Some of the transportation services include ocean shipping on cargo ships, trucking, air freight and rail transportation.
Many freight forwarding companies have established relationships with bulk transportation carriers. Many of these carriers offer air freight, trucking, rail and ocean transportation services for bulk goods.
These services agents will often offer savings in comparison to a company going directly to the carrier, because they will leverage their relationships with carriers and the high volume they bring to save the companies that are shipping goods money.
Export.gov puts it this way:
To comply with export documentation and shipping requirements, many exporters utilize a freight forwarder to act as their shipping agent. The forwarder advises and assists clients on how to move goods most efficiently from one destination to another. A forwarder’s extensive knowledge of documentation requirements, regulations, transportation costs and banking practices can ease the exporting process for many companies.