You have probably heard the words carrier and forwarder by now. But you don’t know about them. In this article, we are going to discuss the subject of the forwarder and provide explanations about it. Follow us in this article to learn what Forwarder is and everything you need to know about it. kalabar International Transportation Company has included all the articles and terms that are used in the field of transportation in its blog section.
Definition of Forwarder
The word forwarder means to carry, to send, to advance and to help. The word forwarder in active form means the carrier or sender of goods. Forwarder in transportation means a person and a special activity, who designs and plans how to transport goods from origin to destination. In transportation and in its specialized texts, the forwarder is called Forwarding Agent. The term Forwarding Agent in transportation means a carrier or exporter.
There is a significant point about the forwarder, that is, the company or the carrier is not responsible for the physical transportation of the goods, but only designs and plans the method and process of moving the goods from the origin to the destination.
Who is the Forwarder?
One of the duties of forwarders or operators of transportation and handling of goods is to answer all the questions and problems of the sender or cargo owner in the field of transportation and handling of its cargo. In fact, forwarding means advising the cargo owners.
Forwarders have a lot of experience in transporting and moving cargo, so they must choose the best way to move cargo and goods so that the cargo and goods can reach their destination correctly and safely.
Forwarding duties of kalabar International Transport Company
As we discussed in the above sections, we found that forwarders also have some duties. In this section, we discuss the forwarding duties of kalabar International Transportation Company.
- Issuance of shipping proforma
- Signing a transport contract with the owner of the goods
- Issuance of bill of lading
- Collection (according to the request of the goods owner and the transport contract)
- Cargo warehousing (according to the request of the goods owner and the transport contract)
- Cargo packaging (according to the request of the goods owner and the transport contract)
- Freight insurance (according to the request of the goods owner and the transport contract)
- Carrying out customs formalities at the origin and according to work
- Signing contracts with various shipping companies and obtaining waybills with air, land, and sea waybills.
- Obtaining the necessary information about the transportation process and providing the obtained information to the cargo owner according to the contract concluded between the cargo owner and the transportation company.
- Delivery of the goods to the customs office of destination (Iran) in ground transportation and signing the statement of deduction and excess discharge.
- Obtaining the statement of deductions and additions and damage to goods, damage to goods and clearance from the representative of the sea and air transportation line and performing other duties in connection with other responsibilities.
- Settlement with related parties.
- Notification of the arrival of the goods to the owner of the goods.
Types of forwarders in transportation
- Rail Forwarder Company
- Air Forwarder Company
- Forwarder shipping company (marine)
- Forwarder road transport company
