the international freight forwarder (English name: International freight forwarding agent), its abbreviation is "international freight forwarder".
refers to the international freight forwarding organization accepts import and export goods consignee, consignor entrusting, in the name of the client or his own name, for the consignor for the consignor for the consignor for the consignor, for the consignor, for the consignor.

, from the basic nature of international freight forwarders, freight forwarders mainly accept the entrustment of the entrusting party, on the transport of goods, transshipment, warehousing, loading and unloading and other matters. On the one hand, it enters into a contract of carriage with the shipper of the goods, and at the same time he enters into a contract with the transport department, and for the shipper of the goods, he is the carrier of the goods. A significant number of cargo agents have access to various means of transport and storage sites for goods, and handle the transport of goods, including land, sea and air, in the conduct of their business. international freight forwarders engaged in the main business are:
1. for shipper service
the forwarder instead of the consignor in different goods transport in any one of the formalities:
1, with the fastest and most economical mode of transportation, arrange suitable goods packaging, choose the goods transport route.
2, to the customer advice storage and distribution.
3. Select a reliable and efficient carrier and be responsible for concluding the of carriage.
4, arrange the goods weight and measurement.
5, for cargo insurance.
6, the of the goods.
Railway transportation mode
Railway transportation mode
7, before shipment or in the destination distribution of goods before the goods in storage.
8, arrange the goods to the port of transport, customs and related documents, and the goods to the carrier.
9, on behalf of the shipper/importer to pay freight, customs duties and taxes.
10. handle any foreign exchange transactions relating to the carriage of goods.
11, from the carrier to obtain various signed bills of lading, and give them to the shipper.
12, through the of the carrier in the freight forwarder in foreign agents to monitor the cargo transport process, and so that the shipper knows where the goods are going.
2. for customs services
A represents not only his customers but also the customs authorities when a freight forwarder acts as a customs agent to handle customs formalities concerning import and export goods. In fact, in many countries, he has obtained permission from these authorities to go through customs procedures and is responsible to the customs. He is responsible for declaring the exact amount, quantity and name of the goods in the documents issued early, so that the government will not suffer losses in these aspects.
3. for carrier services
the freight forwarder to the carrier timely booking, agreed to the consignor, the carrier are fair and reasonable costs, arrange the appropriate time for delivery, as well as in the name of the consignor to resolve and the carrier's freight accounts and other issues.
4. for airline services
freight forwarders act as agents for airlines in the air transport industry. It is designated as the agent of the International Air Transport Association on the rules established by the International Air Transport Association for the purpose of transporting goods by air. In this relationship, it uses the airline's cargo means to serve the cargo owner, and the airline pays a commission. At the same time, as a freight forwarder, it continues to serve the consignor or consignee by providing a level of service appropriate to air freight.
5. for liner company services
the freight forwarder and liner company relationship, with the business of different, by the freight forwarder to provide the LCL service, that is, LCL shipping services have been established with their liner companies and other carriers (such as railway) between the more closely linked, however, some countries refused to pay the freight forwarder commission, so they worldwide for commission requirements.
6. provide LCL service
in Air transport mode
Air transport mode
with the growth of container transport in international trade, the introduction of container and LCL services, in the provision of this service, the freight forwarder to assume the role of the principal. The basic meaning of consolidation and LCL is to gather small pieces of goods from a number of consignors at one place of shipment to a number of consignees at another destination, to act as a freight forwarder for the whole piece of transported goods to the destination, and to deliver the single-ticket goods to each consignee through it. The freight forwarder issues a bill of lading, I .e. a bill of lading or other similar receipt to the consignor of each ticket. The consignee or consignor of the LCL does not contact the carrier directly, for the carrier, the freight forwarder is the consignor, and the agent of the freight forwarder at the port of destination is the consignee. Therefore, the carrier issues a full bill of lading or freight bill to the freight forwarder. If the consignor or consignee has special requirements, the freight forwarder may also be engaged in pick-up and delivery services at the place of shipment and destination, providing door-to-door services.
7. multimodal transport services
in the role of freight forwarding, a more far-reaching impact of containerization is his involvement in multimodal transport, which is that he acts as the main carrier and undertakes to organize the door-to-door transport of goods through a variety of modes of transport under a single contract. It can negotiate and contract separately with other carriers or other service providers as a party. However, these distribution contracts will not affect the execution of the multimodal transport contract, that is, will not affect the shipper's obligations and in the course of multimodal transport, his damage and loss of responsibility.