The freight forwarders or charge agents are one person, physical or moral, in charge of the logistics for merchandise transportation. Those are the intermediaries between the firm that makes the shipment and the transportists, their principal function is to make products arrive in its optimal way by using the different transportation methods such as: maritime, terrestrial and airplane transport. They work organizing the connection allying diverse transportists and therefore secure the merchandise transportation through diverse procedures.
It is due to the freight forwarder expertise that different enterprises or businesses are allowed to cover its transport necessities of merchandise in an optimal, limber and economical way. It is pretty often that freight forwarders arrange a considerable amount of shipments nationally or even international destinations. Moreover they can collaborate with counselling for an adequate packaging label and merchandise load, thus it takes care of: the operation documentation, insurance bureaucracy and expenses generated in airports, load stations and ports.
For the enterprises that have within their business plans the product exportation, it is recommended to advise initially by charge agents or freight forwarders, due to the knowledge they possess about cost of: transport, customs, duty and taxes.
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