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Term of the Road Dictionary

freight forwarder

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
Theme : Operations Transport General Items
Definition : Party or intermediary that collects (small) shipments from shippers, consolidates these shipments into consignments, and uses a basic mode to transport these consolidated shipments to a destination where the next party delivers the shipment to the consignee [EN 14943].

Güterspediteur

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
Theme : Betrieb Transport Allgemeines
Definition : Partei/Zwischenhändler, der (kleine) Ladungen von Transporteuren abholt, diese Ladungen zu Sendungen zusammenfasst und unter Anwendung einer grundlegenden Transportart diese zusammengefassten Ladungen an einen Zielort bringt, von dem aus der nächste Beteiligte die Ladungen übernimmt, um sie an den Empfänger zu liefern [EN 14943].