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Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air as well. "Logistics", a term borrowed from the military environment, is also used in the same sense.
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation, without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and allows freight to be transported faster. Reduced costs over road trucking is the key benefit for inter-continental use. This may be offset by reduced timings for road transport over shorter distances.
Toll Group operates a logistics and global freight forwarding network spanning 150 countries, with over 20,000 customers. Toll has more than 16,000 team members across 500 sites.
The Rhenus Group is an international logistics service provider based in Holzwickede near Dortmund, Germany. The company has branches in Europe, India, North, Central and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. It is a subsidiary of German Rethmann Group.
Consolidated Freightways (CF) was an American multinational less-than-truckload (LTL) freight service and logistics company founded on April 1, 1929, in Portland, Oregon, and later relocated to Vancouver, Washington. Affectionately known as "CornFlakes", Consolidated Freightways was also the founder of the Freightliner line of heavy trucks, now owned by Daimler Trucks. At its height, the company possessed over 350 terminals, employing more than 15,000 truck drivers, dock workers, dispatchers and management. Consolidated Freightways was once the nation's number one long-haul trucking company and the 3rd largest-ever US bankruptcy filing, ceasing business in 2002.
A freight forwarder or forwarding agent is a person or a company who co-ordinates and organizes the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper by liaising with carriers. The carriers may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads, and often use multiple modes for a single shipment. A freight forwarder does not move the goods but acts as an agent in the logistics network and will carry out freight consolidation, rate negotiations, shipment tracking, customs and other documentation, among other tasks. FIATA describes a freight forwarder as the "Architect of transport".
PKP Cargo is a logistics operator and a part of the PKP Group in Poland. It is the largest railway freight carrier in Poland and second largest in the European Union. PKP Cargo is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company's largest shareholder is PKP S.A. with a 33,01% share.
3Way International Logistics Inc. is a freight forwarding company located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada near Toronto Pearson International Airport. The names derives from the way they can send their shipment by either Land, Air or Ocean. The company was founded by Florencio Mario Simao Martins in May 2001.
The FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations is a non-governmental organisation representing freight forwarders worldwide. According to the FIATA Annual Report 2021, FIATA counted 109 Associations Members representing the freight forwarding industry within a territory and 5959 Individual members, representing freight forwarding and logistics companies.
Freight companies are companies that specialize in the moving of freight, or cargo, from one place to another. These companies are divided into several variant sections. For example, international freight forwarders ship goods internationally from country to country, and domestic freight forwarders, ship goods within a single country.
The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding & Logistics Ltd (HAFFA) is a non-profit organization which promotes, protects and develops the carriage of goods generally, and the businesses of cargo forwarding agents and logistics service providers in particular.
Reksoft is a Russian multidisciplinary consulting and technology group of companies delivering a full cycle of digital transformation services, from business strategy formation and transformation management to deployment of information systems, custom software development and support, tailored industrial automation projects implementation. Reksoft Group includes the companies Reksoft, Reksoft Consulting, RNT Group, Reksoft.Labs.
The British International Freight Association, also known as BIFA, is the prime United Kingdom trade association representing UK freight forwarders. These are companies that forward goods internationally on behalf of importers and exporters. It is a not-for-profit organisation owned by its members and managed by a small Secretariat. The board has seven non-executive directors and three executive directors.
Uganda Clearing Industry & Forwarding Association is a member-owned institution with over 200 companies licensed by URA. Its secretariat is located in Nakawa, Kampala on Jinja Road, opposite Spear Motors.
FUCAFF is the acronym for the Federation of Uganda Customs Agents & Freight Forwarders, an exclusive umbrella association for member clearing firms or companies registered in Uganda. With the slogan Fostering Tax Compliance with Stakeholders, it was formed in 2009 after UCIFA and its offshoot UFFA to coordinate with URA.
UFFA is an acronym for Uganda Freight Forwarders Association formed in 2001 from UCIFA. As a member of FIATA, it aims at promoting professionalism and integrity in the freight forwarding industry in Uganda. Membership to UFFA is for both local and foreign companies involved directly and/ or indirectly in freight logistics.
Dimerco is a Taiwanese freight company.
Toll Domestic Forwarding (TDF) is a division of the Toll Group specialising in freight forwarding by road, rail and sea within and between Australia and New Zealand.
Farrow, legally known as Russell A. Farrow Limited., is an independently owned customs brokerage in North America. Established in 1911, it has 29 offices and warehousing locations throughout Canada, the US, Europe and Asia.
Uldarico 'Rico' Brizuela is a Filipino businessman and philanthropist. He is a member of the Brizuela clan of Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines. He established one of the country’s most comprehensive logistics operations, the AAI Group of Companies He graduated from the Mapua Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.
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