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You may want to use specialist help such as a freight forwarder.

We tend to use around a dozen freight forwarders each year.

See the page in this guide on what a freight forwarder can do for you.

Freight forwarders need to know exactly what document is required and when.

Consult your freight forwarder or local tax office for details.

Sometimes a freight forwarder will come between two carriers to act as an agent.

Freight forwarders are often seen as the travel agents of international trading.

For more information about the different conventions, see our guide on becoming a freight forwarder.

Most companies use a specialist freight forwarder to handle transport.

Many businesses get help from freight forwarders or import agents.

Some freight forwarders have their own road transport and may actually carry the goods themselves.

A house air waybill can also be created by a freight forwarder.

There are also certain legal issues which specifically affect freight forwarders and their customers.

In practice, you may use a specialist freight forwarder to handle your goods.

Many businesses use the services of a freight forwarder or import agent.

You can use an agent, such as a freight forwarder, to make the declaration on your behalf.

This guide outlines the ways in which freight forwarders can help traders.

If you're unhappy with the service provided by a freight forwarder, you may be unwilling to pay them.

The operation is the region's first freight forwarder and customs broker.

Many exporters rely on an international freight forwarder to perform these services.

Bear in mind that you may be able to gain valuable advice from your freight forwarder.

For general information on the sector, see our section for freight forwarders.

As with any business, there are desirable skills and competencies that a freight forwarder should have.

Otherwise, you might want to work with an experienced agent or freight forwarder who can handle this.

If you're using a freight forwarder to manage the shipping process, they often offer packaging services.

The people to be interviewed are known as freight forwarding agents, who act for individual exporters and importers.

R&B was a shipping broker and a freight forwarding agent, but merely a two person company.

There are shipping and freight forwarding agents as well as offices of major mining companies based in the city.

But "cargo" costs a lot more than "excess baggage" because you are paying a freight forwarding agent, who then has to pay the airline for the transportation.

The case alleged that Transocean paid bribes through its freight forwarding agents to Nigerian customs officials.

It incorporates all cargo activities in relation to airlines, handling agents, customs brokers, freight forwarding agents and express transport operators.

The airline has developed a total package of distribution services for its freight forwarding agents, carefully designed to best service the ultimate customers; the manufacturer and the purchaser.

He points to his freight forwarding agent, who is based in Bremen, Germany, as an example of the sort of standards that could be adopted in Britain.

"Space is getting tighter and tighter," said Alice Lau, director of the Association of Freight Forwarding Agents.

Export declarations can be submitted either directly by the exporter or through a third party such as a freight forwarding agent - at any time before the export of the goods.

This summary document is particularly useful as a quick 'look up' guide for Importers, Customs Officers, Customs Clearance Agents and Freight Forwarding Agents etc (updated May 2009)

To reflect this fact, and with an increasing number of seafreight forwarders among its members, the Association changed its name to the Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding Agents (HAFFA) in May, 1989.

It also houses Freight Forwarding Agents such as; Camair, DHL, Kintetsu World Express, Kuehne & Nagel, Nippon Express, Schenker International, Davis Turner Air Cargo and Universal Forwarding.

As of October 2006, British Airways no longer allows passengers to check in their pets as excess baggage, but requires them to be shipped by a freight forwarding agent who has an account with British Airways and books the space, preferably a recognized pet travel agent, at cargo rates.

It is operated by a number of rail freight operators.

While most have been scrapped there are still a number in daily service with freight operators.

They also allow freight operators to offer vehicle space.

This allowed new rail freight operators to establish operations in Victoria.

Left unaddressed it will hurt passengers, freight operators and taxpayers.

Ford became the first regularly scheduled airmail service and air freight operator.

The operating companies are organized into six passenger operators and a nationwide freight operator.

Several freight operators have since received access permissions for the Belgian network.

During the late 1960s the company turned to running cruises, and from 1981 it became a global freight operator.

This benefits all parties: passengers, freight operators and airlines.

Pacific National is now one of Australia's leading rail freight operators.

Rail freight operators transported 25.2 million tons in 2007, roughly an eighth of the total.

The airport is serviced by passenger, courier and air freight operators.

Such uncertainty could deter potential private freight operators.

Despite the growth in scheduled activities during that period, the airline was still perceived as mainly a charter and freight operator.

It is predominantly a freight operator, with both deep-sea and ferry operations, but also operates some passenger services.

Instead, the division manages and leases the tracks for freight service to two freight operators.

It is also a provider of locomotives to freight operator, El Zorro.

There are also several smaller freight operators and numerous tourist railways operating over lines which were once parts of a state-owned system.

Finished products are transported around Australia by rail freight operator Pacific National.

Comprehensive air agreements with neighbouring countries or significant global partners can deliver benefits not only to freight operators and airlines, but also to passengers.

Third party access to Railcorp's tracks by other freight operators is allowed under an open-access arrangement.

Canadian Pacific, another freight operator, also transports through the Lehigh Valley.

It was popular with freight operators compared to other small aircraft because of its large rear door for loading and unloading freight.

The major freight operators on the rail networks (excluding integrated mining railways) are: