Shipping Carriers
A carrier provides freight shipping services, including over-the-road transport, rail transport, air transport, handling inbound and outbound shipments, warehouse fulfilment, and delivery. They help shippers move goods from one place to the other.
The roles of a shipping carrier include:
- Taking possession of the goods, moving them by suitable means of transport, and delivering them to the consignee.
- Providing FTL (full truckload) and LTL (less than truckload) based on the shipment size.
- Offering a variety of modes of transportation to deliver goods via trucks, rail freight, and air freight.
- Providing eco-friendly shipping to shippers looking to reduce their carbon emissions.
Custom Brokers
Customs brokers act as intermediaries between shippers (importers) and customs authorities in the country of import. They offer customs clearance services by helping shippers meet legal requirements and avoid unnecessary delays and costs.
The roles of a customs broker include:
- Helping importers and exporters meet all the import rules and regulations.
- Determine the duty or tariff tax incurred on cargo imported into a country.
- Preparing the necessary documentation, collecting duties and taxes, and submitting them to the customs agency.
- Ensuring that imported cargo is properly classified, so shippers don’t overpay customs duties and taxes.
- Put together the necessary paperwork and payments and submit them to customs authorities.
3PLs
A third-party logistics service provider (3PL) is a company offering outsourced logistics and order fulfilment services for shippers, enabling them to minimize ongoing costs and reduce transit time.
According to supply chain consultancy Armstrong and Associates, around 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies operating in the United States rely on 3PLs to improve supply chain and logistics functions.
The roles of a 3PL include:
- Providing multimodal shipping capabilities via trucks, ships, trains, and airplanes to move shipments.
- Offering value-added services such as negotiating shipping rates, packaging and branding, kitting and assembling products, and reverse logistics.
- Helping shippers smoothly upgrade their order fulfilment, inventory management, and distribution network.
- Providing trained staff and expertise to shippers and giving them access to advanced order tracking systems.
- Offering cargo consolidation services by shipping smaller goods into a single shipment to reduce shipping costs and delivery times.
Shippers
A shipper (or consignor) is a person or entity that supplies or owns the shipment and organizes the movement of goods to the consignee.
The roles of a shipper include:
- Packaging and preparing cargo for shipping carriers to collect and transport the goods.
- Building solid relationships with shipping carriers, overcoming shipping challenges, and reducing delayed deliveries.
- Overseeing shipping operations, including package labelling, recording the movement of shipments, and optimizing warehouse management to reduce product shortages.
- Fulfilling customer orders without errors.
- Maintaining communication with carriers, customers, suppliers, and other parties involved in the supply chain.
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