Freight Broker Industry Training Guide
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freight broker will act as a middle man that will handle the booking of the trucking company or other mode of transport for the shipper. The broker will approach a shipper asking to help handle their freight. This takes some of the workload off of a manufacturers shipping department. The shipper and broker will negotiate a rate for each load, and the broker in turn hires a trucking company at a lower rate to deliver the shipment.
A freight forwarder is a similar agent but handles more international shipments. They will handle freight such as, container ship freight, boats going overseas, and the likes. An example of this would be a yacht broker selling a boat to someone overseas. The yacht broker will contact a freight forwarder to quote a rate to ship the boat overseas.
There are also 3PL companies. They handle all aspects of transportation. They will
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