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  2. Freight forwarder - Wikipedia

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    Definition and functions. A freight forwarder is an entity who co-ordinates and organizes the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper (party that arranges an item for shipment) by liaising with carriers. [3] A carrier is an entity that actually transports goods and may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships, airplanes, trucks ...

  3. Supply chain management - Wikipedia

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    Supply chain management is a cross-functional approach that includes managing the movement of raw materials into an organization, certain aspects of the internal processing of materials into finished goods, and the movement of finished goods out of the organization and toward the end consumer.

  4. Port management - Wikipedia

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    There are three broad port business models: The landlord business model in which: “the port is an entity that owns the port infrastructure and has agreements with third party operators”; The integrated model in which “the port is itself an operator that provides all cargo handling services”; and. The mixed model in which “the port ...

  5. Logistics - Wikipedia

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    A warehouse in South Jersey, a U.S. East Coast epicenter for logistics and warehouse construction outside Philadelphia, where trucks deliver slabs of granite. Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.

  6. Containerization - Wikipedia

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    Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports. Containerization is the predominant form of unitization of export cargoes, as opposed to other systems such as the barge system or palletization. [2] The containers have standardized dimensions.

  7. Freight transport - Wikipedia

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    Freight transport. This map of shipping routes illustrates the relative density of commercial shipping in the world's oceans. Freight transport, also referred as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. [1] The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American ...

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