货运代理 freight forwarder

货运代理（Forwarder或Freight Forwarder）主要以收取佣金或赚取差价为报酬之运送业者。多数的货运代理人提供整个货柜的运送服务，但拼箱货运代理人主要以提供收受不足整个货柜的货物，再集中其他货物以整并成一个货柜，再交由船公司运到目的地。该行业在台湾又称为“货运承揽运送业”, 台湾的海运承揽运送业者通常以收取零担货物为主,再藉由将不同托运人委托运送的货物依照卸货港的分布, 依照体积与重量进行组合而集结成为一个整柜货物,承揽运送业者对于膨松展体积的货物,会依照货物的材积大小来进行运费收取,反之对于密度较高的货物则会依照货物的重量进行收取运费,务必使整个货柜的运费收取达到最大化的境界。

A freight forwarder, or forwarding agent, is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution. Forwarders contract with a carrier or often multiple carriers to move the goods from one country to another. A forwarder does not move the goods but acts as an expert in the logistics network. The carriers can use a variety of shipping modes, including ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads, and often use multiple modes for a single shipment. For example, the freight forwarder may arrange to have cargo moved from a plant to an airport by truck, flown to the destination city and then moved from the airport to a customer's building by another truck.

例句1

International freight forwarders typically handle international shipments and have additional expertise in preparing and processing customs documentation and performing activities pertaining to international shipments.

国际货运代理通常处理国际货运，并且在编制和处理海关文件以及执行与国际货运相关的活动方面具有额外的专业知识。

例句2

Information typically reviewed by a freight forwarder includes the commercial invoice, shipper's export declaration, bill of lading and other documents required by the carrier or country of export, import, and/or transshipment.

货运代理通常审查的信息包括商业发票、发货人的出口申报单、提单以及承运人或出口、进口和/或转运国家要求的其他文件。

例句3

The FIATA shorthand description of the freight forwarder as the "Architect of Transport" illustrates the commercial position of the forwarder relative to its client. In Europe, some forwarders specialize in "niche" areas such as rail-freight, and collection and deliveries around a large port. Modern freight forwarders offer an end-to-end process i.e. shipping the goods from the place of origin to the final destination. Together with Freight Tracking Technology, freight forwarding agents can view real time freight information.

FIATA将货运代理简写为“运输的建筑师”，这说明了货运代理相对于其客户的商业地位。在欧洲，一些货运代理专门从事“利基”领域，如铁路货运，以及大型港口周围的收集和交付。现代货运代理提供端到端的流程，即将货物从原产地运送到最终目的地。结合货运跟踪技术，货运代理可以查看实时货运信息。

例句4

Freight forwarders use their trusted contacts with carriers and partners from air transport specialists and trucking companies to transoceanic lines in order to negotiate the best possible price. This may be using established commercial routes with regular frequent departures, or by charter, valuing different offers and choosing the better route that optimizes speed, costs and reliability, considering all the variables necessary for the analysis of each case.

货运代理利用他们与承运人和合作伙伴（从航空运输专家和卡车运输公司到越洋运输公司）的信任关系来谈判尽可能好的价格。这可能是使用定期频繁出发的既定商业路线，或通过包机，评估不同的报价并选择优化速度、成本和可靠性的更好路线，考虑分析每个案例所需的所有变量。

相关知识拓展：

货运代理是指经营受他人委托，为其提供代办运输手续，代提、代发、代运货物服务的业务。货物代理，有些是中间商就是自己没有船或者飞机的或者船公司、航空公司，都是货代职责是，把委托者委托的货物，通过指定的运输途径，从一地运往另一地货运代理，为运输公司（海、陆、空）代理收运货物、揽货的公司。

货运代理行业在国际货运市场上，处于货主与承运人之间，接受货主委托，代办租船、订舱、配 载、缮制有关证件、报关、报验、保险、集装箱运输、拆装箱、签发提单、结算运杂费，乃至交单议付和结汇。

国际货运代理协会联合会（法文缩写FIATA---菲亚塔）对货运代理的定义是：根据客户的指示，为客户的利益而揽取货物的人，其本人并非承运人。货代也可以这些条件，从事与运送合同有关的活动，如储货、报关、验收、收款。

我国国际货运代理业管理规定实施细则的定义是：国际货物运输代理企业可以作为进出口货物收货人、发货人的代理人，也可作为独立经营人从事国际货代业务。

国际货代企业作为代理人从事国际货运代理业务，是指国际货运代理企业接受进出货物收货人、发货人或其代理人的委托，以委托人或自己的名义办理有关业务，收取来代理费或佣金的行为。

货运代理人（Freight forwarder）。安排他人货物海上货物运输的一方当事人，所收取的费用按运费的某一百分比加上开支计算。有时货运代理人作为托运人的主承揽人(principal contractor)并承担公共承运人(common carrier)的责任；而有时货运代理人仅作为托运人的代理人，仅负有合理小心和能力的义务(reasonable care and skill)。在法国，作为主承揽人的货运代理人称为“commissionaire de transport”，而作为代理人的货代称为“transitaire”。

货运代理人（Forwarder或Freight Forwarder）主要以收取佣金或赚取差价为报酬之运送业者。主要以提供收受不足整个货柜的货物，再集中其他货物以整并成一个货柜，再交由船公司运到目的地。