Shipping Agents

1. Shipping Agents & Intermediaries
Mohamed Sharique. V
Logistics & Supply Chain Management

2. Introduction
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of
the flow of goods and services. It includes the movement
and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory,
and finished goods from point of origin to point of
consumption.

3. Shipper
The person or business that
has the items that will be
transported as freight.
Receiver
The person or business that
items are being transported to
as freight.

4. Intermediaries
An intermediary (or go-between) is a
third party that offers intermediation
services between two trading parties.
The intermediary acts as a conduit for
goods or services offered by a supplier
to a consumer.

5. Types of Intermediaries
• Freight Brokers
• Freight Forwarder
• Associations
• Import-Export Broker
• Agricultural Truck Brokers

6. Freight Brokers
A freight broker connects shippers
and carriers. Freight broker utilizes
its knowledge, technology and
human resources to insure that
shippers and carriers are matched
correctly and that freight is
delivered on-time and on-budget.

7. Freight Forwarder
Freight forwarders take possession of
items that are to be transported
consolidating smaller shipments into
one large shipment. They hold
smaller shipments until they amass a
larger shipment and move the items
onto their various destinations.
Freight forwarders typically have
significant warehouse space used for
consolidation.

8. Associations
Associations are cooperative
organizations that arrange
shipping (much like a freight
forwarder) for their members.
Shipping associations are not
open to the general public

9. Import-Export Broker
Helping facilitate
international shipping, the
import-export broker will
work with customs agencies,
government agencies as well
as international carriers.

10. Agricultural Truck Brokers
These smaller organizations
concentrate on specific areas of
the country and arrange the
transport of agricultural
products. Agricultural products
are exempt from many shipping
regulations.

11. Carriers
• Motor Carriers
• Intermodal
• Air Freight

12. Motor Carriers
A company that provides truck
transportation usually with a
tractor trailer combination.
There are two types; private –
generally a company
providing its own cargo
transportation and for hire –
those who transport freight for
others.

13. Intermodal
Intermodal transportation is
done by truck, rail and ship
without handling the freight
other than at the point of
origin and the destination.
Typically this is done with
containers that can be
transported by truck, rail and
ship or barge. Intermodal
transportation is typically
used for inter-continent
freight.

14. Air Freight
One of the fastest growing carrier markets is air freight.
Cargo or freight is transported either by dedicated cargo
aircraft or on traditional airline flights. Air freight offers a
much faster means of transporting freight over long
distances and can be an effective means of transportation if
the distance transported is greater than 800 miles.