What Is A Forwarder?
Companies that perform shipping, customs clearance and insurance services in land, sea and air transportation are called forwarders. In other words, they are the companies that manage the transportation from beginning to end and deliver it to you at the end.
What Does a Forwarder Do?
The forwarder, who is the "Organizer of Transport Affairs", takes part in international or domestic transport, import and export transactions, selection of transport method, implementation and planning of this method, insurance, storage process, preparation of documents, barcode and labeling processes. In other words, it manages the relations between the party giving the load and the customer. Since your goods will not be transported or will reach you late in a possible lack of documents, the forwarder should work effectively in this regard, master all the necessary documents and arrange all of them in a timely manner.
The forwarder, which takes into account the customer's demands, is the company that the customer will deal with in matters such as the goods not arriving on time or being damaged. Forwarders are responsible for solving all kinds of problems. If the transportation conditions of the goods require a special situation, they also arrange this. If there is an atmosphere of chaos and confusion in the current country, this is also a situation that the forwarder should follow.
Forwarders must act in a way that will make you profit, they must be present during the loading process. Ensuring that the goods are placed in the most correct way will allow you to transport more goods, so you will gain profit. Likewise, rapid unloading is also important in transportation.