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2. Shipping agency - Wikipedia

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   A shipping agency, shipping agent, or ship agency is the term used to refer to the appointed companies that handle operational and procedural (legal) requirements for a commercial vessel's call at a port for the purposes of cargo handling (loading/discharging), emergency calls, repairs, crew changes, or ship demolition, and protect the general interests of their principals on behalf of ship ...

3. Freight forwarder - Wikipedia

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   Modern freight forwarders offer an end-to-end process i.e. shipping the goods from the place of origin to the final destination and may offer additional services such as warehouse planning, cargo insurance and customs brokerage. [8] In a single transaction, the forwarder may be acting as a carrier (principal) or as an agent for his customer or ...

4. Moran Shipping Agencies - Wikipedia

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   Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc. is a U.S. based steamship agency company, with its corporate office in Providence, Rhode Island.Moran Shipping Agencies is the largest independently owned shipping agent in the U.S.; providing full agency attendance and ship husbandry services for over 5000 port calls per year, as well maritime port and vessel security services, in over 100 ports in North America.

5. List of largest container shipping companies - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [ 2 ]

6. List of freight ship companies - Wikipedia

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   This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers , car carriers , container ships , Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers . For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships ( cruise ships , cargo-passenger ships , and ferries ), see List of passenger ship companies .

7. Freight broker - Wikipedia

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   A freight broker is an intermediary between a shipper and a freight service provider. Freight brokers can specialize in certain types of freight, such as equipment hauling on lowboys , oversize , bulk tanker , auto , or other types of freight transportation .