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The 7 Steps of International Shipping

  Transportation of goods between countries takes place for many reasons. The majority, however, is for reasons of increasing the value of the goods. With the rapid growth of e-commerce, a large number of smaller business now require international transportation. Shipping lines, booking agents, freight forwarders, customs house brokers; there are many players involved in international transportation.   The shipper is the party of the shipment at the origin; it could be we or a factory or seller that we buy a product from. The consignee is the receiver of the cargo; this again could be we or someone that we are selling a product to.   The shipping line is the company carrying our cargo at sea. We are likely not to ever speak with them or even see documents or correspondence from them. Freight forwarder, however, is the logistics provider we will be dealing with. They can arrange the transportation from a shipper to a consignee – of which one of them is we.   In the