Ocean Freight Forwarder Law and Legal Definition
According to 46 USCS § 40102, the term ocean freight forwarder means “ a person that--
(A) in the United States, dispatches shipments from the United States via a common carrier and books or otherwise arranges space for those shipments on behalf of shippers; and
(B) processes the documentation or performs related activities incident to those shipments.”
Legal Definition list
- Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988
- Ocean Dumping Act
- Ocean Dumping
- Ocean Common Carrier
- Ocean Bill of Lading
- Ocean Freight Forwarder
- Ocean Marine Insurance
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Facility or Plantship
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plantship
- Ocean Transportation Brokerage
- Ocean Transportation Intermediary
Related Legal Terms
- Advance Freight
- Affreightment
- Backfreight
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
- Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs [Department of State]
- Carrying Freight for Hire
- Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean
- Collect Freight
- Container Freight Station
- Contract of Affreightment
