Usually people make similar understanding by mean of freight broker, freight carrier and custom house agents, because in order to succeed an export or import they all work collectively. Therefore, people conceptualised same meaning of all these terms.

But it isn’t straight as we think, they all play distinct roles & objectives those make them different from each other. Thus, subsequently differences have been spelled out ahead:

A.) Custom House agent:

Professional CHA (custom house agent) is that person who has own customs licence that authorised him to provide clearance to your shipment by the customs authority. He plays intermediary role between you and customs authority for paying import export duties, complying the required documentation and many more activities on behalf of you.

B.) Freight Forwarding Agent:

Freight Broker it can be a person or company, who takes care of routing your cargo from origin to destination either by Land, Sea or Air. He is the one who is accountable for securely loading the goods into Rail, Ship or Flight and provides you the tracking number then you can track easily, what is the current status of your shipment?

C.) Freight Carrier:

Freight carriers known through different names we call them cargo movers, freight forwarder and logistics service provider also, they provide moving & relocating services within country and outside also. In order to provide successful shipment across worldwide they connect with their counterparts, and mostly execute their own transportation means such Ship, Airplane or Trucks.

I hope this small description had been helpful for you to understand how they all the terms are differ than each others? For more details please visit us arc-worldwide.com