{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"contracting party","description":"Every transport and logistics service rests on a contract—and the contracting parties are all those named within it: shipper, logistics provider, carrier, freight forwarder. In transport law, parties may assume different roles: the principal (who orders the service), the service provider (who performs it), and intermediaries such as the actual carrier. Each bears liability according to their contractual obligations.","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/contracting-party","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-08T16:53:44.668006","citation":"https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertragspartner","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/contracting-party","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"contracting party · Every transport and logistics service rests on a contract—and the contracting parties are all those named within it: shipper, logistics provider, carrier, freight forwarder. · Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertragspartner"}