At most airports and container terminals, a shipper dropping off cargo encounters not a freely chosen service provider but a concessionaire freight operator: a company granted the exclusive or restricted right by a competent authority—airport administration, port authority, or customs—to provide cargo handling, warehousing, and logistics services at that location under a fixed contractual term.
Source: https://www.iata.org/en/publications/logistics/glossary
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