Unlike a standard booking—where the contracted and operating carriers are one and the same—cross-booking is an arrangement in which a freight forwarder secures space with Carrier A while the shipment physically moves on Carrier B's service, all under the original booking or bill of lading reference.
Source: https://www.supplychain247.com/glossary/cross_booking_freight_services
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