Unlike a carriage contract, where the carrier itself performs the physical transport, a freight forwarding contract obliges the forwarder to organize, arrange, and coordinate transport services on behalf of the shipper – acting as an intermediary rather than an executing carrier.
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speditionsvertrag
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