In plain English
This is a company that serves shippers as the carrier for ocean freight. It gets the cargo moved by arranging space on ships run by other carriers instead of operating the ships itself.
In context
Here, NVOCC identifies the named company as the service provider acting as the ocean freight carrier to the shipper while arranging transport on vessels operated by other carriers.
- Situation
- Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
- What it communicates
- identifies the service-provider role of the company named in the communication.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not identify the vessel-operating carrier or describe any role beyond this ocean-freight carrier function.
Examples
“The shipper hired an NVOCC for the ocean move, even though the container sailed on a vessel operated by another carrier.”
“As the NVOCC for the shipment, the company dealt with the exporter as carrier and arranged carriage on another carrier's vessel.”