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SHPR

SHPR stands for shipper, the person or company that sends or consigns goods for transportation.

In plain English

This means the sending party in a shipment. It can be an individual or a business. Its role is to send goods, or place them with a carrier to be transported.

In context

In the sending-party field on the transport document, it identifies the person or company that is sending or consigning the goods for transportation.

Situation
Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
What it communicates
labels the sending-party field on the transport document.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say who will carry the goods or who will receive them.

Examples

“The SHPR handed the crates to a carrier for the trip north.”

Core meaning

“List the workshop as SHPR on the consignment note for the replacement pumps.”

In context

  • carrier Contrast

    The carrier is the party that transports the goods, not the sending party.

  • consignee Contrast

    The consignee is the party that receives the goods, not the sending party.