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Last updated: 11.01.2021
Consignor (synonym: Cargo Shipper, Shipper and Sender) is the merchant (person) by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf a contract of carriage of goods has been concluded with a carrier or any party by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf the goods are actually delivered to the carrier in relation to the contract of carriage.
(Source: Standard Tracking and Tracing EU/415/2007; IRIS-Europe II)

Consignor (synonym: Cargo shipper, Shipper and Sender) is the merchant (person) by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf a contract of carriage of goods has been concluded with a carrier or any party by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf the goods are actually delivered to the carrier in relation to the contract of carriage.
(Source: Standard Tracking and Tracing EU/415/2007; IRIS-Europe II)