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Last updated: 31.03.2021
Consignor (synonym: Cargo shipper, Shipper and Sender) means 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)
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Consignor (synonym: Cargo Shipper, Shipper and Sender) means 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 consignee in relation to the contract of carriage. (Source: Standard for electronic ship reporting EU/164/2010)