groupage operator definition

groupage operator means a person or company operating a service for the carriage of goods addressed to various consignees shipped together as a composite load to the Island. Groupage Operators may be authorised by individual consignees within the groupage load, to make Import Declaration on their behalf.
groupage operator means any person who consolidates cargo from several consignors into one shipment or full container load and who then issues each individual consignor with a transport document evidencing the contract of carriage;
groupage operator means a person or firm operating a service for the carriage of goods addressed to various consignees shipped together as a composite load to or from the island.