carrier

…is concerned with freight consolidation, carrier rates and charges, carrier selection, documentation, tracing and expediting, loss and damage claims, diversion and reconsignment, demurrage and detention, movements of hazardous materials, and use of private carriage. Freight consolidation means the assembling of many smaller shipments into a smaller number of large shipments.…

…English and American law, common carriers are distinguished from other carriers. A common carrier is one who holds himself out as being ready to carry goods for the public at large for hire or reward. In England carriers of goods by land that are not classified as common carriers are…

In common law, a common carrier is entitled to retain possession of the goods until freight is paid but not to sell the goods or use them; the parties, however, may agree that the carrier shall have an active lien entitling him to sell the goods. Carriers in civil-law jurisdictions…

…user’s trips; intervals between the carriers’ departures; minimized transfer or intermediate stopping points; and punctuality.