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A freight forwarder may transport goods personally. In this case, the freight forwarder has the same rights and obligations as a carrier.
If a freight forwarder prepares a bill of lading or multimodal bill of lading at the request of a consignor, the freight forwarder is deemed to transport the goods personally.
運送取扱人が委託者の請求によって船荷証券又は複合運送証券を作成したときは、自ら運送をするものとみなす。
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freight forwarder
「運送取扱人」
A person whose business is arranging carriage of goods in their own name on behalf of others.
Defined inArticle 559, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
carrier
「運送人」
A person whose business is undertaking land, marine or air transportation.
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law