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• n  someone who ships goods
• n  a company in the business of shipping freight

• Congress has tried in the past to require the original shipper to provide additional information, such as where the container was packed with its cargo.
• His people had always been shippers; he, looking-for his first job, went to "every shipping office in Manhattan," but no one would hire him.
• Shippers everywhere were cooperating in the drive for fuller cars.

News & Articles

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• Transplace Updates, Enhances TMS Freight Allocation Module 2.0
  Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, today announced the release of Freight Allocation Module™ 2.0, a web-based application that optimizes transportation by allowing shippers to auction freight with approved carrier partners.
  June 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Q&A: Profiting From a Loss?
  In the case of a lost or damaged shipment, is it possible for a shipper to profit twice on a claim?
  June 6, 2013 - Journal of Commerce Online

Quotes

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• Michael Glos in Reuters
  Germany's Economy Minister Michael Glos told the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on Tuesday the annual row must stop: "There is no less to lose than Russia's reputation as a reliable shipper and Ukraine's reputation as a safe transit country."
• Tom Foley in CNSNews.com
  The QS letters means quick shipper,said Columbus Recruiting Battalion spokesperson Tom Foley in a news release. "And $20,000 means, well, it means a lot of seed money for new soldiers answering the Army's call to duty. The Army is growing...
• Frank Blake in Atlanta Journal Constitution
  We are the single-largest less-than-truckload shipper in the United States,Blake said. "A lot of trucks are going to stores that aren't full. It's not efficient."