{"id":6015,"date":"2021-11-03T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=6015"},"modified":"2021-11-03T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:07:42","slug":"agent","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6016 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Freight-agent-definition.jpg\" alt=\"Freight agent definition\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Freight-agent-definition.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Freight-agent-definition-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><strong>Agent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An agent does business on behalf of another entity (a person, or a company), with full or limited decision-making power. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freight shipping<\/a>, an agent might perform freight quoting, or supervise different procedures, such as freight clearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agent: An agent does business on behalf of another entity (a person, or a company), with full or limited decision-making power. In freight shipping, an agent might perform freight quoting, or supervise different procedures, such as freight clearance. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/freight-terms-glossary\/agent\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-6015","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"post_title":"Agent","post_content":"<img class=\"size-full wp-image-6016 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Freight-agent-definition.jpg\" alt=\"Freight agent definition\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" \/><strong>Agent:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAn agent does business on behalf of another entity (a person, or a company), with full or limited decision-making power. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freight shipping<\/a>, an agent might perform freight quoting, or supervise different procedures, such as freight clearance.","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Agent | Freightera Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is an agent in freight shipping? 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