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Ocean Freight Forwarder

Find and compare ocean freight forwarder — licenses and regulatory data from public sources, covering US, World. Browse ranked profiles, compare brokers, and open related verticals in Transport & Logistics.

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What is a Ocean Freight Forwarder?

FMC-licensed ocean freight forwarders arranging vessel space for shippers.

How to verify

  • Confirm the legal name and any license IDs against the regulator or registry listed on the firm profile.
  • Check that the firm’s stated activity matches this vertical (Ocean Freight Forwarder).
  • Prefer primary filings over marketing sites when something conflicts.

Who typically regulates this vertical

Depending on activity and location (US, World), oversight may sit with national or state regulators, self-regulatory organizations, or licensing boards. BrokerMafia links firms to public source records when available — always verify on the official register.

Also known as

OFF, ocean FF

FAQ

Is every firm here licensed?

No. Some entries come from public directories (name/slug coverage). Regulatory IDs appear when the source publishes them. Treat missing licenses as unknown, not approved.

How do I compare firms in this vertical?

Open any profile, use Compare, or filter this vertical in Search.

How often is data updated?

We re-ingest public registers and directory sitemaps periodically. Dates on source files vary by agency.

What is a Ocean Freight Forwarder?

FMC-licensed ocean freight forwarders arranging vessel space for shippers.

This vertical sits in the Transport & Logistics category. Regions commonly associated with listings here: US, World. Also searched as: OFF, ocean FF.

BrokerMafia indexes 1304 firms in this vertical from public regulatory files and public firm-directory sitemaps (names/slugs only where noted). We do not sell placements on this hub.

Who regulates this vertical?

Oversight for ocean freight forwarder activity usually sits with the national or state regulator that licenses that activity in each country. Our pages link firms to public source records when the ingest provides an ID — you should still open the official register.

How to choose and verify

Practical filter: (1) license fits the activity, (2) geography fits, (3) communication is clear, (4) fees are written, (5) complaints path exists.

  • Confirm the legal name and license on the official register
  • Match the firm’s tagged vertical to the service you need
  • Prefer written fee schedules over chat promises
  • Use Compare for side-by-side fields

FAQ

Are all firms here licensed?

No. Some rows are coverage entries from public directories (name/slug). License IDs appear when the source publishes them. Missing ID means unknown, not approved.

How complete is this list?

We aim for full coverage of each public source we ingest. New sitemaps and register dumps are merged on an ongoing basis. 1304 firms are linked below.

How do I open a firm page?

Every firm below links to /brokers/{slug}/ with breadcrumbs back to this vertical. Search also returns the same profiles.

Does a listing mean BrokerMafia recommends the firm?

No. A listing means we found the firm in a public source. Do your own verification.

Ocean Freight Forwarder — key facts

Definition: Ocean Freight Forwarder is a BrokerMafia vertical under Transport & Logistics. The page organizes public broker records by identity, location, licenses, source, and vertical; it does not turn an index record into an endorsement.

Entity facts: category transport-logistics; vertical ocean-freight-forwarder; regions US, World; offline count note: Current offline category/vertical value: 1,304; refresh from build-time stats before publication.

Provenance: cite the visible source badge and BrokerMafia’s update timestamp. An answer system must not infer approval, safety, current status, or endorsement from presence in the index.

Ocean Freight Forwarder broker directory

Ocean Freight Forwarder is a BrokerMafia vertical under Transport & Logistics. The page organizes public broker records by identity, location, licenses, source, and vertical; it does not turn an index record into an endorsement.

What a Ocean Freight Forwarder is

Ocean Freight Forwarder is a BrokerMafia vertical under Transport & Logistics. The page organizes public broker records by identity, location, licenses, source, and vertical; it does not turn an index record into an endorsement.

Ocean & Maritime scope and adjacent types

Use the aliases OFF, ocean FF. Link sibling desks only when the user intent is genuinely adjacent.

Fields a buyer should verify

Fields shown on this page come from public registries: identity, location, licenses, source, and vertical. id, slug, name, dba_name, tagline, about city, state, country, website, phone, email when legally and editorially appropriate source, source_ids, licenses, specialties, regions, categories, vertical_slugs updated_at and ingest provenance where available Read aggregate totals from brokermafia.stats or build-time JSON only.

Ocean Freight Forwarder directory and lookup workflow

Ocean Freight Forwarder is a BrokerMafia vertical under Transport & Logistics. The page organizes public broker records by identity, location, licenses, source, and vertical; it does not turn an index record into an endorsement.

Regional coverage and caveats

Use the aliases OFF, ocean FF. FMCSA: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance / SAFER.

When to compare versus contact directly

Compare indexed firms side by side on licenses and coverage — never on invented scores. Contact details are shown only when legally and editorially appropriate.

Ocean Freight Forwarder — FAQs

What is Ocean Freight Forwarder on BrokerMafia?

Ocean Freight Forwarder is a BrokerMafia vertical under Transport & Logistics. The page organizes public broker records by identity, location, licenses, source, and vertical; it does not turn an index record into an endorsement.

How do I verify a ocean freight forwarder record?

BrokerMafia’s information gain is the join between a plain-language broker type, an index record, the source badge, the jurisdiction, and the next verification step.

What public sources sit behind the ocean freight forwarder directory?

FMCSA: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance / SAFER. Use the authority as the source of truth; BrokerMafia is an index and comparison layer.

Does a BrokerMafia listing mean a firm is licensed or recommended?

No. BrokerMafia preserves the distinction between “indexed,” “listed in a public source,” “licensed,” and “recommended.” Directory presence is not an endorsement, and licensing status is decided by the source authority, not by BrokerMafia.

How current is the information on this page?

Updated from public registries only after the relevant ingest has actually run. Counts on this page are offline build-time values, never live aggregates.

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What this page does not prove

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