Often the term shipper is used to describe a specific category of customer A shipper is any market participant which holds a contract to transport gas on a pipeline or local distribution company Shippers often include end-users, marketers, producers, and other local distribution companies
The person for whom the owners of a ship agree to carry goods to a specified destination and at a specified price Also called consignor The conditions under which the transportation is effected are stipulated in the bill of lading
A transportation customer, marketer or local distribution company that holds a natural gas capacity contract on a pipeline The shipper is responsible for nominating and transporting natural gas
a cargo owner, the person for whose account the ocean transportation is provided, the person to whom delivery is to be made, a shippers' association, an ocean transportation intermediary that accepts responsibility for payment of all charges applicable under the tariff or service contract (OSRA)
The shipper is the location where the product is picked up Even when shipping on customers' accounts, the fulfillment company will be the shipper and will receive payments and invoices for a number of extraordinary services, such as claims, refused shipments, COD's, extra customs charges, and dimensional weight charges