EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC provides a full suite of global logistics services, enabling customers to access an international network of people and integrated information systems for the movement and strategic positioning of goods. As a third-party logistics provider, the company purchases cargo space from carriers like airlines, ocean shipping lines, and trucking lines on a volume basis and resells it to customers. EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC does not compete in the overnight courier or small parcel business and does not own aircraft or ships. The company offers a broad range of transportation services and customer solutions, including customs brokerage, order management, time-definite transportation, warehousing and distribution, temperature-controlled transit, cargo insurance, specialized cargo monitoring and tracking, and other customized logistics and consulting solutions. Its Project Cargo unit manages special project shipments that utilize a single method or a combination of air, ocean, and/or ground transportation, often requiring specialized attention due to their unusual size or nature. EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC's primary services are Airfreight Services, Ocean Freight and Ocean Services, and Customs Brokerage and Other Services. Within Airfreight Services, the company typically acts as either a freight consolidator or an agent for the airline. In both roles, it provides customers with routing expertise, familiarity with local business practices, knowledge of export and import documentation and procedures, the ability to arrange ancillary services, and assistance in securing capacity during high demand. Airfreight Consolidation involves purchasing cargo capacity from airlines on a volume basis and reselling it to customers at lower rates than they could negotiate directly.