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transportører

Transportører is a term used in Danish and Norwegian to denote a person or organization that carries goods or people from one place to another. It covers a wide range of actors, from individual couriers to large logistics companies and shipping lines.

The word derives from the root transport- with the suffix -ør in Scandinavian languages. In Danish and

Role and regulation: Transportører organize and execute the movement of goods and passengers along domestic and

Other meanings: In biology, the word transportører can also refer to transporter proteins—membrane proteins that move

Norwegian
the
plural
is
transportører;
in
Swedish
the
equivalent
is
transportörer.
The
term
appears
in
industry
descriptions,
contracts,
and
company
names
to
indicate
a
transport
service
provider.
international
routes.
Responsibilities
can
include
routing,
scheduling,
vehicle
management,
driver
compliance,
and
cargo
handling.
In
most
countries
they
operate
under
licences,
insurance,
and
safety
rules;
international
transport
commonly
involves
conventions
such
as
CMR
for
road,
SOLAS
for
ships,
and
the
Montreal
or
Warsaw
conventions
for
air
transport.
substances
across
cell
membranes.
The
meaning
depends
on
context;
in
science,
transportører
may
designate
either
logistics
carriers
or
cellular
transport
proteins.