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shipping agent

designated person or agency held responsible for handling shipments and cargo
Intangible position Q748645
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shipping agent

Summary

shipping agent is a position[1]. It draws 176 Wikipedia views per month (position category, ranking #429 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • shipping agent's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • shipping agent's instance of is recorded as profession[4].
  • shipping agent is a type of business[5].
  • shipping agent's different from is recorded as shipbroker[6].
  • shipping agent's different from is recorded as Expedient[7].
  • shipping agent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Expedientin'}[8].
  • shipping agent's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'agent maritime'}[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include position[3] and profession[4]. shipping agent is a type of business[5].

Why It Matters

shipping agent draws 176 Wikipedia views per month (position category, ranking #429 of 3,525).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

business

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). shipping agent. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shipping-agent
MLA “shipping agent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shipping-agent.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shipping-agent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shipping agent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shipping-agent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Jheald · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → business
    Aliases → —
    Different from → shipbroker, Expedient
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4652]]: 8bc845cb-0702-47e4-aabc-4036032b0a8d, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/29243103|shipping agent (#29243103)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cat"
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