Expeditors International of Washington Inc

Expeditors International of Washington Inc. together with its subsidiaries provides logistics services in the Americas North Asia South Asia Europe the Middle East Africa and India. The company offers airfreight services such as air freight consolidation and forwarding; ocean freight and ocean services including ocean freight consolidation direct ocean forwarding and order management; customs brokerage intra-continental ground transportation and delivery and warehousing and distribution services; and customs clearance purchase order management vendor consolidation time-definite transportation services temperature-controlled transit cargo insurance specialized cargo monitoring and tracking and other supply chain solutions. It also provides optimization trade compliance consulting cargo security and solutions. In addition it acts as a freight consolidator or as an agent for the airline which carries the shipment. Further the company provides ancillary services that include preparation of shipping and customs documentation packing crating insurance services negotiation of letters of credit and the preparation of documentation to comply with local export laws. Its customers include retailing and wholesaling electronics technology and industrial and manufacturing companies. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Seattle Washington.