Next Stop: The World

Third-party Carriers

Some companies — especially those that deliver large volumes of goods internationally — enlist third-party services to oversee international shipments. “Once you get into the bigger volumes, generally people want to turn it over to a third party, particularly in terms of handling customs manifests,” Miller says. “That can be very time-consuming, and some of the third-party companies have developed electronic manifests to do this more quickly.”