Global Shippers Forum (GSF) is the global business organisation speaking up for exporters and importers as the owners of goods and cargo in international trade.
Global shippers’ contract with shipping lines, airlines, road hauliers and rail freight operators to have their goods across continents and around the world.
GSF’s members are national and regional shippers’ associations who in turn represent manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing businesses in over 25 countries across five continents.
GSF works for safe, competitively efficient and environmentally sustainable global trade and logistics by advancing the interests of shippers. Priority topics currently include:
The GSF Secretariat is based in the UK but is connected globally and focussed on delivering high quality, tangible outcomes and outputs that are informed by evidence and the objectives of member organisations. We aim to inform, inspire and stand behind shippers in the conduct of global trade by:
We develop other services with trusted partners to provide unique or exclusive support to shippers, including webinars, training, audits, research programmes and consultancy services.
GSF is a trade organisation, owned and governed by its members, through a Board of non-Executive Directors. It is registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee in England, number 7667177.
GSF membership is open to all businesses acting as a shipper or cargo owner in international trade.
Contact us at: secretariat@globalshippersforum.com