Clear Agent

While a freight forwarder can be seen as an entity who undertakes to transfer cargo of the customer from one point to another, the clearing agent is an agent who completes all port and customs formalities on behalf of the consignee or receiver of cargo at the destination port.

A licensed clearing agent may also become a 'registered agent'. The requirements of such registered agents are as follows: Application to be made on form DA185 and the appropriate annexure; Upon registration, no surety bond either nationally or per port will be needed