1) Umntu othumela into ethile (umz. iimpahla zothunyelo ngalunye). 2) Iqumrhu elisemthethweni okanye umntu okhankanywe kwi-bill of lading okanye i-waybill njengomthumeli kunye / okanye lowo (okanye egameni lakhe okanye egameni lakhe) isivumelwano sokuhamba sigqityiwe kunye nomthwali. Ikwabizwa ngokuba ngumthumeli.
Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba "uShipper" ngumthengisi okanye umnini wempahla enikezelwayo, ehlala iyinyani kodwa ayisoloko. Xa umthengi weempahla engena kwisivumelwano kunye nomthengisi weempahla ngesivumelwano sokuthengisa, ngaphandle kwezinye izinto, banquma ukuba ngubani oza kulungiselela ukuthutha. Kwaye, xa usebenzisa i-multi-modal transport, banokugqiba ukuba nguwuphi umlenze wezothutho ophantsi kwayo.