Forwarder Certification – Your Path to Becoming a Freight Forwarding Professional
Practical Freight Forwarding Knowledge—flexible, digital, and step-by-step.
Learn the most important fundamentals and interrelationships of modern freight forwarding and logistics—from transportation and customs to supply chain management. Developed from real-world experience for career changers, young professionals, and anyone who wants to systematically expand their knowledge.
What is the Forwarder Certification – Route 42?
The Forwarder Certification – Route 42 is a practical, digital continuing education program designed for modern freight forwarding and logistics. Through 42 coordinated modules, you’ll build your knowledge step by step—from the basics, through the various modes of transportation and customs, to supply chain management and current logistics topics.
Videos, practical workbooks, and clearly presented learning materials allow you to learn flexibly and at your own pace.
Why the Forwarder Certification?
In the freight forwarding industry, it's not enough to know individual processes. What matters most is understanding how they all fit together.
How do Incoterms® affect transportation costs, risks, and responsibilities? What role do customs, documentation, and modes of transport play? And how do the individual processes along the supply chain interact?
The Forwarder Certification program provides this comprehensive understanding step by step. This builds expertise that helps participants recognize connections more quickly, perform tasks with greater confidence, and better understand the decisions made in their day-to-day work.
The goal: Not just knowing what to do—but understanding why.
Here's what to expect from the Forwarder Certification
42 modules
Comprehensive knowledge of freight forwarding—practical and structured step by step.
100% online
Learn online whenever and wherever you want—without set class times.
Flexible Learning
Set your own pace and access your content anytime.
Certificate of Participation
Who is the Forwarder Certification intended for?
The Forwarder Certification is designed for anyone who wants to gain a fundamental understanding of freight forwarding and logistics or systematically expand their existing knowledge.
Career changers —those looking for a structured entry into the freight forwarding and logistics industry.
Young professionals —who want to supplement their practical knowledge with a solid, comprehensive understanding.
Experienced employees —who want to refresh and expand their knowledge and gain a new perspective on how things fit together.
Whether you're just starting out, looking to advance your career, or want to refresh your knowledge: With the Forwarder Certification, you'll build the knowledge you really need in your day-to-day work in the freight forwarding industry.
