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Freight rate

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A freight rate(historically and in ship chartering simply freight) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. [1]

22 relations: Aircraft, Airline, Airline consolidator, Automated Export System, Broker, Cargo, Chartering (shipping), Customs broking, DAT Solutions, Dimensional weight, Distance, Freight forwarder, Intermodal container, Mode of transport, Oxford English Dictionary, Price, Ship, Train, Truck, Twenty-foot equivalent unit, United States, Weight.

Aircraft

An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

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Airline

An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight.

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Airline consolidator

An airline consolidator is a wholesaler of airline tickets, sometimes described as a broker.

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Automated Export System

The Automated Export System (AES) is the system used by U.S. exporters to electronically declare their international exports, known as Electronic Export Information (EEI), to the Census Bureau to help compile U.S. export and trade statistics.

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Broker

A broker is an individual person who arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller for a commission when the deal is executed.

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Cargo

In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.

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Chartering (shipping)

Chartering is an activity within the shipping industry whereby a shipowner hires out the use of his vessel to a charterer.

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Customs broking

Customs brokerage.

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DAT Solutions

DAT Solutions, originally known as Dial-a-Truck, is a US-based freight exchange service ("load board") and provider of transportation information serving North America.

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Dimensional weight

Dimensional weight, also known as volumetric weight, is a pricing technique for commercial freight transport (including courier and postal services), which uses an estimated weight that is calculated from the length, width and height of a package.

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Distance

Distance is a numerical measurement of how far apart objects are.

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Freight forwarder

A freight forwarder, forwarder, or forwarding agent, also known as a non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC), is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution.

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Intermodal container

An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo.

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Mode of transport

Mode of transport is a term used to distinguish substantially different ways to perform.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.

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Price

In ordinary usage, a price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for one unit of goods or services.

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Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying passengers or goods, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.

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Train

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.

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Truck

A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo.

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Twenty-foot equivalent unit

The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Weight

In science and engineering, the weight of an object is related to the amount of force acting on the object, either due to gravity or to a reaction force that holds it in place.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_rate

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