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2. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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   A freight rate (historically and in ship chartering simply freight [1]) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport ( truck , ship , train , aircraft ), the weight of the cargo, and the distance to the delivery destination.

3. Bunker adjustment factor - Wikipedia

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   Bunker adjustment factor, bunker surcharge or BAF refers to the floating part of sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices. [1] BAF charges used to be determined by Carrier Conferences to be applicable for a certain period on a certain trade route. The European Commission banned Carrier Conferences as of October 17, 2008 ...

4. FreightCenter - Wikipedia

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   FreightCenter acts as a conduit between freight carriers and commercial or residential shippers located in the United States and Canada. As a conduit, shippers use the provider's online freight quote calculator to calculate freight costs for less than truckload, truckload, rail, ocean and air freight.

5. Worldscale - Wikipedia

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   Worldscale is a unified system of establishing payment of freight rate for a given oil tanker's cargo. Worldscale was established in November 1952 by London Tanker Brokers' Panel on the request of British Petroleum and Shell as an average total cost of shipping oil from one port to another by ship. A large table was created as result.

6. Shipping stocks jump as freight costs soar amid Red Sea ... - AOL

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   Shipping stocks have been on the rise as tensions in the Red Sea have reduced container availability — and have sent freight costs higher. For example: Maersk (MAERSK-A.CO, MAERSK-B.CO) shares ...

7. $1 million in extra costs and weeks of delays. How the Red ...

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   Attacks on container ships in the Red Sea have wreaked havoc on one of the world’s most important trade routes, increasing shipping costs and raising inflation fears. Here’s what you need to know.

8. Shipping prices are just another snag in the supply chain ...

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9. Chartering (shipping) - Wikipedia

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   In some cases, a charterer may own cargo and employ a shipbroker to find a ship to deliver the cargo for a certain price, the freight rate. Freight rates may be on a per-ton basis over a certain route (e.g. for iron ore between Brazil and China), in Worldscale points (in case of oil tankers). Alternatively may be expressed in terms of a total ...