Why Cargo Freight Costs Are Confusing

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Why Cargo Freight Costs Are Confusing
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• Cargo freight ?h?rg?? are ??m?l?x. B?f?r? ?n?
  price ??n be ?u?t?d, information has to b?
  g?th?r?d. This information includes wh?t is b?ing
  transported, b? wh?t m??n? ?nd where i? th?
  ?r?du?t going. On?? a tr?n???rt?ti?n ?x??rt h??
  thi? d?t?, he ?r ?h? ??n calculate th? cost with
  ???ur???.

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Type

• An?thing f?und, h?rv??t?d ?r manufactured needs
  t? be moved from ?n? area t? another ???n?r or
  l?t?r. The it?m m?? be a small letter n??ding t?
  g? across town ?r almost around the world.
  Household items ?nd ?ut?m?bil?? are tr?n???rt?d
  wh?n ????l? move. F??d i? ?r?du??d in ?n? area
  ?nd shipped t? another.

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• Ch?mi??l?, furniture, machinery, shoes, t???,
  t??l? ?nd w??ring ????r?l are packaged in boxes,
  ??nt?in?r?, tr?il?r? ?nd ?n ??ll?t?. Milk,
  petroleum ?r?du?t? ?nd li?uid f?rtiliz?r ?r?
  m?v?d by t?nk?r?. C?rg? freight ?l?? includes
  loading coal, ?r? ?nd gr?in into dr?-bulk
  ??rri?r?. H?w?v?r, thi? is ju?t one-third of th?
  information a ?hi??ing ?l?rk n??d?.

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Tr?n???rt?ti?n

• Siz?, w?ight ?nd n??d d?t?rmin? th? t??? of
  tr?n???rt?ti?n u??d. It?m? n??ding t? ?rriv?
  quickly are ??nt b? ?ir whil? ?th?r it?m? ?r?
  placed in v?n?, tru?k? ?nd trains. Shi?? move
  ??rg? fr?ight ??r??? ????n?. Most ?f th??? it?m?
  are tr?n???rt?d bu?in???-t?-bu?in??? u?ing th?
  designation B2B.

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• Someone m?ving only a ??rti?l truckload i? given
  th? l?b?l LTL whi?h ?t?nd? f?r l??? th?n
  truckload and w?ighting between 110 pounds t?
  15,000 ??und?. Thi? ?hi?m?nt mu?t be ??mbin?d
  with other it?m? before it l??v?? th? ??rd.

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• S?m? ?hi???r? have enough m?r?h?ndi?? t? fill a
  wh?l? trailer which i? m?rk?d TL for tru?kl??d
  ?n?? th? trailer i? loaded, the merchandise i?
  r??d? t? g?. Tr?n???rt?ti?n ???t may b?
  ??l?ul?t?d ?n th? w?ight, size ?r container

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D??tin?ti?n

• B?f?r? th? ???t of fr?ight ??n b? d?t?rmin?d, th?
  d??tin?ti?n mu?t b? kn?wn. Alth?ugh the di?t?n??
  influ?n??? the ?ri??, ?hi??ing ?l?rk? m?k? sure
  th?? in?lud? any ?th?r ?x??n??? in the bill.
  Alth?ugh it w?uld b? r????n?bl? t? ?x???t a truck
  driv?r ?ff?ring t? m?v? a tr?il?r f?r a d?ll?r a
  mil? to collect 500 for a 500 mil? tri?, that i?
  n?t th? ????. With th? high ?nd r??idl? ?h?nging
  fu?l ???t?, tru?k?r? adjust th?ir d?liv?r?
  ?h?rg?? to stay in business.

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• Th?r?f?r?, th?? ?dd a fu?l surcharge based ?n the
  ?urr?nt ???t ?f diesel. Likewise, seaports charge
  f?r th? use ?f th?ir f??iliti??, ??ll??ting b?th
  fr?m th? ?hi?? ?nd trucking firms. G??d? destined
  f?r f?r?ign ??untri?? m?? face im??rt fees,
  t?riff? ?nd in????ti?n ?x??n???

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• Different forms ?f tr?n???rt?ti?n may b?
  necessary. Pr?du?t? g? by tru?k ?r r?ilr??d t? a
  ?????rt wh?r? they ?r? loaded into ?n ????ng?ing
  v????l? and tr?n???rt?d to ?n?th?r country. After
  the container i? r?m?v?d fr?m th? b??t, a tru?k
  m?v?? the ??rg? fr?ight t? it? fin?l destination
  in a neighboring ?it?.

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• Calculating th? ???t ?f tr?n???rting ??rg?
  fr?ight is ??m?li??t?d b???u?? ???h l??d i?
  uni?u?. An ?x??ri?n?? shipping clerk g?th?r? ?ll
  the inf?rm?ti?n ?nd ?r???r?? a ?u?t?. Thi?
  ??tim?t? gets the m?r?h?ndi?? from where it i? to
  where it n??d? t? be, whether it i? going across
  t?wn, ??r??? the ??untr? or ??r??? th? world.

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