WHAT GOVERNS THE FREIGHT CHARGES PER CONTAINER?
There are shipping conferences which help to establish world wide freight charges per 40 ft. and 20 ft. container. The cost varies according to the distance and volume of each port of entry. Non-Conference shipping lines are sometimes cheaper but their delivery times are sometimes longer. Freight charges have no relationship to the value of each shipment. Whatever the value of a containers contents, the total freight cost is the same – Therefore it usually works out cheaper pro rata, to pack more value into a container, this reduces the freight cost because there is more volume and higher investment, which means less freight charge to be added per piece when working out final cost per item shipped. Previous page…
