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2. United Parcel Service - Wikipedia

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   United Parcel Service. United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [ 1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [ 6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers.

3. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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   Many shipping services, especially air carriers, use dimensional weight for calculating the price, which takes into account both weight and volume of the cargo. For example, bulk coal long-distance rates in America are approximately 1 cent/ton-mile. [2] So a 100 car train, each carrying 100 tons, over a distance of 1000 miles, would cost $100,000.

4. Less-than-truckload shipping - Wikipedia

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   Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds (68 kg). Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers. Semi-trailers ...

5. Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Up 40%: An Investor Trap? - AOL

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   In the following video, Motley Fool industrials analyst Blake Bos takes a look at the big spike in dry bulk shipping rates recently, up 40% since the beginning of June. Blake tells investors why ...

6. Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Crash the Most in 30 Years ... - AOL

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   The Baltic Dry Index is now down 48% since the start of the new year. While a rate drop-off in the new year is typical because the Chinese New Year decreases demand in the world's largest economy ...

7. Breakbulk cargo - Wikipedia

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   In shipping, break-bulk, breakbulk, [ 2] or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, is goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units. Traditionally, the large numbers of items are recorded on distinct bills of lading that list them by different commodities. [ 3] This is in contrast to cargo stowed in modern intermodal ...