Freight is the transportation of goods or a payment for it?

"Freight" – is the word which came to Russian language from German. Literally translates as "cargo". Originally had several meanings: carriage of goods by sea; payment for it and are transported objects. Nowadays, the definition of freight understand much wider. The reason for this phenomenon – the fact that transportation of goods was carried out not only by water.

Freight – this is a fee for the use of transport when moving large quantities of goods at certain distances. Such means of transportation may be truck, plane, ship and so on. Sea freight remains the most common form of transportation. It includes not only payment for the carriage of passengers and goods, but also in certain cases for loading and delivery to the desired location.

Freight – a service that turns out after conclusion of the contract. It needs to be in written form. This document must be agreed upon details such as cost, location, time of loading and the route of delivery. The service is paid usually after the end of the carriage. The price of transport may depend on the specified contract rate per unit weight or volume, or charge a lump sum for the entire vehicle or its parts. In the latter case we are talking about lumpsome – fixed amount of payment. Usually it is charged in the case, when immersed heterogeneous product mass and volume which is difficult to install.

Payment is determined by agreement of the parties. The amount of freight, and the price is also set by agreement. If the number of transportable objects in the contract nothing is mentioned, it is determined, based on the rates that apply at the place of loading.

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The So-called "dead" freight – this is a fee for a product that the customer had to provide transportation, but did not. In practice, this means that the shipper indicated in the contract the number of transported objects, but was unable to provide them in full. However, full payment specified in the document, it is not freed.

There is also such a thing as reverse freight. For example, the goods cannot be sent to the port of destination for any reason that does not depend on the carrier. In this case, the goods transporterowych ago.

The freight of the ship or pay at the port of departure or the place of delivery, or in parts. However, most often it is done after shipment. After all, the right to freight arises from the shipowner at the time of execution of the terms of the contract. As a carrier, he bears the commercial risk and is fully responsible for the safety of the cargo. If the item was not delivered, then, regardless of the reasons for this (for example, destruction of a vessel), any commitments made by the customer, shall not entitle the shipowner to receive the freight. Terms of payment and time of their implementation may differ due to certain objective reasons. A contract of marine insurance gives the owner assurance of obtaining the rewards. In certain cases a payer may be the consignee.