At the same time, freight rates were steady until last year, when the industry was able to push through a 3 percent rise.

The dropping freight rates now gave no incentive to build any more.

These factors help keep the freight rate down for small businesses and the individual with a shipping need.

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Due to the special nature of the load, higher freight rate was charged for such "dead passengers".

"The shipping lines are desperate to get income into their systems, with freight rates so low," he said.

Shippers concede that freight rates have gone down over all.

The second hand value of ships depends on freight rates, age, inflation and expectations.

Besides the decrease in freight rates and transportation time, an entirely new support industry was born.

The new railroad was able to force freight rates downward accelerating production.

Many trucking companies also began indexing freight rates to fuel costs.

The three of them had often held emergency conferences about freight rates and steel deliveries.

One was Vanderbilt, who wanted the freight rates fixed.

Already from the 1860s they had introduced a reduced long-distance freight rate for milk to encourage the trade.

As a result, freight rates aren't marketed in a single airline industry tariff.

Free in and out - the freight rate covers the sea freight only.

For two years he worked to stabilize the competitive freight rates amongst the 25 rail companies.

In Pittsburgh, many businessmen who were unhappy about freight rates supported the strike.

High freight rates discouraged buying ore from more distant local mines.

Farmers complained of the high freight rates, but the available evidence contradicts the rationale.

Freight rates had plunged to a penny a ton mile for coal.

Freight rates were the same for broad and narrow gauge railways, despite higher direct costs.

The freight rate was around a shilling (5p) per ton-mile.

"Freight rates will go up at least 5 percent," he said, as carriers are forced to upgrade equipment to meet the noise requirements.

Freight rates are expected to fall, although with the virtual halt in business in the Gulf right now it is hard to say how far.