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freight

[freyt] / freɪt /


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Freight rates are the prices charged to ship goods, and can be assessed on a time charter or in the daily spot market.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The shipping company is also benefiting from cost cutting related to the company’s ongoing turnaround plan, the analysts say, as it prepares to spin off its Freight business in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Management also said the company was on pace to spin off its FedEx Freight segment into a new publicly traded company on June 1.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Freight would need to start being shipped to the Middle East in the coming days.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“One of my light crews worked on a Boston Freight ship, and it had the same word. I saw it on every single door in the whole damn wreck while we were taking it apart.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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