JAMB - Commerce (2016 - No. 24)
In the transportation industry, dead freight is used to describe the
cost paid for an empty space left in the ship
charge for each day a performance was delayed
persons that hire a ship for a specific purpose
cost of shipping a particular cargo for a specific voyage
Explanation
Dead freight is the amount paid by or recoverable from a charterer of a ship for such part of the ship's capacity as the charterer has contracted for but fails to occupy also. it is simply payment for the unoccupied space in chartered ship.
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