Category: Freight Costs

Drayage moves your container from the port to your door. What the line items are, why quotes vary, and the charge that dwarfs it.

Two different charges, two different clocks, both running daily. Typical free time, 2026 per-diem rates, and the delays that trigger them.

Freight classification moved to a density-based system in 2025-26. How to calculate your PCF, why reclassification bills happen, and what changed.

Shipped 80kg, billed for 200kg? That is chargeable weight. The IATA formula, a worked example, and how to stop losing money to it.

Quoted $1,400, invoiced $2,600? That is accessorials: the charges never in a quote, and which of them you can actually prevent.

Most sellers switch to a full container far too late. The LCL-to-FCL break-even is usually 12-18 CBM. Here is how to calculate yours.