dead freight

基本解釋

losses and expenses such as dead freight, demurrage. Consequential losses
裝上船只或?qū)⒇浳锝坏降鯒U之下，賣方應(yīng)負(fù)擔(dān)買方的一切費(fèi)用和損失，如空艙費(fèi)、滯期費(fèi)及
On one hand, the country controls railroad freight rate strictly, railroad is opposite with dead freight rate live prices, low freight rate…
一方面，國家嚴(yán)格控制鐵路運(yùn)價，鐵路以死運(yùn)價對活物價，低運(yùn)價…

These are the impediments to the movement of people and goods brought on by Sept. 11: the wasted hours of employees showing IDs to get into their building, the delays at the airport, the backlog of trucks at the border, the increased cost of air freight, the dead weight of higher insurance premiums.
FORBES: The Detour Economy
These are the impediments to the movement of people and goods brought on by Sept. 11: the wasted hours of employees showing proof of identification to get in their building, the delays at the airport, the backlog of trucks at the border, the increased cost of air freight, the dead weight of higher insurance premiums.
FORBES: The Detour Economy