dead freight

基本解释

losses and expenses such as dead freight, demurrage. Consequential losses
裝上船衹或將貨物交到吊杆之下，賣方應負擔買方的一切費用和損失，如空艙費、滯期費及
On one hand, the country controls railroad freight rate strictly, railroad is opposite with dead freight rate live prices, low freight rate…
一方麪，國家嚴格控制鉄路運價，鉄路以死運價對活物價，低運價…

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