dead freight

基本解释

losses and expenses such as dead freight, demurrage. Consequential losses
装上船只或将货物交到吊杆之下，卖方应负担买方的一切费用和损失，如空舱费、滞期费及
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，国家严格控制铁路运价，铁路以死运价对活物价，低运价…

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