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2. Dimensional weight - Wikipedia

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   The concept of dimensional weight has been adopted by the transportation industry worldwide as a uniform means of establishing a minimum charge for the cubic space a package occupies. In fact, UPS [ 1 ] and FedEx [ 2 ] both announced that starting 2015, shipping charges on all shipments (air and ground) will be determined by greater of the ...

3. DTDC - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, DTDC acquired a 52 percent stake in Eurostar Express of Eurostar Group in the UAE. [8] In April 2013, DTDC acquired 70% of Nikkos Logistics. [9]In June 2013, French courier company Geopost (owned by La Poste) acquired a 39% stake in DTDC from Reliance Capital's private equity arm, taking its overall ownership in DTDC to 42%.

4. Courier - Wikipedia

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   A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. [1] Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are government or state agency employees (for example: a diplomatic courier).

5. Currency adjustment factor - Wikipedia

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   A currency adjustment factor (CAF) is a fee placed on top of freighting charges for carrier companies developed to account for constantly changing exchange rates between the dollar and other currencies. Its goal is to offset any losses from fluctuating exchange rates for carriers. [1] Calculation basis and methodology may vary from carrier to ...

6. Defense Courier Service - Wikipedia

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   The Defense Courier Service (DCS) is a global courier network for the expeditious, cost-effective, and secure distribution of highly classified and sensitive material, established under the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). Operational control of global courier activities is exercised through USTRANSCOM's Defense Courier ...

7. Diplomatic courier - Wikipedia

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   Couriers are usually hired by a specific country and are tasked with protecting and managing bags from being opened. Some couriers are assigned on an ad hoc basis, but in those cases they are released from immunity once their bags have been delivered. The original definition of a diplomatic courier focuses on handling bags, but couriers today ...

8. Transmission time - Wikipedia

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   Packet delivery time = Transmission time + Propagation delay In case of a network connection mediated by several physical links and forwarding nodes, the network delivery time depends on the sum of the delivery times of each link, and also on the packet queuing time (which is varying and depends on the traffic load from other connections) and ...

9. Deadweight tonnage - Wikipedia

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   Deadweight tonnage is a measure of a vessel's weight carrying capacity, not including the empty weight of the ship. It is distinct from the displacement (weight of water displaced), which includes the ship's own weight, or the volumetric measures of gross tonnage or net tonnage (and the legacy measures gross register tonnage and net register tonnage).