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  2. Less-than-truckload shipping - Wikipedia

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    Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. [1] Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds (68 kg). Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers. Semi ...

  3. Containerization - Wikipedia

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    LCL freight was often sorted and redistributed into different railway cars at intermediate railway terminals en route to the final destination. [78] Groupage is the process of filling a container with multiple shipments for efficiency. [79] LCL is "a quantity of cargo less than that required for the application of a carload rate. A quantity of ...

  4. LCL - Wikipedia

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    Less than container load, a service of freight forwarders for part loads in shared container; Less-than-car load freight, less than a full boxcar or box motor; Liquid crystal laser; Lifted condensation level or lifting condensation level, a meteorological term; Lazarus Component Library, the Lazarus GUI subsystem, similar to Borland VCL

  5. Freight transport - Wikipedia

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    Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. [1] The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English , it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well.

  6. Payment in lieu of taxes - Wikipedia

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    Their services are instead paid for by taxing other property owners in the city's jurisdiction such as homeowners and for-profit businesses. For many municipalities in the United States, property taxes are the primary source of revenue. The amount of forgone tax revenue as a result of these tax-exempt land parcels is significant.

  7. Customs duties in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rates of tax on transaction values vary by country of origin. Goods must be individually labeled to indicate country of origin, with exceptions for specific types of goods. Rules of origin are used to determine the country of origin. Goods are considered to originate in the country with the highest rate of duties for the particular goods unless ...

  8. Service tax - Wikipedia

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    It was an indirect tax, where the service provider collected the tax on services from the service receiver and then paid it to the Government of India. Few services were exempt in public interest via Mega Exemption Notification 25/2012-ST as amended up to date and few services are charged service tax at an abated rate as per Notification No. 26 ...

  9. Law of carriage of goods by sea - Wikipedia

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    The law of carriage of goods by sea is a body of law that governs the rights and duties of shippers, carriers and consignees of marine cargo. [1]Primarily concerned with cargo claims, this body of law combines the international commercial law, the law of the sea and admiralty laws.