Remote sellers provide "doorstep convenience, " for which I am more than willing to pay freight charges.

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An Isle of Man travel consumer group is "astonished" about the decision to drop an inquiry into ferry freight charges.

BBC: 'Astonishment' after ferry inquiry dropped

Unlike joint ventures, drug makers based abroad can include insurance and freight charges in calculating the baseline for their profit margins.

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It has managed a stealthy 14% rise in passenger fares over the past three years, against a mere 2% rise in freight charges.

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Naming a shipper a winner might seem contrarian given well-documented evidence that more than half of all e-shoppers abandon their purchases after seeing the freight charges.

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Chairman of TravelWatch IOM Brendan O'Friel said freight and passenger charges are connected.

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The former director of Surrey-based Brooklands International Freight Services strongly denied the charges, saying he believed he was exporting batteries for the car industry in the Netherlands.

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Rail finance is under acute strain because the rail regulator has reduced access charges paid by the train-operating and freight companies.

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