Freight guide
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DETAILED guide to estimating )xport groupage and air-freight :osts has been written by Mauice Rounding, head of the marcet intelligence company, ,reight Information Services.
The booklet gives manufacturng exporters a well laid out :hecklist of current UK freight .ates, with specific evaluation of igures to outline potential areas yf cost-saving.
Groupage tables show freight ates from six UK regions to 94 :uropean and Middle East destilations, placing particular em)11 a si s on Western Europe, vhere opportunities to obtain :ompetitive rates are explained.
The guide also describes how roupage rates are calculated, Ind displays the average and ninimum charges from 17 UK reight operators.
A section on express road serices shows in detail the cost of ending a package from London o the consignee's premises in *rankfurt. Weight prices are laid lut and broken down into a cost per kg" format.
Export Freight Rates 1982 till be published annually for onstant updating and extension if coverage. It sells at £8, and is vailable from Freight Informaon Services, Adelphi Chamers, Hoghton Street, Southport, lerseyside, PR9 ONZ.