Freight

This guide provides an overview offreight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, or the physical process of transporting commodities andmerchandise goods and cargo.

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 as well.

Both shipping and freight are the transportation of goods either by air, land, or sea. Although shipping and freight are both used to describe the bulk transportation of goods, freight always refers to a larger quantity of goods while shipping can refer to a smaller amount. Freight denotes commercial purposes.