The basic port ( Base Port ). Price performance of liner companies ship to regularly call port. Most are located in the center of the larger port, port equipment conditions are relatively good, cargo and stability. Provisions for the basic port is no longer restricted volume. To the basic port of the goods are direct transport, without intermediate transshipment. But sometimes because the volume is too small, the decision to transfer from the ship, arrange, undertake transshipment costs. According to the basic port freight rate to the cargo freight charge, they shall not impose any additional charges or additional charges. And shall issue the bill of lading.

Non basic port ( Non-Base Port ). Where the basic port outside the port is called a basic port. Non basic port general in addition to the basic port fees, also need to pay additional transshipment additional. Reach a certain volume is changed to charge additional charge. For example, New Guinea, a route candidate wax port (HONIARA ), Solomon Islands is the basic port; and Ki eta ( KIETA ), is a basic port. To base ETA port cargo freight rate in Hou, a wax freight rate is added on the base of transhipment surcharge of $43( USD ) /FT.

Basic freight rate ( Basic Rate ). Freight rate per unit price of the goods, or as per ton per cubic meter per freight ton price, namely freight unit. English can also be expressed as Freight Unit Price.

Basic freight rate freight tariff on goods is provided will collect the basic freight price, some other percentage fee calculated on the basis of.

Liner freight is composed of basic freight and charges ( if there are sets of words ) two parts. Therefore, some port only check to the basic rate, is not necessarily a practical computing freight full price. Rudong Mauritius Port Louis routes from Hongkong to their ship, level 10scattered groceries to the basic rate of $84( USD ) /FT; port surcharge fee is $4 for /FT