{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Depreciation","description":"A logistics operator acquires a truck and, rather than expensing the full purchase price at once, spreads the cost across the asset's expected useful life – that process is depreciation. It reflects the economic consumption of a fixed asset driven by age, wear, and technological obsolescence. In transport and logistics, depreciation applies to vehicle fleets, warehouses, handling equipment, forklifts, and IT systems. As a calculated cost element it feeds directly into freight rate pricing and sm","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/depreciation","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T19:57:24.945427","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depreciation_(accounting)","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/depreciation","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Depreciation · A logistics operator acquires a truck and, rather than expensing the full purchase price at once, spreads the cost across the asset's expected useful life – that process is depreciation. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depreciation_(accounting)"}