Rather than booking capacity piecemeal on a scheduled service, a shipper or forwarder chartering a vessel, aircraft, truck, or railcar takes on the entire unit for an agreed voyage or period.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_(transportation)
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