Can someone explain what is World Scale and how is it is measured with regard to ship freight rates?

Answer 1

A scale factor is a number which scales some quantity. In the equation y = Cx, C is the scale factor for x. C is also the coefficient of x, and may be called the constant of proportionality of y to x. For example, doubling distances corresponds to a scale factor of 2 for distance.


Scale factor is how many times the smaller figure's line segments go into the bigger figure's line

Thus, the shipping freight rates are based on the currently established World Scale.