„Back Haul“

The return of a carrier to the original point or area from which its journey began. If a carrier can obtain cargo to carry on the back haul route, that cargo may often obtain a favorable freight rate because otherwise the carrier would have to return empty.

“Transportation: A Global Supply Chain Perspective” by Robert A. Novack, Brian Gibson, Yoshinori Suzuki and John J. Coyle. (8th Edition), Cengage Learning, Boston, 2019, pp. 192-194.