evening loading; goods loaded in the afternoon for next-morning delivery
Logistics term for freight loaded in the afternoon or evening and transported overnight for delivery the following morning. Common in trucking and shipping contexts.
The evening-loaded freight will be delivered first thing tomorrow morning.
On this route, evening loading and next-day delivery is standard.
Compound of 宵 (よい, 'early evening') and 積み (つみ, 'loading'), from the verb 積む (つむ, 'to load'). The reading づみ is a rendaku form of つみ.