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Trucking Industry
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Answer 39 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This trailer steps down after the tractor to get shipments lower to ground and not exceed height restrictions.
Commercial Invoice
Pallet / Skid
Container Ship
Step deck trailer
2. Standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships -railcars -etc.
Container (Shipping Container)
LTL
Tanker Trailer
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
3. These are used primarily in the city as they are smaller -box sizes vary from 20-28 feet in length -usually also carry a power tailgate.
5 Ton / Straight Truck
JIT (Just-In-Time)
Dry Van
Container Ship
4. Used to lift pallets
Pallet Jack
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Tailgate or Liftgate
5. Hazardous materials -as classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Transport of hazardous materials is strictly regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Tailgate or Liftgate
Pallet Jack
Hazmat
6. Total weight of a vehicle and everything aboard -including its load.
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Freight Broker
Pallet / Skid
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
7. Group of three axles on a truck -tractor or trailer. Tridems are most common on European semitrailers.
Pallet / Skid
Common Carrier
'TEAM' Driving
Tri-Axle
8. The legal document that a shipment travels under.
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
Bill of Lading
Container (Shipping Container)
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
9. The business-to-business interconnection of computers for the rapid exchange of a wide variety of documents -from bills of lading to build tickets at auto plants.
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Container Ship
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Step deck trailer
10. Provides customs clearance on behalf of a shipper or consignee
Logbook
Customs Broker
Hazmat
Reefer Van
11. The commercial trade processing system that has been developed by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection to facilitate legitimate trade and strengthen border security requiring every carrier cor truck that enters through any and all border rossings to
Common Carrier
Fixed Tandem
LTL Carrier
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
12. Provides local (within a town -city or municipality) pick-up and delivery.
Cartage Company
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Freight Broker
Step deck trailer
13. U.S. Department of Transportation safety regulations which govern the hours of service of commercial vehicle drivers engaged in interstate trucking operations.
Hazmat
Backhaul
Common Carrier
Hours-Of-Service
14. Trucking company which consolidates less-than-truckload cargo for multiple destinations on one vehicle.
TL
LTL Carrier
Tanker Trailer
Dry Van
15. Used for mostly in town work to make sharper turns -this one is hauling a 53 foot dry van.
Single axle tractor
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Container Chassis
5 Ton / Straight Truck
16. Interior volume of a truck body -semitrailer or trailer -measured in cubic feet.
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Cartage Company
TL
Backhaul
17. Pickup and delivery.
P&D
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Common Carrier
Container Chassis
18. Pair of axles and associated suspension usually located close together.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Cartage Company
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
Step deck trailer
19. Mostly used in the transport of non perishable goods -interior width is usually 100'' inches wide inside -110'' inches tall and 52'7 feet long -commonly referred to as 53 foot dry vans. Notice no motor on the fronts of these trailers.
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Tailgate or Liftgate
LTL
Dry Van
20. Freight transportation company which serves the general public. May be regular route service (over designated highways on a regular basis) or irregular route (between various points on an unscheduled basis).
Common Carrier
Reefer Van
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Cartage Company
21. Operating a truck without cargo.
Pup Trailer
Dead-Heading
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
22. Any person who sells transportation without actually providing it. Usually refers to agent for TL shipments -matching small shippers with carriers. Freight brokers often do not accept any responsibility for their shipments.
Container Ship
Dry Van
Step deck trailer
Freight Broker
23. Notice this short dry van has a tailgate or liftgate to take shipments from the trailer to ground level.
Tailgate or Liftgate
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
Bill of Lading
24. Assembly of two axles and suspension that is attached to the chassis in one place -and cannot be moved fore and aft. (see Sliding Tandem)
Pallet / Skid
Fixed Tandem
Reefer Van
Single axle tractor
25. Trucking company which dedicates trailers to a single shipper's cargo -as opposed to an LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier which transports the consolidated cargo of several shippers and makes multiple deliveries.
Step deck trailer
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
TL
26. What the shipper needs to provides customs if crossing the border.
Pup Trailer
Container Ship
Commercial Invoice
Tanker Trailer
27. A load of freight which permits a trucker to return to his home with a loaded truck -rather than an empty one.
JIT (Just-In-Time)
Container (Shipping Container)
Backhaul
Commercial Invoice
28. Standard-sized rectangular box used to transport freight by ship -rail and highway. International shipping containers are 20 or 40 feet long -conform to International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and are designed to fit in ships' holds. Con
Hazmat
P&D
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Container (Shipping Container)
29. Usually has a motor on the front to control the temperature of the goods it carries. It can heat -cool or freeze products.
'TEAM' Driving
Bill of Lading
Reefer Van
Commercial Invoice
30. Common practice in the less-than-truckload industry -in which one driver takes a truck for 8 to 10 hours -then turns the truck over to another driver -pony express style.
31. Short for - Less Than Truckload. A quantity of freight less than that required for the application of a truckload (TL) rate; usually less than 10 - 000 pounds.
Tanker Trailer
Common Carrier
Logbook
LTL
32. Book carried by truck drivers in which they record their hours of service and duty status for each 24-hour period. Required in interstate commercial trucking by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Customs Broker
Logbook
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
5 Ton / Straight Truck
33. How most shipments from other countries arrive.
Customs Broker
Hours-Of-Service
Tri-Axle
Container Ship
34. Single-purpose semitrailer designed to carry a shipping container.
Container Chassis
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Tanker Trailer
5 Ton / Straight Truck
35. Hauls any type of liquids -separate trailers are used for edible and non edible shipments.
Tanker Trailer
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
'TEAM' Driving
Container Chassis
36. Used to transport most products -makes products easy to handle with a pallet jack or forklift.
'TEAM' Driving
Pallet / Skid
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Logbook
37. Manufacturing system which depends on frequent -small deliveries of parts and supplies to keep on-site inventory to a minimum.
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
Backhaul
JIT (Just-In-Time)
5 Ton / Straight Truck
38. Truck designed primarily to pull a semitrailer by means of a fifth wheel mounted over the rear axle(s). Sometimes called a truck tractor or highway tractor to differentiate from it from a farm tractor.
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
Customs Broker
Freight Broker
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
39. Short semitrailer -usually between 26 and 32 feet long -with a single axle.
Dead-Heading
Pup Trailer
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Dry Van