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Trucking Industry

Subject : industries
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1. Provides local (within a town -city or municipality) pick-up and delivery.






2. The legal document that a shipment travels under.






3. 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.






4. 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)






5. What the shipper needs to provides customs if crossing the border.






6. Short semitrailer -usually between 26 and 32 feet long -with a single axle.






7. U.S. Department of Transportation safety regulations which govern the hours of service of commercial vehicle drivers engaged in interstate trucking operations.






8. Notice this short dry van has a tailgate or liftgate to take shipments from the trailer to ground level.






9. Hauls any type of liquids -separate trailers are used for edible and non edible shipments.






10. Total weight of a vehicle and everything aboard -including its load.






11. 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.


12. This trailer steps down after the tractor to get shipments lower to ground and not exceed height restrictions.






13. A load of freight which permits a trucker to return to his home with a loaded truck -rather than an empty one.






14. 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).






15. Standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships -railcars -etc.






16. Used to lift pallets






17. 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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. Group of three axles on a truck -tractor or trailer. Tridems are most common on European semitrailers.






21. Pickup and delivery.






22. Used to transport most products -makes products easy to handle with a pallet jack or forklift.






23. How most shipments from other countries arrive.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Trucking company which consolidates less-than-truckload cargo for multiple destinations on one vehicle.






28. Used for mostly in town work to make sharper turns -this one is hauling a 53 foot dry van.






29. Single-purpose semitrailer designed to carry a shipping container.






30. Manufacturing system which depends on frequent -small deliveries of parts and supplies to keep on-site inventory to a minimum.






31. 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






32. Interior volume of a truck body -semitrailer or trailer -measured in cubic feet.






33. Operating a truck without cargo.






34. Pair of axles and associated suspension usually located close together.






35. 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.






36. Provides customs clearance on behalf of a shipper or consignee






37. 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.






38. Usually has a motor on the front to control the temperature of the goods it carries. It can heat -cool or freeze products.






39. 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.