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Transportation Logistics

Subject : business-skills
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1. Terms of Payment






2. What are the two primary operational indicators in the railroad industry?






3. Freight Revenue for Rail (per ton-mile)






4. What terms describe a type of operation in trucking?






5. What is the difference between class 1 and class 2 carriers?






6. Price variation factors in airline service






7. Benefits of hub and spoke system






8. Categories of major pricing decisions






9. How to assess the operating ratio?






10. Land Bridge






11. Near-shoring






12. Drayage






13. What commodity/goods are typically transported by railroads in the US?






14. Which Mode of Transportation has the highest volume in tonnage?






15. Although the Interstate Highway System accounts for about 1% of total public road mileage - it carries...






16. What are the reasons for the relative decline of the US railroads after World War 2?






17. The whole history of the US railroads is a history of...






18. It is common for an operating ratio of motor carriers to be around these numbers...






19. What are the generally accepted classifications of railroads?






20. Types and shares of cost in railroads






21. Factors affecting Pricing decisions






22. Starting from which cargo weight and movement distance does it normally make sense to ship by rail?






23. What do the users of truck service benefit?






24. What are the current trends in the US railroad?






25. Mistakes in pricing strategy






26. What could be the rationale for railroad mergers?

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27. 1. Character of shipment rates: LTL/TL rates - multiple-car rates - incentive rates - unit train rates - density rates... 2. Area - location or route rates: Local rates - joint rates - proportional rates - differential rates - per mile rate.






28. What is the approximate number of railroads in the US?






29. The problem of driver shortage in the US...






30. What is the trend for the miles of road over the past 50 years in the US railroad industry?






31. What factors lead to reduction of air pollution by trucks?






32. Pro-Forma Invoice






33. A pumping station requires 3-6000HP to move oil through a pipeline. To move more than 1 grade at same time what do you use?






34. Names of the Class 1 railroads?






35. The average annual salary of a locomotive operator compared to a TL driver in the US is...






36. Who has the highest number of coal carloads?






37. Freight revenue for Modes (per ton-mile)






38. Class Rate Calculations






39. Private Carrier






40. Haulage

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41. Major commodities hauled by each mode






42. Certificate of origin






43. Which modes have the following cost structure: Low Variable and High Fixed?






44. What aspects of the trucking industry is the US involved in?






45. What are the metrics to measure freight traffic in the motor carrier industry?






46. Non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC)






47. Pooling






48. What is the empirical formula of the typical coal unit train in the US?






49. What is the truck driving time limitations?






50. LTL terminals are used for connections with these operations...