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Transportation Logistics

Subject : business-skills
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1. What are the current trends in trucking?






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






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






4. What is the current share of trucking in total transportation expenses is closest to...






5. Near-shoring






6. Names of the Class 1 railroads?






7. Factors affecting Pricing decisions






8. Haulage

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






10. What is the approximate share of fixed costs of US railroads?






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






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






13. Which government agency will investigate a major railroad accident involving public safety?






14. Stop-off






15. 1 Barge ship is equivalent to how many trucks?






16. Outsourcing






17. What was the rationale behind passing the Staggers Act of 1980?






18. The number of for-hire motor carriers in the US currently falls somewhere in the middle of this range...






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






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






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






22. Labor relations in the US railroad industry?






23. How are interstate highways numbered?






24. What are the service and public benefits of the railroad industry?

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25. Categories of major pricing decisions






26. What was the golden age of railroads?






27. Commercial Invoice






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






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






30. Certificate of Inspection






31. Micro Bridge






32. Which type of railroad cargo has the highest tonnage share in the US?






33. Invoices






34. UNCTAD liner code 40-40-20






35. Pro-Forma Invoice






36. Terms of Payment






37. How many Class 1 freight railroads are there?






38. Examples of general freight






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






40. Offshoring






41. What are the issues facing the US railroads?






42. Which type of a railcar has the highest share in terms of its numbers in service in the US?






43. Ways to classify the motor carriers






44. Which mode has the lowest cost per ton mile?






45. Who has the highest number of coal carloads?






46. Three kinds of ocean carriers






47. 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?






48. On the average - per gallon of fuel - US railroads move a ton of freight...






49. What are the characteristics of a block train?






50. 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.