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Transportation Logistics

Subject : business-skills
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1. What is the trend for the miles of road over the past 50 years in the US railroad industry?






2. What were the reasons for the erosion of the railroad dominance in transportation in the US?

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3. Types of vehicles for trucking






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






5. What are the characteristics of a block train?






6. Bill of Lading






7. Drayage






8. How many Class 1 freight railroads are there?






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






10. Three kinds of ocean carriers






11. Micro Bridge






12. Pricing adjustment conditions






13. A barge tow is capable of moving how many barges?






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






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






16. Which phrase best characterizes the level of competition in the motor carrier industry?






17. What are the highest variable costs in the railroad industry?






18. What is an approximate capacity of a hopper?






19. Value of Service pricing






20. 1 Barge ship is equivalent to how many trucks?






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






22. Certificate of Inspection






23. Line of credit process

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24. Invoices






25. Types and shares of cost in railroads






26. Pooling






27. Commercial Invoice






28. How does the US railroad industry compete with other modes?






29. The status of competition within the US railroad industry?






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

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






32. Class Rate Calculations






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






34. Trackage

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35. Certificate of origin






36. Service competition areas in airline industry






37. Did the US railroads have anything to do with the creation of world time zones?






38. Haulage

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39. Main forms of Charter Ships






40. What term is related to railroad operations?






41. What is the difference between TOFC and COFC service?






42. At about what time did trucking become the predominant mode of transportation in the US by gradually surpassing the railroads in terms of tonnage and revenues?






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






44. UNCTAD liner code 40-40-20






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






46. What could be the rationale for railroad mergers?

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






48. How are interstate highways numbered?






49. How to assess the operating ratio?






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