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Trucking Industry
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1. 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.
Tanker Trailer
LTL
Pup Trailer
5 Ton / Straight Truck
2. A load of freight which permits a trucker to return to his home with a loaded truck -rather than an empty one.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Backhaul
Container Chassis
Tanker Trailer
3. U.S. Department of Transportation safety regulations which govern the hours of service of commercial vehicle drivers engaged in interstate trucking operations.
Hours-Of-Service
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Tailgate or Liftgate
Container Chassis
4. 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.
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Container Ship
Reefer Van
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
5. Short semitrailer -usually between 26 and 32 feet long -with a single axle.
Common Carrier
Bill of Lading
Backhaul
Pup Trailer
6. 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.
Container Ship
Bill of Lading
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Cartage Company
7. Operating a truck without cargo.
Pup Trailer
Cartage Company
Dead-Heading
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
8. Provides customs clearance on behalf of a shipper or consignee
Reefer Van
Hours-Of-Service
Customs Broker
Container Chassis
9. 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)
Common Carrier
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Fixed Tandem
5 Ton / Straight Truck
10. Interior volume of a truck body -semitrailer or trailer -measured in cubic feet.
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Single axle tractor
P&D
Tri-Axle
11. Used to transport most products -makes products easy to handle with a pallet jack or forklift.
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
Container Chassis
Pallet / Skid
Single axle tractor
12. Used to lift pallets
Container (Shipping Container)
Pallet Jack
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Conventional Truck [Tractor]
13. 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
Cartage Company
Reefer Van
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
14. Single-purpose semitrailer designed to carry a shipping container.
JIT (Just-In-Time)
Step deck trailer
Container Chassis
Commercial Invoice
15. 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.
TL
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
Tanker Trailer
Common Carrier
16. Provides local (within a town -city or municipality) pick-up and delivery.
Fixed Tandem
Dead-Heading
Cartage Company
Dry Van
17. Pickup and delivery.
Container Ship
Logbook
JIT (Just-In-Time)
P&D
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.
Bill of Lading
Hours-Of-Service
Pup Trailer
Logbook
19. Hauls any type of liquids -separate trailers are used for edible and non edible shipments.
Tanker Trailer
Freight Broker
'TEAM' Driving
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
20. This trailer steps down after the tractor to get shipments lower to ground and not exceed height restrictions.
Step deck trailer
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
TL
21. How most shipments from other countries arrive.
Fixed Tandem
Reefer Van
Customs Broker
Container Ship
22. Trucking company which consolidates less-than-truckload cargo for multiple destinations on one vehicle.
Reefer Van
Dry Van
LTL Carrier
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
23. Manufacturing system which depends on frequent -small deliveries of parts and supplies to keep on-site inventory to a minimum.
Pallet / Skid
Common Carrier
Container (Shipping Container)
JIT (Just-In-Time)
24. 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).
Pup Trailer
Cube (Cubic Capacity)
Hazmat
Common Carrier
25. 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.
Backhaul
Hazmat
5 Ton / Straight Truck
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
26. 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.
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Tri-Axle
LTL
Dry Van
27. Total weight of a vehicle and everything aboard -including its load.
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
Fixed Tandem
Container (Shipping Container)
Freight Broker
28. 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.
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29. Standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships -railcars -etc.
Fixed Tandem
Single axle tractor
A.C.E. Automated Commerical Environment
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
30. The legal document that a shipment travels under.
Bill of Lading
Container (Shipping Container)
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
31. Group of three axles on a truck -tractor or trailer. Tridems are most common on European semitrailers.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
JIT (Just-In-Time)
Tri-Axle
32. 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.
Logbook
Pallet / Skid
Freight Broker
Backhaul
33. 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.
Tailgate or Liftgate
Dry Van
Hazmat
Hours-Of-Service
34. What the shipper needs to provides customs if crossing the border.
Single axle tractor
Tri-Axle
Commercial Invoice
Hours-Of-Service
35. Usually has a motor on the front to control the temperature of the goods it carries. It can heat -cool or freeze products.
Cartage Company
Step deck trailer
TL
Reefer Van
36. 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
Reefer Van
Tandem Axle (Tandems)
Container (Shipping Container)
P&D
37. Notice this short dry van has a tailgate or liftgate to take shipments from the trailer to ground level.
Tailgate or Liftgate
Commercial Invoice
TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
Dead-Heading
38. Used for mostly in town work to make sharper turns -this one is hauling a 53 foot dry van.
TL
Single axle tractor
5 Ton / Straight Truck
Logbook
39. Pair of axles and associated suspension usually located close together.
P&D
Dead-Heading
Commercial Invoice
Tandem Axle (Tandems)