Chap 12 Transportation
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accessorial Service | Transportation service that is supplemental to line-haul transportation. |
| Barge | a large, strongly-built boat or ship for carrying freight or waste |
| Broker | Takes a shipment and matches it with a mode of transportation |
| Common Carrier | serve all customers that request the service |
| Consignee | the reciever of a shipment |
| Contract Carrier | specialized service to customers on a contractual basis |
| Container | Large reusable stee boxes used for intermodal shipments |
| Department Of Transportation | the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs |
| Dimensional Weight | Considers a shipment's density (the amount of space occupied relative to weight) to determine a shipment's billable weight. |
| Exempt Carrier | For-hire carriers that have been exempted from economic regulation through provisions in various pieces of legislation. |
| Freight Forwarder | an organization that puts many small shipments together to create a single large shipment that can be transported cost-effectively to the final destination |
| Intermodal Transportation | combining two or more modes of transportation |
| Land Bridge services | surface transportation between orign and destination |
| Less Than Truckload | LTL. Rates applicable when the quantity of freight is less than the volume of truckload minimum weight. |
| Line- Haul | Terminal-to-terminal movement of freight or passengers. |
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