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glossary of trucking (shipping) terms - shipping terms

 
 

Glossary : SHIPPING TERMS

SHIPPING TERMS

Accessorial Charges
Backhaul
Bar Code
Billing
Blocking or Bracing
Bonded Warehouse
Bulk Cargo
Bulk Head
Cargo Insurance
Carload
Certificate of Insurance
Claim
COD
COFC
Commodity
Consignee
Consignor
Consolidation
Container
Container Chassis
Cross-docking
Cube
CWT
Dead-Heading

Decking
Density
Detention Time
Dock
Dunnage
EDI
Enroute
FCL
Floor Freight
Floor Loading Height
FOB Destination
FOB Origin
Forklift
Free Time
Freight
Freight Bill
Fuel Surcharge
GPS
Gross Vehicle Weight
Ground Transportation
GVW
Hazardous Material
Highway User Fee
Hot Shot

Hours-Of-Service
Household Goods
Intrastate Traffic
JIT (Just-In-Time)
LCL
Less Than Truckload
Line Haul
LTL
Logistics
Long Haul
Lumper
Milk Run
Modal Share
N.M.F.C.
National Motor Freight Classification System
NVD
Origin / Point of Origin
Overage
Packing List
Pallet
Pallet Jack
Pallet Size
Peddle Run

Per Hundred Weight
Pick/Pack
Port of Discharge
Port of Loading
Prepaid
Proof of Delivery
Quality
Rate
Shipper
Shortage
Short Haul
Skid
Stretch Wrap
Strip
Subrogation
Supply Chain
Supply Warehouse
TL
TOFC
Top Freight
Truck Tonnage
Truckload
Warehousing
Waybill

 

 

 
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