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Cargo - The freight carred by a ship, aircraft, truck or other vessel or vehicle. Related Terms: Cargo - aircraft | cargo handler | freight | ship | truck | vehicle | vessel | Cargo Weight - Combined weight of all loads, gear and supplies on a vehicle. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Cargo Weight - cargo | freight | trucking | CARGOES - A DRIVE project on the Integration of Dynamic Route Guidance and Traffic Central Systems. Acronym: CARGOES Reference: Professor Derek Urwin, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pol028/index.htmRelated Terms: CARGOES - international | trade | Dead-Heading - Operating a truck without cargo. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Dead-Heading - cargo | truck | trucking | LTL Carrier - Trucking company which consolidates less-than-truckload cargo for multiple destinations on one vehicle. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: LTL Carrier - less than truckload | tl carrier | trucking | truckload | Manifest - An itemized list of all passengers and cargo onboard a ship or aircraft; a listing of goods carried by a truck or train; or a listing of railcars in a train. Acronym:Related Terms: Manifest - aircraft | bill of lading | cargo | inventory | invoice | passenger | railcar | ship | train | truck | Payload (1) - Weight of the cargo being hauled. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Payload (1) - cargo | freight | trucking | Straight Truck - Vehicle which carries cargo in a body mounted to its chassis, rather than on a trailer towed by the vehicle. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Straight Truck - bobtail | truck | trucking | TL Carrier - 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. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: TL Carrier - less than truckload | ltl carrier | trucking | truckload | Tonnage - The displacement of a vessel in tons of water; or a duty charged per ton of cargo at a port, pier, dock or canal.Related Terms: Tonnage - canal | displacement | dock | duty | pier | port | vessel | Trailer On Flat Car (1) - Method of moving cargo which involves transporting semitrailers on railroad flat cars. Acronym: TOFC Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Trailer On Flat Car (1) - container on flat car | piggyback | trucking | Transshipment - The transfer of cargo from one conveyance to another.Related Terms: Transshipment - cargo | conveyance | shipment | Truck (1) - Vehicle which carries cargo in a body mounted to its chassis, rather than on a trailer towed by the vehicle. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Truck (1) - straight truck | tractor | trucking | Warfage - A fee charged for cargo passing through a pier or dock.Related Terms: Warfage - cargo | dock | pier |
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