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Automatic Equipment Identifier - A transponder built into a container which transmits information about the container such as weight and container number for automatic update to a shipping database. Acronym: AEI Related Terms: Automatic Equipment Identifier - container | freight | shipping | terminal | transponder | Carload - A shipment in which the freight completely fills a container or railcar. Acronym: CLRelated Terms: Carload - freight | full carload | less than carload | railcar | shipment | Container (1) - 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. Containers are transported on public roads atop a container chassis towed by a Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Container (1) - shipping container | trucking | Container Chassis - Single-purpose semitrailer designed to carry a shipping container. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Container Chassis - container | shipping container | trucking | Container Load - A shipment in which the freight completely fills a container. Acronym: CLRelated Terms: Container Load - container | freight | full container load | less than container load | shipment | Container On Flat Car - Method of moving shipping containers which involves transporting them on railroad flat cars. Acronym: COFC Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Container On Flat Car - piggyback | trailer on flat car | trucking | Drayage - A service offered by a motor carrier for the cartage of rail or ocean containers from a dock to an intermediate or final destination, or the charge for such cartage.Related Terms: Drayage - carrier | cartage | container | dock | motor carrier | ocean | port | rail | service | Full Carload - A shipment in which the freight completely fills a container or railcar. Acronym: FCRelated Terms: Full Carload - carload | freight | less than carload | railcar | shipment | Full Container Load - A shipment in which the freight completely fills a container. Acronym: FCLRelated Terms: Full Container Load - container | container load | freight | less than container load | shipment | Full Truck Load - A shipment in which the freight completely fills the trailer or container. Acronym: FTLRelated Terms: Full Truck Load - container | freight | less than truckload | trailer | truck | truckload | shipment | Less Than Carload - A shipment in which the freight does not completely fill the container or railcar; or a particular consignor's freight when combined with others to produce a full carload. Acronym: LTC Reference: less than container load,Related Terms: Less Than Carload - carload | freight | full carload | railcar | shipment | Less Than Container Load - A shipment in which the freight does not completely fill the container; or a particular consignor's freight when combined with others to produce a full container load. Acronym: LCL Reference: less than container load,Related Terms: Less Than Container Load - container | container load | freight | full container load | shipment | Less Than Truckload - A shipment in which the freight does not completely fill the trailer or container; or a particular consignor's freight when combined with others to produce a full truckload or full container load. Acronym: LTL Reference: less than container load,Related Terms: Less Than Truckload - container | freight | full truckload | trailer | truck | truckload | shipment | Packaging - The wrapping, dunnage, or container in which something is packed for storage or shipment; the type or style of the wrapping or container used to protect goods during shipping and handling; materials used to prepare something for shipping or storage; or the process of packing an item for shipmentRelated Terms: Packaging - dunange | handling | materials | package service | process | protection | shipment | shipping | storage | tare weight | Shipping Container - 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. Containers are transported on public roads atop a container chassis towed by a Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Shipping Container - container | trucking | Tare - The weight of an item's container and packing.Related Terms: Tare - container | tare weight | vehicle | Tare Weight - The weight of an item's container and packing; or the empty weight of a vehicle or container.Related Terms: Tare Weight - shipping weight | tare | Truckload - A shipment in which the freight completly fills the trailer or container. Acronym: TLRelated Terms: Truckload - container | freight | full truckload | less than truckload | shipment | trailer | truck | Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit - Standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships, railcars, etc. Acronym: TEU Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit - container | trucking |
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