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fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A transportation medium; the atmosphere; or the area between earth and space.
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fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A vehicle designed for air transportation.
Acronym: A/C, ACFT
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Airline -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A business that provides the scheduled transportation of people and goods by air.
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Common Carrier (1) -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition 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).
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Compensated Intracorporate Hauling -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Freight transportation service provided by one company for a sister company.
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Conveyance -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A means of transportation.
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HAZMAT -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition 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.
Acronym: HAZMAT
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Hours-of-Service -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition U.S. Department of Transportation safety regulations which govern the hours of service of commercial vehicle drivers engaged in interstate trucking operations.
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Intelligent Transportation Systems -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Blanket term for a wide array of technologies, including electronic sensors, computer hardware and software and radio communications. The purpose of IVHS is to increase efficiency of use of existing highways, reducing travel time, fuel consumption, air pollution and accidents. There are five functional areas: Advanced Public Transportation Systems
Acronym: ITS
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Blanket term for a wide array of technologies, including electronic sensors, computer hardware and software and radio communications. The purpose of IVHS is to increase efficiency of use of existing highways, reducing travel time, fuel consumption, air pollution and accidents. There are five functional areas: Advanced Public Transportation Systems
Acronym: IVHS
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Lead Time (1) -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A span of time required to perform an activity. In a production and inventory control context, the activity is normally the procurement of materials or product from either an outside supplier or a company's own manufacturing facility. The individual components of any given lead time can include some or
Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: Gartner Group "Information Technology Glossary" Executive Reference, 1993
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Logbook -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition 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.
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition The requirements, resources, processes, procedures, design considerations, and methods necessary to ensure that all systems, equipment, and support items are preserved, packaged, handled, and transported properly.
Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics
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Pipeline -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A transportation medium for moving fluids from one place to another.
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Private Carrier (1) -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Business which operates trucks primarily for the purpose of transporting its own products and raw materials. The principle business activity of a private carrier is not transportation.
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Railroad -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A transportation medium consisting of a track composed of parallel rails and ties for trains and other rail vehicles; or a system of tracks, equipment, facilities, and property for railroad transportation.
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Seveso Directives -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition EC legislation on accident risks in several industrial activities and on the supervision and control of the transportation of hazardous waste.
Reference: Professor Derek Urwin, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pol028/index.htm
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Transportation -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition The act of moving physical objects from one place to another.
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Trip Leasing -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Leasing a company's vehicle to another transportation provider for a single trip.
Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)
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Trucker -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition One who is in the business of operating a truck for freight transportation; a truck or tractor operator.
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Vessel -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A craft designed for water transportation.
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Water -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition A transportation medium; the hydrosphere; oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, streams, canals, and inland waterways.
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