Saturday, December 4, 2010

Trailer


Trailer?


  • A truck consisting of a tractor attached to a semitrailer or trailer, used for transporting loads.
  • A large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor.
  • A wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy.




Container


Container?

Container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). An object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc.

(Business / Commerce)
a.  a large cargo-carrying standard-sized container that can be loaded from one mode of transport to another
b.  (as modifiera container port a container ship

Prime Mover

Prime Mover?











Friday, December 3, 2010

What is Haulage?



  • Haulage may refer to: The horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste, also called cartage or drayage. The vertical transport of the same with cranes is called hoisting. The business of transporting goods by road.
  • The inland transport service which is offered by the carrier under the terms and conditions of the tariff and of the relative transport document.
  • Delivery of containerized movement from Port to destination (imports)
  • Delivery of laden (export) and empty containers



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