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Freight Transport System TEK123 > Begrepp 1 > Flashcards

Begrepp 1 Flashcards

1
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Shipper

A

Buyer of transport services

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2
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Forwarder

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Intermediary link for transport services

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3
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Carrier

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A company moving freight

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4
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Euro-pallet

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Unit load, 80x120cm, modular design

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5
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Shipping pallet

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2x EU pallet, 160x120cm

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6
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Swap-body

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The same dimension as shipping containers can be placed on the same kinds of trucks, trailers and railroad cars designed for shipping containers. Are not stackable, must be lifted from the bottom frame, require special handling for rail

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7
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Structural imbalances

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Imbalances in the overall demand

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8
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Semi-trailer

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A non-powered vehicle intended to be coupled to a motor vehicle

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9
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External costs

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effects on the environment and on human health that result from a company’s activities, but are not included in the costs of its products and services. These impacts are therefore borne by society.

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10
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LoLo

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Lift on/Lift off

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RoRo

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Roll on/Roll of

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12
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LCV

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Long combination vehicle. 18.75m in Europe, 25.25m in Sweden and Finland

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13
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Marshaling yard

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Place where goods train are received, sorted, reformed and dispatched to their various destinations.

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14
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Belly Cargo

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Unit loads in the belly of a passenger plane

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15
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ITU

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Intermodal Transport Unit

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16
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TEU

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Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit

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17
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Intermodal transport: Two conditions

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  1. Two or more modes of transportation are used

2. The goods remain in one and the same transport unit for the entire journey

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18
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Slurry pipeline

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Pipelines used to move ores over long distances

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19
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Cycle time

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Link time + (Node time = Active node time + passive node time)

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20
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Full load

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Over 5 tons

21
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Part load

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1-5 tons

22
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General cargo

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100kg - 1 ton

23
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Parcel

A

1kg-100kg

24
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Light goods

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Under 1kg

25
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ILU

A

Intermodal Loading Unit

26
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Regional environmental effect

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Consists of physical (pollution), Social and indirect (economic growth, regional investment for land use) and subjective (lifestyle, lost mobility for people without a car)

27
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Local environmental effect

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Consists of physical (pollution, noise, waste), social (accidents, congestion) and subjective (fear of traffic, barrier effects)

28
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Global environmental effect

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Physical (Air pollution and greenhouse effect)

29
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Chain imbalance

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Route distribution

30
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Technical imbalance

A

Different types of resources

31
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Operational and commercial imbalances

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Special delivery demands

32
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Safety imbalance

A

Extra capacity as a safety stock

33
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SECA

A

Sulfur Emission Control Area, sea areas in which stricter controls were established to minimize air-borne emissions form ships.

34
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Traffic

A

Movement of vehicles from A-B

35
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Transport

A

Movement of goods in a vehicle from A-B

36
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NEP - North East Passage

A

hipping route from the north Atlantic ocean through the arctic coasts of Norway and Russia to the pacific ocean

37
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Block Trains/Unit train

A

A train in which all cargo carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination without being split up or stored en route

38
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Unit Load

A

Combines individual items into single units that can easily be transported. Pallets, containers etc.

39
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HDV

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Heavy-Duty Vehicles

40
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Platooning

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System of multiple trucks driving together in order to reduce energy consumption through decreased air drag

41
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Load factor

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=packing efficiency * Loading efficiency * Booking efficiency

42
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Saving value

A

describes how favorable it is to link two customers together and supply them by one common route instead of two separate direct routes

43
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Air freedom rights

A

Set of commercial aviation rights grating a country’s airlines the privilege to enter and land in another country’s airspace

44
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HVO

A

Hydrogenated vegetable oil, environmentally friendly

45
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ICD

A

Inland Clearance Depot

46
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CFS

A

Container Freight Station

47
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IFC

A

Intermodal Freight Center

48
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HCT

A

High Capacity Transport

Freight Transport System TEK123 (2 decks)

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