Chapter 12 - Transportation

Question 1

Rail gauge

Answer 1

The distance between the inner sides of two parallel rail tracks

Question 2

Line haul

Answer 2

Terminal to terminal movement of freight or passengers

Question 3

Consignees

Answer 3

Receivers of freight

Question 4

Dimensional weight

Answer 4

Considers a shipment’s density to determine a shipment’s billable weight

Question 5

Less than truckload

Answer 5

150-10k lbs

Too big to be handled manually, but don’t fill an entire truck

Question 6

Truckload carriers

Answer 6

Shipments greater than 10k lbs

Close to amount that would physically fill a trailer

Question 7

Slurry systems

Answer 7

Allow bulk commodities to become liquefies blue by grinding the solid material to a certain particle size, mixing it with a liquid to form a fluid muddy substance, pumping that substance through a pipeline, and then decanting the liquid and removing it, leaving the solid material

Question 8

Barge

Answer 8

Flat board boat used to transport heavy products

Question 9

Lock

Answer 9

Raises or lowers barges so they can meet the river’s level as they move upstream or downstream

Question 10

Intermodal transportation

Answer 10

Transportation that uses a container or other equipment that can be transferred from the vehicle of one mode to that of another without the contents being reloaded or disturbed

Question 11

Piggyback transportation

Answer 11

Either truck trailer on flatcar or container on flatcar in order to take advantage of rail’s low transportation costs on the line haul along with truck’s ability to provide door to door service

Question 12

Unit load devices ULDs

Answer 12

Airfreight containers constructed of lightweight materials

Question 13

TEU

Answer 13

20ft equivalent unit

Question 14

Freight forwarders

Answer 14

Consolidators of freight

Question 15

Shippers’ associations

Answer 15

Same function as surface and airfreight forwarders, but don’t operate for profit

Question 16

Parcel carriers

Answer 16

Companies that specialize in transporting parcels (packages up to 150lbs)

Question 17

Brokers

Answer 17

Companies that look to match a shipper’s freight with a carrier to transport it

Question 18

Common carrier

Answer 18

Agreed to serve the general public; must serve, deliver, charge reasonable rates, and avoid discrimination in pricing and service

Question 19

Contract carrier

Answer 19

Offers a specialized service to customer on a contractual basis

Question 20

Exempt carriers

Answer 20

For hire carriers that have been exempted form economic regulation through provisions in various pieces of legislation

Question 21

Private carriers

Answer 21

Companies whose primary business is other than transportation and provide their own transportation service

Question 22

Transportation

Answer 22

The actual physical movement of goods and people between two points