Freight Glossary

Your complete guide to the language of logistics.
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A

Air-Ride Suspension

Axle

B

Bill Of Lading (BOL)

Blind Shipment

Blocks and Brace

Bobtailing

Broker/Freight

Bulk Freight

C

Capacity

Carbon Offsets

Claim

CO2e Saved/Avoided

Commercial Invoice

Common Carrier/Authority

Conestoga

Consignee (CNEE)

Consignor (CNOR)

Container

Cross Dock

Cubic Capacity

Customs Broker

D

Deckable

Declared Value (DV)

Department of Transportation (D.O.T.)

Dispatching

Distribution Center

Diversion

Door to Door

Double Blind Shipment

Double Drop Deck

Doubles

Draymen/Drayage

Drive Axle

Driver Assist

Drop Trailer

Dropdeck

Dry Van

Dunnage

F

Flat Bed

Flatcar

Forklifts

Freight Bill/Payables

Fronthaul

Full Truckload (FTL)

H

Hazmat

Headhaul

HOS (Hours of Service)

I

Insurance by Liability

L

Lane

Layover

Lead Time

Less Than Truckload (LTL)

Letter of Authority

Liftgate (LG)

Linehaul

Load to Ride

Loading time

Loose Capacity

Lumper Service

M

Mileage

Multi-Stop

N

Net Weight

NMFTA/NMFC

NOI

P

Pallet

Partial Truckload (PTL)

Pickup Flexibility

PO (Purchase Order)

Private Carrier

PRO#

Proof of Delivery (POD)

Pup Trucks

R

Receiving Dock

Reefer

S

Sidekit

Skid

Sort and Seg

Stackable Freight

Super Sack

Swing Doors

T

Tailgate

Team Driver

Terminal

Third Party Logistics

Trans-loading

Transit Time