Affreightment
Ship rental. Contract of affreightment: charter agreement, contract stipulated between a forwarder and a shipp...
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+39 0141 1650000
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transport solutions
oversize load transport
with cranes and mobile cranes
dangerous waste
Dangerous Goods (ADR)
prior to transport
Certificate
import/export management
hire and repair
warehouse storage
GMT has different types of semi-trailers – also for hire – that can meet even the most specific needs
GMT is equipped with large indoor and outdoor guarded warehouses for goods storage and where its vehicles are garaged
GMT offers a wide range of shipping and lifting solutions with cranes, pickup trucks, different types of semi-trailers and forklifts with a capacity ranging from 30 to 80 quintals
GMT Trasporti
Transport, logistics and lifting solutions
GMT, based in Villanova d’Asti, is a trucking company offering third-party logistics services, especially national and international transport of goods in general. GMT can transport all types of goods, including Oversize Loads and hazardous materials, such as Explosives and Radioactive substances. Our qualified and experienced staff can manage and perform all types of loading and unloading operations. The GMT fleet is reliable and versatile, which makes it suitable for any type of transport, as many types of hooks are available to create different combinations. Furthermore, having the satellite technology installed on each of its vehicles GMT can ensure the highest levels of safety. GMT has a large warehouse available to its customers for goods storage, and a large area for garaging vehicles.
ARES
Freight forwarders liability insurance policy. It does not concern all the responsibilities incumbent on the s...
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Armatore – Ship owner
Person or company incorporated and legally recognized that manages and uses for the transport of things, peopl...
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Caricatore – Shipper
Natural or legal person who stipulates the transport contract with the carrier....
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Caricazione sopra coperta – On deck loading
If the goods are loaded on deck (not in the hold), the policyholder or the insured must notify the insurer......
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Cash against documents (CAD)
Payment of the goods upon delivery of the documents representing the goods....
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Chirografo d’avaria – Average bond
Arbitration act by which the owner of the goods, undertaking to pay the general average contribution, obtains ...
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Clausola di classificazione – Classification clause
Any insurance contract concerning the shipment of goods by sea makes express reference to this clause. An esse...
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Combined Bill of Lading – CBL – HBL – TBL
Main document in the maritime sector, certifying the loading of goods from a designated port of unloading on a...
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CPT
In the CPT the seller must deliver the goods to the carrier designated by himself, but the particularity of th...
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CIP
The CIP return has the same characteristics as the Cpt but the seller, in this case, is obliged to provide......
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CFR
Used in sea transport, in the Cfr the seller is obliged to deliver the goods on board the ship in......
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DAP/DAT
In this type of return, the seller bears the costs relating to the main transport and carries out the export.....
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Customs duty
Duty is a tax that is levied by customs on goods at the time of importation. The payment of the......
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Boarding declaration – Booking
It is the request that the operator (directly or through the forwarder) forwards to the shipping company to re...
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Special Drawing Rights – SDR or DTS in the French version Droits de tirage special
Virtual currency created by the International Monetary Fund used for the calculation of vector liability limit...
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Door to door
Transport in which a single subject assumes the responsibility of carrying out (or having carried out) the ent...
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Door to pier
“(service) door (of the sender) to door (of the receiver)” Transport in which a single subject ass...
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Customs
The Customs is a body responsible for the control of goods in import and export, required to collect customs d...
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DDP
With this type of guarantee, the seller delivers the goods on the means of transport of arrival in the country...
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DDT
The transport document (DDT) is a certificate used to certify the transfer of goods between two distinct place...
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ETA
“Estimated time of arrival”. It means “estimated time for arrival at destination” and,...
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ETD
“Expected time of departure”, expected date of departure of the goods from the receiver / port / f...
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Exporter
The exporter is the person responsible for the customs export operations and in the buying and selling operati...
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EXW
The term Ex works provides that the seller fulfills the obligation to deliver by making the goods available to...
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FAS
Usually usable in maritime transport, the FAS return obliges the seller to deliver the goods on the quay of th...
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FCL
“Full Container Load” (FCL) – Means that a customer is fully booking one or more shipping co...
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FCR – Fiata forwarder certificate of receipt
Certificate of acceptance of the goods by the shipper / In issuing the FIATA FCR document, the shipper certifi...
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FCT – Fiata forwarder certificate of transport
Transport document issued by the shipper....
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FEU – Forty equivalent unit
Container unit of measurement equivalent to 40 feet (12.20 m.)....
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FOB
Usable only for sea transport, the seller must deliver the goods directly on board the ship indicated by the b...
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FCA
In the FCA return, the seller delivers the goods, already cleared for export, to the carrier designated by the...
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Log book
Consisting of four separate books that must be kept on board the ship and on which are reported, chronological...
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Endorsement
Placed on the bill of lading and on the insurance certificate, it gives legitimacy to the holder of the docume...
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Handling
Set of operations and auxiliary services to freight transport relating to the handling of goods; The storage o...
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Importer
The importer is the person responsible for the import customs operations and in the purchase and sale operatio...
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Institute cargo clauses – ICC
English clauses for the insurance of goods issued by the ILU....
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Institute cargo clauses (A) – ICC (A)
English clauses for the insurance of goods transported under “All risks” conditions....
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Institute strikes clause – ISC
English clause for the insurance of the risks of strikes, riots, civil motions....
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Institute strikes clauses (cargo) – ISCC
English clauses for the insurance of the risk of strikes and similar on the goods transported....
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Institute strikes riots civil commotions clause – ISRCCC
English clauses for the insurance of the risks of strikes, riots, civil motions on transported goods....
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Institute warranties – IW
English clause on sea areas prohibited to ships, concerning H&M policies, due to the seasonal presence of ...
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Istitute of London Underwriters – ILU
It grouped together 46 British and foreign insurance companies specialized in the transport sector, dissolved ...
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LCL – “Less than Container Loaded”
Less than Container Load (LCL) is the term used in the logistics field to define the type of shipment of......
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Liner terms
Freight conditions that attribute the costs of loading and unloading the goods to the carrier, according to th...
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Lo-Lo – Lift on/Lift off
Technique of loading a ship with cranes that raise and lower the loading units, as happens for the loading and...
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Lashing certificate
It is a document issued by an expert to certify that the goods are raised according to technical standards req...
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Missed boarding – Shut out – Left out – Short shipping
Not a very rare event, generally due to an error in the evaluation of the space available in the hold......
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Goods
Goods, defined as movable assets, are all tangible products that are the subject of a commercial transaction. ...
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Netto a bordo – Clean on board
Term used in transport documents, mainly in oceanic bills of lading, to confirm the integrity of the goods loa...
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Ocean bill of lading (B/L)
is the most common document used in maritime transport, which certifies the loading of the goods in a specific...
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Live work – Quick work – Bottom
Parts of the hull of a ship located below the waterline....
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Delivery order
It is issued by the carrier to the receiver, bearer of the bill of lading, so that he can collect......
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Packing list
Bill of packages; list indicating the contents of a container; loading list....
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Polizza di carico diretta – Through bill of lading
Contract of transport by sea with which the carrier assumes the responsibility of carrying out, by other means...
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Porto assegnato – Carriage forward
Agreement under which the transport costs are charged to the recipient....
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Porto franco – Carriage paid
Agreement according to which the transport costs are charged to the sender....
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Customs procedure
Term indicating the outcome of the goods. The types are: Entry into free circulation, Customs warehouse transi...
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Lashing
Set of operations and procedures aimed at securely tying goods transported by sea, so that the latter does not...
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Said to contain – STC
Clause inserted on BLs by the shipping carrier when loading FCL full container load containers....
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Sea way bill
It is a document issued by the carrier to the supplier in exchange for the load.This document differ from the....
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Shipped on deck at shipper’s risk
shipped on the deck of the ship at the risk of the shipper....
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Shipper declaration for transport of dangerous goods – SDT
Declaration issued by the shipper for the transport of dangerous goods, prepared by FIATA....
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Layday and demurrage
The layday is the period of time during which the ship remains available to the shipper (or receiver) in the.....
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Gross registered tonnage
Measurement of the volumes of all enclosed spaces on the ship, including those that cannot be used for cargo s...
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Net registered tonnage
Measurement of the volumes of all the spaces useful for stowing the load. It is carried out by the Naval......
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Stowage
Operation of placing goods in the hold of the ship or on any other means of transport, to be carried......
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Forwarder
The freight forwarder is a professional figure that assumes a central role in the world of logistics. Its func...
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Terms
Terms, conditions, terms. C-terms clauses with main freight paid. E-terms clauses with outbound delivery. D-te...
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TEU – Twenty foot equivalent unit
It represents the standard measure of volume in container transport. Most of the containers have a length of 2...
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THC (Terminal handling charges)
Expenses for grounding and handling of containers stowed on the ship....
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Transhipment
The operation with which the goods are transferred from the ship or other means of transport, on land or on......
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International transport
International transport is the physical transfer of goods located in one country to another place located in a...
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Exceptional transport
Exceptional transport means that type of road transport of goods that exceeds the limits of shape, mass or saf...
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Vgm (Verified Gross Mass)
It is the verified gross mass of a container and corresponds to the net weight of the goods, of its......
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Vector
the carrier is the person in charge of the physical movement of the goods (art. 1678 of the civil code).......
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Warehouse
Warehouse, storage. Bonded warehouse warehouse for temporary exemption storage. Customs warehouse bonded wareh...
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Warehousing
Warehousing, or storage, concerns the design and management of logistic infrastructures, plants and other equi...
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Warrants
Guarantee. Dock warrant certificate of deposit. Warehouse warrant authentic deposit (customs)....
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ADR
ADR is the European agreement that regulates the transport of dangerous goods. This agreement contains the reg...
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ADSP
Abbreviation for Allgemeine Deutsche Spediteurbedingungen = Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen für Spediteure (...
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Shipping Agent and Logistics Services / Freight Forwarder
Shipping and logistics service agents (formerly: freight forwarders) work in shipping and logistics companies....
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Dump truck
Special open version of a truck. The truck is equipped with a rear tipping body and / or sideways (with......
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Notice
With the delivery notice, the respective transport company informs the recipient in advance of the approximate...
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Shipping company
A shipper company in general means a company that commissions logistics services to a logistics service provid...
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Exchange of freight and vehicles
A virtual market is meant mostly for freight forwarders and transport operators. In this platform they can pro...
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Online Cargo Exchange
Freight exchanges are now almost exclusively online. In the simplest systems, free advertisements are made bas...
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Storage bag
An online stock exchange is a search engine for warehouses that allows you to locate free storage spaces and s...
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Logistic surface exchange
A stock exchange makes it possible to offer and find suitable storage and logistics areas. The largest online ...
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Route calculator
Also known as a route planner. We mean PC programs that help to plan the route between the place of......
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Load
Indicates any goods that a transport company agrees to transport under contractual agreement with the sender....
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Full load
It occurs when a customer hires a complete truck, directed to a single recipient....
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Return load
The term cargo defines the set of goods contained in the loading compartment (s) of a means of transport such....
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Partial load
Load that does not occupy the entire load capacity of the truck, but only partially....
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Forklift
The lift truck or forklift is a motorized ground transport vehicle, mainly used for the transport of pallets a...
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Shipping house
The forwarding house is a company that carries out the commercial activity of organizing, in its own name, the...
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Mobile cash desk
Interchangeable body for the transport of goods. Swap bodies are standardized and can be applied and removed w...
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Logistic supply chain
It means the set of all commercial activities necessary for a product to find its way from the producer to......
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Centina
A rib is a truck tarp that works like an accordion. The trailer roof can indeed be opened / moved.......
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Tank
Container for the storage of liquids, usually with a square or cylindrical construction....
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CMR
The CMR indicates the International Convention relating to the International Carriage of Goods by Road. CMR is...
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Order confirmation
If a forwarding company accepts an order, the contractor has the option of sending a written confirmation to t...
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Dedicated delivery, express delivery
These are goods that must be transported from one place to another quickly. This type of transport is part of....
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Container
From the Latin continere = to contain; these are generally large standard containers for the transport and sto...
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Articulated convoy
Heavy vehicle in which the front of the trailer is mounted on a fifth wheel steering. Therefore, an articulate...
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Covered
Truck cover. Goods are loaded into a covered platform truck which, for example, must be protected from the wea...
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Courier
(Latin currere = to run). Make express delivery of small shipments, directly from the sender to the recipient....
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Definition of empty travel
An “empty trip” means a trip in which a truck travels unloaded to its next loading point. This is usually....
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Storage area
Place where moving goods are stored. In particular, a warehouse with related infrastructures is used for the c...
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Recipient
The recipient is the one from whom the goods are unloaded or accepted, i.e. the place of delivery of the......
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Diesel floater
A diesel floater is used to counter the fluctuation in diesel prices. It is established individually between t...
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Disposition
In economics, disposition is an organizational unit responsible for circulation in accordance with quantity an...
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Distribution
(from the Latin distributio) Indicates all the processes that take place in the sales channel between producer...
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Export
Primary meaning: transport of goods and / or services across state borders, outside....
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Europool-palette
Also known as euro-palette; it is a pallet pallet standardized by European transport companies, usually made o...
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FTL (Full Truck Load)
The term FTL (Full Truck Load), in Italian full load, indicates a transport in which the truck carries a singl...
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GBG
Abbreviation of Geschlossene Benutzer Gruppe; in English “Closed User Group (CUG). Indicates a group of ...
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Fleet management
This refers to the specific arrangement, command and control of vehicle fleets (heavy goods vehicles, passenge...
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Group of different goods
These are contracts for the transport of packages from several senders; the forwarder collects the packages, g...
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Hub
Termination of the transport sector; we mean a transshipment center where the flows of goods are collected, so...
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The contract market
The contract market is the economic place where long-term contracts are stipulated for logistic services of pa...
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Transport company
A transport company is an enterprise that transports goods to their respective destinations on a commercial le...
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Transport order
If the transport company has accepted a trip, a transport order is sent by the shipper to the transport compan...
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Collection
Financial term. It means the collection of overdue financial receivables, in particular of invoices....
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KEP
Abbreviation of Kurier, Express-, Paketdienst. Indicates the transport of packages with a minimum weight. A si...
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Waybill
it is a document issued by the sender that accompanies the goods. It acts as a support document containing the...
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LKW
Short for Lastkraftwagen (truck), originally called “laster” or “truck” (American). Th...
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Logistics
It is the process of moving goods, from commission to delivery to the customer. It includes all planning, oper...
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Logistics 4.0
Logistics 4.0 refers to the most modern logistics which includes interconnection, digitalization and cloud com...
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Business logistics
Corporate logistics is the generic term for the logistics of a company and includes both internal and external...
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Contractual logistics
Contractual logistics means a contractual model, between a production or trading company and a supplier of log...
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Warehouse logistics
Warehouse logistics is a branch of logistics that involves companies active in warehouse management and dealin...
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LTL (Less Than Truckload)
The term LTL (Less Than Truckload) refers to road transport under partial load. For a truck with a partial loa...
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Warehousing
Warehousing means the activity of conservation and custody of goods on a commercial level, carried out by the ...
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Cargo offer
A freight offer is the offer of a freight which, for remuneration, is transported by a third party. The offer....
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Transport webpage, transport homepage
A transport web page means the page of a transport service provider. There you can find information about the ...
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Pallet or loading pallet
Platform on which packaged goods are stacked for transport purposes. There are different types of headstock (e...
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Toll
tax paid to travel through certain tunnels and bridges and certain roads and highways. Also called road networ...
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Route planning
organization of transport contracts (manual or by means of special software). The contracts are distributed to...
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Loading yard
The loading yard is the place where goods are loaded onto a carrier. This is usually the place of dispatch....
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Unloading area
indicates the place (collection point) where the goods are unloaded or accepted....
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Free port
The term “free port” is used commercially to indicate shipments in which the payment of transport ...
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Production
The term production refers to the manufacture as well as the packaging and finishing of consumer goods and ser...
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Responsible for the movement
as a rule, the movement manager creates, coordinates and supervises the tours or journeys of the vehicle fleet...
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Search for cargo
It means the targeted search of loads eg. by transporters, freight forwarders and transport companies In a mas...
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Roll of sheet metal
we mean a rolled sheet like a roll (roll of sheet, in English coil). These are usually rolls of tape,......
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Fixed deadline
There is a fixed deadline if, with the transport order, a precise time is agreed for loading or unloading the....
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Semi-trailer
also called articulated lorry or semi-trailer tractor. It consists of a tractor without a loading bed and an i...
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Silo
large storage for loose goods. In agriculture, the silos used to store cereals are 10 to 20 meters high. These...
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Vehicle tracking / localization system
A tracking system is a system that offers the user the opportunity to find out about the position of the......
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International freight forwarder
In times of globalization, the shipping of goods over long distances becomes increasingly important. An intern...
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SVG fixing support
The SVG Bundes-Zentralgenossenschaft Straßenverkehr eG cooperative supports companies in the transport and lo...
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Tautliner
it is a semi-trailer without fixed sides. On the sides of the truck there are moving floors and integrated fas...
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Tender
It is an English word that means tender. It is the part of the ordering process, where potential bidders are.....
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Thermal
means the transport of temperature sensitive goods, in particular goods which must be kept warm....
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Time slot management systemè
The purpose of a time slot management system is to reduce or eliminate waiting times at the loading or unloadi...
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Type of truck
indicates various types of trucks, eg. semi-trailer, articulated convoy....
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Domestic traffic / internal traffic
In domestic or domestic traffic, goods are transported only within the borders of a country, for example when ...
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Transportation management system
A transportation management system (TM-System) is a tool for traffic dispatchers. With a transportation manage...
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Transport
It means the transport of goods (movement of goods) or of people (movement of people)....
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Animal transport
The term animal transport or even livestock transport means the transport of live animals by truck, car, rail,...
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Horse transport
Horse transport is a special type of animal transport in which live horses are transported by truck, car, rail...
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Transport of motor vehicles
the transport of motor vehicles means the transport of a vehicle, such as a car, a truck, an off-road vehicle,...
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Express shipping
With this type of transport, urgent loads are assigned. Packages or goods must be delivered to the place of de...
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Refrigerator transport
transport of frozen and deep-frozen goods (from the Latin frigor = cold)...
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Freight transport
freight transport means the transport of goods or goods of any kind by means of transport such as trucks, cars...
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Heavy goods transport
with this type of transport we mean the transport of particularly heavy goods....
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Special transport
special transport includes heavy transport, exceptional transport and urgent transport....
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Land transport
the term land transport includes all types of transport carried out on the ground, ie by land. This term means...
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Metric loading unit
standardized measure for transport by truck. Each unit corresponds to 1 meter of the longitudinal load capacit...
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Use of the warehouse
The use of the warehouse depends primarily on the type of storage facility or surface. The warehouse must be e...
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Solvency check
Solvency is synonymous with commercial reputation. The credit check is aimed at verifying the commercial reput...
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Wasted trip
A wasted trip is a journey of a means of transport without a load. All unladen trips of a truck......
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