Freight Glossary

Visual glossary of freight

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  • Dead-Head: An empty freight truck: a driver is transporting a freight trailer with no cargo on it.
  • Dimensions: Dimensions are freight shipment’s length, width and height. To get the correct dimensions, measure the largest dimension for every axis.
  • Dock: A platform, usually the height of 48'', used for loading and unloading freight trucks.
  • Domestic Freight: Domestic freight, as opposed to international, or cross-border freight shipping is shipping within one country without having to cross any borders. Domestic freight shipping is the simplest form of freight(...)
  • Door-to-door: Shipping to and from customer-requested locations, as opposed to terminal-to-terminal shipping.
  • Double drop: A flatbed trailer with a dropped deck (below the top of tires) at the rear and at the front.
  • Drop Deck Flatbed: A drop deck flatbed is an open-ended semi-trailer platform with no roof, sides, or doors. It consists of two deck levels. The height of the trailer is that of a normal flatbed trailer near the tractor unit(...)
  • Dry Cargo: Dry cargo is freight that is shipped in a dry van (a regular truck that is not temperature-controlled).
  • Dry Van: Dry van is an enclosed trailer used for freight shipping of cargo that does not require temperature-control (dry cargo).
  • Dunnage: Disposable material used for packaging and securing cargo such as loose wood, matting, shrinkwrap, straps, cardboard, etc.    

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