trucking and shipping vocabulary

When a driver weighs for the first time after recived the shipping

• SHIPPING

• FIRST WEIGHT

• AXLE

• LOGBOOK

A form of motoring insurance that sends assistance to drivers when their vehicles break down on a journey

• ROAD SERVICE

• DOCK

• SHIPPER

• AXLE

Originally referred to transport by sea, but it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air as well.

• SHIPPER

• FIRST WEIGHT

• REST AREA

• SHIPPING

The distance, typically in miles, that a shipment will travel.

• BILL OF LADING

• LENGTH OF HAUL

• REST AREA

• DOCK

A shaft or rod that supports the truck’s weight and rotates the wheels; 18-wheel trucks generally have five axles.

• DOCK

• SHIPPING

• AXLE

• LOGBOOK

Located at warehouses, distribution centers, and terminals, are where trucks park to load and unload cargo.

• DOCK

• SHIPPER

• SHIPPING

• ROAD SERVICE

Book carried by truck drivers in which they record their hours of service and duty status for each 24-hour period

• FIRST WEIGHT

• BILL OF LANDING

• AXLE

• LOGBOOK

A business/party whose freight is being moved

• SHIPPER

• SHIPPING

• FIRST WEIGHT

• REST AREA

Place where truck drivers can park to have a nap or a rest.

• REST AREA

• DOCK

• SHIPPING

• FIRST WEIGHT

A receipt of freight services that serves as a record of the chain of custody for a shipment.

• REST AREA

• SHIPPING

• BILL OF LADING

• AXLE