Expedited Services Incorporated - Shipping Terms

Transportation Intermediaries Association

Shipping Terms

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Term	Definition
3PL	The transportation, warehousing and other logistics related services provided by companies employed to assume tasks that were previously performed in-house by the client. Also referred to as Third Party Logistics.

49 CFR	Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) contains the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) for shipping materials of a hazardous nature.

Bill of Lading	A document that establishes the terms of a contract between a shipper and a transportation company. It serves as a document of title, a contract of carriage and a receipt for goods.

Break Bulk	To separate a composite load into individual shipments and route to different destinations.

Break Bulk Terminal	A terminal, used by large common carriers, designed to act as an intermediate sorting point for interregional freight. Freight from various end-of-line terminals is sent to a regional break bulk terminal to be combined into full trailers that the carrier then routes to a subsequent end-of-line terminals.

Cargo	Freight that is loaded onto a container or trailer.

Cartage Company	Company that provides local (within a town, city or municipality) pick-up and delivery.

Common Carrier	A freight transportation company which serves the general public. May be regular route service (over designated highways on a regular basis) or irregular route (between various points on an unscheduled basis).

Connecting Carrier	A carrier which interchanges trailers with another for completion of shipments.

Consignee	The individual/company who is receiving the shipment.

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