- Industry: Government
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Road transport operating agreement among European governments and the United States for the international movement of cargo by road. Display of the TIR carnet allows sealed containerloads to cross national frontiers without inspection.
Industry:Transportation
Method of payment for goods in which documents transferring title are given the buyer upon payment of cash to an intermediary acting for the seller, usually a commission house.
Industry:Transportation
Act of throwing cargo or equipment (jetsam) overboard when a ship is in danger.
Industry:Transportation
The movement of a highway trailer on a railroad flatcar. Also known as Piggyback.
Industry:Transportation
A method of payment for goods in which the buyer pays the seller in advance of the shipment of goods. Usually employed when the goods, such as specialized machinery, are built to order.
Industry:Transportation
In this method of inventory control, warehousing is minimal or non–existent; the container is the movable warehouse and must arrive “just in time;” not too early nor too late.
Industry:Transportation
A unit used in comparing freight earnings or expenses. The amount earned from the cost of hauling a ton of freight one mile.– The movement of a ton of freight one mile.
Industry:Transportation
A method of payment for goods in which cash is paid at the time of order and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller.
Industry:Transportation
A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.
Industry:Transportation
