Find the definitions of the most important terms used in transportation and logistics industry

What is a Commodity Code?

What is an Edscha Trailer?

What are Empty Miles?

What does ADR stand for in Logistics?

What is the meaning of ADSp?

What is the meaning of Articulated Truck?

What is an Application Service Provider (ASP)?

What does ATA stand for in road freight logistics?

What does ATD stand for in road freight logistics?

What is an ATR Certificate?

What is Backhaul?

What is the meaning of BAG?

What is Barcode?

What is a Bill of Lading?

What is Bulk Shipping?

What is Cabotage?

What is Car Transport?

What is Cargo?

What does Carrier mean?

What is a CEMT permit?

What is the meaning of CMR?

What is Coil Well?

What is the meaning of Consignor?

What is a Container?

What is the meaning of Dangerous Goods?

What does DAP stand for?

What does DAT stand for?

What does DDP stand for?

What does DDU stand for?

What is the meaning of Diesel Floater?

What is a dispatcher in road freight logistics?

What is a Distribution Channel?

What is the meaning of DSLV?

What does EAI stand for?

What does EDI stand for in logistics?

What is EDIFACT?

What is End-to-End Logistics?

What does EPAL stand for?

What is an ERP System?

What does ETA stand for?

What is an EUR1 Certificate?

What does Export mean?

What does Express Load mean in Logistics?

What is the Federal Association of Logistics (BVL) e.V.?

What does Feeder mean in logistics?

What does FIATA stand for?

What is the meaning of Fifth Party Logistics (5PL)?

What does FIOS stand for?

What does Freight mean?

What does Freight Broker mean?

What is a Freight Forwarder?

What is Freight Forwarding?

What is the Freight Transport Association (FTA)?

What is FTL in transport logistics?

What is Full Container Load (FCL)?

What is a Goods Receipt Note?

What is Green Logistics?

What is Gross Weight?

What is Groupage Freight?

What is a Handheld Scanner?

What is the meaning of Haulage?

What does HAWB stand for?

What does Hazmat mean?

What does HGV mean?

What does HIFO stand for?

What is HS Code?

What is a HUB in road freight?

What does Inbound Logistics mean?

What does Inkasso mean?

What are Intrastat commodity codes?

What does JIT mean?

What does Jumbo mean in Road Freight?

What does KVO mean?

What is Less-Than-Container-Load (LCL)?

What is Line Haul?

What is loading unit?

What is LTL in transport logistics?

What does Material Flow mean?

What does MAWB stand for?

What is Middleware in Logistics?

What is Milk Run in road freight logistics?

What is Net Weight?

What does Outbound Logistics mean?

What is Outsourcing?

What is a Pallet?

What is Partial Truckload?

What is a Piracy Risk Surcharge (PRS)?

What does POD stand for?

What is Point of Origin?

What does POL stand for in Logistics?

What does POU stand for?

What is a Pump Truck?

What is Quality Assurance?

What are Quality Seals?

What are Reefer Containers?

What does REX stand for?

What does Road Freight mean?

What are Road Traffic Regulations?

What is a Shipper in Logistics?

What is Shipping?

A system known as fifth-party logistics, or 5PL, is one in which a company (a client) outsources every aspect of its supply chains to a logistics service provider. The 5PL company is involved in the organization, planning, and execution of the client's logistics plans.