Across
- 5. tactic used by shippers to change the destination (consignee) of freight while the goods are in transit.
- 8. Extra charges are imposed for these transit privileges. Stop off charges are levied for when shippers request that a shipment may be partially loaded at several locations.
- 9. railroad term denoting the local movement of freight rail cars.
- 10. refrigerated container.
- 11. small platform, usually, on which goods are placed for handling.
- 13. An individual or firm that sends freight. A freight originator.
- 15. Transportation that uses a specialized container that can be transferred from the vehicle of one mode to the vehicle of another; a single freight bill is used for the shipment.
Down
- 1. An individual or firm to whom freight is shipped. A freight receiver.
- 2. Penalty charges assessed by a carrier to a shipper or consignee.
- 3. firm that provides transportation services.
- 4. A deliberate delay in committing inventory to shipment by a shipper.
- 6. Companies that provide door-to-door domestic and international air freight service.
- 7. Local trucking, typically describing truck movement of containers and trailers to and from rail intermodal yards and to and from port facilities.
- 12. It refers to goods being transpored from place to place.
- 14. acronym of the term of free negotiation on board.