Types of Transportation
Types of Carriers
Miscellaneous
Warehouses
100
This type of transportation is the least expensive form of transportation.
What is water?
100

This is another name for motor carriers.

What is trucks?

100
A ton of freight moved one mile is known as:
What is a ton-mile?
100
This type of warehouse rents out storage and handling to various businesses.
What is public warehouse?
150
This type of transportation has the best safety record.
What is pipeline?
150
This type of carrier does not have to publish its freight rates because it negotiates fees with each customer.
What is a contract carrier?
150
Shipping loaded truck trailers on ships or barges is this type of transportation.
What is fishyback?
150
This is a marketing function which refers to holding good until they are sold.
What is storage?
200
This type of transportation if flexible because it can go door to door.
What is trucking?
200
The FAA regulates types air transportation rates. True or False?
What is False?
200
Goods stored for future sales is known as this.
What is inventory?
200
This type of warehouse is owned by a company and can also hold their offices.
What is a private warehouse?
250
For this type of transportation you pay a lower rate if you fill an entire boxcar.
What is railroad?
250
This type of carrier Congress has freed from direct rate regulation.
What are exempt carriers?
250
The process of order processing, transporting, storing, stock handling, as well as inventory control.
What is logistics or physical distribution?
250
This is a warehouse whose main goal is to sort and move products.
What is a distribution center?
300
This type of transportation makes the smallest percentage of total ton-miles of freight shipped.
What is air?
300

This is the term for when you combine two types of transportation systems.

What is intermodal?

300
When moving items between states like from Arizona to Florida it is known as this.
What is interstate?
300
This type of warehouse requires the payment of a federal tax before items can be taken out.
What is a bonded warehouse?
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