Transportation Modes
Modes con't
Capacity
Legal forms of Trans
Minutia
100
Five transportation modes
What is Truck, air, rail, pipeline, water-borne
100
Pipelines move these materials
What is gas, oil and refined products
100
100 car train is equivalent to _____ trucks
What is 385
100
These accept responsibility for carrying goods at anytime, to any place, for all shippers, usually at a set price
What is a common carrier
100
______ Cloony
What is George
200
Transportation used for low weight, high value items
What is Air
200
Ro-Ro vessels
What is a ship/ferry/barge where vehicles can drive on and drive off
200
A 747 aircraft is equivalent to ____trucks
What is 5
200
Carriers not regulated by federal and/or state mandates
What are fishing and agricultural products
200
_______Shakur
What is Tupac
300
Most U.S. Imports come to us via ____
What is ocean-going vessels
300
Most common types (sizes) of containers
What is 20 ft and 40 ft
300
How to reduce transportation costs
What is increase the weight shipped, reduce the number of pick-ups, consolidated shipments
300
Carriers owned by the firms which produce the goods
What are private carriers
300
________Romo
What is Tony
400
Most expensive mode of transportation
What is Air
400
Intermodal shipping
What is when two or more transportation modes to move products to consumers in the most cost-effective and secure manner.
400
Example of fixed costs
What is truck, ship, rail car, aircraft, pipeline
400
These serve as intermediaries between the shipper and the carrier
What is freight forwarders
400
_______Obama
What is Barak Hussein
500
Best suited for moving large volumes of bulky goods throughout the U.S
What are trains
500
Generally thought of as the slowest mode of transportation
What is water-borne
500
Variable costs are _____
What is fuel, labor, maintenance
500
FTL\LTL
What is full truck load/less than truck load
500
Marion Morrisson
What is John Wayne
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