Trucking
The most common form of transportation.
pipelines, trucks, waterways
What are trucks?
The percent of transportation railroads take up.
14%, 15%, 16%
What is 15%?
This is the best advantage for marine shipping.
time, cost, veiws
What is cost?
The fasted type of transportation.
trucks, airway, pipeline
What is airway?
The distance trucks are ideally suited for transporting goods.
short, medium, long
What is short?
This is the typical distance ideal for railroad transportation.
a few miles, long distance, next door
The biggest disadvantage of marine shipping.
time, cost, veiws
The transportation that transports oils.
marine, pipelines, trucks
What are pipelines?
The percent of transpiration systems that is trucking.
89%, 100%, 69%
What is 69%?
Light, Heavy, colorful
What is heavy?
This can affect marine shipping.
flight patterns of geese, weather, sharks
What is weather?
This takes up less than 1% of total ton-miles of freight shipped.
airways, railroad, marine
What are airways?
The percent of truck shipments that weigh less than 1000 lbs each.
35%, 58%, 80%
Trains are good at carrying things such as coal, steel, lumber, and this.
grain, feathers, dirt
What is grain?
The type of shipping that is from one port to another on connected rivers and lakes.
short distance, overseas, inland
What is inland?
The most common product shipped by air.
slip-n-slides, mail, building supplies
Backyard, Door-to-door, only at ports
This many pounds are in a ton.
7, 4000, 2000
What is 2000?
The size of container that ships can carry 20 or 40 of.
house, truck, box
What is truck?
The type of transportation that has the best safety record.
pipelines, marine, turcks
What are pipelines?