Key Players
They usually hire brokers to facilitate their supply chain
What is a customer?
This is Unilink's main type of freight operation
What is over the road?
They have a compartment located behind the cab.
What is a Sleepers trucks, also called semi trailers?
Federal branch that oversees the US transportation system
What is the DOT?
A particular route defined as an Origen and Destination.
What is a lane?
The person or entity that receives the cargo. (Point B)
What is a consignee
Commonly used for large shipments that required taking up the entire truck or at least close to it.
What is Full Truck Load?
Type of equipment needed to haul ice cream
What is a refeer?
Department that regulates the trucking industry in the US?
What is the FMCSA?
The person or entity that receives the cargo
What is a consignee?
Company or person legally entitled to transport goods
What is a Carrier?
Management and execution of activities related to the transportation, logistics, and handling of goods and services via maritime routes
What is an ocean operation?
Most common type of equipment
What is a dry van?
Number the FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (FMCSA) assigns to registered commercial vehicles
The amount of money the carrier charges Unilink to move the freight
What is Carrier Cost?
Facility responsible to prepare the product ordered by the customer to be hauled and delivered
What is a shipper?
Transportation of products that do not required a full truckload
What is Less than a load?
This type of equipment is used to move a container from one place to another
What is a chassis?
Unique identifier assigned by the FMCSA to carriers operating in interstate commerce
What is an MC Number?
Financial gain obtain from the different between the revenue and the carrier cos
What is Profit?
The primary role is to match shippers with carriers
What is a 3PL?
This approach leverages the strengths of a rail transportation.
What is an Intermodal Operation?
This truck does not include the on the road overnight sleep features
What is a Day cab?
This is the maximum amount of gross pounds a vehicle must weight
What are 80,000 pounds gross?
Availability to match a driver, truck and trailer that can pick up and deliver on time, while making the profits margins that the company expects
What is capacity?