The transport lexicon
Lexicon entries
Dangerous goods / hazardous materials
Goods which are dangerous to transport. This includes, for example, radioactive, explosive, highly inflammable, toxic and corrosive [...]
Debt collection (Inkasso):
From the Italian meaning ‘collection, recovery’, Inkasso is a financial term often used in German documents. Used to refer to the collection of outstanding financial receivables, in particular [...]
Delivery note
With a delivery note the transport company announces the approximate arrival time of the vehicle, the number of articles enclosed as well as the weight and/or volume of the goods to the recipient in [...]
Diesel floater
Diesel floaters serve to counter the fluctuating diesel prices. It is an individual agreement between the transport service provider and the [...]
Distribution
(from the Latin: distributio = distribution) Designates all processes which run in the sales channel between producer and seller right up to the end [...]
Domestic transport
Domestic transport describes the national traffic. It does not go beyond borders and only operates within one [...]
DSLV e.V.
Is the German Association of Freight Forwarders and Logistics. It was founded in 2003 when Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik (BSL) and Vereinigung Deutscher Kraftwagenspediteure (VKS) merged. To [...]