The transport lexicon
Lexicon entries
Abnormal goods
Designation for extremely heavy or unusually long, wide or high loads, which cannot be transported without the use of a crane or lifting platform, for [...]
ADR
ADR (dangerous goods)
ADR is the name of the European treaty regarding dangerous goods. The treaty contains regulations for traffic regarding packaging, securing of loads, and labelling of [...]ADSP
Short for Allgemeine Deutsche Spediteurbedingungen = German general commercial conditions for road [...]
Animal transport
The term animal transport or also livestock transport is understood as the transport of living animals by truck, car, train, ship or [...]
Articulated truck/trailer combination
A truck where the front axle of the trailer is mounted on a ‘fifth wheel’, i.e. a central swashplate. This way, an articulated truck/trailer combination has one rotational point on the drawbar [...]