The transport lexicon

If a foreign transport company conducts transport services within another country for remuneration (EU member state), this process is described as [...]

Car transport or also vehicle transport is when a vehicle, such as a car, truck, off-road vehicle, van or delivery truck, is transported on a truck with special truck-trailer (car [...]

Another term for freight [...]

A carrier is a company which organizes the transport of merchandise and/or goods via a haulage [...]

A CEMT permit (CEMT = Conférence Européenne des Ministres des Transports / European Conference of Transport Ministers) allows companies to transport freight across national borders between CEMT [...]

Short for Courier Express Parcel service. Designates transport of cargo with a low weight. A single object must weigh no more than [...]

CMR is an international treaty regarding transport of goods via land across country borders.

CMR is an abbreviation of "Convention relative au contrat de transport international de [...]

is the designation for a metal strip wound around a coil. Generally, it is used to refer to rolls of steel strip although it can also refer to steel wire as a raw material. Broad, flat metal and [...]

hollow for holding coils in a [...]

A construction transport is a type of transport which is used for freights like asphalt, debris or implement. The things transported here are needed on a construction [...]

From the Latin continere = hold together, contain; designates generally standardized large capacity containers for the transport and storage of [...]

Container transport means that the containers can be exchanged between different means of transport. The so-called ISO containers are suitable for ships, rails and road [...]

Contract logistics describes a business model between a producer or dealer of goods and a logistics provider based upon a long term cooperation over the course of which a considerable volume is [...]

Contract market is the economic point where long-term contracts for complex logistics services are [...]

Corporate logistics is a collective term for all logistics activities of a specific company. It includes all internal and company-wide aspects of logistics. That is acquisition, internal production [...]

(Latin: currere = run). A courier service transports small consignments directly from a producer to the recipient at short [...]

This assessment evaluates credit worthiness. In a credit assessment, a company’s credit worthiness is judged against the records of a credit reference / business information [...]

‘Closed User Group’ (German – GBG) CUG designates a group of users who have exclusive access to resources and services. Within a Freight and Vehicle Exchange, there is a CUG or an exchange within [...]