The transport lexicon
Lexicon entries
Cabotage
If a foreign transport company conducts transport services within another country for remuneration (EU member state), this process is described as [...]
Car transport
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 [...]
Cargo
Another term for freight [...]
Carrier
A carrier is a company which organizes the transport of merchandise and/or goods via a haulage [...]
CEMT permit
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 [...]
CEP
Short for Courier Express Parcel service. Designates transport of cargo with a low weight. A single object must weigh no more than [...]
CMR
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 [...]Coil
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 [...]
Coilwell
hollow for holding coils in a [...]
Construction transport
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 [...]
Container
From the Latin continere = hold together, contain; designates generally standardized large capacity containers for the transport and storage of [...]
Container transport
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
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
Contract market is the economic point where long-term contracts for complex logistics services are [...]
Corporate logistics
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 [...]
Courier service
(Latin: currere = run). A courier service transports small consignments directly from a producer to the recipient at short [...]
Credit assessment
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 [...]
CUG
‘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 [...]
Curtainsider
Has a rigid roof and rear doors with sides of movable PVC curtains, which can be drawn back for easy [...]