The transport lexicon
Lexicon entries
Haulage contractor
A haulage contractor is responsible for the actual transportation of a freight consignment via land, water or [...]
Haulage service
A service for forwarding goods from the loading place to the [...]
Haulier / Haulage contractor
A haulier is as an independent contractor or a commercial entrepreneur who, based on a transport contract, carries out the transport via rail, road, sea, air, inland waterways or in a combination of [...]
Hazardous goods transport
Materials or objects which due to their composition may be a risk are considered hazardous. When transporting loads, specific regulations must be followed. Hazardous goods transports also have to be [...]
Heavy goods transport
Extremely long, heavy, wide or high loads are transported for which special equipment such as cranes or lifting jacks is [...]
Heavy load
With a heavy load extremely heavy goods are [...]
HGV
Abbreviation for heavy goods [...]
Horse transport
Horse transport is a special type of animal transport in which living horses are transported by truck, car, train, ship or aircraft. Special horse transport companies offer professional [...]
Hub
In the transport sector, a hub is a central trans-shipment/handling point where streams of goods are received then sorted and redistributed in all directions according to regional target [...]