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33 Cards in this Set
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Acceleration Levels During Highway Transport |
0.8g forward 0.5g rear 0.5g lateral 0.2g vertical |
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Acceleration Levels During Rail Transport |
4.0g forward 0.4g lateral 0.4g vertical |
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4 Types of Shipping Methods |
1. Rail 2. Truck 3. Ocean (Maritime) 4. Air |
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Most Common Trailer Dimensions |
53 feet long 102 inches height |
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Important Design Factors for Air Transport |
Weight |
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DIM Weight |
Dimension Weight = (L x W x H)Fa |
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Fa |
Airline Volume Weight Factor = Domestic: 166, International: 194 |
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Highway Container Weight Limit |
40,000-44,000 lbs (Total of 80,000 lbs or 20,000 lbs per axel) |
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Rail and Maritime Container Weight Limit |
52,910 – 67,200 lbs |
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Most optimal pallet design for all modes of transportation |
There is NO one pallet design that is optimal for all modes of transportation. |
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TEU |
20 foot equivalent unit |
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FEU |
40 foot equivalent unit |
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Containerization |
System of freight transport based on a range of steel intermodal containers |
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Intermodal Transportation |
Transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiples modes of transportation (rail, ship, and truck) without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. |
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LTL, TL |
Less-than-truck-load Truck-load |
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LCL, FCL |
Less-than-container-load Full-container-load |
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Piggyback |
One Transportation unit is carried on the back of something else |
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Break Bulk |
material stacked on pallets and lifted into and out of the hold of the vessel by cranes on the dock or aboard the ship itself |
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Bulk Cargo |
Commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers (Oil, Salt, etc.) |
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Neo-bulk Cargo |
individual units that are counted as they areloaded and unloaded |
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Project-Cargo |
an oversized or overweight equipment which istoo big to fit it into a shipping container |
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Air Freight |
Air Cargo |
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Unit Load Device (ULD) |
is a pallet or container used to load luggage, freight, and mail on wide-body aircraft andspecific narrow-body aircraft. |
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Regulation: 49 CFR 393 |
CFR-Code of Federal Regulations Title 49-Transportation Subpart 393-Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation |
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Most Common Type of Railcar |
Boxcar |
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Standard Boxcar Dimensions |
Inside Length: 50' 6'' Inside Height: 13' 13/16'' Inside Width: 9' 6'' Door Opening Height: 12' 4'' Door Opening Width: 10' |
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Standard Boxcar Weight Capacity |
211,800 Lbs 6,269 cubic feet |
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Flatcar |
Designed to transport oversized goods and cargo that must be loaded from the side or top |
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Hopper Car |
Tank cars for carrying bulk liquids |
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Maximum Freight Container Weights |
20' --- 52,910 lbs 40' --- 67,200 lbs |
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Restraining Systems |
Method A – Wood Rigid Systems Method B – Wood Rigid Systems Method C – Energy Absorbing Semi-Rigid System Method D – T-gates Method E – Rubble Matting/Steel Strapping System |
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AAR |
American Association of Railroads |
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IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
