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A accessorial ChargesBracing
-- To secure a shipment inside a carrier's vehicle to prevent damage.
Break BulkLogistics Glossary of TermsBracing
-- To secure a shipment inside a carrier's vehicle to prevent damage.
Break Bulk
-- The process of reducing large receipts of product to separate and different SKUs, to allow
stocking by case pack or single units.
Break Bulk Cargo
-- Cargo that is shipped as a unit or package (for example palletized cargo, boxed cargo,
large machinery, trucks) but is not containerized.
Break Bulk Vessel
-- A vessel designed to handle break bulk cargo.
Broker
-- There can be multiple definitions for the term "broker", including: 1) an enterprise that owns &
leases equipment, 2) an enterprise that arranges the buying & selling of transportation, goods, or services,
3) a ship agent who acts for the ship owner or charterer.
Bobtail
-- Tractor operating without a trailer. Also refers to straight truck.
Brokerage
-- A business that provides broker services; or the fee paid to a broker.
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Cabotage
– (1) A federal law that requires coastal and intercoastal traffic to be carried in U.S.-built and
registered ships, or (2) An international trade restriction limited the transportation origins and destinations
available to non-national transporters.
Cab-Over-Engine (Cabover or COE)
-- Truck or tractor design in which the cab sits over the engine on the
chassis.
Cab-to-End (CE, CF, LP)
-- Distance from back of a truck's cab to the end of its frame.
Capacity Load
– A condition wherein the freight fills a truck or trailer before approaching the weight limits of
the vehicle. Normally resulting in higher freight rates being assessed by the carrier.
CAPS Access
-- Standard daily reporting of activity on open orders, shipments, and inventory position.
Reports will be available via a web portal for FTP download.
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