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CLT 8: Dispatch
and Tracking
Operations
Dispatching - answer The act of prioritizing all of the jobs related to shipping goods. Certificate of Origin - answer A document attesting to a shipment's country of origin. Duty (trade) - answer A tax levied by government on the importation, exportation, or use and consumption of goods. Export - answer Products produced in one country and sold in another. Free trade agreements - answer An agreement between one or more countries which eliminates tariffs, import quotas, and preferences on most (if not all) goods and services traded between them. Import - answer Products bought in one country and produced in another.
Intermodal transport - answer 1) Shipments moved by different types of equipment combining the best features of each mode. 2) The use of two or more different carrier modes in the through movement of a shipment. Import Quota - answer A limit on the quantity of a good that can be produced abroad and sold domestically. Shipping manifest - answer A document that lists the pieces in a shipment. A manifest usually covers an entire load regardless of whether the load is to be delivered to a single destination or too many destinations. Manifest usually list the items, piece count, total weight, and the destination name and address for each destination in the load. Shipping Order - answer A document which specifies the products to be shipped, customer information and the mode of transportation. Tariff - answer An official schedule of taxes and fees imposed by a country on imports or exports. Two-part label manifests - answer Computer printed labels which are attached to the package exterior and both sections of the label contain the same information. When the package is placed onto the vehicle, the driver tears off one section of the label which serves as the delivery record.
6,000 containers - answer If a ship is described as being able to carry 3,000 FEU, how many 20ft containers can it carry? Swap-body - answer This container is primarily used in road and rail modes of transport that conform to different international standards and is transferred from truck to rail by an overhead crane. Unaccompanied trailers - answer Semi-trailers which can be used on ferries or piggbacked onto another trailer for rail transport and requires no adaptation of the trailer and does not require personnel to accompany the unit. Roadrailers - answer Semi-trailers that are specially designed to run on rails. The road wheels of the trailer can be retracted and a railway bogie can be attached under the rear of the trailer. Gantry crane or straddle carrier - answer This crane is used to lift containers and swap-bodies. It straddles the containers to quickly move trailers between road and rail vehicles. Grappler Lift - answer This lift is specifically fitted to handle swap bodies and straddles the vehicle and hoists the swap-body. Reach Stacker - answer This is a heavy-duty truck used to transfer containers to and from road and rail vehicles or to stack containers on top of each other. Transtainers - answer These are used to transfer containers from sea vessels to road or rail vehicles. They are mounted on rails so
they can move up and down the dock and have a large boom that can reach onto the ship from the dock. Skeletal trailer - answer Semi-trailer designed to carry ISO containers. It is fitted with locks at various points on the trailer to allow the vehicle to carry different sized containers. It does not have a loading platform. Extendable trailers - answer Skeletal trailers that can be shortened or extended depending on the size of the container they need to carry. Cellular container ship - answer A specifically designed vessel that holds ISO containers stacked on top of one another for maximum capacity filling. Roll-on roll-off ferry (RORO) - answer Ferry designed to carry road or rail vehicles. River Barges - answer Slow moving vessels that are only used for shipments without time constraints and can be RORO equipped or container ships. Rolling Motor Way - answer Rail version of the RORO ferry. Entire trucks can be driven onto rail wagons. Double Stacking - answer Allowed on railways the U.S. and some other countries outside Europe. The European Union regulations do not allow this type of transport in Europe.
to other standard invoice information. Imports into the U.S. are required to be written in English. Customs Entry - answer Report filed with customs authorities on imported goods. Insurance document - answer This document must be included with the shipment if an exporter is required to insure the shipment.
