Unit 8. Common aspects of Cargo Transport

Related to road transport, full load means:

• Hiring the whole vehicle

• Hiring by transported units

• Hiring half container

Regarding maritime transport, full load is also known as:

• Ship with maximum capacity

• Full ship load

• Full Ship Charter

Profitable routes are:

• The cheapest

• The furthest

• The one that has a return trip

Return (round-trip) transport

• Full circuit

• Closed circuit

• Total Circuit

The two factors that contrubute to rates aplication are:

• Volume and weight

• Volume and distance

• Distance and weight

Transport rates are:

• Established by government

• Each country has their own

• Mutual agreement between both parts

Hiring logistic operations to another company is called:

• According

• Logistic intermediates

• Outsourcing

________ ________ are the companies that offer logistic services

Logistic tasks include:

• Supply

• Storage

• Handling

• Transport

Hiring all the logistic services to another company is also known as:

• Total Logistics

• Operational Logistics

• Comprehensive Logistics