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Plain-English definitions for common dispatching, freight, load board, appointment, pickup, delivery, and trucking operations terms.
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Driving without a paying load.
A return or reload load after delivery.
Pay for excessive loading or unloading delays.
Pay or delay when a truck is held overnight.
Truck Ordered Not Used cancellation pay.
Bill of Lading, the main freight document.
Proof that the freight was delivered.
The broker-carrier agreement for a load.
An offered or assigned load.
Scheduled pickup or delivery time.
First Come, First Served facility timing.
Dropping one trailer and hooking another.
Driver waits during loading or unloading.
A freight or trailer handoff movement.
Extra charge beyond the base freight rate.
Fee paid for warehouse unloading labor.
A load with multiple pickup or delivery stops.
The base freight transportation charge.
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