freight companies
Goods transportation businesses
Freight companies are businesses that transport goods and cargo, typically by truck, rail, ship, or air.
The term distinguishes commercial haulers from passenger carriers: We hired a freight company to move the equipment across the country.
Also called freight carriers or shipping companies.
- truckloadVehicle's full cargo
- long haulProlonged difficult undertaking
- eighteen wheelerLarge tractor-trailer rig
- drayageFee for short-distance hauling
- loading dockRaised platform for freight
warehousing · intermodal · air cargo · container shipping · cargo hold · shipping lanes · last mile · shipment tracking · bulk shipping · courier services · GPS tracking · trucking · express delivery · teamsters · inventory management · bill of lading · big rig · weigh station
- intermediariesmiddleman, middlemen, go-between, go-betweens, broker
freight companiespassenger airlines
Companies transporting paying air travelers
passenger ferries · ferry services · limousine services · Amtrak · Greyhound
freight companiesmanufacturers
Entities producing goods massively
storage facilities · producers · factories · distribution centers · fulfillment centers
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