freight handling
Moving shipped goods
Freight handling is the process of loading, unloading, moving, and storing cargo during transport.
The term covers physical operations at warehouses, ports, rail yards, and airports: The delay was due to slow freight handling at the terminal.
Workers who do this are freight handlers.
- loadingAdding weight or cargo
- loading dockRaised platform for freight
- forkliftPowered pallet-hoisting vehicle
- stevedoreShip cargo handler
- heavy liftingArduous physical or mental exertion
longshoremen · pallet jack · hand truck · transshipment · cargo net · supply chain · sorting · stacking · weight limits · drayage · scheduling · dispatching · break bulk · dolly · palletizing · shrink wrap · crane · routing
cargo type
freight handlingpassenger service
Transport for travelers
passenger transport · passenger boarding · commuter services · commuter service