haulage
Moving goods commercially
Haulage is the business or cost of transporting goods, especially by road or rail: The haulage fees added significantly to our expenses.
In British usage, haulage often refers specifically to the trucking industry: He's been in haulage for thirty years.
The word emphasizes the commercial or logistical aspect of moving heavy loads rather than the physical act itself.
British freight vehicle
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- semiLarge freight truck
- tractor-trailerCab-and-trailer cargo vehicle
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
rig · flatbed · lowboy · tanker · dumper · articulated · trailer · van
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- goodsThings for sale
- loadCarried weight or burden
payload · merchandise · commodities · bulk · pallets · containers · parcels · packages
One that transports
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- contractorHired construction professional
- operatorOne who works machinery
- 3PLThird-party logistics provider
trucking · compliance · regulations · tachograph · licensing · depot · yard · broker
Allocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- dispatchSend with speed
- trackingMonitoring location over time
routing · scheduling · intermodal · drayage · last mile · fulfillment · consolidation · transloading
Adding weight or cargo
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- cartageFee for transporting goods
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- collectionGathered set of items
pickup · transfer · towing · porterage · handling · strapping · securing · weighbridge
lorry
British freight vehicle
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- semiLarge freight truck
- tractor-trailerCab-and-trailer cargo vehicle
eighteen-wheeler · rig · flatbed · lowboy · tanker · dumper · articulated · trailer · van · cab
freight
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- goodsThings for sale
load · payload · merchandise · commodities · bulk · pallets · containers · parcels · packages · products
carrier
One that transports
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- contractorHired construction professional
- operatorOne who works machinery
3PL · trucking · compliance · regulations · tachograph · licensing · depot · yard · broker · subcontractor
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- dispatchSend with speed
tracking · routing · scheduling · intermodal · drayage · last mile · fulfillment · consolidation · transloading · manifest
loading
Adding weight or cargo
collection · pickup · transfer · towing · porterage · handling · strapping · securing · weighbridge · turnaround
oversize
Larger than usual
- superloadExceptionally heavy shipment
- refrigeratedKept cold mechanically
- perishableProne to decay
hazmat · livestock · timber · aggregate · scrap · skip · tanker · bulk
rate
Measured speed or charge
price · toll · expense · billing · invoice · surcharge · quote · mileage · demurrage · premium
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- haulingtow, lug, heave, pull, drag
- freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
- freight logisticscargo trains, shipping containers, freight cars, customs clearance, cargo handling
- minemine shaft, adit, drift, crosscut, raise
- metal miningcopper mine, open-pit mine, underground mine, ore veins, mineral veins
haulageair freight
Goods shipped by aircraft
airmail · digital transmission · electronic transfer · teleportation · postal delivery
haulagestorage
Space for keeping goods
warehousing · stockpiling · stowage · retention · immobility
haul, hauling, hauled, hauler, overhauling, overhauled, haulers, overhauls, haulier