haulier
Road cargo carrier
A haulier is a person or company in the business of transporting goods by road, particularly by truck or lorry.
The term is primarily British; Americans would say trucking company or hauler.
The hauliers threatened to strike over fuel prices.
She runs a small haulier in the Midlands.
British freight vehicle
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- freightGoods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
fleet · delivery · shipment · articulated · HGV · road · consignment · distribution
Hired construction professional
- operatorOne who works machinery
- firmSolid or resolute
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- ratesFixed prices charged
contracts · clients · invoicing · margins · overheads · insurance · compliance · tenders
Vehicle journey recorder
- hoursSixty-minute spans
- weight limitsMaximum permitted heaviness
- roadworthinessVehicle's fitness for driving
- MOTUK vehicle certification
licensing · customs · ADR · certification · permits · border checks · documentation · rest periods
Spanning national boundaries
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- EurotunnelChannel crossing rail operator
- customs clearanceFormal import approval procedure
- importObtain from overseas
export · transit · documentation · tariffs · continental · Brexit · bonded · intermodal
lorry
British freight vehicle
logistics · fleet · delivery · shipment · articulated · HGV · road · consignment · distribution · trailer
contractor
Hired construction professional
rates · contracts · clients · invoicing · margins · overheads · insurance · compliance · tenders · subcontractor
tachograph
Vehicle journey recorder
- hoursSixty-minute spans
- weight limitsMaximum permitted heaviness
- roadworthinessVehicle's fitness for driving
MOT · licensing · customs · ADR · certification · permits · border checks · documentation · rest periods · enforcement
cross-border
Spanning national boundaries
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- EurotunnelChannel crossing rail operator
- customs clearanceFormal import approval procedure
import · export · transit · documentation · tariffs · continental · Brexit · bonded · intermodal · ports
- freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
- haulersteamster, freighter, carrier, transporter, drayman
- truckerstrucker, owner operator, tanker driver, flatbed driver, tramper
- hauling offTransporting something away
- hauling assMoving very quickly
- hauling aroundTransporting things laboriously
- cargo hauling
- keel haulingNautical corporal punishment
- trash haulingTransporting refuse for disposal