truck transport

Road cargo delivery

Truck transport is the movement of goods by road using trucks, as distinct from rail, air, or sea freight.

The term appears in logistics and shipping contexts: Most of our truck transport goes through regional distribution centers.

Also called road haulage or trucking.

Related
  • haulingTransporting heavy items
  • freightGoods being transported
  • semiLarge freight truck
  • rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
  • cargoTransported goods

loading dock · highway · diesel · trailer · eighteen-wheeler · cab · air brakes · shipment · logistics · load · flatbed · CB radio · delivery · depot · interstate · open road · mile marker · rest area

Opposites
mode of freight transport

truck transportrail transport

Track-based conveyance system

rail freight · air freight · air cargo · maritime shipping · ocean freight

scale and distance

truck transporttranscontinental rail

Railway crossing entire continent

bulk shipping · ocean freight · courier service · container shipping · global shipping

Family

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G