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Van Line Lingo

"Lingo" or "Terms and Industry language" is very important. Every industry works with special terms and abbreviations. It is quite helpful to understand these terms not just for communication purpose. In transportation it is also very important to understand these definitions to cover your liabilties and Commitments. Below is a constantly growing list of Terms and Definitions that Truckers, Firms, Coordinators, and other industry professionals might throw at you.


- Accessorial Service - Actual Weight - Air-Ride - Appointment Service - Attempted Pickup - Billable Weight - Blanket Wrap - Box Truck - Cubic Space - Dimensional Weight - Dock - Exclusive Use - Expedite - Fuel Surcharge - Insurance Liability - Insurance Surcharge - Liftgate - Linear Space - LTL - OA & DA - Pallet - SIT - Tariff - TL - Tractor - Trailer - Transit Time - Usable Space - Valuation -
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