"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
When shipments or moves require additional labor and other services that are not covered under the base service agreement they are added under a Accessorial Service Clause. This describes any additional services.