"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.
Attempted Pickup
Attempted Pickups are bad! Try to stay away from these. No carrier can absorb the cost of making multiple trips for service without getting paid. So if you fail to cancel service or prepare for service, the carrier will asess you a fee.