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.

Blanket Wrap Blanket Wrap is a term used to describe the type of packaging and transportation. Blanket Wrapping is a method of protecting fragile goods in transit. All though you can blanket wrap a shipment place it on a freight truck, this will not ensure safe transit. That is why Blanket Wrap is also a type of transportation. This describes the method in which the trailer and shipments are secured inside with straps and pads.

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