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TCMX - Transportation Company of America; TCRT - Twin City Rapid Transit Company; TCRY - Tri-City Railroad; TCStL - Toledo, Cincinnati and St Louis Railroad; TCSX - Tank Car Services, Inc. TCSZ - Triple Crown Service; TCT - Texas City Terminal Railway; TCWR - Twin Cities and Western Railroad; TCX - General American Transportation Corporation
TST Solutions L.P. (doing business as TST-CF Express) is a Canadian less than truckload (LTL) freight carrier located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.TST-CF offers nationwide Canadian service and partners with US-based LTL carrier Saia to provide international services to and from the United States. [3]
Some terms may be used within other English-speaking countries, or within the freight industry in general (air, rail, ship, and manufacturing). For example, shore power is a term borrowed from shipping terminology, in which electrical power is transferred from shore to ship, instead of the ship relying upon idling its engines. Drawing power ...
Transportation management systems manage four key processes of transportation management: Planning and decision making – TMS will define the most efficient transport schemes, according to the given parameters, which have a lower or higher importance of various factors according to the user policy: transport cost, shorter lead-time, fewer stops possible to ensure quality, flow's regrouping ...
The Standard Carrier Alpha Code, a two-to-four letter identification, is used by the transportation industry to identify freight carriers in computer systems and shipping documents such as Bill of Lading, Freight Bill, Packing List, and Purchase Order.
A freight terminal is a processing node for freight. They may include airports , seaports , container ports , goods stations , railroad terminals and trucking terminals . As most freight terminals are located at ports, many cargo containers can be seen around the area.
A Terminal Operating System, or TOS, is a key part of a supply chain and primarily aims to control the movement and storage of various types of cargo in and around a port or marine terminal. The systems also enables better use of assets, labour and equipment, plan workload, and receive up-to-date information.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. is an American transportation company that includes third-party logistics (3PL). The company offers freight transportation, transportation management, brokerage and warehousing. It offers truckload, less than truckload, air freight, intermodal, and ocean transportation. [2]