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P

Profit Center

A department set up within a company where the department charges for its service (to its customers which are other departments within the same company).  In transportation, a private fleet set up as a profit center will compare income versus cost, and will compare its performance against commerical carriers.

Pup-Trailer

A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.

Q

quid pro quo

A mutual consideration, something for something.

R

Reefer

Slang for insulated trailer equipped with refrigerating facilities.

S

Standard Classification of Transported Goods

The Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG) consists of a blend of transportation characteristics, commodity similarities, and industry-of-origin considerations, designed to create statistically significant categories. It is a structured list that is defined at its less-detailed levels according to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), and at more-detailed levels, according to patterns of industrial activity. Other factors in the definition of categories were transportation considerations such as volume, revenue, value, origin, and destination.

Source: Stats Canada

STB

The Surface Transportation Board, the U.S. agency responsible for various economic regulation of railroads, motor carriers, motor carrier freight brokers, water carriers, freight forwarders, and pipelines.

This agency replaced the ICC (the Intersate Commerce Commission).

Stop in Transit

The process of stopping en route to partially load, unload or perform another service.

Subrogation

The succession or substitution of one person or thing by or for another.

T

Tare Weight

the weight of a container and the material used for packing.  As applied to a car or truckload, it is the weight of the vehicle exclusive of its contents.

TEU

Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (containers).

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