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17.07.2013 18:23 |
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3PL
1) See Third-party logistics.
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17.07.2013 06:58 |
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Own account
1) Term meaning operation by a firm of its own vehicle/s for carrying its 'own' goods - ie goods in connection with any trade or business carried on by the firm other than that of carriage for hire or reward (ie haulage).
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17.07.2013 06:57 |
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Overvalued currency
1) Currency whose rate of exchange is persistently below the parity rate.
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17.07.2013 06:55 |
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Overloading
1) The illegal act of loading a vehicle/trailer in excess of its permitted maximum weight (ie gvw) or the weight permitted on its individual axles. Vehicles may be stopped for weighing purposes and prohibited from proceeding (by issue of Form GV 160) if they are unsafe due to excess weight.
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17.07.2013 06:53 |
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Overland
1) Term used to describe transport for the whole of a journey by land rather than by sea or air (eg road journeys to the Middle East and beyond).
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17.07.2013 06:52 |
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Overhang
1) The distance by which the body and other parts extend beyond the rear axle of a vehicle. This distance, measured from centre line of rear axle, must not exceed 60 per cent of wheelbase and in the case of atandem bogie (ie two axles) the measurement is taken from a point 110 mm behind the centre line between the two axles.
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Автор: goral
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17.07.2013 06:59 |
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Owner driver/operator
1) Term for a one-man haulage business where the person both owns/operates the vehicle and drives it himself. Often abbreviated to o/d or (especially in USA) o/o.
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17.07.2013 06:58 |
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O/W
1) Overwidth. A vehicle or container with goods overhanging beyond the sides - and possibly beyond statutory limits.
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17.07.2013 06:56 |
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Overrun brakes
1) Brakes which are automatically applied on the overrun of a trailer (ie when the vehicle slows down, the trailer pushing on the coupling applies a spring operated brake).
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17.07.2013 06:54 |
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Overlap recording
1) Regarding tachograph records where driver leaves chart in instrument over night/weekend and finds that more than 24 hours' recording has been made.
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17.07.2013 06:52 |
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Overheads
1) The costs of a business which are not directly attributable to its operations (in the case of haulage, the costs of running the office/ administration - telephones/postage/bank charges/legal and accounting fees, etc).
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17.07.2013 06:51 |
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Overdrive
1) (1) Component in vehicle gearbox to provide a high gear for economical cruising. Normally these days replaced by five/six speed gearbox. (2) Commercial firm/agency supplying temporary goods vehicle and licensed large goods vehicle drivers on a daily/weekly or longer-term basis offshoot of Manpower agency.
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