Transport lexicon
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Dangerous goods / hazardous materials
Goods which are dangerous to transport. This includes, for example, radioactive, explosive, highly inflammable, toxic and corrosive chemicals.
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Debt collection (Inkasso):
From the Italian meaning ‘collection, recovery’, Inkasso is a financial term often used in German documents. Used to refer to the collection of outstanding financial receivables, in particular invoices.
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Delivery note
With a delivery note the transport company announces the approximate arrival time of the vehicle, the number of articles enclosed as well as the weight and/or volume of the goods to the recipient in advance who can then make the necessary arrangements
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Diesel floater
Diesel floaters serve to counter the fluctuating diesel prices. It is an individual agreement between the transport service provider and the customer.
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Distribution
(from the Latin: distributio = distribution) Designates all processes which run in the sales channel between producer and seller right up to the end consumer.
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Domestic transport
Domestic transport describes the national traffic. It does not go beyond borders and only operates within one country.
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DSLV e.V.
Is the German Association of Freight Forwarders and Logistics. It was founded in 2003 when Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik (BSL) and Vereinigung Deutscher Kraftwagenspediteure (VKS) merged. To its almost 4,000 members, the association functions as