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What is Haulage?
Haulage is the
inland carriage of cargo or containers between named locations.
What are the types of Vehicles?
The main
vehicles used in road transportation are Articulated Lorries or (Artics). They consist of 2 parts, the truck
and trailer. Standard trailer types include:
- Box trailer - The most common type of
trailer can haul almost anything that can fit inside. Also called a van
trailer.
- Curtain-sider - A curtain-sider is similar
to a box trailer except that the sides are movable curtains made of
reinforced fabric coated in with a waterproof coating. The purpose of a
curtain-sider is to allow the security and weather resistance of a box
trailer with the ease of loading of a flatbed.
- Flatbed trailer - Consists of just a load
floor and removable side rails, and a bulkhead in front to protect the
tractor in the event of a load shift. Can haul almost anything that can be
stacked on it and strapped down.
- Low-loaders – a type of flatbed in which
the load floor is as close to the ground as possible. Most commonly used
to haul heavy equipment, cranes, bulldozers, etc. often used for
transporting heavy machinery and other outsize goods. Set low to the
ground for easy loading.
- Swap-body system - built to accommodate
standard cargo containers. Allows containers to be swiftly transferred
during intermodal transport.
- Tilt trailer - like a flatbed trailer, but
with a removable PVC canopy.
For smaller cargoes Vans are generally used.
During transportation drivers are responsible for
the security of the goods and following max weight, width and length
restrictions of 40 tonnes, 2.55 metres and 16.5 metres. The traders are
responsible for packing the goods in a suitable dunnage, or protective
wrapping, and for any damaged caused to the vehicle during loading and
unloading (if
they are the party responsible for loading/unloading).
What contracts are there?
The
standard contract for internationally transported
goods is the CMR note. The CMR
note is a consignment note that confirms that the carrier (i.e. the road
haulage company) has received the goods and that a contract of carriage exists
between the trader and the carrier. Full guidelines to
completing the contract can be found here on the UNECE website. The
contract will require information on; name and addresses of the sender carrier
and consignee, , description of goods, weight of goods, other related charges
and instructions for customs any other formalities.
Here is an
A-Z of Haulage firms:
ABC
Transport Ltd
Alsop
Transport Services
AM TRANSPORT
APQ Transport LTD
Archbold Logistics Ltd
Arndale Transport Limited
A V Dawson
AXIS TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD
Axtra imited
Aztek Logistics
Limited
BARRY J.
DORLING TRANSPORT LTD
Bassett Group
Holdings Ltd
BIC Logistics Ltd.
Bison Storage
Bretts Transport Ltd
Brinor International
Shipping & Forwarding Limited
Brooks
Transport Services Ltd
Cadzow Heavy Haulage
Ltd.
CAT Benelux NV
Clwyd Transport
Services Ltd
CRAWFORD
TRANSPORT
Deliverall
Direct Ltd
DODD'S GROUP
ED WEETMAN LTD
Eddie Stobart Ltd
Eurobox
Logistics
Farsley
Transport Limited
France Line
International Transport Ltd
Freight Transport
Association
G Lashly General Haulage
Genesis Forwarding Services
Ltd
Goode Transport Service
H. E Baldry Haulage Ltd
H.Wragg Transport Ltd
H & A Transport
Instant
Dispatch Services
International Road Transport Union
Irish Road Haulage Association
Jim Brackenridge (Transport) Ltd
John Good Shipping Ltd
Kenley
Warehouse & Distribution Ltd
Ken Wood Transport
Kenyon Road
Haulage Ltd
L. Hunt & Sons Limited
Lambert Brothers Haulage Ltd
Langdon Transport Ltd
Lenham Storage
Lightning Transport Group Ltd
Martyn
Barratt Transport
Masters Logistical Services LTD
MB Distribution Ltd
Meachers
Group
NC Cammack & Son
Limited
Neil
Taylor Transport Ltd
NG Transport
Nidd Transport
Norman Road Haulage Ltd
Orbital
Despatches Ltd
Pauline Edwards Transport Ltd
Reader
Haulage
Rick White Limited.
Riverside Roadlink
& Lifting
Road Haulage Association
Road Haulage
Services
Roberts Transport Services
Ltd
Sawyers Transport
Ltd
Startruck Logistics
Ltd
Spectrum Freight
Ltd
SpeedLink
Stiller Group Ltd
T&P Logistics
T.F.S. Transport
Ltd
T.P. Farrell Transport Ltd
Total Movement Services Ltd
Tyson H Burridge
Viamaster Transport
Ltd
William Kirk Limited
Worldwide Express
W.S.Hunt's
Transport Ltd
A guide to Health and Safety in Road
Haulage
By Tom Lofthouse
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