1. What is the total freight charge for a shipment that weighs 6400 pounds and has a freight rate of $8.50/cwt?
2. What is one of the primary purposes of the Shipper's Export Declaration document?
3. With FOB Origin, and Freight Collect, who is responsible for payment of the freight charges?
4. What is the role of a transportation broker?
5. In the context of pipelines, what is the difference between a gathering line and a trunk line?
6. Describe in detail how a Letter of Credit is used in an international transaction.
7. What federal government body has primary responsibility for transportation safety regulation?
8. From a handling perspective, what is one advantage of a unit load?
9. What is the difference between materials handling and transportation?
10. What is an advantage of a wooden pallet over a plastic pallet?
11. In the context of logistics, what is meant by a "closed-loop" system?x
12. What is the difference between an embargo and a quota?
13. What is the primary advantage that motor carriers have over other modes of transportation?
14. What is the difference between a bill of lading and a freight bill?
15. What is the document that specifies the country in which a product is manufactured and can be required by governments for control purposes or by an exporter to verify the location of manufacture.
16. What has a greater density; a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
17. What is demurrage?
18. If a vessel can carry a maximum of 7,000 40' containers, what is the TEU capacity of that vessel?
19. What are the five basic modes of transportation?