Technical terms relating to load securing

Railing strips Upstands on the side load compartment boundaries of vehicle flatbeds

Loading
Moving goods into or onto a conveyor or means of transport

Side walls
Cargo area dividers

Curtainsider
Lorry with stake body and horizontal sliding tarpaulin cover

Diagonal lashing
Form-fitting securing of the load using lashing equipment

Consignee
In the freight forwarding business, the person or company to whom the goods are to be delivered.

Unloading
Moving goods from or onto a conveyor or means of transport

Flat pallet
Roller platform, without load-bearing structure

Form fit
Transfer of forces at the joint by physically joining the component materials, stress state according to the laws of strength of materials

Carrier
Carries out the transport of goods for remuneration

Industrial truck
Trackless vehicle used mainly within a company, with or without equipment for lifting or stacking loads

Regional freight forwarder
Freight forwarder who handles the shipment of goods from and to a specific region for his client on behalf of all suppliers.

Bundle
Loading unit formed by tying individual packages together

Sliding friction force
Force exerted when moving a body on a horizontal sliding surface

Articulated train
Train consisting of a tractor unit and a trailer pulled by a trailer coupling

Goods
Products, articles that are shipped or transported

Static friction force
Force exerted by a body on a horizontal sliding surface at the slip limit

Luggage tag
Truck – trailer with fixed body

Full load
Quantity of goods collected from a shipper for a single journey and transported without transhipment to a consignee on a single means of transport, utilising the entire capacity of the means of transport in terms of volume or weight.

Friction
Transfer of forces to pairs of working surfaces by generating frictional forces

Loading list
List of consignments loaded onto a means of transport

Cargo
Quantity of goods assembled and transported for a journey on a means of transport. The cargo comprises one or more consignments.

Load carrier
Under-ride platform with or without side walls for combining goods into a loading unit

Loading unit
Handling unit formed for the purpose of transport. Consists of the goods to be transported (e.g. several small load carriers/insert frames) and the necessary transport equipment (e.g. pallet, intermediate layer, end pallet).

Megatrailer
Truck with stake body and at least 3 m loading space height

Reusable packaging
Packaging that is suitable for repeated use in delivery and transport operations.

Milk run
A special form of direct transport on a fixed route with specified pick-up times and arrival times from pick-up addresses directly to a recipient, usually without involving a transhipment facility.

Lashing down
Force-fit pressing of the load using lashing equipment

Pallets
Stackable, forklift-accessible reusable load carrier with load-bearing structure for combining goods into a loading unit (VDI 3968)

Test load
Load capacity x test load factor

Roller cover
Vertical sliding cover

Rungs
Vertical supporting elements of a lorry tarpaulin roof

Groupage transport
Collection of individual consignments from shippers, consolidation into a groupage shipment and distribution of the individual consignments to the respective recipients.

Consolidated shipment
Quantity of goods collected from several consignors, bundled at the forwarding agent's premises if necessary, and transported to a recipient by a single means of transport.

Semi-trailer
Trailer with fifth wheel coupling

Column stacking
Layers with the same packing pattern stacked identically on top of each other

Consignment
Quantity of goods that is accepted, transported and unloaded by a shipper (supplier) at a place of dispatch simultaneously for a recipient at a place of receipt and for a delivery date.

Barrier beam
Profile connected to the lorry body in a form-fitting manner across the direction of travel to secure the load

Stability
Stability moment / tipping moment relative to the tipping edge

Slats
Horizontal struts between two stanchions on lorry flatbeds with tarpaulin covers

General cargo
Individual packages that are not grouped together in larger loading units for transport.

Plate flow
Rectangular support section of pallets that allow column stacking with centred form closure (mesh box pallet)

Transport
Carriage of goods in one or more sections using one or more means of transport

Transport label
Label attached to load carriers/loading units for identification purposes

Means of transport
Unit of a means of transport for the carriage of goods (e.g. lorry)

Transhipment
Change of transport mode when transporting goods

VDA-KLT
Non-rollable load carrier made of PP, usually manually handled

Composite stacking
Layers with uneven packing patterns stacked on top of each other

Transport
Movement of people, goods and vehicles

Loading
All movement processes involved in loading a conveyor or means of transport

Shipper
Person or company that hands over the goods to the carrier (Section 9 GGVS/E)

Loading point
Location from which the goods are to be collected (e.g. ramp/gate)

Loading
Transfer of goods to the carrier

Packaging
Complete or partial wrapping of goods/merchandise to demarcate the quantity of goods, to secure the goods or to ensure the transportability of the goods in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB) and VDI 3968.

Sender
Client of the freight forwarder

Goods
Product, item, thing

Company transport
Transport of goods for own purposes using the company's own means of transport in road freight transport

Lashing equipment
Tensile-resistant tape-shaped fabric for securing loads