FREIGHT MANAGEMENT

Ciclo Grado Superior de TRANSPORTE Y LOGÍSTICA

Preguntas repaso tema 2

1. What is a logistic center?

2. Identify the agents involved in the transportation.

AAAAA has hired the transportation of goods to BBBBBB. Goods have to be carried from its Spanish
subsidiary CCCCC to Germany.

3. What is a cluster?
4. Types of land transport infrastructures

5. What is the name of the current Spanish Transportation Plan?

6. What are the objectives of the above mentioned plan?

7. What is a logistic node? What is the main logistic node within a freight village?

8. What do you understand by general cargo?

9. Freight terminals are differentiated functionally

a. by the mode involved
b. By the commodities transferred
c. A and b are correct
10. Mention the three types of freight terminals.

11. Types of transport service depending on the transport mode and according to its function.

12. In the freight terminals, for the liquid bulk goods, limited handling equipment is needed, but
significant storage facilities may be required.
a. True
b. False
13. Main cargo airports in Spain

14. The logistic infrastructures for the land transport represent the highest economic costs, they have
the highest impact on the territory and they make the highest external costs
a. True
b. False
15. What is a PPP? What does it stand for?
16. Complete:
● XXXXXXX, which provides European and North American carriers with air and land access to
China, as well as air access to other XXXXXXX destinations,
● XXXXXX, which provides connections between XXXXXX and XXXXXX services, also acts as a
regional distribution centre for Africa and the Middle East.
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Preguntas repaso tema 2

● Miami, Florida and Tocumen airport in Panama, which serve XXXXXX carriers connecting
with North American and XXXXXX carriers.

17. Complementary and auxiliary activities of road freight transport

18. Types of freight contract

19. Who is the owner of the Spanish road network?
a. Ministerio de Infraestructuras
b. Red de Carreteras Nacionales
c. Regional government
d. a&b
e. b&c
20. Dry ports in Spain

21. What is a Free Trade Zone. Indicate the main Spanish one.

22. What is a logistic operator?

23. What is a freight forwarder?