Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration DOT NO (Department of Transportation)

USDOT ( United States department of transportation)(Assign by FMCSA to registered

commercial vehicles)
It is a certification for the safety confirmation of vehicle.
MC No. (Motor Carrier)
COI (Certificate of insurance)
Issued by insurance company. Broker will not give you load without COI
INTRASTATE LOADS
You need to operate within same region or same state
Carrier company
Owner operator
TMS (Transportation Management System)
Driver Location
Vehicle tracking
Route optimisation
TWICK Card or Certificate
Transportation worker identification credentials
OTR ( Over the Road)
Regional Operator (Long hauler1000+, Short haulers250-300)
Occasional are not the truckers to work with
CDL ( Commercial Driving Licence) more than 26000 pounds weight
RC ( Rate Confirmation)
BOL (Bill of loading)
HOS (Hours of Services)14 hours
DHO ( Dead head origin)
DHD ( Dead Head Destination)
Interstate Loads
You need to go to other state
SCAC. ( Standard carrier alpha codes)
RPM (Rate per mile)
PND (Pick and Drop) weight and boxes
Lay over (when shipper doesn’t load on time and he has to pay extra money) BOL (bill of
loading)
Detention (The time driver had to wait at receiver point) POD (proof of delivery)
Lumper fee (money paid to 3rd party for loading or unloading paid by truck driver)
Clean BOL
OS(N)D( Shortages and Damages)
TTM (Total trips mile) including DHO & DHD and Destination
TONU ( Truck order not used) means when load was not ready to be delivered but driver
approached so broker has to pay for fuel etc
On Load Board
FTL (Full Truck Load)
FL (Full Load)
PL ( Partial Load)
NOA ( Notice of assignment) certificate issued to carrier by factory
Pallet
Commodity
Safer-web ( Safety and fitness electronic record)
Credit score (CS)