Exam 13: International Land and Multi-Modal Transportation

The European Community has recently introduced the concept of _____ that run trains straight through from major ports to cities such as Milan and Vienna without changing locomotives and crews at each border.

Although there are some standardization attempts,most air freight ____________________ are designed to fit a specific aircraft.

A high cube container is _____ feet tall.

Cargo that requires specific arrangements to be transported,because it exceeds weight and dimensional limits of traditional cargo,is called "project cargo."

Efforts to develop a fairly seamless European freight rail system have been resisted by the country of ____________________.

North American barges tend to be larger than European barges.

Special containers often are forced to return empty.

In the European Union,trucking is often delayed by

The Rotterdam Rules do not address the issues of cargo liability for cargo transported by land.

The biggest problem in international trucking in Europe is/are

Trucking,from a North American perspective,is

As freight moves from mode to mode in intermodal travel,liability limits

The biggest challenge to international trucking in Europe is the myriad of ____________________ that are present.

River barges mostly carry ____________________ cargo.

The shipping container was developed in 1970 by Marshall McLuan.

Intermodal has become popular because

Unlike the United States,European railroads focus more on ____________________ traffic than freight.

Cargo that cannot fit through the doors of a regular container is shipped in ____________________ containers.

Container ship capacity is measured in ____________________.

Twenty-foot containers are 6.1 meters.