What is intermodal flip?

Drayman – A person employed to pick up or drop off a container or trailer at an intermodal terminal. Flip – The transfer of a container from the ground to a chassis for street or highway transport. Flip Charges – Cost assessed to a shipper when the railroad is required to provide an unnecessary or extra flip.

What is a container flip?

A container flip occurs each time a container is lifted off the ground and placed on a truck chassis for transport on a street or roadway. The extra flip charge may be incurred for the second lift of the container from the ground onto the chassis after the container was initially unloaded.

What does it mean when a container is grounded?

The process of bonding and grounding can be defined as providing an electrically conductive pathway between a dispensing container, a receiving container and an earth ground. This pathway helps eliminate the buildup of static electricity by allowing it to safely dissipate into the ground.

What do you call the truck that pulls the chassis with the container?

A sidelifter is a specialised vehicle or semi-trailer used to hoist and transport ISO standard intermodal containers over longer distances.

What does container Outgated mean?

Outgate When a driver leaves a terminal or container yard with a container. See also: Electronic Interchange Receipt.

What is an intermodal terminal?

An intermodal hub or intermodal terminal is a logistics platform specialized in the transfer of unitized cargo, namely freight loaded onto intermodal transport units, shifting from one mode of transport to another.

Should a shipping container be grounded?

Although it is probably a good idea to ground your container because there is a risk, albeit small, that under certain circumstances there could be a lightning strike. Example: If you have a container up on wood let’s say and you enter the Seacan during a thunder storm.

What are the trucks that carry containers?

Tanker trucks are trucks designed to carry liquid goods or gasses.

What are flip charges?

Flip Charges. Charges assessed to a shipper when the railroad is required to provide an unnecessary or extra flip. An example of this is when a private container is grounded off of a train and no chassis is available at that time.