Half container
Container with low sides which can be loaded up to 1.10 metres.
Handling
The operations and auxiliary freight services that relate to the handling of goods such as the loading and unloading of goods.
Handling Index
Number of Load Units taken from the storage area.
Haul
The distance travelled during transport (long haul = long distance, short haul = short distance).
Haulage / cartage
The transport of a load by road between defined points.
Haulier
Carrier who transports via road
High density – Low profile cargo
Goods with a high specific weight
Hub
Central point for the collection, sorting and distribution for a particular region or geographic area.
Hub and Spokes
The H&S logic makes it possible to reduce the connections necessary for the interchange of goods and the negative impacts on cost and service generated by cargo shortages. The H&S method requires the concentration of traffic in a few points (hubs) that fan the goods out towards peripheral structures (spokes) from which the final deliveries can be sent out.
Huckepack
Railway service that allows a trailer and possibly also a truck on special low-floor wagons. See also “Piggyback”.
