Port Authority

State or local government that owns, operates, or otherwise provides wharf, dock, and other terminal investments at ports.

Pool/Drop Trailers

Trailer that are staged at a facilities for preloading purposes.

Point of Sale (POS)

The time and place at which a sale occurs, such as a cash register in a retail operation, or the order confirmation screen in an on-line session. Supply chain partners are interested in capturing data at the POS because it is a true record of the sale rather than...

Placard

A label that identifies a hazardous material shipment and the hazards present.

Piggyback

A rail/truck service. A shipper loads a highway trailer, and a carrier drives it to a rail terminal and loads it on a flatcar; the railroad moves the trailer-on-flatcar combination to the destination terminal, where the carrier offloads the trailer and delivers it to...