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Types of vehicles
An organisation can choose from a wide range
of vehicles:
 Car-vans: smallest class of commercial vehicle
 Enclosed commercial vans: ‘delivery vans’
 Open topped vans and pick-ups: not widely used for
transport of commercial goods

 Rigid body trucks: large number of models available
 Articulated trucks: largest class of commercial
transport vehicles

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Different designs of vehicles
US design styles

European and Asian design styles

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Open topped vans and pick-ups

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Pick-up trucks

European & Japanese small truck designs
based on delivery vans

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Articulated truck designs

Separate tractor & trailer units
Capacity: 60-75m3
The largest class of commercial
transport vehicles
Many different designs & types

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design 2 axle articulated truck

Specialised articulated vehicle
European design 3 axle truck

‘Artic’ detached from its tractor

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Truck / trailer operations

Separate trailers can be left at delivery locations
The truck can collect it after completing other deliveries

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Handling equipment
Different kinds of cranes
Fixed crane

Container crane

Mobile crane

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Tail lift truck

Out of use
position

Tail lift

They avoid the necessity for docking
bays but are slower to load / unload

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Conveyor equipment

This equipment is most often
found in cross-docking operations
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