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Industries / Truck Transportation & Warehousing

General Freight Trucking, Local

General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload

General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload

Used Household and Office Goods Moving

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance

General Warehousing and Storage

Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage

Farm Product Warehousing and Storage

Other Warehousing and Storage

General Freight Trucking, Local

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing local general freight trucking. General freight establishments handle a wide variety of commodities, generally palletized and transported in a container or van trailer. Local general freight trucking establishments usually provide trucking within a metropolitan area which may cross state lines. Generally the trips are same-day return.

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General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload

Description: This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance general freight truckload (TL) trucking. These long-distance general freight truckload carrier establishments provide full truck movement of freight from origin to destination. The shipment of freight on a truck is characterized as a full single load not combined with other shipments.

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General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload

Description: This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance, general freight, less than truckload (LTL) trucking. LTL carriage is characterized as multiple shipments combined onto a single truck for multiple deliveries within a network. These establishments are generally characterized by the following network activities: local pickup, local sorting and terminal operations, line-haul, destination sorting and terminal operations, and local delivery.

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Used Household and Office Goods Moving

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing local or long-distance trucking of used household, used institutional, or used commercial furniture and equipment. Incidental packing and storage activities are often provided by these establishments.

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Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing local, specialized trucking. Local trucking establishments provide trucking within a metropolitan area that may cross state lines. Generally the trips are same-day return.

Examples: Local livestock trucking, Local dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top-soil), Local bulk liquids trucking, Local boat hauling, Local agricultural products trucking

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance specialized trucking. These establishments provide trucking between metropolitan areas that may cross North American country borders.

Examples: Long-distance trucking of waste, Long-distance refrigerated product trucking, Long-distance hazardous material trucking, Long-distance bulk liquid trucking, Long-distance automobile carrier trucking

General Warehousing and Storage

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating merchandise warehousing and storage facilities. These establishments generally handle goods in containers, such as boxes, barrels, and/or drums, using equipment, such as forklifts, pallets, and racks. They are not specialized in handling bulk products of any particular type, size, or quantity of goods or products.

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Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating refrigerated warehousing and storage facilities. Establishments primarily engaged in the storage of furs for the trade are included in this industry. The services provided by these establishments include blast freezing, tempering, and modified atmosphere storage services.

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Farm Product Warehousing and Storage

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating bulk farm product warehousing and storage facilities (except refrigerated). Grain elevators primarily engaged in storage are included in this industry.

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Other Warehousing and Storage

Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating warehousing and storage facilities (except general merchandise, refrigerated, and farm product warehousing and storage).

Examples: Whiskey warehousing, Lumber storage terminals, Bulk petroleum storage

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