Definition: Types of consignment

Category: Transport

The main categories are:

- Full train load: Any consignment comprising a train with one or several wagon loads transported together for one consignor with no change in train composition from a single point of loading to a single point of unloading

- Full wagon load: Any consignment of goods requiring the exclusive use of a wagon through out its journey whether the full wagon loading capacity is utilized or not; wagons in a full train load are excluded

- Smalls / small load: Any consignment other than full train loads or full wagon loads.

(Fourth version of the Transport Glossary)


The main categories are:
-- Full train load: Any consignment comprising one or several wagon loads transported at the same time by the same sender at the same station and forwarded with no change in train composition to the address of the same consignee at the same destination station;
-- Full wagon load: Any consignment of goods for which the exclusive use of a wagon is required whether the loading capacity is utilised or not;
-- Smalls: Any consignment for which it is neither necessary nor required that a wagon be used exclusively.
(Third version of the Transport Glossary) http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED Eurostat, ECMT, UN/ECE, "Glossary for Transport Statistics", 3rd Edition, Luxembourg 2003