Logistics terms
Terms defined in official glossaries, conventions and regulations for sea, air, rail, road, customs and multimodal transport.
| Term | Abbreviation | Turkish term | Mode | Subject area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrican steel removable head | general | package / packaging material / cargo | ||
| JOHANNESBURG CONVENTION | general | legal_instrument_or_standard | ||
| Joint Service Agreement | sea | regulatory agreement type | ||
| Joint Venture Agreement | sea | regulatory agreement type | ||
| Journey | general | Medium- (300–1000 km) and long-distance travel (more than 1000 km); transport_operations | ||
| Journey’s destination | general | Medium- (300–1000 km) and long-distance travel (more than 1000 km) | ||
| Jug | general | package / packaging material / cargo | ||
| Jutebag | general | package / packaging material / cargo | ||
| Keeper of a railway vehicle | rail | Railway enterprises, investment and maintenance | ||
| Keg | general | package / packaging material / cargo | ||
| Kerosene type jet fuel | general | Energy sources | ||
| Killed person in a rail injury accident | rail | Rail accidents | ||
| Killed person in a road injury accident | road | Road accidents | ||
| Kilowatt-hour (kWh) | general | Energy units | ||
| Kit | general | package / packaging material / cargo | ||
| KYOTO CONVENTION | general | legal_instrument_or_standard | ||
| Land Border Region | customs | border geography | ||
| Lane | road | Road infrastructure | ||
| large container | büyük konteyner | multimodal | logistics | |
| Large packaging | air | hazardous-materials transport | ||
| Large salvage packaging | air | hazardous-materials transport | ||
| large-container list | büyük konteyner listesi | multimodal | logistics | |
| largest ship deployed | sea | liner shipping connectivity | ||
| Lease, | road | motor-carrier safety | ||
| Length of navigable inland waterway network | general | Inland waterway infrastructure | ||
| Length of road | road | Road infrastructure | ||
| Leq – equivalent continuous sound level | general | Noise | ||
| Lessee, | road | motor-carrier safety | ||
| Lessor of a railway vehicle | rail | Railway enterprises, investment and maintenance | ||
| Lessor of an aircraft | air | Air enterprises, investment and maintenance | ||
| Lessor, | road | motor-carrier safety | ||
| LETTER-POST ITEMS | general | postal | ||
| Level crossing | rail | Rail infrastructure | ||
| Level crossing accident | rail | Rail accidents | ||
| Licensee | sea | ocean transportation intermediaries | ||
| Life-cycle assessment (LCA) | LCA | general | Greenhouse gas emissions | |
| Lift-on/lift-off (lo-lo) | sea | Maritime transport measurement; Introduction to intermodal transport | ||
| Liftvan | general | package / packaging material / cargo | ||
| light goods vehicle licence | road | operator-licensing | ||
| Light truck | kamyonet | road | vehicle classification; road_transport | |
| Light utility vehicle (LUV) | LUV | road | Road transport equipment (vehicles) | |
| Light-duty vehicle | road | Road transport equipment (vehicles) | ||
| Lighter | air | hazardous-materials transport | ||
| Lighter refill | air | hazardous-materials transport | ||
| Lighterman | customs | carriers, cartmen, lightermen | ||
| Lightship displacement of inland waterway vessel | general | Inland waterway transport equipment | ||
| Limited quantity, | air | hazardous-materials transport | ||
| liner shipping companies | sea | liner shipping connectivity | ||
| Liner shipping connectivity index | LSCI | sea | liner shipping connectivity | |
| Liner transportation | Rotterdam | sea | door-to-door / sea leg definitions |