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<a href="/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/dangerous-goods-hazardous-materials"> <h3 class="h5">Dangerous goods / hazardous materials</h3> </a> <div class="my-2"> <div class="ci-richtext wordbreak ci-bulletpoints-solid ci-bulletpoints-color-dark ci-numberedliststyle- ci-trimmed-paragraph ci-bulletpoints-color-default"> <p>Goods which are dangerous to transport. This includes, for example, radioactive, explosive, highly inflammable, toxic and corrosive chemicals.</p> </div> </div> </li><li class="list-group-item border-top-0 border-right-0 border-bottom border-left-0 mt-3 bg-none"> <a href="/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/debt-collection-inkasso"> <h3 class="h5">Debt collection (Inkasso): </h3> </a> <div class="my-2"> <div class="ci-richtext wordbreak ci-bulletpoints-solid ci-bulletpoints-color-dark ci-numberedliststyle- ci-trimmed-paragraph ci-bulletpoints-color-default"> <p>From the Italian meaning ‘collection, recovery’, Inkasso is a financial term often used in German documents. Used to refer to the collection of outstanding financial receivables, in particular invoices.</p> </div> </div> </li><li class="list-group-item border-top-0 border-right-0 border-bottom border-left-0 mt-3 bg-none"> <a href="/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/delivery-note"> <h3 class="h5">Delivery note</h3> </a> <div class="my-2"> <div class="ci-richtext wordbreak ci-bulletpoints-solid ci-bulletpoints-color-dark ci-numberedliststyle- ci-trimmed-paragraph ci-bulletpoints-color-default"> <p>With a delivery note the transport company announces the approximate arrival time of the vehicle, the number of articles enclosed as well as the weight and/or volume of the goods to the recipient in advance who can then make the necessary arrangements</p> </div> </div> </li><li class="list-group-item border-top-0 border-right-0 border-bottom border-left-0 mt-3 bg-none"> <a href="/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/diesel-floater"> <h3 class="h5">Diesel floater</h3> </a> <div class="my-2"> <div class="ci-richtext wordbreak ci-bulletpoints-solid ci-bulletpoints-color-dark ci-numberedliststyle- ci-trimmed-paragraph ci-bulletpoints-color-default"> <p>Diesel floaters serve to counter the fluctuating diesel prices. It is an individual agreement between the transport service provider and the customer.</p> </div> </div> </li><li class="list-group-item border-top-0 border-right-0 border-bottom border-left-0 mt-3 bg-none"> <a href="/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/distribution"> <h3 class="h5">Distribution</h3> </a> <div class="my-2"> <div class="ci-richtext wordbreak ci-bulletpoints-solid ci-bulletpoints-color-dark ci-numberedliststyle- ci-trimmed-paragraph ci-bulletpoints-color-default"> <p>(from the Latin: distributio = distribution) Designates all processes which run in the sales channel between producer and seller right up to the end consumer.</p> </div> </div> </li><li class="list-group-item border-top-0 border-right-0 border-bottom border-left-0 mt-3 bg-none"> <a href="/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/domestic-transport"> <h3 class="h5">Domestic transport</h3> </a> <div class="my-2"> <div class="ci-richtext wordbreak ci-bulletpoints-solid ci-bulletpoints-color-dark ci-numberedliststyle- ci-trimmed-paragraph ci-bulletpoints-color-default"> <p>Domestic transport describes the national traffic. It does not go beyond borders and only operates within one country.</p> </div> </div> </li><li class="list-group-item border-top-0 border-right-0 border-bottom-0 border-left-0 mt-3 bg-none"> <a href="/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/dslv-e-v"> <h3 class="h5">DSLV e.V.</h3> </a> <div class="my-2"> <div class="ci-richtext wordbreak ci-bulletpoints-solid ci-bulletpoints-color-dark ci-numberedliststyle- ci-trimmed-paragraph ci-bulletpoints-color-default"> <p>Is the German Association of Freight Forwarders and Logistics. It was founded in 2003 when Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik (BSL) and Vereinigung Deutscher Kraftwagenspediteure (VKS) merged. 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