Definition of

Haulage

Trailer

Hauling involves moving something.

Carrying is a notion that can be used in various ways. The first meaning mentioned by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) in its dictionary refers to the act of carrying : moving something, causing damage .

The concept derives from the Latin carrus , which can be translated as “vehicle with wheels.”

For example: “I had to pay a thousand pesos to transport my car to the mechanic shop” , “The transportation of soybeans will be suspended for a week due to a protest by the transporters” , “The government has yet to define how will carry out the transport of the gigantic statue from the port to the plaza.”

Haulage in ports

We can determine that it is a very important word in terms of the transport of goods in ports since it is established that, in order for ships to be able to launch with the loads they have to carry, they must have an important network of various transports. to take care of the hauling.

That is to say, there must be vehicles and companies specialized in the transport of these goods so that they can arrive at the dock with sufficient time and thus can be loaded onto the vessel. In the same way, it is essential that they are also responsible for carrying these loads from the ships to their land destinations so that they can continue their journeys without any delays.

The usual thing in this second possibility is that trucks and vans, for example, are dedicated to carrying the goods from the ship in question to warehouses and then, in the next hours or days, proceed to distribute them to their recipients. Therefore, there must be a solid logistics network that, with exhaustive control, fundamentally transports these loads by road to the recipients, which can range from stores to various industries.

Port terminal

Carriage is very important in ports.

The term in geology and mathematics

The idea of ​​haulage is also used in the field of geology . In this case, the term is used as a synonym for moraine (the accumulation of mud and rocks made by a glacier) or scree (the land covered with stones).

Carry is also present in mathematics , more precisely in arithmetic . In this case, it is a resource that is used in addition to “transfer” a digit while a calculation is performed.

Suppose we want to solve the following operation : 57 + 36 . To perform the calculation , we can arrange the digits in columns.

57
+
36

In this way, we first add the digits of the lowest power column : 7 + 6 . In this case, the result is 13 . Therefore, we place the 3 as a result of that first operation and “take” the 1 , which goes to the other column. The 1 , therefore, is the carry . Then, in this second column, we add 5 + 3 and add the carry 1 : the result of this sum is 9 . Thus we then obtain the final result of the operation: 57 + 36 = 93 .