Dictionary Definition
haulage n : the act of drawing or hauling
something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly" [syn: draw, haul]
User Contributed Dictionary
Extensive Definition
Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal
transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste. The vertical transport of
the same with cranes is
called hoisting.
Haulage cost is the cost of loading raw ore at a
mine site and
transporting it to a processing plant.
Haulage rights is the arrangement where one
railway, supplying cars,
may negotiate rates with customers located on another railway's
line, the road granting haulage rights. This differs from trackage
rights in that the host railway operates the trains for the
other railway, where with trackage rights, the secondary railway
operates trains over the host's track.
Haulage is also the business of transporting
goods by road.