Glossary
Swap body
A swap body is a standardised, detachable freight container that can be moved between trucks and trailers, allowing a vehicle to drop one load and pick up another quickly.
Swap bodies decouple the cargo unit from the vehicle: a body can be loaded while detached, then mounted on a chassis only when ready to move, improving asset utilisation. They are common in European road and combined transport.
A TMS that treats trailers, containers, and swap bodies as independent, trackable equipment can attach and detach them from vehicles during trips and apply the correct capacity and stacking rules.
See Swap body in a real TMS
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