Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance
Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance specialized trucking. These establishments provide trucking between metropolitan areas that may cross North American country borders. Illustrative Examples: Long-distance automobile carrier trucking Long-distance refrigerated product trucking Long-distance bulk liquid trucking Long-distance trucking of waste Long-distance hazardous material trucking
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | Transportation and Warehousing 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Transportation and Warehousing sector includes industries providing transportation of passengers and cargo, warehousing and storage for goods, scenic and sightseeing transportation, and support activities related to modes of transportation. Establishments in these industries use transportation equipment or transportation-related facilities as a productive asset. The type of equipment depends on the mode of transportation. The modes of transportation are air, rail, water, road, and pipeline. The Transportation and Warehousing sector distinguishes three basic types of activities: subsectors for each mode of transportation, a subsector for warehousing and storage, and a subsector for establishments providing support activities for transportation. In addition, there are subsectors for establishments that provide passenger transportation for scenic and sightseeing purposes, postal services, and courier services. A separate subsector for support activities is established in the sector because, first, support activities for transportation are inherently multimodal, such as freight transportation arrangement, or have multimodal aspects. Secondly, there are production process similarities among the support activity industries. One of the support activities identified in the Support Activities for Transportation subsector is the routine repair and maintenance of transportation equipment (e.g., aircraft at an airport, railroad rolling stock at a railroad terminal, or ships at a harbor or port facility). Such establishments do not perform complete overhauling or rebuilding of transportation equipment (i.e., periodic restoration of transportation equipment to original design specifications) or transportation equipment conversion (i.e., major modification to systems). An establishment that primarily performs factory (or shipyard) overhauls, rebuilding, or conversions of aircraft, railroad rolling stock, or ships is classified in Subsector 336, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, according to the type of equipment. Many of the establishments in this sector often operate on networks, with physical facilities, labor forces, and equipment spread over an extensive geographic area. Warehousing establishments in this sector are distinguished from merchant wholesaling in that the warehouse establishments do not sell the goods. Excluded from this sector are establishments primarily engaged in providing travel agent, travel arrangement, and reservation services that support transportation establishments, hotels, other businesses, and government agencies. These establishments are classified in Sector 56, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. Establishments primarily engaged in providing rental and leasing of transportation equipment without operator are classified in Subsector 532, Rental and Leasing Services. Establishments primarily engaged in providing medical care with transportation are classified in Sector 62, Health Care and Social Assistance. |
| 484 | Truck Transportation 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Truck Transportation subsector provide over-the-road transportation of cargo using motor vehicles, such as trucks and tractor trailers. The subsector is subdivided into general freight trucking and specialized freight trucking. This distinction reflects differences in equipment used, type of load carried, scheduling, terminal, and other networking services. General freight transportation establishments handle a wide variety of general commodities, generally palletized, and transported in a container or van trailer. Specialized freight transportation is the transportation of cargo that, because of size, weight, shape, or other inherent characteristics, requires specialized equipment for transportation. Each of these industry groups is further subdivided based on distance traveled. Local trucking establishments primarily carry goods within a single metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas. Long-distance trucking establishments carry goods between metropolitan areas. The Specialized Freight Trucking industry group includes a separate industry for Used Household and Office Goods Moving. The household and office goods movers are separated because of the substantial network of establishments that has developed to deal with local and long-distance moving and the associated storage. In this area, the same establishment provides both local and long-distance services, while other specialized freight establishments generally limit their services to either local or long-distance hauling. |
| 4842 | Specialized Freight Trucking 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing local or long-distance specialized freight trucking. The establishments of this industry are primarily engaged in the transportation of freight which, because of size, weight, shape, or other inherent characteristics, requires specialized equipment, such as flatbeds, tankers, or refrigerated trailers. This industry includes the transportation of used household, institutional, and commercial furniture and equipment. |
| 48423 | Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 484230. |
| 484230 | Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 6-digit U.S. detail | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance specialized trucking. These establishments provide trucking between metropolitan areas that may cross North American country borders. Illustrative Examples: Long-distance automobile carrier trucking Long-distance refrigerated product trucking Long-distance bulk liquid trucking Long-distance trucking of waste Long-distance hazardous material trucking |
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Classification References
- 01Providing local specialized freight trucking (except used goods)--are classified in Industry 484220, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local;
- 02Providing long-distance general freight trucking, including all North American international travel--are classified in Industry 48412, General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance;
- 03Providing trucking of used household and office goods--are classified in Industry 484210, Used Household and Office Goods Moving;
- 04Collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste, nonhazardous waste, and/or recyclable materials within a local area--are classified in Industry 56211, Waste Collection;
- 05Providing independent truck driving services (except owner-operators)--are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation; and
- 06Providing hot shot oil field services (on- and off-road) on a contract basis--are classified in U.S. Industry 213112, Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations.
Index Items
Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance
Boat hauling, truck, long-distance
Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance
Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance
Farm products trucking, long-distance
Flatbed trucking, long-distance
Forest products trucking, long-distance
Grain hauling, long-distance
Gravel hauling, long-distance
Livestock trucking, long-distance
Log hauling, long-distance
Mobile home towing services, long-distance
Oil and gas field equipment trucking, long-distance
Radioactive waste hauling, long-distance
Recyclable material hauling, long-distance
Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance
Refuse hauling, long-distance
Rubbish hauling without collection or disposal, truck, long-distance
Sand hauling, long-distance
Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance
Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance
Trash hauling, long-distance
Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance
Waste hauling, hazardous, long-distance
Waste hauling, nonhazardous, long-distance
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 484230.
American Trucking Associations
Leading U.S. trade association representing the commercial trucking industry, including specialized freight long-haul carriers.
U.S. Department of Transportation Freight Statistics
Official government data and resources on freight movement trends managed by the U.S. government.
TruckStop.com Carrier Directory
Industry directory allowing shippers and carriers to search for specialized freight long-distance trucking services.
