A delivery by tractor-trailer originates from where the trailer is loaded, the load is delivered to a destination, then the trucker returns home. If the return is also a paying load to be delivered to the vicinity of the trucker's home, that load is called a backhaul. If the trucker returns home empty, that run is called a "deadhead."
Long distance service term, which means routing a call past its designation and then back. Can be used as a cost savings tool - by routing calls through cities with less expensive rates, then back to the original destination.
The transport of signals from a point of interconnect with a service provider to an access seeker's point of presence, often over a backbone network.
A return trip or a movement in a direction of or for a purpose of secondary importance.
A natural gas transportation service which requires movement of gas from a point of receipt to a point of delivery such that the contractual direction of movement on the pipeline is in a direction opposite to the flow of the gas.
Return transportation movement, usually at less revenue than the original move; to move a shipment back over part of a route already traveled.
Freight destined to carrier's base area.
Movement of gas from a Point of Receipt to a Point of Delivery such that the contractual direction of movement on the mainline is at all times and at all points along the path in a direction opposite to the design flow of gas in the pipeline.
The return movement of a vehicle from its original destination to its original point of origin, especially when carrying goods back over all or part of the same route.
A transaction that results in natural gas being “transported” in the opposite direction of the physical flow of a transportation system. This is usually achieved by redelivering the gas at a point upstream from the point of receipt.
A transportation practice used to defray costs by picking up products from a manufacturer after delivering products to a store.
The process of a transportation vehicle returning from the original destination point to the point of origin. The 1980 Motor Carrier Act deregulated interstate commercial trucking and thereby allowed carriers to contract for the return trip. The backhaul can be with a full, partial, or empty load. An empty backhaul is called deadheading. Also see: Deadhead
A haul that returns you to home or base of operation.
shipment of materiel or troops, such as EPWs, in a direction opposite to the major flow of shipments on otherwise empty, returning transportation assets. BAE battlefield area evaluation
Wholesalers and direct buying retailers may have a program whereby they stop at manufacturer companies’ plants to pick up products and receive a backhaul discount (saving the manufacturer hauling costs). From the manufacturer standpoint, if they permit this practice, they are participating in a backhaul program and this can occur even if he has his own trucks. It’s simply permitting the wholesaler/retailer to make pickups and prevent him from having to run his truck while it's empty - in addition to providing for a backhaul allowance (discount).
The return trip of a transportation asset. The key to improving backhaul expenses is to fill the truck with the same amount of inventory on its return trip as it had on the original trip.
The opposite of head haul. Traditionally referred to as the return trip of a transportation vehicle (usually a truck). Now, it generally refers to the least revenue-generating leg of a shipment haul. A backhaul can be with a full or partially loaded trailer.
Refers to a load of freight which permits a trucker to return to his domicile with a loaded truck, rather than an empty one.
A return load that carrier hauls to avoid running empty. A good backhaul takes the truck close to its point of origin.
In the context of wireless communications, refers to taking data beyond its original destination and back. For example, WLANs within an enterprise can be backhauled to a LAN or a WAN, whereby communication is established first via the LAN or WAN and then routed back to the WLAN.
A transaction that results in the transportation of gas in a direction opposite of the aggregate physical flow of gas in the pipeline. This is typically achieved when the transporting pipeline redelivers gas at a point(s) upstream from the point(s) of receipt. A backhaul condition will exist as long as the aggregate backhaul transactions total less than the aggregate forward haul transactions. A backhaul transaction can result in a delivery by non-delivery or cut back (reduction) of physical flow at a delivery point.
The return movement of a vehicle from its destination back to its point of origin with a payload.
The use of the return movement of a vehicle to its original point of origin when carrying goods back over all or part of the same route.
In telecommunications, backhauling is concerned with transporting traffic between distributed sites (typically access points) and more centralised points of presence.