uShip API Reference Enumerations
Address Type Value (immutable string) | Localizable Label (EN-US) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Residence | Residence | A free-standing home, condominium, apartment complex, private residential neighborhood. Includes houses, apartments, and home-based businesses located in residential areas or other non-commercial zones. Carriers define commercial zone as a location that opens and closes at set times every day. Farms are considered a residence and will be priced as such. Note: Choosing the incorrect location type can result in substantial fees and charges. |
| BusinessWithLoadingDockOrForklift | Business (with loading dock or forklift) | A location of business with a loading dock or forklift which may be needed for certain types of shipments such as pallets. |
| BusinessWithoutLoadingDockOrForklift | Business (without loading dock or forklift) | A location of business that does not have a loading dock or forklift. A Service Provider may need to prepare for pick up or delivery at a business without these accommodations. |
| Port | Port | A location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land. |
| ConstructionSite | Construction Site | A location where commercial or residential development is occuring. |
| TradeShowOrConvention | Trade Show / Convention Center | A location where an exhibition for companies in a specific industry to showcase and demonstrate their new products and services. |
| StorageFacility | Storage Facility | A location with a facility that stores a tenants assets. The storage facility tenant can be a business or an individual. |
| MilitaryBase | Military Base | A location with a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, training, and operations. |
| Airport | Airport | A complex of runways and buildings for the takeoff, landing, and maintenance of civil aircraft, with facilities for passengers. |
| OtherSecuredLocation | Other Secured or Limited Access Location | A customer specifies a pick up or location that has safe or limited access. Limited access locations are where pickup or delivery is restricted or limited for the driver. Common limited access locations include, but are not limited to: colleges/universities, country clubs, churches, prisons, schools, govt. offices, or fair |
Service Types
Dependent upon the commodity type. The transportation service types that a Carrier offers or that a Shipper requires. There are about 70 service types depending on the commodity being shipped. This list is just a sampling.
Obtain from the Service Types LookupAPI by providing the commodity code. Sampling from uShip.com web platform http://www.uship.com/popups/service_type.aspx?cid=12.
Household Goods Furniture Option
- Blanket Wrap Service - The Service Provider carefully wrap items in blankets, load, and unload items. Pick up and delivery inside to a first floor is included.
- Courier Service - specialized transportation and service for delivering mail, packages, and other goods. Distinguished from ordinary mail service by features such as speed, security, tracking, signature, and specialization of services, and committed delivery times. Couriers range from owner operators or regional delivery vans to large international package delivery companies.
- LTL Freight and Packaging Service - The Service Provider picks up and packs items to freight standards, loads, and unloads items. Extra fees may apply for pick up and delivery inside.
- LTL Standard Service - The Shipping Customer must pack items to freight standards, load, and unload items. Typically used by businesses with loading docks. Residential service and pick up or delivery inside may be available for extra fees.
- White Glove - The Service Provider provides the highest level of care. Includes packing, wrapping, loading, unloading, setting up items anywhere on the destination premises, and removing packing materials.
General Options
| Description | Details |
|---|---|
| White Glove Service | White Glove Service is the highest level of care and is especially useful when transporting valuable, delicate and hard-to-ship items. The Service Provider carefully disassembles, prepares, packages and wraps the items, loads them on the truck, then transports, unloads, unwraps, un-box, assembles and sets up the items inside the new location. |
| Blanket Wrap Service | Blanket Wrap Service offers special care for large and fragile items. The customer will need to pack any small items into boxes and disassemble large or hard-to-move items. The Service Provider wraps furniture, electronics and other items that won't go into boxes with protective blankets, loads the items and secures them in the truck for transport. At the delivery point, the Service Provider unloads, unwraps and carries all items into the new location. |
| Mover, Self Service | The Shipping Customer packs, wraps, and loads. |
| Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Freight and Packaging Service | LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) Freight and Packaging service can be a great way to save when transporting household goods. The Service Provider will box, palletize or crate the items in accordance with freight standards so they are eligible for freight transport. The Service Provider will load the items into the truck, deliver them to the new location and unload them to the curb or dock. Optional "accessorial" services, such as inside pickup, and residential service are available for an additional fee. |
| Freight, Inside Pickup | The Shipping Customer packs and palletizes. The Service Provider driver loads the freight during an inside pick up. |
| Freight, Curbside Pickup | The Shipping Customer packs and palletizes. The Service Provider driver loads the freight during a curbside pick up. |
| Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Freight - Transport Only Service | LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) Standard Service is the most basic level of freight service available. The customer is responsible for packaging items in accordance with freight standards using boxes, pallets or crates. The base level is loading dock service, which requires the customer to load and unload the items into and out of the truck, and the freight company is only responsible for transporting the shipment to the destination. Optional "accessorial" services, such as lift-gate loading/unloading, inside pickup and residential service are available for an additional fee. |
| Mover, Loading Service | The Shipping Customer packs and wraps. The Service Provider Mover loads the shipment. |
| Other | Other option not covered in the list of values. |
| Open Transport Service | Premium level care for vehicle or motorcycle transport. The Service Provider will carefully load the car or motorcycle onto an open trailer and secure it for transport. Some Service Providers even have customized trailers with padding and rigging designed exclusively for vehicle or motorcycle transport. The Service Provider will tow the trailer to the delivery location and unload the vehicle or motorcycle. |
| Enclosed Transport Service | Premium level care for vehicle or motorcycle transport. The Service Provider will carefully load the car or motorcycle into an enclosed trailer that is protected from the elements and road debris. Some Service Providers even have customized trailers with padding and rigging designed exclusively for vehicle or motorcycle transport. The Service Provider will tow the trailer to the delivery location and unload the vehicle or motorcycle. The service is commonly used for rare or high-value vehicles or motorcycles or for transport through extreme climates. |
| Driveaway Service | The most basic level of vehicle transport service. The Service Provider drives the vehicle to the destination. No other equipment is used for the transport job. |
| Flatbed Transport Service | this type of service is commonly used for boats that are too large for standard boat trailers and for smaller boats on trailers where the boat owner does not want to put any mileage on their trailer. The Shipping customer generally arranges the lifting and loading of the boat separately through a boatyard or marina. The Service Provider assists with the rigging and tows the trailer to the delivery location. |
| In-water Delivery Service | In-Water Delivery is a basic level of service where the Service Provider captains the boat to be transported on the water to the destination. This service is useful for moving large boats, transporting a boat internationally and for shipments with a practical water route where the customer does not mind the extra wear on the boat. The price varies depending on the size of the boat, the crew required and the number of days for the trip. |
| Ocean Freight Container Serivce | Container service is used to transport boats overseas in standard shipping containers. The Service Provider arranges for the boat to be loaded into a container, secured and crane-loaded onto the ship. Since the boat must fit within a container, it must have a beam of less than 8’. |
| Loading Service (Mover loads.) | The Service Provider Mover loads the shipment. |
| Self Service | The Shipping Customer loads the shipment. |
| The Service Provider or designee crates, loads and transports the motorcycle and delivers it to the curb or dock. Residential service may be available for an additional fee. | White Glove Service is the highest level of care and is especially useful when transporting valuable, delicate and hard-to-ship items. The Service Provider will carefully disassemble, prepare, package and wrap the items, load them on the truck, then transport, unload, unwrap, un-box, assemble and set up the items inside the new location. |
| Tow-Away Service | A basic level service to transport towable vehicles or boats. The Service Provider uses their truck to tow the Shipper's vehicle or boat to the destination. The service is only for roadworthy vehicles, legal trailers, and boats. Examples: Fifth wheel, folding tent trailer, travel trailer. |
| Courier Service | Courier Service is a specialized transportation and service for delivering mail, packages and other goods. Courier service is distinguished from ordinary mail service by features such as speed, security, tracking, signature, specialization of services, and committed delivery times. Couriers range from owner operators of regional delivery vans to large international package delivery companies. |
Trailer Types
Dependent on the commodity type. Obtain from the Trailer Types Lookup API.
| Trailer Type Value (immutable string) | Localizable Label (EN-US) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DryVan | Dry Van | A regular, simple trailer with either single, tandem, or tri axles with an enclosed, non-refrigerated van to transport dry goods. Usually loaded or unloaded through the rear doors requiring elevated access for forklifts to enter the trailer, for example. |
| Flatbed | Flatbed | A type of truck which can be either articulated or rigid. As the name suggests, it has an entirely flat, level 'bed' body with no sides or roof. |
| Lowboy | Lowboy | A semi-trailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels. This design allows the deck to be extremely low compared with other trailers. It offers the ability to carry legal loads up to 12 ft (3.66 m) tall, which other trailers cannot. Lowboys are used to haul heavy equipment such as bulldozers or industrial equipment, for example. |
| StepDeck | Step Deck | An open trailer with a standard flatbed section at the front and a dropped section in the rear used to transport taller cargo. |
| OnTrailer | Power Only | A trucking industry term for using an independent driver or a logistics company’s tractor to move your trailer that you have either purchased or leased. |
| Reefer | Reefer | A trailer designed for transporting food. Consists of insulated walls and self-powered refrigeration unit. |
| AirRideVan | Air Ride Van | A trailer that is equipped with air-ride suspension. |
| AutoCarrier | Auto Carrier | A semi-trailer especially designed to carry automobiles, vans, and trucks. This trailer type can either be open or enclosed. |
| Dump | Dump | A truck with a body that tilts or opens at the back for unloading. |
| FlatbedDouble | Flatbed Double | A flatbed trailer that rides even lower to the ground giving you that extra bit of clearance you need for those unusually high-riding loads. |
| RemovableGooseneck | Removable Gooseneck | A gooseneck is the front end of a trailer frame that houses the upper coupler and overlaps the truck frame. A removable gooseneck can be removed either manually or with hydraulics. |
| StretchedFlatbed | Stretch Flatbed | A trailer that has the ability to transport extra long loads. |
| Tanker | Tanker | A trailer designed to carry liquified loads, dry bulk cargo, or gases on roads. |
| VanDouble | Van Double | A trailer that has two vans connected to pull twice the load. The lead trailer is connected to the tag trailer. For example, a "MaxiCUBE Classic B-double van allows a forklift to be driven through the tag trailer into the lead trailer without having to unhitch. The unique trailer design includes front and rear roller doors and an underslung fridge plant on the tag trailer, and an automatic sliding turntable on the lead trailer. At the flick of a switch, the brakes on the rear trailer are locked and the turntable unlocked, allowing the truck to reverse the lead trailer to join the front of the tag trailer, enabling a forklift to be driven through both trailers. The result is speedy loading and unloading and faster turn around times." |
| Other | Other | The service provider's trailer type is not covered in this list. |
| NoPreference | No Preference | The shipping customer does not have a preference about the service provider's trailer type. |
Transport Mode
When making a request, use these string values. Not all values are supported in all versions, methods, or resources. Consult with your API Support contact for details.
| Type |
|---|
| Car |
| Hatchback |
| Station_Wagon |
| Pickup |
| Covered_Pickup |
| SUV |
| Box_Truck |
| Moving_Truck |
| Uncovered_Trailer |
| Covered_Cargo_Trailer |
| Recreational_Vehicle |
| Van |
| Other |
| Multi_car_ open_trailer |
| Single_car_ open_trailer |
| Multi_car_enclosed_trailer |
| Single_car_enclosed_trailer |
| Portable_Storage_Device |