„Advance Arrangements“

In transportation, advance arrangements must be made for certain kinds of cargo which require special handling: hazardous cargo, over weight, over sized, over normal quantity, time sensitive, shipped unpacked, live animals etc. Not every carrier can or will transport every kind of cargo.

Source:

Rodrigue, J-P., Comtois, C., & Slack, B. (2013). The Geography of Transport Systems, Fourth Edition. New York: Routledge.