Nominalisation in Formal Logistics Writing

• Nominalisation means turning verbs and adjectives into nouns to make your communication more professional and objective. This is essential when drafting formal claims for American freight operations.
• Type
• Informal Verb / Adjective
• Formal Nominalisation
• Verb
• decide
• the decision
• Verb
• fail
• the failure
• Adjective
• available
• the availability
• Adjective
• reliable
• the reliability
• Remember
• Use nominalisation to remove personal pronouns like 'we' or 'you' from formal cargo claims.
• Pair nominalised nouns with strong formal verbs such as 'establish', 'demonstrate', or 'warrant'.
• Always include the correct article (the, an, a) before the nominalised noun phrase.
• Examples
• We decided to file the claim on Monday becomes The decision to file the claim was made on Monday.
• The carrier was unreliable, which caused delays becomes The unreliability of the carrier caused delays.
• Common mistakes
• Our decide to claim was sent to Chicago.
• Our decision to claim was sent to Chicago.
• We checked the available of the driver in Boston.
• We checked the availability of the driver in Boston.

Complete the sentences

• The board announced (decide) ____ to pursue litigation against the carrier in Seattle.
• Please confirm (available) ____ of the delivery receipts in Atlanta.
• We noted (fail) ____ of the warehouse team in Dallas to secure the pallets.
• Analysts questioned (reliable) ____ of the tracking data from Denver.
• They evaluated (propose) ____ submitted by the freight forwarder in Phoenix.
• Management assessed (damage) ____ reported by the receiver in Houston.

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