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Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement.
Industry:Transportation
Abbreviation for “Subject to Particular Average.” See also Particular Average.
Industry:Transportation
For ships, a cargo handling area parallel to the shoreline where a vessel normally ties up.– For land transportation, a loading or unloading platform at an industrial location or carrier terminal.
Industry:Transportation
Containers loaded at port of loading and discharged at port of destination.
Industry:Transportation
Railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. Eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction.
Industry:Transportation
A charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship’s normal tackle.
Industry:Transportation
An articulated five–platform railcar. Used where height and weight restrictions limit the use of stack cars. It holds five 40–foot containers or combinations of 40– and 20–foot containers.
Industry:Transportation
A form used to acknowledge receipt of cargo and often serves as basis for preparation of the ocean bill of lading.
Industry:Transportation
A mobile container–handling crane used to load/unload containers to/from railcars.
Industry:Transportation
