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A vessel is underway when it is not at anchor, made fast to the shore, or aground.
Industry:Transportation
The size beyond which cars or loads cannot use bridges, tunnels, etc.
Industry:Transportation
A vessel discharges part of its cargo at anchor into a lighter to reduce the vessel’s draft so it can then get alongside a pier.
Industry:Transportation
Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.
Industry:Transportation
A strip of wood or metal used to afford additional strength, to prevent warping, or to hold in place.
Industry:Transportation
An open or covered barge towed by a tugboat and used mainly in harbors and inland waterways to carry cargo to/from alongside a vessel.
Industry:Transportation
A train of a specified number of railcars, perhaps 100, which remain as a unit for a designated destination or until a change in routing is made.
Industry:Transportation
Refrigeration equipment attachable to an insulated container that does not have its own refrigeration unit.
Industry:Transportation
Refers to carriage of goods by lighter and the charge assessed there from.
Industry:Transportation
