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Aircraft
An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
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Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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American President Lines
American President Lines Ltd. (now simply referred to as APL), along with its parent company CMA CGM, is the world's third-largest container transportation and shipping company, providing more than 80 weekly services.
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Association of American Railroads
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight railroads of North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States).
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Banbury
Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England.
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Barge
A barge is a flat-bottomed ship, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods.
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Beeching cuts
The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.
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Betuweroute
The Betuweroute is a double track freight railway from Rotterdam to Germany.
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Bogie
A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.
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Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England.
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British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.
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Bureau International des Containers
The Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal, originally Bureau International des Conteneurs, and still abbreviated BIC, and in English parlance sometimes called International Container Bureau oversees standards for intermodal containers, commonly referred to as "shipping containers".
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Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881.
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Cargo
In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.
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CargoBeamer
Cargobeamer is an intermodal transport system.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City.
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China Shipping Container Lines
China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd (CSCL), was a containerized marine shipping company, based in Shanghai, China.
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CMA CGM
CMA CGM S.A. is a French container transportation and shipping company.
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Co-modality
The co-modality is a notion introduced by the European commission in 2006 in the field of the transport policy to define an approach of the globality of the transport modes and of their combinations.
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Container crane
A container crane (also container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane) is a type of large dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships.
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Container ship
Container ships (sometimes spelled containerships) are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization.
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Containerization
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers).
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COSCO
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, known as COSCO or COSCO Group, is a Chinese state-owned shipping and logistics services supplier company.
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Customs Convention on Containers
The Customs Convention on Containers is a United Nations and International Maritime Organization treaty whereby states agree to allow intermodal containers to be temporarily brought into their states duty- and tax-free.
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Danube
The Danube or Donau (known by various names in other languages) is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga.
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Double-stack rail transport
Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport where intermodal containers are stacked two high on railroad cars.
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Drayage
Drayage is defined as the transport of goods over a short distance in the shipping industry and logistics industry.
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Dry port
A dry port (sometimes inland port) is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.
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Dunnage bag
Dunnage bags, also known as airbags, air cushions, and inflatable bags, are used to secure and stabilize cargo.
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Electrification
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source.
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Emma Mærsk
Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E-class of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Eurasian Land Bridge
The Eurasian Land Bridge (Yevraziyskiy sukhoputniy most), sometimes called the New Silk Road (Новый шёлковый путь, Noviy shyolkoviy put'), or Belt and Road Initiative is the rail transport route for moving freight and passengers overland between Pacific seaports in the Russian Far East and China and seaports in Europe.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
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Evergreen Marine
Evergreen Marine Corporation, is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
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Flatbed truck
A flatbed truck (or flatbed lorry in British English) is a type of truck which can be either articulated or rigid.
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Flatcar
A flatcar (US) (also flat car (US) or flat wagon (UIC)) is a piece of railroad (US) or railway (non-US) rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels.
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Forklift
A forklift (also called lift truck, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances.
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Freight transport
Freight transport is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Golden West Books
Golden West Books is a privately owned American publishing company specializing in American Railroads.
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Great Eastern Railway
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia.
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Hamburg Süd
Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft ApS & Co KG – Hamburg Süd for short – ranks among the ten largest container shipping brands worldwide and is part of Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company.
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Hanjin Shipping
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd. was a South Korean integrated logistics and container transport company.
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Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd is a multinational German-based transportation company.
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Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east.
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Haulage
Haulage is the business of transporting goods by road or rail.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''.
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Hyundai Merchant Marine
Hyundai Merchant Marine (Hangul: 현대상선) is the world's 14th largest container line in terms of vessel capacity.
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Inland port
An inland port is a port on an inland waterway, such as a river, lake, or canal, which may or may not be connected to the ocean.
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Intermodal container
An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo.
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International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".
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ISO 6346
ISO 6346 is an international standard covering the coding, identification and marking of intermodal (shipping) containers used within containerized intermodal freight transport.
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K Line
, also referred to as "K" Line, is one of the largest Japanese transportation companies.
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Kalka–Shimla railway
The Kalka–Shimla railway is a narrow-gauge railway in North India which traverses a mostly-mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla.
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Kuantan Port
Situated about 25 km to the north of Kuantan city and facing South China Sea, Kuantan Port (Latitude 3°58'N, Longitude 103° 26'E) is a multipurpose port in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia.
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Less than truckload shipping
Less than truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of relatively small freight.
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List of container shipping companies by ship fleets and containers
This list provides details of the world's top 50 liner shipping companies ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet as at 1 May 2017.
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Load securing
Load securing, also known as cargo securing, is the securing of cargo for transportation.
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Loading gauge
A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.
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Maersk
A.P. Moller–Maersk Group (Danish: A.P. Møller–Mærsk A/S), also known as Maersk, is a Danish business conglomerate with activities in the transport, logistics and energy sectors.
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Mediterranean Shipping Company
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) is the world's second-largest shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity.
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Merchant vessel
A merchant vessel, trading vessel or merchantman is a boat or ship that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
is a Japanese transport company headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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Modalohr
The Lohr Railway System or Modalohr System (Système Modalohr) uses special railway wagons of a type known as piggyback wagons, to carry standard road semi-trailers on the European rail network.
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Mode of transport
Mode of transport is a term used to distinguish substantially different ways to perform.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.
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Neath
Neath (Castell-nedd) is a town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales with a population of 19,258 in 2011.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nippon Yusen
is one of the oldest and largest shipping companies in the world.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
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Orient Overseas Container Line
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is a Hong Kong-based container shipping and logistics service company.
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Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.
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Owner–Operator Independent Drivers Association
The Owner–Operator Independent Drivers Association is a North American international trade organization dedicated to the interests of truck drivers.
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P&O Nedlloyd
P&O Nedlloyd Container Line Limited was an Anglo-Dutch worldwide ocean-going container shipping line, with dual headquarters in London and Rotterdam.
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Pacer Stacktrain
Pacer Stacktrain is owned by transportation logistics company XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) and provides wholesale intermodal transportation services in North America.
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Pacific International Lines
Pacific International Lines (PIL) is a shipping company incorporated in Singapore in 1967.
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Pallet
A pallet, sometimes inaccurately called a skid (a skid has no bottom deck boards), is a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, pallet jack, front loader, work saver, or other jacking device, or a crane.
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Panama Canal expansion project
The Panama Canal expansion project (ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for a larger number of ships, and increasing the width and depth of the lanes and locks allowing larger ships to pass.
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Panamax
Panamax and New Panamax (or Neopanamax) are terms for the size limits for ships travelling through the Panama Canal.
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Pickfords
Pickfords is a moving company based in the United Kingdom, part of Pickfords Move Management Ltd.
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Piggyback (transportation)
Piggyback transportation refers to the transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else.
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Port of Melbourne
The Port of Melbourne is one of the largest ports for containerised and general cargo in Australia.
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Port of New York and New Jersey
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the port district of the New York-Newark metropolitan area, encompassing the region within approximately a radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
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Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland is a major container ship facility located in Oakland, California, in the San Francisco Bay.
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Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
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Railroad car
A railroad car or railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon or railway carriage (British English and UIC), also called a train car or train wagon, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport system (a railroad/railway).
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Railroad classes
In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, II, or III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board.
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Railway Clearing House
The British Railway Clearing House (RCH) was an organisation set up to manage the allocation of revenue collected by pre-grouping railway companies of fares and charges paid for passengers and goods travelling over the lines of other companies.
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Railway Gazette International
Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.
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Reach stacker
A reach stacker is a vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports.
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Refrigerated container
A refrigerated container or reefer is an intermodal container (shipping container) used in intermodal freight transport that is refrigerated for the transportation of temperature sensitive cargo.
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Rhine
--> The Rhine (Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.
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Roadrailer
In railroad terminology a Roadrailer or RoadRailer is a highway trailer, or semi-trailer, that is specially equipped for use in railroad intermodal service.
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Roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.
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Rolling highway
In rail transportation, a rolling highway, or rolling road is a form of combined transport involving the conveying of road trucks by rail, referred to as Ro-La trains.
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands, in South Holland within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea.
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Rubber tyred gantry crane
A rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG crane) (also transtainer) is a mobile gantry crane used in intermodal operations to ground or stack containers.
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Semi-trailer
A semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle.
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Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying passengers or goods, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.
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Sidelifter
A sidelifter is a specialised vehicle or semi-trailer used to hoist and transport ISO standard intermodal containers over longer distances.
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South Florida
South Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southernmost part of the state.
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Straddle carrier
A straddle carrier or straddle truck is a freight carrying vehicle that carries its load underneath by "straddling" it, rather than carrying it on top like a conventional truck.
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Structure gauge
The structure gauge, also called the minimum clearance outline, is the minimum height and width of tunnels and bridges as well as the minimum height and width of the doors that allow a rail siding access into a warehouse.
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Suezmax
"Suezmax" is a naval architecture term for the largest ship measurements capable of transiting the Suez Canal in a laden condition, and is almost exclusively used in reference to tankers.
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Swansea docks
Swansea Docks is the collective name for several docks in Swansea, Wales.
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Swap body
A swap body (or swop body) is one of the standard freight containers for road and rail transport.
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Tank container
A tank container or tanktainer is an intermodal container for the transport of liquids, gases and powders as bulk cargo.
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Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element with symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
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Trailer (vehicle)
A trailer is an unpowered vehicle towed by a powered vehicle.
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Transloading
Transloading is the process of transferring a shipment from one mode of transportation to another.
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Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.
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Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo.
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Truck driver
A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver, or driver in Ireland, the United Kingdom, India, Nepal and Pakistan) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck (usually a semi truck, box truck or dump truck).
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TTX Company
TTX Company (formerly TrailerTrain) is a provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry.
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Tuam railway station
Tuam railway station is a largely disused railway station associated with the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland.
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Twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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Vehicle
A vehicle (from vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo.
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Wan Hai Lines
Wan Hai Lines was founded in 1965 in Taiwan as a shipping company.
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Warehouse
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods.
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Well car
A well car, also known as a double-stack car or stack car (also well wagon), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport.
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White Pass and Yukon Route
The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U.S. Class II narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is an ocean shipping company based in Keelung, Taiwan (ROC).
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Zim Integrated Shipping Services
Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (צים), formerly ZIM Israel Navigation Company Ltd. and Zim American Israeli Shipping Inc., is the biggest cargo shipping company in Israel, and one of the top-20 global carriers.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport
