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LOADING BAY [4 records]

Record 1 2017-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Depots and Terminals (Road Transport)
  • Shunting Operations (Railroads)
DEF

Raised construction works to facilitate the loading and unloading of road vehicles.

OBS

loading bay: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gares routières
  • Triage (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Construction surélevée facilitant le chargement et le déchargement des véhicules routiers.

CONT

Emplacement de véhicule. (Dans les stations-service autoroutières à grand débit, les baies sont disposées en biais pour faciliter la manœuvre des automobiles; il en est de même pour les baies de chargement de camions-citernes dans les raffineries et les dépôts.)

OBS

quai : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Terminals
  • Cargo (Water Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gares maritimes
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
OBS

quai de chargement : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underground Mining
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
CONT

Modern trackless equipment adapts well to step-room mining. The stoping can be fully mechanized, using standard mobile equipment. The blasted ore is gathered in the stopes by the LDH vehicles and transferred to mine truck for transport ... If the stope is not high enough for truck loading, the trucks can be filled in special loading bays excavated in the haulage drive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Extraction et transport du minerai

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Post Offices
DEF

The area of a postal facility where a receiving and despatching dock is located.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureaux de poste

Spanish

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