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TANK CONTAINER [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Containers
  • Transport of Goods
  • Air Freight
DEF

A portable tank that is also a freight container. [Regulations on the transport or dangerous goods].

OBS

It would ... be more accurate to talk of "containerised tank" rather than tank containers, as the container contribution to such units is a steel perimeter frame ... in which tanks of usual shape are carried.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Fret aérien
CONT

[...] container-citerne pour liquides alimentaires ou produits chimiques.

OBS

Pluriel : conteneurs-citernes.

Spanish

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