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Record 1 2011-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

A charge assessed by a pier or dock owner against freight handled over the pier or dock.

OBS

top wharfage: term standardized by the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

[Somme d'argent exigée] par le propriétaire d'une jetée ou d'un dock pour la manutention de marchandises sur cette jetée ou ce dock.

OBS

mise à quai de surface : terme normalisé par l'Office des normes générales du Canada (ONGC).

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • quayage
  • droit d'utilisation de la plate-forme
  • droit de quayage
  • quaiage de surface

Spanish

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