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CONTAINER CARRIER [14 records]

Record 1 2017-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

Vibratory finishing involves placing work parts to be finished in a rubber-or polyurethane-lined bowl, tub, or other suitably designed steel-shell container loaded with an abrasive or nonabrasive carrier material(the medium).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Pour les machines de vibro-abrasion la robustesse ça se voit. Au premier coup d'œil on remarque la solidité et le poids des machines Trowal de vibro-abrasion.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Shipper, consignor or warehouseman should not tender to a carrier any container which has been damaged or defaced to the extent that the frozen product is in unsalable condition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 3 2015-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Insurance
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Maximum sum of money payable by a carrier to a shipper or bill of lading holder for any damage or loss to the cargo for which the carrier is liable under the contract of carriage. The basis of the limitation may be per piece of package or per tonne or per container according to the particular contract. The amount of the limitation is determined by agreement of the two parties or by law.

PHR

limitation of liability clause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Assurances
  • Commerce extérieur
PHR

limitation de responsabilité en valeur

PHR

clause de limitation de responsabilité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
  • Seguros
  • Comercio exterior
PHR

limitación de responsabilidad en valor

PHR

cláusula de limitación de responsabilidad.

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Record 4 2013-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
DEF

Carrier loading express into car, boat or other transportation vehicle or container.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Military Transportation
DEF

System of loading and discharging a ship whereby cargo loaded onto trailers or onto vehicles is driven on and off ramps.

PHR

Roll-on/roll-off berth, car carrier, cargo, container ship, load, method of transport, service, service charges, terminal, unit.

Key term(s)
  • roll on/roll off
  • ro-ro
  • roll on roll off
  • roll on roll off system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
  • Transport militaire
DEF

Technique de chargement ou de déchargement des navires par rampes d'accès qu'empruntent tous engins sur roues, automoteurs, tractés ou poussés.

PHR

Cargaison, charge, frais pour marchandises, unité de roulage.

OBS

roulage; manutention horizontale : termes uniformisés par le CN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte de mercancías
  • Cargamento (Transporte por agua)
  • Transporte militar
DEF

Sistema empleado para embarcar y desembarcar mercancías de un buque, utilizando una rampa y un vehículo con ruedas.

OBS

transbordo rodado de carga: Término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 6 2009-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

... the subject matter of the contract is the carriage of goods in containers.... The carrier is deprived of knowledge about the cargo in the container. He will put an "unknown" clause in the bill of lading and will not issue a clean bill of lading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
CONT

Le problème des clauses d'inconnu par lesquelles le signataire du document affirme son ignorance de certaines circonstances décisives auxquelles se réfère ledit document est un des problèmes les plus fréquemment posés dans la pratique [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

[A] physical arrangement including equipment, devices, and structures whereby grain is weighed with one or more scales and delivered or conveyed to a carrier or container, or unloaded from a carrier or container and delivered to one or more scales to be weighed.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Arrangement physique comprenant l'équipement, les appareils et les structures, qui permet la pesée de grain par une ou plusieurs balances ainsi que l'acheminement à un transporteur ou à un conteneur ou qui permet le déchargement d'un transporteur ou d'un conteneur et l'acheminement à une ou plusieurs balances à des fins de pesée.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 8 2003-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Maritime Law
DEF

A fixed charge levied by a carrier to ship a container, trailer, car, etcetera, from one point to another, irrespective of the contents.

OBS

A FAK rate supersedes class or commodity rates. The shipper, in effect, pays a flat charge to move the unit and may ship whatever he wishes up to the rated capacity of the unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Droit maritime
DEF

Frais de transport forfaitaire fixé sans tenir compte de la catégorie de la marchandise expédiée.

Key term(s)
  • fret de tout genre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tarificación (Transporte por agua)
  • Cargamento (Transporte por agua)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Derecho marítimo
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Record 9 2003-05-05

English

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

A shipping container with side doors which drop down to give unrestricted access to the sides of the container for loading or discharging.

OBS

When provided by an ocean carrier, this type of container is sometimes the subject of an additional charge on the freight rate.

Key term(s)
  • open side container

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Special Water Transport
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

An ocean-going barge and container carrier with a capacity of 21, 000 dwt's [deadweight ton] which may carry 500 TEU's [twenty equivalent units] plus twelve barges below deck.

OBS

The barges are transhipped from the mother vessel on arrival at the port area to be towed along the various inland waterways thereby providing a door to door service.

Key term(s)
  • BACO liner

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
Key term(s)
  • porte-barges hybride BACO

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

A small container, usually made of metal, which holds the chemical or other substances inside a carrier shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Petit récipient, habituellement en métal, renfermant des substances chimiques ou autres et se trouvant à l'intérieur d'un obus porteur.

OBS

contenant : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
  • Rail Transport
CONT

FOB origin, freight collect-where ownership of the goods passed to the buyer when the goods are loaded on the vehicle(truck, railcar, container, airplane, or whatever). The carrier then collects charges from the buyer(Distribution, August 1985, p. 40).

OBS

Dans la série des : FOB, FOB destination, freight collect, FOB destination, freight prepaid, FOB origin, freight prepaid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
  • Transport par rail
DEF

Vente dans laquelle le transfert de propriété et la délivrance de la marchandise sont réalisés dans les magasins du vendeur. C'est à l'acheteur de faire son affaire du transport de la marchandise jusqu'à ses établissements et d'en supporter le coût.

OBS

(...) sont à acheminer en Régime commercial : (...) les matériaux vendus départ (...) (EX-48a, 3).

Spanish

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Record 13 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

Carrier unloading express from car, boat or other transportation vehicle or container.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
DEF

A carrier or storage container for drawings or prints;...

CONT

The conventional portfolio is covered with black paper embossed in a leather grain.

OBS

... made of two pieces of strong cardboard hinged together, it is held closed by a pair of tapes at the middle of each free edge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
DEF

Carton double pliant, dans lequel on conserve des estampes de collection; (...)

DEF

Grand carton à dessin utilisé par les peintres, les dessinateurs.

Spanish

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