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CONTAINER DOCK [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
  • Transport of Goods
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A meat product in a transport container that has moved away from the shipping dock of a registered establishment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Produit de viande se trouvant dans un conteneur de transport qui a quitté le quai de chargement d'un établissement agréé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Air Safety
CONT

Commercial cargo at Blaine travels through a new fourteen million-dollar facility. At this facility, a commercial truck with a container full of foreign goods can have its cargo cleared and entered into the U. S. in less than a minute. That same conveyance can be selected for inspection and required to back up to the loading dock or old to pull ahead to the mobile X-ray vehicle.

CONT

... we showed our immigration cards to pass on to the flight waiting room. Since we passed through all these points relatively quickly, we had to wait an hour or so before boarding. When it was finally time to board, we walked outside, ran our bags through a security X-ray vehicle, and proceeded to the jet.

Key term(s)
  • mobile X-rays vehicle
  • mobile X ray vehicle
  • mobile X rays vehicle
  • mobile truck X rays

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
CONT

[...] au 1-6-1999, la douane employait 20 005 agents, utilisait 23 avions, 8 hélicoptères, 68 bateaux, 2 216 véhicules dont 257 motos, 7 véhicules à rayons X, 2 camions de surveillance radar, 262 équipes «maître-chien» pour la détection des stupéfiants et des explosifs.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Containers
DEF

An open well deck ship designed to carry containers.

OBS

[This ship] can also be used for Lash, barges instead of containers. When the dock is submerged the barges are steered into the well and then the container dock can be refloated, thus emptying the water so that the barges rest in the dry well hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Conteneurs

Spanish

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