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WORK PORT [14 records]

Record 1 2021-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Naval Forces
  • Water Transport
DEF

A naval officer detailed to board an incoming ship to provide local information as to the ceremonies or honors expected, uniforms required, or facilities available.

CONT

Boarding officers work in ship agencies, which are the first point of contact for vessels arriving into port.

OBS

boarding officer; BO: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Forces navales
  • Transport par eau
OBS

officier de visite; BO : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Women
OBS

THANS exists to eliminate violence against women in Nova Scotia... The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia member organizations provide transitional services to women(and their children) who are experiencing violence and abuse, including culturally relevant services to Mi’kmaw people. THANS eleven member organizations work with women and their children in thirteen locations across Nova Scotia : Sydney, Waycobah, Port Hawkesbury, Antigonish, New Glasgow, Amherst, Truro, Millbrook, Halifax, Bridgewater, Yarmouth, Digby and Kentville.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie des femmes

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Mission : To negotiate efficient labour agreements on behalf of its members and to develop and maintain positive employer/employee work relations and oversee the training of employees in the longshore industry in the Port of Halifax.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Electronic Warfare
CONT

Lasers used for weapons guidance will aim at very specific areas of the ship possibly located several meters or tens of meters away from the LWR [laser warning receiver] location. LWRs specifically designed for this application will work outside the main beam where detection is due either to off-axis aerosol scattering or port scattering(due to output optics). Laser radiation is scattered from aerosols(dust particles and water droplets) along the entire beam path, creating a spatially distributed radiation source, which creates an angular distribution of the irradiance at the LWR.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Masers et lasers
  • Guerre électronique

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

The Port's modernization also includes major capital work at the Port's west side cargo handling piers and facilities. The undertaking is a three-way funding partnership between the federal government, the province and Port Saint John.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Pipes and Fittings
CONT

A load check valve is placed in the pump port to prevent the load from falling when the work port opens to the cylinder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
CONT

Un clapet antiretour est logé dans l’orifice de la pompe pour éviter une chute de la charge quand l’orifice de travail s’ouvre au vérin.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Labour and Employment
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
DEF

Work occupations in which the demand for employment is highly variable such as port work and other jobs of an unskilled, intermittent nature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Travail et emploi
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
DEF

Personnes qui, dans une organisation, travaillent d'une façon discontinue.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
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Record 8 2014-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • International Relations
DEF

A place where an alien may be permitted to enter a country.

CONT

The contractor shall ensure that non-permanent residents intending to work in Canada on a temporary basis in fulfilment of the contract, who are neither Canadian citizens, United States, nor Mexican nationals, receive all appropriate documents and instructions relating to Canadian immigration requirements and secure all required employment authorizations prior to their arrival at the Canadian port of entry.

OBS

port of entry, POE: terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Relations internationales
CONT

Toute personne a) qui entre au Canada à un endroit autre qu'un point d'entrée et qui ne se présente pas devant un agent d'immigration pour l'examen visé au paragraphe 12 (1) [...]

OBS

point d'entrée, PDE : terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
  • Relaciones internacionales
CONT

Todos los visitantes son entrevistados por un oficial de inmigración en el puerto de entrada canadiense, quien otorgará o negará la admisión al país.

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Record 9 2011-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
  • Ocean Energy
DEF

A system for harvesting the energy of waves (swell) in the shape of an on-shore barrier that retains and directs the water in a reservoir linked with a turbine for the production of electricity.

OBS

Energetech Australia is building a prototype electricity generator based on wave power on the breakwater at Port Kembla in New South Wales. A submerged chamber is open below the water level. When the waves rise up around the chamber, the water inside the chamber rises and falls with the waves. This compresses and decompresses air above the water in the chamber, creating airflow which drives a turbine. The turbines work with the air flowing in both directions. The blades change angle, depending on the speed and direction of the airflow … An ocean wall in the shape of a parabola concentrates the wave energy onto a central point where the power station is located … The amount of converted energy depends on the wind speed, the time the wind blows over the waves, and the distance it covers. During a wave's voyage, it shapes into a more regular wave, commonly referred to as a swell. At ocean shores, swells are very regular and discernable, even when the sea is calm.

Key term(s)
  • wave-energy breakwater
  • wave-power breakwater

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
  • Énergie océanique
CONT

Générateurs utilisant la houle […] La houle, dont l’origine se trouve dans les vents, représente un immense gisement d’énergie. Les puissances disponibles s’expriment par unité de longueur de front de vague et atteignent quelques 10 kW [kilowatts]/m. [Parmi les] principaux dispositifs exploitant l’énergie des vagues [on trouve les] barrages à houle situés sur les côtes; par déferlement, l’eau de mer remplit un réservoir et est ensuite turbinée. Ces systèmes présentent l’avantage de lisser la puissance et d’obtenir une production relativement régulière, en tout cas, qui ne fluctue pas au rythme des vagues, mais ils occupent de l’espace sur les côtes […]

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Standards and Regulations
DEF

Permit needed to perform certain types of work such as gas welding, tar covering of roofs or the like.

CONT

All temporary operations involving open flames or producing heat and/or sparks require a hot work permit. This includes, but is not limited to brazing, cutting, grinding, soldering, thawing, and welding.

CONT

The hot work permit for the Port of Gaspé is a pro-forma document stipulating that all work must be performed in strict compliance with all current fire codes, standards, and safe practices...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Construction)
CONT

Permis de travail à chaud -[Permis obligatoire] lorsque la chaleur utilisée ou générée par ce processus de travail est d'intensité suffisante pour causer une explosion ou un incendie.

CONT

Le permis pour travaux à chaud vise à faire en sorte qu'on prenne toutes les mesures de précaution voulues avant d'entreprendre des travaux de brûlage, de soudage et d'autres travaux à chaud faisant appel au gaz oxyacétylénique.

CONT

Permis pour travaux à chaud [...] Au port de Gaspé, le permis est un document type précisant que tous les travaux doivent être effectués en conformité rigoureuse avec tous les codes, normes et pratiques visant à prévenir les incendies [...]

CONT

Il faut un permis de travaux à haute température lorsque la tâche à accomplir comporte une flamme nue, des étincelles ou une source de chaleur pouvant provoquer l'inflammation d'une substance explosive, inflammable ou combustible.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Water Transport
  • Transportation Insurance
CONT

The expression [...] "running or consecutive days" relates to consecutive calendar days of 24 hours (from midnight to midnight), consequently not only working days, but Sundays and holidays as well. From the viewpoint of shipowners this is the most satisfactory description of laydays.

OBS

Not to be confused with "working days" meaning a day on which work is normally done at the port concerned, consequently excluding Sundays and holidays officially recognized as such.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Transport par eau
  • Assurance transport
OBS

Les jours courants permettent le travail pendant 24 heures consécutives. Ne pas confondre avec "jours ouvrables" dont la durée de travail peut varier selon l'usage adopté dans chaque port.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho del mar
  • Transporte por agua
  • Seguro de transporte
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Record 12 2003-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
CONT

Johansson's ro/ro vessels differ markedly in design from the now-traditional Paralla design. Rather than use a large quarter ramp, the owner prefers twin axial ramps, each slewable, one to port and the other to starboard. Normally, the twin stern ramps are used simultaneously in the straight aft position for maximum speed of loading. However, should it not be possible to work cargo stern to, then each ramp will slew 35° off the centre line enabling the ship to still load and unload when berthed either side to a marginal quay.

Key term(s)
  • twin stern ramp

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
Key term(s)
  • rampe arrière jumelle

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

The hold - usually the largest - which will take the longest time to load or to discharge.

OBS

This governs the time taken to complete cargo operations and may affect the turnaround time of the ship in port. To complete the cargo work at all holds at about the same time it may be necessary to employ more gangs or to work overtime at the controlling hold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council carries out a range of pollution monitoring work in order to establish the current state of the environment. Some studies involve the use of high-tech pollution analysers that automatically generate readings on an hourly basis. Other methods rely upon semi-automatic or manual sample collection on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis. Some monitoring is carried out as part of national monitoring networks, whilst other in-house pollution monitoring is also carried out.

PHR

Air pollution monitoring, in-house pollution monitoring.

PHR

Pollution monitoring equipment, network.

Key term(s)
  • monitoring of pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
PHR

Programme, réseau, station de surveillance de la pollution (atmosphérique).

PHR

Surveillance de la pollution de l'air, de la pollution intérieure des locaux.

Spanish

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