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HANDLING RATE [15 records]

Record 1 2023-12-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loads and Weights (Transport.)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
CONT

Having the maximum rate based on a key carload weight would permit incentive features to stimulate economical loading and handling and would leave open an area for negotiation between the railway and the shipper for the sharing of such economies as result.

Key term(s)
  • key car load weight

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poids et charges (Transports)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
CONT

Si le tarif maximum est fondé sur un poids-clef par wagonnée, cela encouragera l'expéditeur aussi bien que le transporteur à charger les wagons et à manutentionner la marchandise de la façon la plus économique [...]

Key term(s)
  • poids-clé par wagonnée

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Techniques
  • Forage Crops
CONT

The recompressor was operated with the workers laboring at the rate of speed considered normal for hay handling. The bales were picked up, two at a time, with a bale handler... The bales were placed on a table which fed the bales through a cutter. After cutting, the bale sections were compressed then cut in half.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de récolte
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
CONT

La fourche est utilisée pour toute la manipulation du foin pendant le chargement et la mise en meule.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-06-23

English

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

Qualification to a freight rate which signifies that [the rate] consists of the ocean carriage and the cost of cargo handling at the loading and discharging ports according to the custom of those ports.

OBS

liner terms: term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Réglementation (Transport par eau)
OBS

conditions de ligne : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Comercio exterior
  • Reglamentación (Transporte por agua)
DEF

Condiciones ofrecidas, por ejemplo, por las líneas regulares, indicando que los gastos de embarque y descarga están incluídos en el flete y dichas operaciones deben efectuarse tan rápido como el buque pueda recibir y entregar la carga, teniendo en cuenta la costumbre del puerto.

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Record 4 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

A relatively new technology is the electronically controlled "active differential. "An electronic control unit(ECU) uses inputs from multiple sensors including yaw rate, steering input angle, and lateral acceleration, and adjusts the distribution of torque to compensate for undesirable handling behaviours like understeer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Différentiel actif. Piloté par l’électronique, ce type de différentiel envoie la puissance sur les roues disposant de la meilleure adhérence. Sur certains modèles [de voitures], il est aussi capable d’accélérer la roue arrière extérieure au virage. Il est ainsi possible d’éviter le sous-virage pour améliorer l’agilité et retarder l’action de l'antidérapage.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Stowage is that important branch of the art of seamanship which applies to the loading of a vessel and has for its aims the handling, placing, and packing of goods, in such a manner as to ensure the preservation of crew and ship from danger or injury arising from the manner in which the cargo is stowed, the protection of the cargo space from damage, loss or deterioration; the economy of cargo space on which depends the vessel' s earning capacity; and the highest possible rate of port speed, that is, the rate at which the vessel is capable of loading and discharging her cargo.

French

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

Arrangement méthodique et fixation solide des marchandises dans les cales d'un navire [...]

CONT

L'arrimage d'un chargement est une question parfois très délicate quand il s'agit de marchandises diverses, car il faut tenir compte d'un grand nombre de facteurs : stabilité et assiette du navire, escale où doit débarquer la marchandise, perspectives de rechargement dans les différents ports de la ligne, nature des marchandises, utilisation au maximum de la capacité du navire, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cargamento (Transporte por agua)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Movilización de cargamentos desde el gancho del buque hasta la bodega o cubierta de éste, para colocar convenientemente la carga de acuerdo con las condiciones marinas.

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Record 6 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

"The fry will be sampled for F. L., weight and KD values during emergence and will be allowed to emerge and enter the 3m FRP tanks without handling. The alevins will be fed an artificial diet(biodiet) administered by automatic Tess feeders at a prescribed rate.

Key term(s)
  • Biodiet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

BiodietMC : Marque de commerce.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Grain Growing
  • Transport of Goods
OBS

The Grain Transportation Agency is required to develop the annual grain tonnage forecast, which is then provided to the National Transportation Agency for the purpose of calculating the annual rate scale... The Western Grain Transportation Act requires the Grain Transportation Agency to develop performance objectives for grain transportation, shipping and handling that can and should be met by system participants. The Agency is also required to monitor the performance of the railways and any other system participants that the Agency deems appropriate, to determine whether they are meeting the performance objectives set for them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Transport de marchandises
OBS

L'Office du transport du grain doit élaborer des prévisions quantitatives annuelles, en tonnes, des mouvements du grain, qui sont alors fournies à l'Office national des transports aux fins du calcul du barème annuel [...] La Loi sur le transport du grain de l'Ouest oblige l'Office du transport du grain à élaborer des objectifs de rendement pour le transport, l'expédition et la manutention du grain qui peuvent et devraient être atteints par les participants. L'Office est également tenu de surveiller le rendement des compagnies de chemin de fer et de tout autre participant pour lequel il juge approprié de déterminer si les objectifs de rendement établis ont été atteints.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités federales (canadienses)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Transporte de mercancías
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Record 8 2007-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

Information processing which takes place on the platform where the sensor that captures the information is located.

CONT

On-Board Data Handling and Link to Ground. Solutions/Options :"smart sensors" to reduce acquisition of unwanted data; compact, low mass/volume, low power data storage; low power on-board processing to reduce data rate to ground; improve communication links.

OBS

on-board data handling; OBDH: term and abbreviation officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • on board data handling
  • on board data processing
  • on-board processing
  • onboard data handling
  • onboard data processing
  • onboard processing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Traitement [de l'information] qui s'opère [sur] la plate-forme où se trouve le capteur ayant saisi [cette information].

OBS

Dans un second temps, ils auront vraisemblablement recours aux systèmes OBP (On Board Processing) permettant le traitement à bord des données, lorsque les technologies correspondantes auront été validées (calculateurs embarqués, antennes à faisceaux multiples, modes de commutation complexes).

OBS

traitement embarqué des données : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Teledetección
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Record 9 2003-05-14

English

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

To place goods in slings which are left in position and used for the loading to, and discharging from, a ship.

OBS

This is a form of unit load the purpose of which is to simplify handling and increase the rate of loading and discharging. Pre-slinging is used for products which cannot be palletized or containerized. It is a requirement of some importing countries for certain products.

Key term(s)
  • pre-sling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Handling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Airfields
CONT

The maximum aircraft movement rate can be determined by many factors including airfield layout(runways, taxiways and stands), air traffic control procedures, scheduled aircraft mix, ground handling operations, meteorological conditions and environmental considerations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Aérodromes
CONT

Elle a également clairement indiqué sa volonté d'accroître le volume de passagers sans accroître le nombre de mouvements aériens.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
CONT

NCHBs [Navy Cargo Handling Battalions] operate most effectively when employed solely on ship loading and discharge operations and when each of its 16 seven-man hatch teams is augmented by 7 unskilled or stevedore personnel provided by the supported unit or activity. When augmented with 112 personnel(7 per hatch team), a NCHB can achieve a ship discharge rate of approximately 2880 MTONs per day pier-side, and approximately 1920 MTONs per day discharge rate in-stream.

CONT

Within their hatch teams, battalion personnel in all of the team positions: hatch captain, hold boss, crane operator, signalman and stevedore, practiced the skills necessary to demonstrate their competence during next year’s assessment. Hatch team coordination, safety, crane operation, signaling, tag line handling, hatch cover heavy-lifts, and container lifts were just a few of the skills practiced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Astronautics
CONT

The ENVISAT payload data products are generated either at the Payload Data Handling Stations(PDHS), the Low Rate Reference Archive Center(LRAC) and the Processing and Archiving Centers(PAC).

Key term(s)
  • low rate reference archiving centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 14 1997-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Pricing (Rail Transport)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

In a line-haul provided by several carriers, a rate applicable from point of origin to destination, the originating or terminating carrier being responsible for collecting the freight charge and allocating it among the handling lines.

OBS

through rate: Term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd and standardized by the CGSB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Tarification (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Dans un transport de ligne assuré par plusieurs transporteurs, tarif s'appliquant du point d'origine au point de destination, le premier ou dernier transporteur étant responsable du recouvrement des frais de transport et de l'attribution des quotes-parts de chaque transporteur participant.

OBS

tarif de bout en bout : Terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée et normalisé par l'ONGC.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación (Transporte ferroviario)
  • Tarificación (Transporte ferroviario)
  • Servicio de carga (Transporte ferroviario)
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Record 15 1985-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
DEF

Letters, postcards, and other articles, paid at the first class rate and receiving preferred handling throughout the service; shall not be less than five and one half inches in length and three and one half inches in width.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
DEF

Lettres, cartes postales et autres envois affranchis au tarif de première classe et faisant l'objet d'un traitement prioritaire dans tout le service; ils ne doivent pas être inférieurs à 5 1/2 po de longueur et 3 1/2 po de largeur.

Key term(s)
  • envoi de première classe
  • envois de première classe

Spanish

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