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CARGO VESSEL [14 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

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

A modernized type of general cargo carrier with holds and decks clear of obstructions, wider hatch openings ..., a combination of ship cranage, derricks and ... side ports for loading and discharging.

Key term(s)
  • multipurpose cargo vessel
  • multipurpose cargo carrier
  • multipurpose vessel
  • multi-purpose ship
  • multi-purpose carrier

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
CONT

Les cargos polyvalents [...] ont toujours comme fonction principale le transport des marchandises diverses, mais sont également conçus pour des transports spéciaux, tels que conteneurs[,] vrac, sec ou liquide, colis lourds, etc.

OBS

navire mixte; transporteur mixte : L'adjectif mixte s'applique également, depuis quelques décennies, à un navire de charge spécialisé qui peut transporter, soit simultanément, soit au cours de différentes traversées, plusieurs catégories de marchandises.

OBS

navire polyvalent : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

cargo vessel: an item in the "Water Transportation Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

navire de charge : objet de la classe «Équipement de transport maritime» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-09-25

English

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

[A] ship [that] may take any goods that are not handled by specialized ships.

Key term(s)
  • break-bulk ship
  • break-bulk vessel
  • breakbulk cargo ship
  • breakbulk cargo vessel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
DEF

[...] navire non spécialisé [qui transporte] toutes sortes de marchandises sous les formes les plus variées.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Special Water Transport
DEF

A type of ship typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation, such as fruit, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other foods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
DEF

Navire de charge transportant des produits périssables et exigeant une certaine réfrigération durant leur transport, comme les fruits ou la viande. Ils incluent de nombreux systèmes de réfrigération et sont souvent rapides.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Congelación y refrigeración
  • Pesca comercial
  • Transporte por barcos especiales
DEF

Buque especializado en el transporte de cargas refrigeradas.

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Record 5 2013-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
Key term(s)
  • ice-breaking bulk carrier
  • ice-breaking bulk cargo vessel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-04-25

English

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

General purpose bulk carrier. ... This type of dry cargo carrier ... is well suited for handling the relatively low density cargoes such as coal, grain, bauxite and sugar. ... The number of holds should be such as to permit the loading of various types of grain ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
CONT

Les plans classiques d'un cargo-sec (transporteur de marchandises sèches) comportent un double fond, plusieurs cales, un compartiment des machines au centre du navire, un coqueron avant et un coqueron arrière.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Le cargo de ligne [...] est destiné à demeurer l'infrastructure du transport maritime assurant par des rotations régulières sur des lignes régulières le trafic général que les navires à unités de chargement [...] ne pourront jamais assurer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Barco que sólo lleva carga y opera en una ruta definida y con un itinerario también definido.

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Record 8 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

ESA is a key partner in the ISS programme and its major contribution consists of the Columbus Orbital Facility, a multi-purpose scientific and technological laboratory module permanently attached to the core of the space station, and the Automated Transfer Vehicle, a cargo vessel to be launched by Ariane 5 for re-supply missions.

PHR

Unmanned cargo vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Le vaisseau-cargo Progress-M43 doit être lancé le 24 janvier pour rejoindre la station orbitale Mir.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-02-20

English

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

A power-driven ship employed exclusively in commercial transportation of commodities on the ocean and large inland bodies of water.

OBS

According to MUSHI, 75, p. 64, cargo ships are mostly tramps and cargo liners but also include the 12-passenger cargo liners, the general cargo ships (comprising coasters), the roll-on-roll-off ships, the pallet ships, the barge carriers and the refrigerated cargo carriers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
DEF

Navire de commerce destiné au transport des marchandises.

CONT

Les navires de charge comprennent aujourd'hui des cargos à marchandises diverses (cargos proprement dits), des transporteurs spécialisés, des caboteurs.

OBS

cargo : le terme cargo (dérivé de l'expression anglaise «cargo-boat») fut longtemps, en France, l'appellation générique des navires de charge.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Transporte por barcos especiales
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Record 10 1998-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

... liners ... primarily designed for the conveyance of general cargo, but also ... [having] passenger accommodation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
OBS

Un cargo passe dans la catégorie des mixtes, lorsqu'il embarque plus de douze passagers en cabine.

Key term(s)
  • cargo-mixte

Spanish

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Record 11 1995-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Crops
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
OBS

(direct export shipments): 6 months; (indirect export shipments): 10 months

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Minoterie et céréales
OBS

(exportations directes) : 6 mois; (exportations indirectes) : 10 mois.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission Canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
OBS

cargo pressure vessel: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
OBS

récipient de cargaison sous pression : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 13 1992-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime

Spanish

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Record 14 1992-01-01

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

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