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EXPEDITION DETAIL-WAGON [1 record]

Record 1 1994-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loads and Weights (Transport.)
  • Rail Transport
DEF

The quantity of freight which is less than the amount necessary to constitute a carload.

OBS

Less-than-carload; LCL: officialized by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

OBS

... LCL's ... are generally consolidated by forwarders then moved by rail in pooled shipments at carload rates.

OBS

Less Car load: term officialized by the Translation Bureau Agriculture Section.

OBS

Less than Carload and LCL have been standardized by the CGSB.

Key term(s)
  • less-than-carload shipment
  • less than carload shipment
  • less than car load

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poids et charges (Transports)
  • Transport par rail
DEF

Quantité de marchandises inférieure à une wagonnée.

OBS

expédition de détail : terme uniformisé par le Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

OBS

envoi de détail : TRACS.

OBS

wagonnée partielle : terme uniformisé par la section Agriculture du Bureau des traductions.

OBS

[...] les expéditeurs confient maintenant leurs expéditions de détail à des groupeurs qui les remettent [...] au transporteur ferroviaire sous forme d'expéditions groupées auxquelles s'applique un tarif de wagon.

OBS

"Expédition de détail-Wagon" et "EDW" ont été normalisés par l'ONGC.

Spanish

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