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| − | Term Definition Source
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| − | A1 and A2 A1 shall mean the activity value of special form radioactive material that is listed in Table 2 or derived in Section IV and is used to determine the activity limits for the requirements of these Regulations. A2 shall mean the activity value of radioactive material, other than special form radioactive material, that is listed in Table 2 or derived in Section IV and is used to determine the activity limits for the requirements of these Regulations. IAEA
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| − | Accompanied combined transport Transport of a complete road vehicle, accompanied by the driver, using another mode of transport (for example ferry or train). UNECE
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| − | Actual carrier A third party who performs the carriage completely or partly. UNECE
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| − | Air container Container conforming to standards laid down for air transportation UNECE
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| − | Aircraft Cargo Aircraft shall mean any aircraft, other than a passenger aircraft, that is carrying goods or property. IAEA
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| − | Passenger aircraft shall mean an aircraft that carries any person other than a crew member, a carrier’s employee in an official capacity, an authorized representative of an appropriate national authority, or a person accompanying a consignment or other cargo.
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| − | Approval Multilateral approval shall mean approval by the relevant competent authority of the country of origin of the design or shipment, as applicable, and also, where the consignment is to be transported through or into any other country, approval by the competent authority of that country. IAEA
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| − | Unilateral approval shall mean an approval of a design that is required to be given by the competent authority of the country of origin of the design only.
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| − | Articulated trailer A motor vehicle coupled to a semi-trailer. UNECE
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| − | Articulated vehicle means any motor vehicle with a trailer having no front axle and so attached that part of the trailer is superimposed upon the motor vehicle and a substantial part of the mass of the trailer and its load is borne by the motor vehicle. Such a trailer shall be called a semi trailer. ILO
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| − | Barge a non-seagoing watercraft used on inland or protected coastal waters: ILO
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| − | Basket wagon A rail wagon with a demountable subframe, fitted with devices for vertical handling, to allow the loading and unloading of semi-trailers or road vehicles UNECE
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| − | Big Bag A removable internal liner, strong enough to be lifted and to carry bulk cargoes of different types. UNECE
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| − | Bimodal semi-trailer (rail – road) A road semi-trailer that can be converted into a rail wagon by the addition of rail bogies UNECE
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| − | Block train a number of permanently coupled railway wagons, normally running directly between two selected terminals or entities without shunting; ILO
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| − | Box Another (less formal) name for a shipping container. This is how they are often referred to in the industry. ILO
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| − | Break-bulk loose cargo, such as cartons, stowed directly in the ship's hold as opposed to containerized or bulk cargo. The volume of break bulk cargo has declined dramatically worldwide as containerization has grown. ILO
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| − | B-Train two trailers linked together by a fifth wheel, and are up to 26 m (85 ft) long. The fifth wheel coupling is located at the rear of the [[lead]], or first trailer and is mounted on a "tail" section commonly located immediately above the lead trailer axles. ILO
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| − | Bulk Cargo commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities. These cargos are usually dropped or poured as a liquid or solid, into a bulk carrier's hold. Examples of bulk cargo are grain, seed, and coal and iron ore. ILO
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| − | Bulk cargoes cargoes which are intended to be transported without any intermediate form of containment in bulk packagings or portable tanks IMO
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| − | Cargo any goods, wares, merchandise and articles of any kind which are intended to be transported; ILO
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| − | Cargo transport unit (CTU) a freight container, swap-body, vehicle, railway wagon or any other similar unit; see also Intermodal Transport Unit (ITU) ILO
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| − | Cargo transport unit (CTU) a freight container, swap-body, vehicle, railway wagon or any other similar unit; IMO
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| − | Carrier Carrier shall mean any person, organization or government undertaking the carriage of radioactive material by any means of transport. The term includes both carriers for hire or reward (known as common or contract carriers in some countries) and carriers on own account (known as private carriers in some countries). IAEA
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| − | Carrier See Transport operator UNECE
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| − | Carrier Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes. ILO
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| − | Carrier Carrier shall mean any person, organization or government undertaking the carriage of radioactive material by any means of transport. The term includes both carriers for hire or reward (known as common or contract carriers in some countries) and carriers on own account (known as private carriers in some countries). IAEA
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| − | Centre of Gravity (Abbr. CG) The point in or near a body at which the gravitational potential energy of the body is equal to that of a single particle of the same mass located at that point and through which the resultant of the gravitational forces on the component particles of the body acts. ILO
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| − | Chassis See skeletal trailer ILO
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| − | Close coupled trailer A close-coupled trailer is fitted with a rigid tow bar which projects from its front and hooks onto a hook on the tractor. It does not pivot as a full / drawbar trailer does ILO
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| − | Combined transport Intermodal transport where the major part of the European journey is by rail, inland waterways or sea and any initial and/or final legs carried out by road are as short as possible UNECE
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| − | Competent authority Competent authority shall mean any body or authority designated or otherwise recognized as such for any purpose in connection with these Regulations. IAEA
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| − | Compliance assurance Compliance assurance shall mean a systematic programme of measures applied by a competent authority that is aimed at ensuring that the provisions of these Regulations are met in practice. IAEA
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| − | Confinement system Confinement system shall mean the assembly of fissile material and packaging components specified by the designer and agreed to by the competent authority as intended to preserve criticality safety. IAEA
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| − | Consignee Consignee shall mean any person, organization or government that is entitled to take delivery of a consignment. IAEA
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| − | Consignee Person entitled to take delivery of the goods UNECE
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| − | Consignee the party to whom the cargo is consigned or entrusted, is often used to define the party that will receive or bought the goods ILO
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| − | Consignment Consignment shall mean any package or packages, or load of radioactive material, presented by a consignor for transport. IAEA
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| − | Consignment Freight sent under a single contract of carriage UNECE
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| − | Consignment Consignment shall mean any package or packages, or load of radioactive material, presented by a consignor for transport. IAEA
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| − | Consignor Consignor shall mean any person, organization or government that prepares a consignment for transport. IAEA
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| − | Consignor A person or company who puts goods in the care of others (forwarding agent/freight forwarder, carrier/transport operator) to be delivered to a consignee UNECE
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| − | Consignor the party who has released or sold the goods ILO
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| − | Consolidation See groupage
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| − | Container Generic term for a box to carry freight, strong enough for repeated use, usually stackable and fitted with devices for transfer between modes. ILO
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| − | Container Terminal a docking, unloading and loading area within a port designed to suit the sizes and needs of container ships. ILO
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| − | Containment system Containment system shall mean the assembly of components of the packaging specified by the designer as intended to retain the radioactive material during transport. IAEA
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| − | Contamination Contamination shall mean the presence of a radioactive substance on a surface in quantities in excess of 0.4 Bq/cm2 for beta and gamma emitters and low toxicity alpha emitters, or 0.04 Bq/cm2 for all other alpha emitters. IAEA
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| − | Non-fixed contamination shall mean contamination that can be removed from a surface during routine conditions of transport.
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| − | Fixed contamination shall mean contamination other than non-fixed contamination.
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| − | Conveyance Conveyance shall mean: IAEA
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| − | For transport by road or rail: any vehicle;
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| − | (a) For transport by road or rail: any vehicle;
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| − | (b) For transport by water: any vessel, or any hold, compartment, or defined deck area of a vessel;
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| − | (c) For transport by air: any aircraft.
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| − | Corner fitting Fixed points usually located at the top and bottom corners of a container into which twistlocks or other devices engage to enable the container to be lifted, stacked, secured. UNECE
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| − | Crane Conventional lifting crane where the load is suspended by cable via a jib. UNECE
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| − | Criticality safety [[index]] Criticality safety index (CSI) assigned to a package, overpack or freight container containing fissile material shall mean a number that is used to provide control over the accumulation of packages, overpacks or freight containers containing fissile material. IAEA
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| − | Dangerous goods packaged dangerous, hazardous or harmful substances, materials or articles, including environmentally hazardous substances (marine pollutants) and wastes, covered by the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code; the term dangerous cargoes includes any empty uncleaned packagings; ILO
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| − | Deep Sea (service) maritime route between two or more major hub ports. Similar to liner service ILO
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| − | Defined deck area Defined deck area shall mean the area of the weather deck of a vessel, or of a vehicle deck of a roll-on/roll-off ship or ferry, that is allocated for the stowage of radioactive material. IAEA
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| − | Design Design shall mean the description of special form radioactive material, low dispersible radioactive material, package or packaging that enables such an item to be fully identified. The description may include specifications, engineering drawings, reports demonstrating compliance with regulatory requirements, and other relevant documentation. IAEA
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| − | Door-to-door Through transportation of a container and its contents from consignor to consignee. Also known as House to House. Not necessarily a through rate. ILO
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| − | Double stacked wagon A rail wagon designed for the transport of containers stacked on top of each other UNECE
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| − | Drop Frame Trailer a form of intermodal transportation for portable bulk liquid containers or ISO tank containers. They are characteristically longer and have lower deck height ideal for transporting constantly shifting payloads. ILO
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| − | Dry port Inland terminal which is directly linked to a maritime port. UNECE
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| − | Exclusive use Exclusive use shall mean the sole use, by a single consignor, of a conveyance or of a large freight container, in respect of which all initial, intermediate and final loading and unloading and shipment are carried out in accordance with the directions of the consignor or consignee, where so required by these Regulations. IAEA
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| − | Feeder service Short sea shipping service which connects at least two ports in order for the freight (generally containers) to be consolidated or redistributed to or from a deep-sea service in one of these ports. UNECE
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| − | Feeder service Cargo to/from regional ports are transferred to/from a central hub port for a long–haul ocean voyage. ILO
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| − | Feeder Vessel A short–sea vessel which transfers cargo between a central “hub” port and smaller “spoke” ports. ILO
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| − | feu 'Forty-foot Equivalent Unit'. This is a container that is the same height and width as a TEU but twice the length. As a result, it has twice the capacity. ILO
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| − | Fissile nuclides and fissile material Fissile nuclides shall mean uranium-233, uranium-235, plutonium-239 and plutonium-241. Fissile material shall mean a material containing any of the fissile nuclides in quantities exceeding a total of 0.25 g per package or per consignment if shipped unpackaged. Excluded from the definition of fissile material is any combination of the following: IAEA
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| − | (a) Natural uranium or depleted uranium that is unirradiated;
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| − | (b) Natural uranium or depleted uranium that has been irradiated in thermal reactors only.
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| − | These exclusions are only valid if there is no other material with fissile nuclides in the package.
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| − | Forwarding agent See Freight forwarder UNECE
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| − | Freeport Zone where goods can be manufactured and/or stored without payment of their relevant duties and taxes. UNECE
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| − | Freight container an article of transport equipment that is of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; it is designed to transport a number of receptacles, packages, unit loads or overpacks together from the packing point to its final destination by road, rail, inland waterway and/or sea without intermediate separate handling of each package, unit load or overpack; ILO
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| − | Freight container Freight container shall mean an article of transport equipment that is of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; specially designed to facilitate the transport of goods, by one or other modes of transport, without intermediate reloading, designed to be secured and/or readily handled, having fittings for these purposes. The term "freight container" does not include vehicle. IAEA
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| − | Freight container - small, large 1 Freight container shall mean an article of transport equipment that is of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; specially designed to facilitate the transport of goods, by one or other modes of transport, without intermediate reloading, designed to be secured and/or readily handled, having fittings for these purposes. The term "freight container" does not include vehicle. IAEA
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| − | Freight container - small, large 2 A small freight container shall mean a freight container that has an internal volume of not more than 3 m3 . A large freight container shall mean a freight container that has an internal volume of more than 3 m3 . IAEA
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| − | Freight forwarder Intermediary who arranges for the carriage of goods and/or associated services on behalf of a shipper. UNECE
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| − | Freight forwarder a person or company that organises shipments for individuals or other companies and may also act as a carrier. A forwarder is often not active as a carrier and acts only as an agent, in other words as a third-party (non-asset-based) logistics provider that dispatches shipments via asset-based carriers and that books or otherwise arranges space for these shipments ILO
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| − | Freight village See Logistics centre UNECE
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| − | Full Trailer A full-trailer is a term for a trailer supported by front and rear axles and pulled by a drawbar. In Europe this is known as an A-Frame drawbar trailer. The full trailer may comprise of a semi trailer and a detachable dolly. ILO
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| − | Fumigated container A closed cargo transport unit containing goods or materials that either are or have been fumigated within the unit. The fumigant gases used are either poisonous or asphyxiant. The gases are usually evolved from solid or liquid preparations distributed within the unit. ILO
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| − | Gantry crane An overhead crane comprising a horizontal gantry mounted on legs which are either fixed, run in fixed tracks or on rubber tyres with relatively limited manoeuvre. The load can be moved horizontally, vertically and sideways UNECE
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| − | Groupage The grouping together of several consignments into a full load
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| − | Handling includes the operation of loading or unloading/discharging of a ship, railway wagon, vehicle or other means of transport; ILO
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| − | Handling the operation of loading or unloading/discharging of a ship, railway wagon, vehicle or other means of transport IMO
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| − | High cube container Container of standard ISO length and width but with a height of 9' 6" (2.9 m). UNECE
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| − | Hub Central point for the collection, sorting, transhipment and distribution of goods for a particular area. UNECE
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| − | Hub port a port that is the destination of liner service where containers are transhipped onto feeder services for maritime transport onto small container ports. ILO
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| − | Intermediate bulk container Intermediate bulk container (IBC) shall mean a portable packaging that: IAEA
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| − | (a) Has a capacity of not more than 3 m3;
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| − | (b) Is designed for mechanical handling;
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| − | (c) Is resistant to the stresses produced in handling and transport, as determined by tests.
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| − | Intermodal refers to the movement of CTUs on all forms of surface transport modes (road, rail, short sea and liner service) without the need for adjustment or alteration to the CTU or transport mode. ILO
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| − | Intermodal transport The movement of goods in one and the same loading unit or road vehicle, which uses successively two or more modes of transport without handling the goods themselves in changing modes. UNECE
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| − | Intermodal loading unit Containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers suitable for intermodal transport. UNECE
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| − | Intermodal transport unit (ITU) a container, swap body or trailer suitable for intermodal transport; ILO
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| − | Intermodality a system of transport whereby two or more modes of transport are used to transport the same loading unit or truck in an integrated manner, without loading or unloading, in a [door to door] transport chain
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| − | Land container Container complying with International Railway Union (UIC) specifications, for use in rail-road combined transport. UNECE
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| − | Lift on – lift off (LO-LO) Loading and unloading of intermodal transport units (ITU, see 4.1) using lifting equipment. UNECE
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| − | Lift truck a truck equipped with devices such as arms, forks, clamps, hooks etc. to handle any kind of cargo, including cargo that is unitised, overpacked or packed in CTUs; ILO
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| − | Limit of liability The maximum sum of money payable by a carrier to a shipper for any damage or loss to the cargo for which the carrier is liable under the contract of carriage. The amount of the limitation is determined by agreement or by law. UNECE
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| − | Liner service maritime route between two or more major hub ports ILO
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| − | Loading track Track on which ITUs are transhipped. UNECE
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| − | Loading Unit Container or swap body. UNECE
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| − | Logistic centre Geographical grouping of independent companies and bodies which are dealing with freight transport (for example, freight forwarders, shippers, transport operators, customs) and with accompanying services (for example, storage, maintenance and repair), including at least a terminal. UNECE
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| − | Logistics The process of designing and managing the supply chain in the wider sense
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| − | The chain can extend from the delivery of supplies for manufacturing, through the management of materials at the plant, delivery to warehouses and distribution centres, sorting, handling, packaging and final distribution to point of consumption. UNECE
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| − | LO-LO Lift on - lift off. Loading and unloading of ITU using lifting equipment ILO
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| − | Low dispersible radioactive material Low dispersible radioactive material shall mean either a solid radioactive material or a solid radioactive material in a sealed capsule, that has limited dispersibility and is not in powder form. IAEA
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| − | Low floor wagon A rail wagon with a low loading platform built to carry, inter alia, ITUs UNECE
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| − | Low specific activity material Low specific activity (LSA) material shall mean radioactive material that by its nature has a limited specific activity, or radioactive material for which limits of estimated average specific activity apply. External shielding materials surrounding the LSA material shall not be considered in determining the estimated average specific activity. IAEA
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| − | Low toxicity alpha emitters Low toxicity alpha emitters are: natural uranium, depleted uranium, natural thorium, uranium-235 or uranium-238, thorium-232, thorium-228 and thorium-230 when contained in [[ores]] or physical and chemical concentrates; or alpha emitters with a half-life of less than 10 days. IAEA
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| − | Management system Management system shall mean a set of interrelated or interacting elements (system) for establishing policies and objectives and enabling the objectives to be achieved in an efficient and effective manner. IAEA
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| − | Marine Carrier Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance
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| − | of carriage by deep sea, coastal or feeder vessel. ILO
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| − | Maritime container A container strong enough to be stacked in a cellular ship and to be top lifted UNECE
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| − | Maximum gross the maximum permissible mass of cargo packed into a CTU combined with the mass of the CTU, also referred to as the rating and would normally be marked onto CTUs as appropriate. ILO
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| − | Maximum normal operating pressure Maximum normal operating pressure shall mean the maximum pressure above atmospheric pressure at mean sea level that would develop in the containment system in a period of one year under the conditions of temperature and solar radiation corresponding to environmental conditions in the absence of venting, external cooling by an ancillary system, or operational controls during transport. IAEA
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| − | Maximum payload the maximum permissible mass of cargo to be packed into or onto a CTU. It is the difference between the maximum gross mass or rating and the tare weight, which are normally marked on CTUs as appropriate; ILO
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| − | Multimodal refers to CTUs that are designed for use on more than one mode of transport ILO
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| − | Multimodal transport Carriage of goods by two or more modes of transport UNECE
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| − | Multimodal transport operator (MTO) Any person who concludes a multimodal transport contract and assumes the whole responsibility for the performance thereof as a carrier or a transport operator. UNECE
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| − | NVOCC Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers: A company that ships goods on behalf of a client, especially internationally, but that does not own its own ships or airplanes. It operates much like any other carrier, issuing its own bills of lading or air waybills. ILO
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| − | Non Vessel Operating Container Carrier: A company that ships goods on behalf of a client, especially internationally, but that does not own its own ships or airplanes but does own or operate a number of container for shipping FCL or LCL cargoes for third party shippers.
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| − | Over Panamax See Post Panamax UNECE
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| − | Overloaded A container where the combined mass of the cargo and the container is greater than the maximum gross mass shown on the safety approval plate. ILO
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| − | Overpack Overpack shall mean an enclosure used by a single consignor to contain one or more packages and to form one unit for convenience of handling and stowage during transport. IAEA
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| − | Overpack Overpack shall mean an enclosure used by a single consignor to contain one or more packages and to form one unit for convenience of handling and stowage during transport. IAEA
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| − | Overpack an enclosure used by a single shipper to contain one or more packages and to form one unit for convenience of handling and stowage during transport. ILO
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| − | Examples of overpacks are a number of packages either:
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| − | placed or stacked on to a load board such as a pallet and secured by strapping, shrink-wrapping, stretch-wrapping or other suitable means; or
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| − | placed in a protective outer packaging such as a box or crate;
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| − | Overweight A container where the combined mass of the cargo and the container is less than the maximum gross mass shown on the safety approval plate but exceeds either: ILO
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| − | The maximum gross mass shown on the shipping manifest
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| − | the road or rail maximum masses when combined with the tare of the container carrying vehicle.
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| − | Package Package shall mean the complete product of the packing operation, consisting of the packaging and its contents prepared for transport. The types of package covered by these Regulations that are subject to the activity limits and material restrictions of Section IV and meet the corresponding requirements are: IAEA
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| − | (a) Excepted package;
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| − | (b) Industrial package Type 1 (Type IP-1);
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| − | (c) Industrial package Type 2 (Type IP-2);
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| − | (d) Industrial package Type 3 (Type IP-3);
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| − | (e) Type A package;
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| − | (f) Type B(U) package;
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| − | (g) Type B(M) package;
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| − | (h) Type C package.
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| − | Packages containing fissile material or uranium hexafluoride are subject to additional requirements.
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| − | Packages the complete product of the packing operation, consisting of the packaging and its contents as prepared for transport; ILO
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| − | Packaging receptacles and any other components or materials necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function IMO
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| − | Packaging Packaging shall mean one or more receptacles and any other components or materials necessary for the receptacles to perform the containment and other safety functions. IAEA
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| − | Packer the party that places the goods within the container, trailer or packaging. ILO
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| − | Packing the stowage, securing and verification of the mass of packaged and/or unitized or overpacked cargoes into CTUs. ILO
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| − | Packing the packing of packaged and/or unitized or overpacked cargoes into CTUs IMO
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| − | Pallet A raised platform, normally made of wood, facilitating the handling of goods. Pallets are of standard dimensions. The most used in Europe are 1000 mm x 1200 mm (ISO) and 800 mm x 1200 mm (CEN). UNECE
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| − | Pallet a term used for a load-carrying platform onto which loose cargo is stacked before being placed inside a container. It is designed to be moved easily by fork-lift trucks. ILO
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| − | Panamax Ship with dimensions that allow it to pass through the Panama canal: maximum length 295 m, maximum beam overall 32.25 m, maximum draught 13.50 m. UNECE
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| − | Piggy back Transport of road vehicles on rail wagons
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| − | Pocket wagon A rail wagon with a recessed pocket to accept the axle/wheel assembly of a semi trailer. UNECE
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| − | Post Panamax Ship with at least one dimension greater than Panamax. UNECE
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| − | Principal A person for whom another acts as an agent UNECE
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| − | Private siding Direct rail connection to a company UNECE
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| − | Radiation level Radiation level shall mean the corresponding dose rate IAEA
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| − | Radiation protection programme Radiation protection programme shall mean systematic arrangements that are aimed at providing adequate consideration of radiation protection measures. IAEA
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| − | Radioactive contents Radioactive contents shall mean the radioactive material together with any contaminated or activated solids, liquids and gases within the packaging. IAEA
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| − | Radioactive material Radioactive material shall mean any material containing radionuclides where both the activity concentration and the total activity in the consignment exceed the values specified in paras 402–407. IAEA
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| − | Rail loading gauge The profile through which a rail vehicle and its loads (wagons - ITUs) must pass, taking into account tunnels and track-side obstacles UNECE
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| − | Reach stacker Tractor vehicle with front equipment for lifting, stacking or moving. UNECE
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| − | Reefer Industry term for a temperature-controlled container. Inside each one is a complex system of coils, wires and electrical fittings, which are managed by a computer that controls everything from the temperature and humidity to [[ventilation]] and gas levels, all working to prevent the deterioration of fresh food or other sensitive goods over long distances and periods of time. ILO
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| − | Responsible person a person appointed by a shore-side employer who is empowered to take all decisions relating to his/her specific task, having the necessary current knowledge and experience for that purpose, and who, where required, is suitably certificated or otherwise recognized by the regulatory authority; ILO
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| − | Road – rail transport Combined transport by rail and road. UNECE
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| − | Road train A motor vehicle coupled to a trailer (sometimes referred to in English as a drawbar-trailer combination). UNECE
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| − | ROLA Roll on - Roll off trains. Similar to a piggyback train but the entire road vehicle, tractor unit and trailer, is driven on and off special rail wagons. ILO
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| − | Roll on – roll off (RO-RO) Loading and unloading of a road vehicle, a wagon or an ITU on or off a ship on its own wheels or wheels attached to it for that purpose. In the case of rolling road, only road vehicles are driven on and off a train. UNECE
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| − | Roll on – roll off (RO-RO) Roll on - Roll off. Loading and unloading of a road vehicle, a wagon or an ITU on or off a ship on its own wheels or wheels attached to it for that purpose. In the case of rolling road, only road vehicles are driven on and off a train. ILO
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| − | Rolling road Transport of complete road vehicles, using roll-on roll-off techniques, on trains comprising low-floor wagons throughout UNECE
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| − | Rolling road wagon A rail wagon with low floor throughout which, when coupled together, form a rolling-road UNECE
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| − | RO-RO ramp A flat or inclined ramp, usually adjustable, which enables road vehicles to be driven onto or off a ship or a rail wagon UNECE
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| − | Safety approval plate A plate permanently affixed to every approved container at a readily visible place, adjacent to any other approval plate issued for official purposes, where it cannot be easily damaged. The safety approval plate may be combined together with other official plates but all must show: ILO
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| − | The words "CSC Safety Approval Plate"
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| − | The country of approval and approval reference
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| − | Date (month and year) of manufacture
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| − | the manufacturer's identification number
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| − | Maximum operating gross mass
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| − | Allowable stacking mass for 1.8'''''g'''''
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| − | Transverse racking test load
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| − | also known at the CSC Plate
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| − | Semi Trailer A semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle. A large proportion of the combined mass of the trailer and its load is supported by a road tractor, by a detachable front axle assembly known as a dolly, or by the tail of another trailer. A semi-trailer is normally equipped with landing gear (legs which can be lowered) to support it when it is uncoupled. ILO
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| − | Semi-trailer A non-powered vehicle for the carriage of goods, intended to be coupled to a motor vehicle in such a way that a substantial part of its weight and of its load is borne by the motor vehicle. Semi-trailers may have to be specially adapted for use in combined transport. UNECE
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| − | Sender See Consignor UNECE
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| − | Ship a seagoing or non-seagoing watercraft, including those used on inland waters: ILO
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| − | Shipment Shipment shall mean the specific movement of a consignment from origin to destination. IAEA
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| − | Shipper See Consignor UNECE
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| − | Shipper any person or organization paying for its cargo to be shipped from one place to another. ILO
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| − | Short sea maritime route between two or more coastal ports normally undertaken by small coastal ships or barges. ILO
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| − | Short sea shipping Movement of cargo by sea between ports situated in Europe as well as between ports in Europe and ports situated in non-European countries having a coastline on the enclosed seas bordering Europe. UNECE
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| − | Shunting the operation when single railway wagons or groups of railway wagons are pushed to run against each other and be coupled together; ILO
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| − | Skeletal trailer A skeletal trailer composed of a simple chassis comprising of longitudinal main beams, rolling gear and container support (transverse) beams for the mounting of an intermodal container, sometimes known as a Chassis. ILO
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| − | Special arrangement Special arrangement shall mean those provisions, approved by the competent authority, under which consignments that do not satisfy all the applicable requirements of these Regulations may be transported. IAEA
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| − | Special form radioactive material Special form radioactive material shall mean either an indispersible solid radioactive material or a sealed capsule containing radioactive material. IAEA
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| − | Specific activity Specific activity of a radionuclide shall mean the activity per unit mass of that nuclide. The specific activity of a material shall mean the activity per unit mass of the material in which the radionuclides are essentially uniformly distributed. IAEA
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| − | Spine wagon A rail wagon with a central chassis designed to carry a semi-trailer UNECE
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| − | Spreader Adjustable fitting on lifting equipment designed to connect with the upper corner fittings of an ITU.
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| − | Many spreaders have in addition grappler arms that engage the bottom side rails of an ITU. UNECE
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| − | Stacking Storage or carriage of ITUs on top of each other. UNECE
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| − | Stowage the positioning of packages, IBCs, containers, swap-bodies, tank-containers, vehicles or other CTUs on board ships, in warehouses and sheds or in other areas such as terminals; ILO
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| − | Straddle carrier A rubber-tyred overhead lifting vehicle for moving or stacking containers on a level reinforced surface. UNECE
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| − | Stripping Unloading of cargo from an ITU. UNECE
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| − | Stuffing Loading of cargo into an ITU UNECE
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| − | Stuffing the act of packing goods within a container or trailer. ILO
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| − | Super high cube container Container exceeding ISO dimensions. These dimensions vary and may include, for example, lengths of 45' (13.72 m), 48' (14.64 m), or 53' (16.10 m). UNECE
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| − | Surface contaminated object Surface contaminated object (SCO) shall mean a solid object that is not itself radioactive but which has radioactive material distributed on its surface. IAEA
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| − | Swap body A freight carrying unit optimised to road vehicle dimensions and fitted with handling devices for transfer between modes, usually road/rail. UNECE
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| − | Swap-body a CTU not permanently attached to an under¬frame and wheels or to a chassis and wheels, with at least four twistlock that take into account ISO standard 1161:1984. A swap-body need not be stackable but is usually equipped with support legs, designed especially for combined road-rail transport; ILO
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| − | Tank Tank shall mean a portable tank (including a tank container), a road tank vehicle, a rail tank wagon or a receptacle that contains solids, liquids, or gases, having a capacity of not less than 450 L when used for the transport of gases. IAEA
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| − | Tare Weight of ITU or vehicle without cargo UNECE
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| − | Tare mass / weight The mass of the empty container including permanently affixed ancillary equipment. ILO
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| − | Terminal A place equipped for the transhipment and storage of ITUs. UNECE
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| − | TEU Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit. A standard unit based on an ISO container of 20 feet length (6.10 m), used as a statistical measure of traffic flows or capacities.
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| − | One standard 40' ISO Series I container equals 2 TEUs UNECE
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| − | Through or into Through or into shall mean through or into the countries in which a consignment is transported but specifically excludes countries over which a consignment is carried by air, provided that there are no scheduled stops in those countries. IAEA
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| − | Track gauge The distance between the internal sides of rails on a railway line. It is generally 1.435 m.
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| − | Other gauges are generally used in some European countries: for instance, 1.676 m in Spain and Portugal, 1.524 m in the Russian Federation. UNECE
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| − | Trailer A non-powered vehicle for the carriage of goods, intended to be coupled to a motor vehicle, excluding semi-trailers. UNECE
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| − | Trailer any road vehicle without a motive power unit, and includes semi-trailers, semi-trailers with front axle dollies, full trailers and drawbar trailers. ILO
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| − | Transhipment Moving ITUs from one means of transport to another. UNECE
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| − | Transport movement of cargo by one or more modes of transport; ILO
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| − | Transport The movement of cargo by one or more modes of transport IMO
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| − | Transport [[index]] Transport index (TI) assigned to a package, overpack or freight container, or to unpackaged LSA-I or SCO-I, shall mean a number that is used to provide control over radiation exposure. IAEA
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| − | Transport operator The person responsible for the carriage of goods, either directly or using a third party. UNECE
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| − | Twenty Foot Equivalent unit (teu) A standard unit based on an ISO container of twenty feet length (6.10m), used as a statistical measure of traffic flow or capacity. ILO
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| − | Twistlock Standard mechanism on handling equipment which engages and locks into the corner fittings of ITU; also used on ships and vehicles to fix ITUs. UNECE
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| − | Twistlock A twistlock and corner casting together form a standardised rotating connector for securing shipping containers. The primary uses are for locking a container into place on container ship, semi-trailer truck or railway container train; and for lifting of the containers by container cranes and sidelifters. ILO
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| − | Unaccompanied combined transport Transport of a road vehicle or an intermodal transport unit (ITU, see 4.1), not accompanied by the driver, using another mode of transport (for example a ferry or a train). UNECE
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| − | Unirradiated thorium Unirradiated thorium shall mean thorium containing not more than 10-7 g of uranium-233 per gram of thorium-232. IAEA
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| − | Unirradiated uranium Unirradiated uranium shall mean uranium containing not more than 2 × 103 Bq of plutonium per gram of uranium-235, not more than 9 × 106 Bq of fission products per gram of uranium-235 and not more than 5 × 10–3 g of uranium-236 per gram of uranium-235. IAEA
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| − | Unit load Palletised load or prepacked unit with a footprint conforming to pallet dimensions and suitable for loading into an ITU UNECE
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| − | Unit load a number of packages that are: ILO
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| − | placed or stacked on and secured by strapping, shrink¬-wrapping or other suitable means to a load board such as a pallet; or
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| − | placed in a protective outer enclosure such as a pallet box; or
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| − | permanently secured together in a sling;
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| − | Unpacking the removal of cargo from CTUs. ILO
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| − | Vehicle Vehicle shall mean a road vehicle (including an articulated vehicle, i.e. a tractor and semi-trailer combination), railroad car or railway wagon. Each trailer shall be considered as a separate vehicle. IAEA
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| − | Vehicle a road vehicle or railway freight wagon, permanently attached to an underframe and wheels or to a chassis and wheels, which is loaded and unloaded as a unit. It also includes a trailer or similar mobile unit except those used solely for the purposes of loading and unloading. ILO
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| − | Vessel Vessel shall mean any seagoing vessel or inland waterway craft used for carrying cargo. IAEA
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| − | Vessel another word for a boat or ship. Container ships are sometimes referred to as vessels. ILO
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| − | |AAPA | + | | '''AAPA''' |
| − | |American Association of Port Authorities | + | | American Association of Port Authorities |
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| − | |AAPMA | + | | '''AAPMA''' |
| − | |Australian Association of Port and Maritime Authorities | + | | Australian Association of Port and Maritime Authorities |
| | |- | | |- |
| − | |AAR | + | | '''AAR''' |
| − | |Association of American Railroads | + | | Association of American Railroads |
| | |- | | |- |
| | + | | '''ACEP''' |
| | + | | Approved continuous examination programme |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | '''ADR''' |
| | + | | European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road |
| | + | |-| AMSA| Australian Marine Safety Authority |
| | + | |-| ANSI| American National Standards Institution |
| | + | |-| ASEAN| Association of South East Asian Nations |
| | + | |-| BIC| Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal. |
| | + | |-| BIFA| British International freight Association |
| | + | |-| BIMCO| Baltic and International Maritime Council |
| | + | |-| BLU| CoP for Safe Loading & Unloading of Bulk Carriers |
| | + | |-| BP| Safety Briefing Pamphlet |
| | + | |-| BSI| British Standards Institute |
| | + | |-| CCC| Carrier Container Council |
| | + | |-| CDI-mpc| Chemical Distribution Institute – Marine Packed Cargo |
| | + | |-| CEFIC| Council Europeen de I’Industrie Chimique (European Trade Association for Chemicals) |
| | + | |-| CEN| European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation) |
| | + | |-| CG| Correspondence Group |
| | + | |-| CGPM| Comité International des Poids et Mesures (General Conference on Weights and Measures) |
| | + | |-| CIA| Chemical Industries Association |
| | + | |-| CIM| International Convention concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail |
| | + | |-| CIRIA| The Construction Industry Research and Information Association |
| | + | |-| CLECAT| European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services |
| | + | |-| COA| Container Owners Association |
| | + | |-| COP| Code of Practice |
| | + | |-| CPC| Certificate of Professional Competence |
| | + | |-| CSC| Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) 1972 |
| | + | |-| CTU| Cargo Transport Unit |
| | + | |-| DE| Ship Design & Equipment Sub-Committee |
| | + | |-| DG| Drafting Group |
| | + | |-| DG MOVE| European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport |
| | + | |-| DG VII| Directorate/General VII Transport |
| | + | |-| DIS| Draft International Standard |
| | + | |-| DnV| Det Norske Veritas |
| | + | |-| DOL| Department of Labour |
| | + | |-| DSC| Dangerous Goods Solid Cargoes and Containers Sub-Committee |
| | + | |-| E&T| Editorial and Technical Group |
| | + | |-| ECE| Economic Commission for Europe (UN Agency) |
| | + | |-| ECH| Empty container handler |
| | + | |-| ECOSOC| Economic and Social Council (UN Agency) |
| | + | |-| EFFA| European Freight Forwarders' Association |
| | + | |-| EFIPA| European Federation of Inland Ports Association |
| | + | |-| EIA| European Intermodal Association |
| | + | |-| ESA| European Agency for Safety and Health at Work |
| | + | |-| ESC| European Shippers' Council |
| | + | |-| ESCAP| Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN Agency) |
| | + | |-| ESPO| European Sea Ports Organization |
| | + | |-| ESPO| European Sea Ports Association |
| | + | |-| EU| European Union |
| | + | |-| FAL| Facilitation Committee |
| | + | |-| FAT| Fully automated twistlock |
| | + | |-| FCL| Full container load |
| | + | |-| FDIS| Final Draft International Standard |
| | + | |-| FEPORT| Federation of European Private Port Operators |
| | + | |-| FEU| Forty-foot Equivalent Unit |
| | + | |-| FIATA| International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations |
| | + | |-| FIATA| International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations |
| | + | |-| FMCSA| Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
| | + | |-| FTA| Freight Transport Association |
| | + | |-| GSF| Global Shippers' Forum |
| | + | |-| HNS| Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention |
| | + | |-| HSE| Health and Safety Executive |
| | + | |-| IACS| International Association of Classification Societies |
| | + | |-| IAEA| International Atomic Energy Authority |
| | + | |-| IAPH| International Association of Ports and Harbours |
| | + | |-| IATA| International Air Transport Association |
| | + | |-| IBC| Intermediate Bulk Container |
| | + | |-| IBTA| International Bulk Terminals Association |
| | + | |-| ICAO| International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| | + | |-| ICC| International Chamber of Commerce |
| | + | |-| ICGB| International Cargo Gear Bureau, Inc. |
| | + | |-| ICHCA| ICHCA International Limited |
| | + | |-| ICS| International Chamber of Shipping |
| | + | |-| IFA| International Freight Association |
| | + | |-| IFCOR| International Intermodal Freight Container Reporting Organisation |
| | + | |-| IFPTA| International Forest Products Transport Association |
| | + | |-| IHMA| International Harbour Masters Association |
| | + | |-| IICL| Institute of International Container Lessors |
| | + | |-| IIMS| International Institute of Marine Surveyors |
| | + | |-| IISPCG| Inter Industry Shipping & Ports Contact Group |
| | + | |-| ILA| International Longshoremen’s Association |
| | + | |-| ILO| International Labour Organisation |
| | + | |-| ILWU| International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union |
| | + | |-| IMDG| International Maritime Dangerous Goods |
| | + | |-| IMMTA| International MultiModal Transport Association |
| | + | |-| IMO| International Maritime Organisation |
| | + | |-| IOSH| Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| | + | |-| IRU| International Road Transport Union |
| | + | |-| ISO| International Organization for Standardization |
| | + | |-| ISO| International Standards Organisation |
| | + | |-| ISP| International Safety Panel of ICHCA |
| | + | |-| ISPS| International Shipping & Ports Security Code |
| | + | |-| ISTDG| International Symposium on the Transport of Dangerous Goods |
| | + | by Sea and Inland Waterways |
| | + | |-| ITCO| International Tank Container Owners Association |
| | + | |-| ITF| International Transport Workers’ Federation |
| | + | |-| ITF| International Transport Forum |
| | + | |-| IUMI| International Union of Marine Insurers |
| | + | |-| LCL| Less than a container load |
| | + | |-| MAIIF| Marine Accident Investigators' International Forum |
| | + | |-| MARPOL / |
| | + | MARPOL 73/78| International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 |
| | + | |-| MCA| Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| | + | |-| MEPC| Marine Environment Protection Committee |
| | + | |-| MOU| Memorandum of Understanding |
| | + | |-| MSC| Maritime Safety Committee |
| | + | |-| NGB | National Cargo Bureau Inc |
| | + | |-| NI| Nautical Institute |
| | + | |-| NMSA| National Maritime Safety Association |
| | + | |-| NPC| National Ports Council |
| | + | |-| NSC| National Safety Council |
| | + | |-| NVOCC| Non Vessel Owning Common Carrier |
| | + | |-| NVOCC| Non Vessel Owning Cargo Consolidators |
| | + | |-| NVOCC| Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier / Container Carrier |
| | + | |-| OCIMF| Oil Companies International Marine Forum |
| | + | |-| OSHA| Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| | + | |-| OSHA| Occupational Safety and Health Agency |
| | + | |-| PAS| Publicly Available Specification |
| | + | |-| PDG| Packaged Dangerous Goods |
| | + | |-| PDP| Port workers Development Programme |
| | + | |-| PEMA| Port Equipment Manufacturers Association |
| | + | |-| RHA| Road Haulage Association |
| | + | |-| RID| Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail |
| | + | |-| RP| Research Paper |
| | + | |-| SATLs| Semi Automatic Twistlocks |
| | + | |-| SC| Sub Committee |
| | + | |-| SIGTTO| Society for International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operations Limited |
| | + | |-| SOLAS| International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 |
| | + | |-| SOLAS /SOLAS 74| Safety of Life at Sea (Convention, 1974) |
| | + | |-| SPI| Ship Port Interface |
| | + | |-| SWL| Safe Working Load |
| | + | |-| TC104| International Standards Organization Technical Committee 104 –freight containers |
| | + | |-| TEU| Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit |
| | + | |-| TIR| Transport Internationaux Routiers System |
| | + | |-| TOA| Technical and Operational Advice document |
| | + | |-| TREMCARD| Transport Emergency Card issued by CEFIC (Intended to comply with the “instructions in writing” requirements in certain road transport regulations, eg: ADR) |
| | + | |-| TT Club| Through Trading Mutual Insurance Association Limited |
| | + | |-| UIC| Union Internationale de Chemins de Fers |
| | + | |-| UIRR| Union Internationale des Societes de Transport Combine Rail-Route |
| | + | |-| UN| United Nations |
| | + | |-| UN ECE| United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| | + | |-| UNEP| United Nations Environment Programme |
| | + | |-| UNISTOCK| European Federation of Silo Operators |
| | + | |-| USCG| United States Coastguard |
| | + | |-| UTITI| University of Toledo Intermodal Transportation Institute |
| | + | |-| VTL| Vertical Tandem Lifting |
| | + | |-| WCO| World Customs Organisation |
| | + | |-| WG| Working Group |
| | + | |-| WHO| World Health Organization |
| | + | |-| WMU| World Maritime University |
| | + | |-| WP.15| UN ECE Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous goods (deals with ADR) |
| | + | |-| WP.24| UN ECE Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics |
| | + | |-| WSC| World Shipping Council |
| | + | |
| | |} | | |} |
