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English Transport / Transportation / Shipping Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
hadover provisions		typo for handover - the act of giving up or relinquishing
...no more than one high...		without placing one on top of another
A is over 30kg è B is less than 6mm.		A is over 30kg & B is less than 6mm.	Katalin Horváth McClure
Entered by: Katalin Horváth McClure
as per margin		as shown on the bill of lading margin	Pedro Coral Costa
Entered by: Pedro Coral Costa
ASL		Above Sea Level	Ramona Ali
Entered by: Ramona Ali
bear left		turn left	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Bulk runs		transportation of articles in buckets (skips)
C / L		Carload C/L
calculations that are made to see...		clearance limit compliance calculations
choke/throttle		choke = valve that reduces air flow to warm a cold engine / throttle = accelerator
clean on board		no problems detected with shipment
collection manifest		receipt	Rolf Keiser
Entered by: Rolf Keiser
consignee TO ORDER and notify as per instruction of buyers		Bill of Lading should be issued in the name and address of the Consignee	Mindaugas Vasinauskas
Entered by: Mindaugas Vasinauskas
correct change		exact amount of money
critical design freeze stage		stage at which the design must be set
DBFO		Design Build Finance Operate
DCR		Daily Charter Rate	Ildiko Santana
Entered by: Ildiko Santana
Declaration of Conformity		statement that a product, service, etc. meets the requirements
delivery		they both mean the same
dispersion of the transport process into the whole territory		spreading out and availability of transport in the whole territory	Mwananchi
Entered by: Mwananchi
door move		door-to-door move
easement		passage (here the tunnel)
EPOM		ethylene propylene
fire sale		cut-rate sale
freight costs are to be credited to the customer		i.e. paid by the supplier (probably as a refund to the customer)
full-authority		autonomous, not requiring human intervention	bg.Linguist
Entered by: bg.Linguist
ground can (G-can)		(on the) ground can, bin, pod	sazo
Entered by: sazo
GSP		generalized system of preferences
HC		High Cube	Matheus Chaud
Entered by: Matheus Chaud
hooked routes		linked routes (for commuting)
in air		in atmospheric pressure
in case of		where... is involved
includes for the weighing of all pallets		allows for	Maria San Martin
Entered by: Maria San Martin
inward investor		foreign (controlled) company investing in a (another) country (or city)
IRC		Incident Rail Commander
landmark study		a very important study	atef Sharia
Entered by: atef Sharia
Largest brokerage operations of any integrator		combine services/integrated services
light user		someone who does not use it that much
makes you sail		plain-sailing
MBL		Master Bill of Lading

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