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2. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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   Standard containers are 8 feet (2.44 m) wide by 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) high, although the taller "High Cube" or "hi-cube" units measuring 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) have become very common in recent years. By the end of 2013, high-cube 40 ft containers represented almost 50% of the world's maritime container fleet, according to Drewry's Container ...

3. Stowage plan for container ships - Wikipedia

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   Stowage plan for container ships. The holds of a container ship. Stowage plan for container ships or bay plan is the plan and method by which different types of container vessels are loaded with containers of specific standard sizes. The plans are used to maximize the economy of shipping and safety on board.

4. Cubby-hole - Wikipedia

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   A cubby-hole, cubby-house or cubby is a small play house, or play area, for children. [2] This may be constructed by the children themselves and used as a place of play. [3] Children may have a small shed, play-house or tent which they use as a cubby-house. [4] Children might build their own in various places in the house or garden, or have a ...

5. Well car - Wikipedia

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   Well car. A well car, also known as a double-stack car (or also intermodal car / container car ), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport. The "well" is a depressed section that sits close to the rails between the wheel trucks of the car, allowing a ...

6. Flywheel - Wikipedia

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   The flywheel material with the highest specific tensile strength will yield the highest energy storage per unit mass. This is one reason why carbon fiber is a material of interest. For a given design the stored energy is proportional to the hoop stress and the volume. [citation needed] An electric motor-powered flywheel is common in practice.

7. Double-stack rail transport - Wikipedia

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   Double-stack rail transport. A container train passing through Jacksonville, Florida, with 53 ft (16.15 m) containers used for shipments within North America. Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers. Invented in the United States in 1984, it is now ...