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2. 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 ...

3. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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   Intermodal container. A 40-foot-long (12.2 m) shipping container. Each of its eight corners has an essential corner casting for hoisting, stacking, and securing. Containers stacked on a large ship. An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or a freight container, (or simply “container”) is a large standardized container ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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.

7. Intermediate bulk container - Wikipedia

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   A stack of intermediate bulk containers. Intermediate bulk containers (also known as IBC tank, IBC tote, IBC, or pallet tank) are industrial-grade containers engineered for the mass handling, transport, and storage of liquids, semi-solids, pastes, or solids. [1] The two main categories of IBC tanks are flexible IBCs and rigid IBCs. [2]