Cargo — (or freight) refers to goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long haul cargo transport. Marine Cargo Types There is a wide… … Wikipedia
outsized cargo — Cargo which exceeds the dimensions of oversized cargo and requires the use of a C 5 or C 17 aircraft or surface transportation. A single item that exceeds 1,000 inches long by 117 inches wide by 105 inches high in any one dimension. See also… … Military dictionary
Lockheed Flatbed — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name= Flatbed caption= type=Military transport manufacturer=Lockheed designer= first flight= introduced= retired= status=Design study only primary user= more users= produced= number built= variants with their own… … Wikipedia
Roll-on/roll-off — (RORO or ro ro) ships are ferries designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars. This is in contrast to lo lo (lift on lift off) vessels which use a crane to load and unload cargo.RORO … Wikipedia
Malcom McLean — For those of a similar name, see Malcolm Maclean (disambiguation). Malcom Purcell McLean (born “Malcolm”; but late in life he changed his given name to its historic traditional Scottish spelling) (November 14, 1913 – May 25, 2001), born in Maxton … Wikipedia
Vignette (road tax) — Vignette is a word used in several non English speaking European countries for toll stickers. It is ultimately of French origin, but was disseminated throughout Central Europe through German.These are small, colored stickers affixed to motor… … Wikipedia
Combi — For other uses, see Kombi (disambiguation). (Including for motoring related uses where the spelling remains combi .) Alaska Airlines 737 400 combi aircraft in Barrow, December 2007. In commercial aviation, the term combi refers to versions of… … Wikipedia
Junkers Ju 252 — infobox Aircraft name =Ju 252 type =Transport manufacturer =Junkers caption = designer = first flight =October 1941 introduction = retired = status = primary user =Luftwaffe more users = produced = number built =15 unit cost = developed from =… … Wikipedia
flatrack — Portable, open topped, open sided units that fit into existing below deck container cell guides and provide a capability for container ships to carry oversized cargo and wheeled and tracked vehicles … Military dictionary
Conroy Aircraft — was a US aircraft manufacturer founded by John M. Conroy in Goleta, California in 1965 on the sale of Aero Spacelines. The company imitated Aero Spacelines success with its Guppy aircraft by converting a Canadair CL 44 to carry oversized cargo as … Wikipedia
