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3 +2 | (port) marshalling (UK)/classification (US) yard |
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4 | rail transhipment facility/ (US: transshipment) |
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3 | ship-to-rail/intermodal container transfer facility |
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ship-to-rail/intermodal container transfer facility Explanation: I think this might be about a container port and not a rail marshalling yard, but the facility for transfer of containers between rail and ship. As this seems to be only for ship to rail (and vice versa), it is probably better to use "ship-to-rail" rather than or to supplement "intermodal". www.allianceshippinggroup.co.uk/tools/glossary-of-shipping-... "ICTF (INTERMODAL CONTAINER TRANSFER FACILITY) An on-dock facility for moving containers from ship to rail or truck. IMO International Maritime ..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day9 mins (2013-06-09 16:32:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- www.bizjournals.com/.../print.../ship-to-train-container-tr... Dec 14, 2012 – The Port of Savannah, Ga., has a ship-to-rail transfer facility, and the Port of ... “That intermodal container transfer facility will allow for efficient ... |
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rail transhipment facility/ (US: transshipment) Explanation: This text has been written with little idea about railways, and consequently, the wrong term has been used. At a port, there would be a transhipment facility, where goods may be unloaded from ship and into rail wagons and of course vice-versa. Here, I read between the lines that bulk cargoes (for which a storage facility is also to be provided) will be offloaded as well. They may require direct loading from ship into rail wagons or v.v., or into storage such as silos etc. 'Container terminal' say far too much; this is exclusively for containers, and no other traffic is normally handled. Marshalling (US: marshaling or classification) yards are generally used to break up and reform freight trains, but not at ports. Freight depots are normally inland 'transhipment facilities', where freight is delivered by road and loaded into freight wagons. If you need any further clarification, ask me. |
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(port) marshalling (UK)/classification (US) yard Explanation: not absolutely certain but believe it's this. The area where trains are loaded/unloaded and engines or carriages/wagons are shunted around to "make up" a train. Hence the "exchange" http://www.infrabel.be/en/residents/construction-sites/expan... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_yard -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2013-06-08 17:54:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- it is also possibly an exchange of track as the train arrives/gets loaded or unloaded and leaves -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2013-06-08 17:56:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.irfca.org/docs/marshalling-yards.html and definition A marshalling yard is a place where goods trains and other loads (such as wagons coming in from a nearby goods shed) are received, sorted out according to a plan, and new trains formed and dispatched onwards. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 hrs (2013-06-09 12:02:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I thought of "shunting" yard as well but only 8 examples in Russia and Iran when I Googled. Otherwise it seems "marshalling/classification" is the term used. "Shunting" is the basic activity taking place as wagons/carriages are shunted around (and has given rise to its use as a term for computer algorithm) http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shunting... noun (railways) a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 hrs (2013-06-09 12:06:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or here "switch/transfer" is used http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shunting -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 hrs (2013-06-09 12:12:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- so perhaps "shunting yard" is more used for the main railway hub rather than in a port facility. Nice image here http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/workers-cross-tracks-railroad... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2013-06-10 09:01:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- lots of examples of port marshalling yards. Some here http://www.port.venice.it/en/railroad-access.html http://www.serv.be/en/vhc/page/port-ghent-gent ...Each quay is connected to Europe's close-knit rail network via a marshalling yard, whilst the port itself is linked via different waterways to the main European inland waterways... |
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