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  • 1Shipping container architecture — The Nomadic Museum is composed of 152 shipping containers. It was constructed to house a photography exhibit in New York City in 2005, was dismantled, and was reassembled in Santa Monica, California, USA in early 2006. Shipping container… …

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  • 2shipping ton —    a traditional unit measuring the volume (not the weight) of items shipped by sea. The U.S. shipping ton is the same as the freight ton (see ton5), 40 cubic feet or about 1.1326 cubic meters. The British shipping ton is 5% larger at 42 cubic… …

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  • 3shipping documents — The documents that an exporter of goods delivers to a bank in the exporting country in order to obtain payment for the goods. The bank sends them to its branch or agents in the importing country, who only release them to the importer against… …

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  • 4shipping mark — noun : an identifying word, number, or symbol placed on freight to designate the consignee, destination, weight, and related information …

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  • 5Dry weight — Dry mass redirects here. For the Catholic devotion, see Missa Sicca. For the mass of a soil sample or an object when dried, see dry matter. Dry weight is the weight of a vehicle without any consumables, passengers, or cargo. It is one of the two… …

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  • 6Dry weight (automobile) — Dry weight is a technical term that refers to the weight of an automobile without any consumables, passengers, or cargo. It is one of the two common weight measurements included in automobile specifications, the other one being curb weight.By… …

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  • 7Dimensional weight — Dimensional weight, used in shipping and freight, is a billing technique which takes into account the XYZ axis dimensions of a package. Contents 1 Significance 2 Weight Calculation 2.1 Examples …

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  • 8Less than truckload shipping — Less Than Truckload (LTL) shipping is the transportation of relatively small freight. The alternatives to LTL carriers are parcel carriers or full truckload carriers. Parcel carriers usually handle small packages and freight that can be broken… …

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  • 9Pakistan National Shipping Corporation — THE GROUP ITS OPERATIONS Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (the Corporation) and its subsidiary companies (together ‘the Group’) were incorporated under the provision of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Ordinance, 1979 and the… …

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  • 10Environmental impact of shipping — A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. The environmental impact of shipping includes greenhouse gas emissions and oil pollution. Carbon dioxide emissions from shipping is currently estimated at 4 to 5 percent of the global total,… …

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