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  2. Containerization - Wikipedia

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    Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers). [1] Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports.

  3. Gantry crane - Wikipedia

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    Ship-to-shore gantry cranes are imposing, multi-story structures prominent at most container terminals, used to load intermodal containers on and off container ships. They operate along two rails (waterside and landside designations) spaced based on the size of crane to be used. Ship-to-shore crane elements. Lateral movement system:

  4. Container crane - Wikipedia

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    Container cranes consist of a supporting framework that can traverse the length of a quay or yard on a rail track. Instead of a hook, they are equipped with a specialized handling tool called a spreader. The spreader can be lowered on top of a container and locks onto the container's four locking points ("corner castings") using a twistlock ...

  5. Stowage plan for container ships - Wikipedia

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    On container ships the position of containers are identified by a bay-row-tier coordinate system. The bays illustrate the cross sections of the ship and are numbered from bow to stern . The rows run the length of the ship and are numbered from the middle of the ship outwards, even numbers on the port side and odd numbers on the starboard side.

  6. Dollar-cost averaging: How to stop worrying about the market ...

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    You get a better dollar-cost averaging effect when you start a portfolio with $1,000 and take 10 months to grow its balance to $10,000, rather than start with $5,000. Stopping during market dips.

  7. Dashpot timer - Wikipedia

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    The dashpot timer is a fluid time-on-timer that can be used in definite time motor acceleration starters and controllers. A dashpot timer is a container, a piston, and a shaft. The dashpot timer functions when a magnetic field forces a piston to move within a cylinder when the coil is energized.

  8. Fed expected to cut interest rates despite rising inflation ...

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    The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage stands at nearly 6.7%, well above an average rate four years ago of 2.6%, Freddie Mac data shows. A small rate cut by the Fed would not ...

  9. Craving fatty foods when stressed? Cocoa may offset impact - AOL

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    This was done at the start of the trial and then 30 and 90 minutes after the stress task. For the high-epicatechin group, the 30-minute flow-mediated dilation measurement was lower, and it had ...