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  2. UN/LOCODE - Wikipedia

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    UN/LOCODE, the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). UN/LOCODE assigns codes to locations used in trade and transport with functions such as seaports , rail and road terminals, airports , Postal Exchange Office and ...

  3. Pyroscaphe - Wikipedia

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    Le 4 juin, ils embarquèrent sur un pyroscaphe à Saumur, descendirent la Loire par Angers et Saint-Nazaire (seize heures de voyage), et de là empruntèrent la patache du voiturier Bernus, une sorte de malle-poste brinquebalante pour arriver à Guérande, autant dire au bout du monde.

  4. Vessel emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Charlie, Charlie, Charlie is the code for a security threat aboard Royal Caribbean ships and the code for upcoming helicopter winch operations aboard c-bed accommodation vessels. Code blue usually means a medical emergency. Delta, delta, delta is the code for a possible bio-hazard among some cruise lines. More commonly used to alert crew to ...

  5. International Code of Signals - Wikipedia

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    The Medical Signal Code [13] (incorporated in the International Code of Signals since 1930) is a means of providing assistance when medical personnel are not present. Plain language is generally preferred in such cases (presumably via radiotelephone), but the various codes provide a succinct method of communicating to a doctor the nature of the ...

  6. La Poste (yacht) - Wikipedia

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    During Leg 2 of the race while La Poste was leading, the team decided to turn around to answer a distress signal from another boat, Brooksfield, sailing into 50-knot winds. [1] In 2012 La poste participated in the Barcolana regatta with a team composed by member of Mascalzone Latino and 8 boys and girls with Down Syndrome. [3].The documentary ...

  7. Standard Carrier Alpha Code - Wikipedia

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    The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. It is typically two to four letters long.

  8. Ici, on brûle des sorcières… - The Huffington Post

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    Elle semblait sincèrement heureuse de parler à quelqu’un de nouveau, après des mois passés dans la jungle. Cela m’a rappelé un terme utilisé par l’un des grands anthropologues de la PNG, Bronislaw Malinowski, pour décrire l’effet de la brousse sur les étrangers: la tropenkoller, ou “folie tropicale”.

  9. French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle - Wikipedia

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    Jack with the colours of the Free French Forces (front) and the ribbon of the Ordre de la Libération (back) Status: in active service: General characteristics; Type: Aircraft carrier: Displacement: 42,500 t (41,800 long tons) (full load) [3] Length: 261.5 m (857 ft 11 in) LOA: Beam: Overall: 64.36 m (211 ft 2 in) Waterline: 31.5 m (103 ft 4 in ...