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  2. Tractor unit - Wikipedia

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    Peterbilt 386 sleeper-cab–style commercial 6×4 tractor unit. A tractor unit, also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry cab, big rig tractor, big rig truck or big rig lorry or simply a tractor, truck, lorry, semi, big rig or rig, is a characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that ...

  3. Terminal tractor - Wikipedia

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    A terminal tractor Terminal tractor at the Port of Dover.. A terminal tractor, known in the United States as a shag truck, shunt truck, spotter truck, spotting tractor, yard truck, yard shifter, yard dog, yard goat, yard horse, yard mule, yard jockey, yard spotter, hostler, or mule, is a kind of semi-tractor intended to move semi-trailers within a cargo yard, warehouse facility, or intermodal ...

  4. United Kingdom's emergency towing vessel fleet - Wikipedia

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    Monarch, Sovereign and Prince are purpose built offshore tugs, while Prince is a converted salvage tug. [8] A fifth tug, the Anglian Earl, is an anchorhandling and salvage tug regularly used on commercial work, but also fits the ETV criteria, and acts as cover for any of the four ETV stations as and when required. [8]

  5. Electric tug - Wikipedia

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    An electric tug is a battery-powered and pedestrian-operated machine used to move heavy loads on wheels. The machines form part of the material-handling equipment field that, amongst others, also covers forklift trucks, overhead cranes and pallet jacks .

  6. Nissan Caravan - Wikipedia

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    The Prince Homy (B640) was the passenger van version of the Prince Homer light duty truck, and had a seating capacity of up to 15 people. In 1966 as the Prince-Nissan merger began, it was initially called the Nissan Homy Prince, sharing load carrying duties with the Prince Skyway, and Prince Gloria station wagons; [2] the Prince name became a dealership network within the Nissan organization ...

  7. Bollard pull - Wikipedia

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    Bollard pull is a conventional measure of the pulling (or towing) power of a watercraft.It is defined as the force (usually in tonnes-force or kilonewtons (kN)) exerted by a vessel under full power, on a shore-mounted bollard through a tow-line, commonly measured in a practical test (but sometimes simulated) under test conditions that include calm water, no tide, level trim, and sufficient ...

  8. Anchor handling tug supply vessel - Wikipedia

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    ROV at work in an underwater oil and gas field. The ROV is operating a subsea torque spanner tool on a valve on the subsea structure.. Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, and use them to secure the rigs in place.

  9. Caravan - Wikipedia

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    Caravan, an Indian film directed by Nasir Hussain; Caravan, working title for the 2019 film Roads, directed by Sebastian Schipper; Caravan, a Canadian children's television series; Caravans, a 1978 film based on the James A. Michener novel; Himalaya, a 1999 Nepalese film also known as Caravan; Karwaan (lit.