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2. Dock plate - Wikipedia

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   Dock levelers (and indeed dock plates and dock boards) are used where a building has a truck-level door, i.e. a door with a floor level roughly at the same height as the floor of the truck's trailer. Some buildings only have drive-in doors, i.e. doors at the same level as the ground outside of the building, suitable for driving directly into ...

3. Loading dock - Wikipedia

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   Bumpers – protect the dock from truck damage, may also be used as a guide by the truck driver when backing up. Dock leveler – a height-adjustable platform used as a bridge between dock and truck, can be operated via mechanical , hydraulic, or air powered systems. Dock lift – serves the same function as a leveler, but operates similar to a ...

4. Container chassis - Wikipedia

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   The length of a chassis corresponds to which container size will fit (i.e., a 40-foot-long chassis fits a 40-foot-long container), but some models are adjustable length. [3] A port crane lifts a container from a ship to a chassis for road transport. Twistlocks. Semi-tractor trucks hook up to chassis via the kingpin. When disconnected from a ...

5. Taut-line hitch - Wikipedia

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   The taut-line hitch is an adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension. It is useful when the length of a line will need to be periodically adjusted in order to maintain tension. It is made by tying a rolling hitch around the standing part after passing around an anchor object. Tension is maintained by sliding the hitch to adjust the ...

6. Self-propelled modular transporter - Wikipedia

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   This claimed to break two world records, one for the heaviest SPMT movement and another for most SPMT axle lines used for transportation. [ 16 ] In February 2023 Sinotrans Heavy-Lift a China based heavy transport company moved a hotel building 500 meters in Sanya , Hainan using 254 axle lines of Scheuerle SPMT with the help of 15 power packs.

7. Intermodal freight transport - Wikipedia

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   A truck transporting a container on Interstate 95 in South Florida Trucking is frequently used to connect the "linehaul" ocean and rail segments of a global intermodal freight movement. This specialized trucking that runs between ocean ports, rail terminals, and inland shipping docks, is often called drayage , and is typically provided by ...