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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. technology
  3. transportation
  4. container transport

Preferred term

container transport

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Transport of goods using a very large (typically 20- or 40- feet long), standard-sized, sealable metal box designed to be placed on special trailers for transportation to/from a shipping port by trucks or by rail.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • containerisation (cargo)
  • containerization (cargo)

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/1015

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