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Term of the Road Dictionary

full container load

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Multimodal Transport
  • Definition : Container stuffed or stripped under responsibility and for account of the shipper or the consignee. Note: for operational purposes a full container load (FCL) container is considered a container to which no cargo can be added during the time it is transported under FCL conditions [EN 14943].
  • Abbreviation : FCL

volle Containerladung

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Multimodaler Transport
  • Definition : Container, der unter der Verantwortlichkeit des Transporteurs oder des Empfängers und zu Lasten des Transporteurs oder Empfängers befüllt oder ausgepackt wird. Anmerkung: für die Durchführung gilt eine volle Containerladung (FCL) als ein Container, zu dem so lange, wie der Container unter den FCL-Bedingungen transportiert wird, keine zusätzliche Fracht hinzugefügt werden kann.[EN 14943].