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Term of the Road Dictionary

pallet unit

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Multimodal Transport
  • Definition : Quantity of packaged goods, preferably stackable, that have been combined with a pallet to form a unit load that can be handled with a forklift truck or a hand pallet truck [EN 14943].

Paletteneinheit

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Multimodaler Transport
  • Definition : Menge verpackter Waren, vorzugsweise stapelbar, die kombiniert wurden, um mit einer Palette eine Einheitsladung zu ergeben, die mit einem Gabelstapler oder einem Hand(gabel)hubwagen gehandhabt werden kann [EN 14943].

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