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Term of the Road Dictionary

pallet-wide container

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Multimodal Transport
  • Definition : Container with an internal width of 2.44 m enabling two 1.2-m pallets to be stacked side by side [EN 14943].

Palettencontainer

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Multimodaler Transport
  • Definition : Container mit einer Innenbreite von 2,44 m, die es ermöglicht, dass zwei 1,2 m breite Paletten nebeneinander gestapelt werden können [EN 14943].

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