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Pallet racking
1) Warehouse shelving designed to accommodate standard pallets (eg 1,200 x 1,000 mm) up to five or more tiers high.
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PACTS
1) Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety.
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Packing group
1) United Nations designation for packaging requirements for dangerous goods to be carried by road in packages based on their degree of danger (ie group 1 - high, group 2 - medium, group 3 - low risk). The Carriage of Dangerous Goods Classification, Packaging and Labelling and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996 apply.
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P&R
1) Park and ride.
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P&D
1) Pick up and deposit. Usually refers to a location at the end of a warehouse aisle or row where incoming and outgoing goods are held for pickup or deposit by aisle stacker trucks.
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P
1) Nationality symbol for Portugal - to be shown on the rear of vehicles from that country.
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Pallet
1) Flat, usually wooden, portable platform/base on which loads are stacked for moving/lifting - by pallet/fork-lift trucks. Usually built to standard dimension 1,200 x 1,000 mm and capable of carrying up to 1,500 kg.
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PACT
1) Pilot Action for Combined Transport. EU scheme providing funds to hauliers interested in setting up combined transport operations -funds can be used to buy capital equipment including vehicle. See also Freight facilities grant, Section 8 grant and Track Access grant.
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Packer
1) Person employed in warehouse or furniture removals business to pack goods prior to transit, usually skilled.
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P&O
1) Peninsular & Orient. Major UK-based shipping and haulage group.
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PACE
1) (1) Acronym for Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. (2) Ports automated cargo environment.
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4PL
1) Fourth-party Logistics™. A distribution system where a fourth party stands between the client and one or more of its third-party providers to manage the complete supply chain by assembling the resources, capabilities and technology of its own organization together with those of the third-party providers to supply a totally integrated supply chain system.
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