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15.06.2011 07:46 |
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Bolero
1) As in www.bolero.net. Web site created by world’s leading banking and logistics communities to transfer world trade on to the Internet. The system allows importers, exporters, banks, Customs and shippers to ‘talk’ to each other seamlessly and for documents and data to be exchanged online between all parties in the trade chain.
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15.06.2011 07:42 |
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BOC
1) British Oxygen Company - commercial firm with major interests in supplying gases for industrial use (eg oxygen and acetylene to vehicle workshops) and in road haulage (eg temperature-controlled transport and contract distribution).
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15.06.2011 07:40 |
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Blue tooth
1) Latest technology that permits items of electronic equipment to communicate with each other without connection by wire (it uses infrared technology).
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15.06.2011 07:37 |
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Blower
1) Cargo discharge pump on tanker/tipper type bulk-carrying vehicle or for the super/turbocharger mounted on an engine to increase power output. See also Turbocharger.
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15.06.2011 07:35 |
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Block train
1) A constantly-linked train of wagons usually running on a merry-go-round system. Also a freightliner train that carries ISO containers between sea ports and inland terminals.
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15.06.2011 07:33 |
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Block changing
1) Term used to describe the action of gear changing in a multi-ratio gearbox on a heavy vehicle when one or more intermediate gears are omitted in the upward or downward gear-changing process (also sometimes referred to as skip changing).
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15.06.2011 07:45 |
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Bogie
1) A number of wheels or axles mounted on a pivotal sub-frame (eg on a rail locomotive or on aircraft landing gear, or a set of suspension-linked wheels/axles for a road vehicle/trailer. See also Tandem and Tri-axles bogie.
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15.06.2011 07:41 |
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BNRR
1) Birmingham Northern Relief Road. Projected (and much needed) ?1.8 billion road project to be constructed under the government’s DBFO initiative. Subject to significant criticism by the anti-road building campaign and others.
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15.06.2011 07:38 |
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Blue book
1) Freight industry (particularly shipping) term for Department of Trade and Industry publication, The Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Ships. Contains information about the classification, methods of packing and freighting of dangerous goods (including road freighting where sea/ ferry crossings are involved).
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15.06.2011 07:36 |
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Blood alcohol limit
1) Statutory maximum limit for the alcohol content of blood of motor vehicle drivers above which (ie 80 mg alcohol per 100 ml blood) an offence is committed.
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15.06.2011 07:34 |
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Block stacking
1) Simple stacking without racks, pallets are stored directly on the floor. Usually stored up to three pallets high depending upon load stackability and crush factors. Each row must only contain one product code.
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15.06.2011 07:32 |
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Black box
1) Electronic device which provides similar functions to tachograph (ie recording time, speed, etc) plus other facilities. Has storage capacity and can be downloaded to computer. See also ICS Black Box.
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