Freight container terminals

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15. Freight container terminals1

15.1. Definitions

15.1.1. For the purpose of this code

a "freight container terminal" is the whole area, which may be

separate from or within a dock 1 complex, in which containerised

cargo is handled;

a "stacking area" is an area where freight containers are sys-

tematically stacked, one upon another, as necessary, in rows,

awaiting onward movement either to a ship or to a road vehicle;

a "block" is a sub-area of the stacking area separated by avenues

from other blocks in the same stacking area; the block is divided

into rows by aisles;

an "aisle" is a passage, of sufficient width to enable a lifting

appliance to pass along, between rows of freight containers;

an "avenue" is a thoroughfare between blocks of containers, of

a width amply sufficient to enable lifting appliances to manceuvre

freely and to enter and leave aisles;

a "straddle carrier" is a particular form of mobile lifting

appliance in the form of a bridge having side supports on wheels

of limited width such that the supports can move down adjacent

aisles, the bridge straddling a row of stacked containers and

being able to carry containers suspended beneath it;

a "grid" is an area clearly designated and set aside for the loading

and unloading of freight containers on to and from road trans-

port vehicles by lifting appliances, particularly straddle carriers;

(Ii) a "slot" is a clearly marked out sub-area of a grid, just sufficient

in size to accommodate one road vehicle of maximum size; and

(I) the "control centre" is the centre from which all operations in a

terminal are centrally controlled.

1Chapter 2 is applicable to the dock area of a freight container terminal.

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