unit load

noun

A number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.

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Meanings

noununit load (plural unit loads)

plural unit loads

  1. A number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.

    At the time, international deep-sea shipping remained a loose cargo operation, although BR did seek to influence conversion to unit loads by providing a containerised short sea shipping service between Harwich and Rotterdam in 1968.

    2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68
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