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container-handling equipment

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Items of materials-handling equipment required to specifically receive, maneuver, and dispatch International Organization for Standardization containers. Also called CHE. See also materials handling equipment.


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He also cited the need for more rough-terrain container-handling equipment in the country.
Seaports throughout the world; manufacturers of container-handling equipment (CHE); and organizations dedicated to improving container operations, such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which develop appropriate containerization guidelines, have all adopted and now foster the use of standardized containers.
arrives in containers which are stuffed at point of origin and transferred to and from ships using container-handling equipment.
 
 
 
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