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Unit 6
TRANSPORTATION
1. Kinds of packing
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Carton
Bale
Container
Drum
Crate
Case
Barrel
Sack
2. Kinds of goods
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Gearboxes
Meat
Tyres
Crockery
Cement
Wine
Flowers
3. Common symbols in transport
• Fragile
3. Common symbols in transport
• Keep Dry
3. Common symbols in transport
• This Side Up
3. Common symbols in transport
• Heavy
3. Common symbols in transport
• Do Not Freeze
3. Common symbols in transport
• Do Not Stack
3. Common symbols in transport
• Explosives
• Symbol (exploding bomb): black on orange bottom, the
number "1" in the bottom corner.
3. Common symbols in transport
• Flammable liquids
• Symbol (Flames: black or white on red) the
number "3" in the bottom corner.
3. Common symbols in transport
• Flammable solids
• Symbol (flames): black on white background with seven
vertical red stripes, the number "4" in the bottom corner.
3. Common symbols in transport
• Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
• Symbol (flames): black on white and red background, the
number "4" in the bottom corner.
3. Common symbols in transport
• Oxidizing substances
• Symbol (flames above a circle): black on yellow background,
the number"5.1" in the bottom corner.
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Toxic substances
Symbol (skull with crossing bones): black on white background, the number "6" in the bottom corner.
4. Road transportation
• Types of lorry
-Pick-up lorry
-Freight car
-Dumper truck
-Articulated lorry
-Tip-car
4. Road transportation
- cheaper and more direct than rail
- Increased capacity for lorry to carry goods
(containers), faster service (motoways),
accessibility abroad with ferries offering rollingon and rolling-off facilities
4. Road transportation
• Goods transported by road
-Building materials
-Wood products and furniture
-Metal products
-Machinery and equipment
4. Road transportation
• Advantages of road transportation
-Low freight rates
-Continuous operations on 24-hour basis
-No transhipment – door-to-door delivery
-Flexibility in regular or special deliveries
4. Road transportation
• Disadvantages of road transportation
-Low capacity of load
-Restrictions on weight and size
-Delays due to bad weather
-Often return empty to point of departure
-Security problem
5. Rail transportation
• Types of rail transport
-Trains
-Trolleys
-Trams
-Hopper wagon
5. Rail transportation
• Goods transported by rail
-Bulk liquids
-Dry cargo
-Coal
5. Rail transportation
• Faster than road ( necessary when transporting
perishable goods)
• Can haul bulk commodities (oil, grain, coal) in
greater volume than road transporters
• Link between road and rail through companies
such as Freightliners – transhipment
• Tends to be comparatively more expensive than
road haulage
5. Rail transportation
• Advantages of rail transportation
-Rarely affected by weather conditions
-Quicker and cheaper for distances over 200 km
5. Rail transportation
• Disadvantages of rail transportation
-Transhipment to other forms of transport
essential
-Inflexible timetabling
