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en grand gabarit

English translation: broad gauge (canal)

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French term or phrase:en grand gabarit
English translation:broad gauge (canal)
Entered by: Angel_7

14:31 Feb 10, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
French term or phrase: en grand gabarit
Bénéficiant d’une excellente desserte multimodale, ce port est au cœur d’un marché d’échanges fleurissant au nord de l’Ile de France, à proximité de la Plaine de France (Roissy), à l’entrée de la Picardie et directement connecté au futur canal Seine Nord Europe qui va relier le bassin parisien aux ports du Nord en grand gabarit.
Angel_7
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:50
broad gauge (canal)
Explanation:
Wikipedia] November 15: Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal14 Nov 2008 ... Originally designed for narrow gauge boats, the canal was altered during its construction into a broad gauge canal to allow an ultimately ...
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polyglot45
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4 +2broad gauge (canal)
polyglot45
4for high-/large-capacity cargo vessels
carolynf
4wide-gauge
Bourth (X)
3large capacity waterway
Amy Cheshire


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
broad gauge (canal)


Explanation:
Wikipedia] November 15: Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal14 Nov 2008 ... Originally designed for narrow gauge boats, the canal was altered during its construction into a broad gauge canal to allow an ultimately ...
[email protected]/msg00002.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ms...

polyglot45
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agree  NKW (X): I wonder if this relates more to vertical clearance than to width (as in railway track gauge). Gabarit is what is known in the UK as 'loading gauge'.
1 hr
  -> it could be many things - and loading gauge = gabarit de chargement
agree  Michel F. Morin
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large capacity waterway


Explanation:
I also found gauge for gabarit in this context..but it depends on your audience I suppose


    Reference: http://www.actu-cci.com/?pg=mag_article&id_m_a=2577&ver=en
Amy Cheshire
France
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for high-/large-capacity cargo vessels


Explanation:
...of 4,000 tonnes compared with the capacity of 300 tonnes on the traditional inland " Freycinet" gauge waterways. IMO, in this context the immense increase in cargo carrying capacity of this feat of engineering needs to be made clear...

carolynf
France
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wide-gauge


Explanation:
This has been asked before, so must be findable here somewhere. From memory, if David Sirett didn't ask the question, he answered it.

From my notes:
Gabarit, grand, canal de For "superbarges" [CEi]. In the UK, barges are smaller than in Europe, but larger than "narrowboats" which use "narrow canals" as opposed to "broad waterways" [Radio4]; wide-gauge, large-gauge, broad-gauge, in order of declining frequency.

Bourth (X)
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