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navires à manutention rapide

English translation: ships designed for rapid turnaround


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French term or phrase: navires à manutention rapide
English translation:ships designed for rapid turnaround
Entered by: pooja_chic
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19:36 Feb 15, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
French term or phrase: navires à manutention rapide
Certains navires à manutention rapide, tels que les paquebots, les navires exclusivement chargés de conteneurs et transportant occasionnellement quelques véhicules, ainsi que les navires spécialisés pour un service ROLL ON-OFF, pourront bénéficier par l'Autorité Portuaire
pooja_chic
Local time: 00:40
ships designed for rapid turnaround
Explanation:
In the sense that "rapid handling" implies rapid turnaround, I think this is the intention here.
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chris collister
France
Local time: 21:10
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Thanks everyone
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Summary of answers provided
2 +4ships designed for rapid turnaround
chris collister
4quick load/unload shipsrkillings


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
ships designed for rapid turnaround


Explanation:
In the sense that "rapid handling" implies rapid turnaround, I think this is the intention here.

chris collister
France
Local time: 21:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 41
Grading comment
Thanks everyone

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agree  Carol Gullidge: sounds very likely!
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agree  xxxmediamatrix
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agree  gallagy2
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agree  Sangro
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
quick load/unload ships


Explanation:
What the longshoremen in the port will call them. :-)

rkillings
United States
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Feb 16, 2011 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
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