fordon

English translation: Cars, vehicles

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Swedish term or phrase:fordon
English translation:Cars, vehicles
Entered by: David Rumsey

23:50 Aug 20, 2007
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Swedish term or phrase: fordon
Hon är den första i en serie om tre LCTC-fartyg med en lastkapacitet på 8 000 fordon (RT43).

Since this ship is sailing from Goteborg to Halifax, i assume that it is taking cargo containers and not vehicles.
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 14:21
Cars, vehicles
Explanation:
No.....I would say they are transporting cars from Göteborg
Look at the entries from Wallenius at http://www.shipgaz.com/facts_statistics/2007/070702_swe_ship...
The vessel is transporting 8000 cars in that case.
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Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 17:21
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4 +2Cars, vehicles
Larry Abramson
5vehicles
Sven Petersson


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Cars, vehicles


Explanation:
No.....I would say they are transporting cars from Göteborg
Look at the entries from Wallenius at http://www.shipgaz.com/facts_statistics/2007/070702_swe_ship...
The vessel is transporting 8000 cars in that case.

Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 17:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eva-Marie Adams: I would say vehicles (just in case they have some other kinds as well)
1 hr

agree  Sven Petersson: vehicles
5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
vehicles


Explanation:
Wallenius Wilhelmsens båtar varierar i storlek och har också olika kapacitet. Företaget mäter bilkapaciteten i RT43, vilket är storleken på en Toyota Corona 1967 års modell. Den vanligaste kapaciteten bland fartygen är ca 5000-6000 RT43. En Volvo S 80 beräknas uppta 1,56 RT43 i utrymme vilket ger att en båt kan frakta ca 3500 bilar per gång. I skrivande stund håller Wallenius Wilhelmsen på att förlänger 5 av sina båtar. De kommer då får en kapacitet på 7200 RT43 eller 4615 Volvo S 80.

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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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