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Fridge trailer loads
Traffic Department

Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

port (in the context)

English answer:

parking area for trucks

Added to glossary by Francesca Callegari
Mar 21, 2006 13:30
18 yrs ago
English term

port

English Law/Patents Transport / Transportation / Shipping Haulage sub-contracting agreement
Fridge trailer loads must not be removed from the ***port*** until the day of delivery, unless authorised by the Traffic Department. Under no circumstances may such trailers be removed from the port and parked unattended, awaiting an ‘early start’.

What is the meaning of "port" here?

Thank you
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3 parking area for trucks
4 +7 inbound holding area at a port

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parking area for trucks

might be close to a custom check site?


Whether a truck port was recently erected on the N4 near Nelspruit in ... 1(b) The truck port was erected to provide truck drivers with a rest area. ...
www.transport.gov.za/comm-centre/ qanda/questions/98ncop_written.html
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think it is indeed a parking area "departure port" at clients' sites Thanks to all"
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inbound holding area at a port

I think it probably refers here to the part of the port where loads are driven off the boat/ferry, awaiting processing through customs, etc.
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