unit load

English

Noun

unit load (plural unit loads)

  1. A number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.
    • 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:
      At the time, international deep-sea shipping remained a loose cargo operation, although BR did seek to influence conversion to unit loads by providing a containerised short sea shipping service between Harwich and Rotterdam in 1968.

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