Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

fordon

English translation:

Cars, vehicles

Added to glossary by David Rumsey
Aug 20, 2007 23:50
16 yrs ago
Swedish term

fordon

Swedish to English Other Ships, Sailing, Maritime
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.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 Cars, vehicles
5 vehicles

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Cars, vehicles

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.
Peer comment(s):

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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vehicles

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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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-08-21 05:22:46 GMT)
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