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question		réponse
multimodal commencer à apprendre		Carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport, e.g. shipping by motor lorry and aircraft
piggyback commencer à apprendre		combines road and rail transport: whole motor lorries, trailers or swap-bodies are carried by rail
intermodal commencer à apprendre		Goods are transported in the same loading unit or vehicle using different modes of transport. The handling of the freight istelf is not necessary when changing modes.
unaccompanied commencer à apprendre		The driver does not stay with his road vehicle during transport by rail or ferry
block train commencer à apprendre		A single shipper uses a whole train which is run directly from the loading point to the destination. No assembling and disassembling is required
single-wagon commencer à apprendre		Train is formed out of individual wagons or sets of wagons which have different origins and different destination

Unit 4: ex. 1