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“Almacenaje” is a polysemic word but in international transport it is only used with one of its meanings, the one that represents “producto de la actividad de almacenar” ; it is translated as storage.

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We are interested about some of the meanings of “carga”:

• “Cosa transportada a hombros, a lomo o en cualquier vehículo” y su traducción puede ser ........o ..................

• “Acción y efecto de cargar”, que se traduce como ................

• “Acción de colocar bultos en un vehículo”, cuya traducción es ................

load

cargo

carry

The term “descarga” is also polysemic but we are interested about a specific meaning: “acción y efecto de descargar”, que se traduce como unloading.

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In order to make loading and unloading operations in a correct way, we should take into account the next variables:

• Peso, dimensión y volumen de las mercancías a transportar (Weight, size and volume of goods to transport).

• Clasificación de las mercancías en función de su procedencia, destino, peso, volumen y dimensión (Classification of goods according to their origin, destination, weight, volume and dimension).

• Etiquetado y señalización de la carga (Labeling and marking of the load).

• Masas y dimensiones máximas de los vehículos que se pretendan revender(Maximum load and dimensions of vehicles intended to resell).

• Carga útil del vehículos que se pretendan utilizar (Payload of vehicles intended to be used).

In the moment of carrying out the fastening and protection mechanisms, the next systems are used:

bloqueo (blocking), cierre (closing), .

fijación directa o superior (direct or upper attachment), fricción (friction),

diagonal (diagonal) y combinación varios sistemas (combination of various systems)

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To manipulate the merchandise during the processes of storing, loading and unloading we use the next elements: