γραμμές φορτώσεων

English translation: load lines

10:29 Aug 6, 2009
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Greek term or phrase: γραμμές φορτώσεων
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Michael Iakovides
Local time: 10:15
English translation:load lines
Explanation:
Another educated guess: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="load lines "dynamicall...


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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-06 12:57:36 GMT)
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Further corroboration: http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Γραμμή_φόρτωσης
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nevipaul
Local time: 10:15
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Trade Lanes
Eva Smith
3 +2load lines
nevipaul
5Loading platform
VERGIS92


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Trade Lanes


Explanation:
Sometimes also refer to as shipping lanes and it refers to the direction of a certain shipping company moving cargo as in Asia to Europe via Panama or Asia to West Coast USA or Asia to East Coast USa via Panama or China to East Coast USA all water

Example sentence(s):
  • Conditions would improve in all trade lanes, in the near future though there is a bleak outlook in all trade lanes at this time"
Eva Smith
United States
Local time: 03:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GreekGreek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nick2007k: Yours is a more probable answer, depending on the rest of the text
18 mins
  -> I think because the text says Γραμμές otherwise it would say Γραμμή
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
load lines


Explanation:
Another educated guess: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="load lines "dynamicall...


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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-06 12:57:36 GMT)
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Further corroboration: http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Γραμμή_φόρτωσης

nevipaul
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nick2007k: The purpose of a 'load line' is to ensure that a ship has sufficient freeboard and thus sufficient reserve buoyancy. The freeboard on commercial vessels is measured between the lowest point of the uppermost continuous deck at side and the waterline and th
53 mins
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agree  Dylan Edwards
2 hrs
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3 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Loading platform


Explanation:
the term 'loading platform' applies to most ship docking stations,
more specialized term is 'conveyor loading line' in case of raw
materials being loaded by means of open conveyor system, such as raw metal

VERGIS92
Greece
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Greek
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