Transtainern.
/trɑːnsˈteɪnə//transˈteɪnə/ U.S.
A proprietary name for a mobile gantry crane.
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Transtainer1964
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1964 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 21 July tm115/1 Pacific Coast Engineering Company, Alameda, Calif...Transtainer. For mobile gantry cranes. First use June 15, 1960.
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 51 This Transtainer has a 35 foot span and straddles two rows of containers plus a truck roadway.
1977 Hongkong Standard 12 Apr. (Business Suppl.) 4/4 This includes a quay crane costing $102 million, four new transtainers valued at $33 million [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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