Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

ferro cisterne

English translation:

rail tank cars

Added to glossary by Renius ARSENESCU
Mar 4, 2011 13:28
13 yrs ago
Italian term

ferro cisterne

Italian to English Bus/Financial Transport / Transportation / Shipping fuel transportation
This is one of the means of transportation listed for GPL and other fuel products (from an oil refinery).

"E’, inoltre l’unica raffineria che può spedire il gpl via nave, via treno e via ferro cisterne con ben tre pontili per i prodotti petroliferi."

Tanker? Tanker train?

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Change log

Mar 12, 2011 12:08: Renius ARSENESCU changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/33051">achisholm's</a> old entry - "ferro cisterne"" to ""rail tank cars""

Proposed translations

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rail tank cars

The italian term is actually "ferrocisterne"
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks."
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tank wagon

a cisterna is a tank wagon and the ferro confirms it is railway
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auto transport

the original mentions ship, train, and ...
The third means must be different than the first two entries. In this case they mean shipping by truck, however that term does not sound professional enough.
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wagons

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railroad tanker

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Reference comments

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agree darwilliam
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