containerise
containerise — 動詞
1. to load cargo into the big metal boxes used for shipping, or to change a port, s
裝櫃；貨櫃化
把貨裝進貨櫃，或改成貨櫃運輸
to load cargo into the big metal boxes used for shipping, or to change a port, ship, or trade route so it can work with those boxes as a regular system.
Renata's team containerised the mangoes before the ferry left for Singapore.
Renata 的團隊在渡輪開往 Singapore 前，把芒果裝進貨櫃。
pattern: containerise + goods before shipment
The shipping firm wants to containerise more cargo on its Asia route.
那家航運公司想把亞洲航線上的更多貨物貨櫃化。
pattern: containerise + cargo on a route
By 1990, most fruit exports from the port were containerised.
到 1990 年時，這座港口的大多數水果外銷都已經貨櫃化。
After the storm, Selim containerised tents and bottled water for Guam.
暴風雨過後，Selim 把帳篷和瓶裝水裝進貨櫃運往 Guam。
The company containerised the old river port after buying new cranes.
那家公司買了新起重機後，把老河港貨櫃化了。
- containerize
the American spelling of the same logistics verb
- pack
broader; can mean preparing goods without using standard freight containers
- load
very general and does not imply container shipping as a system
- palletise
means arranging goods on pallets rather than sealing them in freight containers
文法句型
containerise + cargo/goods
containerise + port/ship/route
用法筆記
With cargo or goods as the object, the verb means putting them into standard freight containers. With a port, ship, or route as the object, it means changing the transport system so container traffic can be handled routinely. British spelling; American English usually writes 'containerize'.