8. Find answers to the questions in the above article

1. What design has CSA developed?

2. Where were the first units used?

3. What is the weight of one unit?

4. How many cars can one unit accommodate?

5. What does 40ft mean in the name of the “40ft CONPAC unit”?

6. In what way can the full length of the unit be used?

7. What is provided for a simple drive-on/drive-off operation?

8. In what way do the end gates open?

9. What is the difference between a conventional flatrack and the new design?

10. In what way are the new units interlocked for empty repositioning purposes?

11. What are the advantages of the new CONPAC design?

12. In what way do the drivers dismount from the units?

9. Insert the proper word (choose from the words given below)

1. UK-based Clive-Smith Associ­ates (CSA) has developed a new … carrying design.

2. Two proto­type 40ft units have been put into … operation by Icelan­dic operator Eimskip.

3. The 40ft unit has a … weight of just 2750 kg.

4. The unit is capable of … three compact cars or two larger vehicles.

5. Due to the “open” gate design, the full 40ft length can be used for … purposes.

6. The cars are … beneath the gates at the lower level.

7. Fixed …, 45mm high, are provided at each end for a simple drive-on/ drive-off operation.

8. The end gates … through 270° to facilitate loading, unloading and collapsing of the units.

9. Unlike conventional col­lapsible flatracks, the counter­balanced corner posts … transversally so that they are below the height of the side rails.

10. Seven empty units can be … into an 8ft 6in high module for empty repositioning purposes.

11. The CONPAC … design offers a number of advantages, not least of which are savings in repositioning costs.

12. The CONPAC design also shows … in set up costs and avoids the logistical problems.

13. The floor height of the CONPAC car car­rier is … to that of the bot­tom side rails.

14. Car doors can be fully opened with­out the risk of ...

15. It allows drivers to … from the side of the unit.

(accommodating, car, close, collapsible, dismount, fold, impact, interlocked, projecting, ramps, rotate, savings, stowage, tare, trial)

10. Give English equivalents

хорошо известный, складная платформа, вес тары, может разместить, из-за, полная длина, выдвигаться под ворота, операции по въезду и выезду, поворачиваться на 270°, облегчать складывание, в отличие от обычных платформ, сбалансированные угловые стойки, складываться поперёк, боковая горизонтальная обвязка, высота в сложенном виде, соединять в модуль, высотой 8 футов, для целей постановки на хранение, стандартный контейнер общего назначения, внутренняя стеллажная система, предлагать ряд преимуществ, не самый последний, экономия стоимости, перевозки в одну сторону, боковой доступ не ограничен, полностью открытый, без риска удариться, сойти с платформы с боковой стороны

Part 3

1. Translate the article using the vocabulary

Double parking at Southampton

Associated British Ports (ABP) has unveiled plans to invest around £4 mill in a second multi-deck car parking facility at the Port of Southampton.

The new facility will accom­modate the growth in the port’s deepsea car trade, which has seen volumes more than double since 2000, reaffirming ABP Southamp­ton’s status as the UK’s number one vehicle-handling port.

Built on a footprint of 7,640 m², the new multi-deck terminal will provide an additional 7.5 acres of storage on four levels above ground. Construction is expected to commence in the spring of this year and the facil­ity is expected to be operational at the end of the year.

Andrew Kent, ABP port direc­tor, Port of Southampton, said the growth of Southampton’s car trade is good news for the port, but it means that ABP has to find new and innovative ways to store the vehicles prior to export.

“We have well-established and successful customers who want to continue to grow their business in Southampton. Southampton is a very busy port and our only constraint for future growth in the vehicle trade is lack of space. This is why we have to aim higher, not just in terms of the provision of space, but also in the service we give to our custom­ers,” he said.

Anders Kristoffersen, senior vice president, maritime services, for car carrier HUALAS, added, “Southampton is an important port for HUAL in several of our trade lanes. We applaud ABP’s de­cision to invest in a second multi-deck car terminal, which will en­sure that car-loading operations in Southampton will continue to be conducted in an efficient manner even with the sharp increase in the volumes handled.”

ABP Southampton currently handles around 750,000 vehicles a year.

The only way is up:

A second multi-deck carpark will be built at the Port of Southampton this year.