Loading area
A loading area (also loading bridge or bridge ) is the part of a commercial vehicle , a trailer or a freight wagon onto which goods are loaded. As an area, it is expressed in square meters. The loading area is usually used to hold piece goods and is usually firmly connected to the chassis, but in the case of swap bodies or container chassis it can be in built-on boxes.
use
A loading area is mainly used for the transport of general cargo , rarely also for bulk cargo . Appropriate transport superstructures are used to transport liquid and gaseous media ( tank superstructures ).
Types
A distinction can be made between open and closed loading areas in commercial vehicles and freight wagons.
commercial vehicles
In commercial vehicles, there are open loading areas in flatbed trucks , pick-ups and commercial vehicles with tipping bodies , while closed loading areas can be found in box vans and commercial vehicles with box bodies (as special forms, including refrigerated trucks , ISO containers or swap bodies ). Combination vehicles , colloquially station wagons, are passenger vehicles with a closed loading area that correspond to the box van.
Loading area in rail transport
In the case of freight wagons, too, in addition to many special forms, open freight wagons can be distinguished from box wagons . The loading area of a freight wagon is marked on most railways on the long sides of the wagons. The Encyclopedia of Railways by Victor Freiherr von Röll , published in 1912, describes the marking as follows:
"In the case of the wagons used for animal transport, the address of the loading area must be given in consideration of the freight calculation. In the case of multi-floor wagons and wagons divided into several compartments, the loading area must be indicated in such a way that the size of each room can be seen "
Loading area in shipping
Very large container ships for ISO containers can be up to 400 m long and over 50 m wide. Thousands of these containers are lifted - next to and on top of each other - into cargo holds through hatches, especially empty ones or those with refrigeration units, but also stacked and lashed above deck height or on cargo areas on deck.
Legal Aspects
In Germany, taking people on the loading area of motor vehicles is generally prohibited under Section 21 (2) of the Road Traffic Regulations .
Web links
supporting documents
- ^ Victor Freiherr von Röll : Encyclopedia of the Railway System. Volume 7. Berlin and Vienna 1915; P. 44. ( online )
- ↑ Road Traffic Regulations (StVO): § 21 Paragraph 2