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  2. Lloyd's Register - Wikipedia

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    Lloyd's Register Group Limited, trading as Lloyd's Register (LR), is a technical and professional services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering.

  3. Shipping discourse - Wikipedia

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    "Shipping"—the depiction of a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters—has long been a staple within fanfiction. The lack of censorship emerging from spaces such as AO3 allowed for the portrayal of disturbing or taboo dynamics within fan works, including incest, abuse, rape, and pedophilia.

  4. Roll-on/roll-off - Wikipedia

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    Procyon Leader stern quarter ramp. Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

  5. Less-than-truckload shipping - Wikipedia

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    Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds (68 kg). Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers. Semi-trailers ...

  6. Freethought - Wikipedia

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    Tombstone detail of a freethinker, late 19th century (Cemetery of Cullera, Spain) Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an unorthodox attitude or belief. [1]A freethinker holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, [2] and should instead be reached by other methods such as logic, reason, and empirical observation.

  7. Decarbonization of shipping - Wikipedia

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    The decarbonization of shipping is an ongoing goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping to net-zero by or around 2050, which is the goal of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). [1] The IMO has an initial strategy.

  8. Temu - Wikipedia

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    Temu (/ ˈ t iː m uː / ⓘ TEE-moo) is an online marketplace operated by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings. [8] [9] It offers heavily discounted consumer goods [10] mostly shipped to consumers directly from China.

  9. Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    The McKim Free School was founded and endowed by John McKim. ... shipping, auto manufacturing (General Motors Baltimore Assembly), and transportation, ...