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Pre-carriage
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Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vor-_und_Nachlauf
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Pre-carriage is the transport of a shipment from its origin to the first handover point of the main mode of transport, for example from a factory to a seaport or rail terminal – the counterpart of on-carriage at destination.
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