unit load

English

Noun

unit load (plural unit loads)

1. A number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.
   • 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:

     At the time, international deep-sea shipping remained a loose cargo operation, although BR did seek to influence conversion to unit loads by providing a containerised short sea shipping service between Harwich and Rotterdam in 1968.

References

• “unit load”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.