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NT1
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Commodities
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NT2
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Commodities by type
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NT3
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Agricultural products
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NT4
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Crops
NT4
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Dairy products
NT4
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Farm produce
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NT4
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Feeding stuffs
NT4
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Grain
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NT4
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Livestock
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NT4
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Sugar
NT3
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Fertilizers
NT3
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Forest products
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NT4
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Paper products
NT4
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Wood products
NT3
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Manufactures
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NT4
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Chemicals
NT4
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Textiles
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NT3
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Mines and mineral products
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NT4
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Coal
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NT4
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Ores
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NT4
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Petroleum
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NT2
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Commodity classification
NT2
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Commodity density
NT2
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Commodity flow
NT2
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Commodity groups
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NT3
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Beverages
NT3
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Bulk cargo
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NT4
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Dry bulk cargo
NT4
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Liquid bulk cargo
NT3
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Food
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NT4
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Processed foods
NT4
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Seafood
NT3
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Hazardous materials
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NT4
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Hazardous wastes
NT4
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Radioactive materials
NT4
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Radioactive wastes
NT3
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Perishables
NT3
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Refrigerated cargo
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NT4
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Chilled cargo
NT4
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Frozen cargo
NT3
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Waste products
NT1
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Freight and passenger handling
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NT2
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Freight handling
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NT3
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Accessorial services
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NT4
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Fabrication
NT4
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Transit privileges
NT3
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Cargo handling
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NT4
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Bulk cargo handling
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NT3
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Container handling
NT3
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Intermodal transfer
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NT4
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Offshore transfer
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NT4
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On dock transfer
NT3
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Load shifting
NT3
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Protective services
NT2
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Passenger handling
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NT3
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Automated checkin
NT3
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Baggage
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NT4
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Baggage handling
NT4
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Baggage screening
NT3
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Boarding and alighting
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NT4
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Alighting
NT4
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Boarding
NT3
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Passenger screening
NT3
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Transfer points
NT3
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Transfers
NT1
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Freight and passenger services
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NT2
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Charter operations
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NT3
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Charter parties
NT3
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Chartering
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NT4
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Air charter service
NT3
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Charters
NT2
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Freight documents
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NT3
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Bills of lading
NT3
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Freight bills
NT3
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Waybills
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NT4
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Waybill samples
NT2
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Freight service
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NT3
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Air cargo
NT3
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Intermodal services
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NT4
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Air truck transportation
NT4
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Containerization
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NT4
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Piggyback transportation
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NT4
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Rail marine interface
NT3
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Unitized cargo
NT2
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In transit passenger services
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NT3
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Food service
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NT4
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Dining car service
NT3
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Inflight entertainment
NT2
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Package and mail service
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NT3
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Courier service
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NT4
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Air courier service
NT3
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Express service
NT3
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Package service
NT3
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Postal service
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NT4
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Air mail service
NT2
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Passenger service
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NT3
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Commuter service
NT2
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Quality of service
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NT3
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Level of service
NT2
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Rates, fares and tolls
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NT3
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Fare and toll prepayment
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NT4
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Fare prepayment
NT4
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Passes (Transportation)
NT4
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Ticketing
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NT4
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Tokens
NT3
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Fares
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NT4
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Discount fares
NT4
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Distance based fares
NT4
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Free fares
NT4
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Peak fares
NT4
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Zone fares
NT3
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Rate, fare and toll collection
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NT4
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Fare collection
NT4
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Freight billing
NT4
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Toll collection
NT3
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Rates
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NT4
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Charter rates
NT4
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Contract rates
NT4
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Rate making
NT4
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Tariffs
NT3
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Tolls
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NT4
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Shadow tolls
NT4
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Variable tolls
NT2
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Reservations
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NT3
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Reservation systems
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NT4
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Computer reservation systems
NT4
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Overbooking
NT2
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Ride quality
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NT3
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Passenger comfort
NT2
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Routes and routing
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NT3
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Door to door service
NT3
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Routes
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NT4
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Air routes
NT4
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Bus routes
NT4
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Fixed routes
NT4
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Hub and spoke systems
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NT4
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Land bridge
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NT4
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Trade routes
NT4
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Truck routes
NT3
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Routing
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NT4
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Time windows
NT4
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Weather routing
NT2
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Schedules and scheduling
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NT3
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Code sharing
NT3
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Dwell time
NT3
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Interlining
NT3
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Layover time
NT3
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Schedule maintenance
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NT4
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On time performance
NT3
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Schedules
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NT4
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Timetables
NT3
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Scheduling
NT3
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Service time
NT2
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Service by length of haul
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NT3
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Drayage
NT3
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Feeder services
NT3
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Haul distance
NT3
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Line haul
NT3
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Pickup and delivery service
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NT4
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Delivery service
NT3
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Short haul
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NT4
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Shuttle service
NT3
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Urban goods movement
NT2
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Service discontinuance
NT2
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Vehicle passenger service
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NT3
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Auto on train
NT1
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Freight and passenger traffic
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NT2
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Freight traffic
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NT3
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Back haul
NT3
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Container traffic
NT3
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Freight traffic measurement
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NT4
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Empty car miles
NT4
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Ton miles
NT4
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Tonnage
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NT3
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Traffic loads
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NT4
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Carloadings
NT4
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Less than carload traffic
NT4
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Less than truckload traffic
NT2
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Passenger traffic
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NT3
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Passenger traffic measurement
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NT4
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City pairs
NT4
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Passenger miles
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NT4
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Ridership
NT1
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Offroad traffic
NT1
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Pedestrian movement
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NT2
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Pedestrian counts
NT2
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Pedestrian density
NT2
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Pedestrian flow
NT2
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Pedestrian traffic
NT2
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Pedestrian vehicle interface
NT2
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Walking distance
NT1
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Shipments
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NT2
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Air shipments
NT2
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Freight claims
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NT3
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Loss and damage claims
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NT4
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Overcharge claims
NT4
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Undercharge claims
NT2
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Handling and storage
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NT3
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Demurrage
NT3
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Detention
NT2
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Military shipments
NT2
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Shipper demand
NT2
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Small shipments
NT1
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Traffic
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NT2
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Traffic by mode
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NT3
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Air traffic
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NT4
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Airport traffic
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NT3
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Highway traffic
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NT4
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Bus traffic
NT4
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Truck traffic
NT3
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Pipeline traffic
NT3
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Railroad traffic
NT3
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Transit traffic
NT3
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Water traffic
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NT4
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Inland waterways traffic
NT4
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Port traffic
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NT2
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Traffic characteristics
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NT3
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Gap acceptance
NT3
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Sight distance
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NT4
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Passing sight distance
NT4
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Stopping sight distance
NT3
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Stopping
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NT4
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Stopping distances
NT3
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Traffic assignment
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NT4
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Dynamic traffic assignment
NT3
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Traffic conflicts
NT3
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Traffic delay
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NT4
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Stopped time delay
NT3
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Traffic density
NT3
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Traffic distribution
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NT4
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Directional distribution
NT4
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Lane distribution
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NT3
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Traffic diversion
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NT4
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Detours
NT3
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Traffic flow
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NT4
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Bottlenecks
NT4
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Concurrent flow
NT4
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Interrupted flow
NT4
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Saturation flow
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NT4
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Traffic congestion
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NT4
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Traffic equilibrium
NT4
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Traffic flow rate
NT4
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Traffic flow theory
NT4
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Uninterrupted flow
NT3
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Traffic incidents
NT3
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Traffic queuing
NT3
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Traffic relationships
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NT4
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Flow speed relationships
NT4
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Speed volume relationships
NT3
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Traffic speed
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NT4
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Design speed
NT4
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Free flow speeds
NT4
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Operating speed
NT4
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Running speed
NT4
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Speed and delay studies
NT4
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Speed data
NT4
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Speed distribution
NT4
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Speed measurement
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NT4
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Spot speed
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NT3
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Traffic surveys
NT3
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Traffic volume
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NT4
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Average daily traffic
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NT4
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Design volume
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NT4
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Link volume
NT4
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Passenger car equivalence
NT3
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Turning traffic
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NT4
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Left turns
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NT4
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Right turns
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NT4
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U turns
NT3
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Vehicle mix
NT3
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Vehicle spacing
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NT4
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Bunching
NT4
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Car following
NT4
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Following distance
NT4
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Headways
NT4
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Tailgating
NT4
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Traffic platooning
NT3
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Weaving traffic
NT2
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Traffic measurement
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NT3
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Adjustment factors
NT3
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Measures of effectiveness
NT3
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Passenger counting
NT3
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Person miles of travel
NT3
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Traffic counting
NT3
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Traffic counting stations
NT3
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Traffic counts
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NT4
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Cordon counts
NT4
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Manual traffic counts
NT3
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Traffic data
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NT4
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Floating car data
NT3
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Vehicle miles of travel
NT2
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Traffic models
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NT3
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Macroscopic traffic flow
NT3
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Mesoscopic traffic flow
NT3
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Microscopic traffic flow
NT3
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Traffic simulation
NT2
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Types of traffic
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NT3
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Diverging traffic
NT3
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Merging traffic
NT3
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One way traffic
NT3
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Opposing traffic
NT3
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Peak hour traffic
NT3
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Single lane traffic
NT3
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Through traffic
NT1
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Transportation facility operations
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NT2
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Airport operations
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NT3
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Airport capacity
NT3
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Airside operations
NT3
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Concessions
NT3
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Fixed base operations
NT3
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Ground handling
NT3
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Landside operations (Airports)
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NT4
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Slot allocation
NT2
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Highway operations
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NT3
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Freeway operations
NT3
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Highway capacity
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NT4
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Capacity restraint
NT4
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Design capacity
NT2
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Railroad facility operations
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NT3
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Gateways
NT3
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Trackage rights
NT3
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Yard operations
NT2
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Station operations
NT2
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Terminal operations
NT2
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Waterway facility operations
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NT3
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Canal operations
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NT4
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Canal transit
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NT3
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Drydock operations
NT3
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Port operations
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NT4
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Berth utilization
NT4
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Landside operations (Ports)
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NT4
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Port capacity
NT1
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Travel
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NT2
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Car sharing
NT2
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Commuting
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NT3
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Bike and ride
NT3
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Employer sponsored transportation
NT3
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Kiss and ride
NT3
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Reverse commuting
NT3
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Telecommuting
NT2
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Ridesharing
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NT3
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Buspools
NT3
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Carpools
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NT4
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Casual carpooling
NT3
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Vanpools
NT2
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Travel behavior
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NT3
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Activity choices
NT3
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Radial travel
NT3
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Time management
NT3
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Travel costs
NT3
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Travel diaries
NT3
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Travel patterns
NT3
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Trip chaining
NT2
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Travel by area
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NT3
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Intercity travel
NT3
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International travel
NT3
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Rural travel
NT3
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Urban travel
NT2
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Travel by mode
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NT3
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Air travel
NT3
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Highway travel
NT3
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Ocean travel
NT3
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Railroad travel
NT2
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Travel by vehicle type
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NT3
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Automobile travel
NT3
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Bicycle travel
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NT4
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Bicycle commuting
NT3
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Bus travel
NT3
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Motorcycling
NT2
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Travel demand
►
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NT3
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Traffic estimation
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NT4
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Modal split
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NT4
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Traffic forecasting
NT4
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Trip distribution
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NT4
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Trip generation
NT3
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Trip purpose
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NT4
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Airport access
NT4
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Business trips
NT4
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Emergency trips
NT4
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Medical trips
NT4
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Recreational trips
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NT4
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School trips
NT4
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Shopping trips
NT4
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Tourism
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NT4
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Work trips
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NT1
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Travel and shipment characteristics
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NT2
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Access
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NT3
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Accessibility
NT3
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Distance
NT2
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Carrier selection
NT2
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Mode choice
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NT3
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Automobile ownership
NT2
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Route choice
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NT3
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Itinerary
NT2
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Travel surveys
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NT3
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Origin and destination
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NT4
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Trip matrices
NT4
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Trip tables
NT2
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Travel time
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NT3
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Departure time
NT2
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Trip length
NT2
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Vehicle occupancy
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NT3
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Single occupant vehicles
NT1
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Vehicle operations
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NT2
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Aircraft operations
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NT3
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Arrivals and departures
NT3
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Cockpit resource management
NT3
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Crew resource management
NT3
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Flight plans
NT2
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Container utilization
NT2
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Fleet management
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NT3
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Dispatching
NT3
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Loading and unloading
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NT4
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Blocking
NT4
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Bracing
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Lashing
NT4
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Oversize loads
NT4
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Overweight loads
NT3
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Stowage
NT3
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Temperature control
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NT4
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Heating
NT4
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Refrigeration
NT3
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Vehicle capacity
NT3
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Vehicle classification
NT3
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Vehicle marking
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NT4
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Labeling
NT4
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Placarding
NT2
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Motor vehicle operations
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NT3
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Parking
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NT4
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Airport parking
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Bicycle parking
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Campus parking
NT4
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Fringe parking
NT4
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No parking
NT4
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Off street parking
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NT4
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On street parking
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NT4
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Parking demand
NT4
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Parking duration
NT4
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Parking turnover rate
NT4
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Pay parking
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NT2
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Railroad vehicle operations
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NT3
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Car operations (Railroads)
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NT4
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Car clearances (Railroads)
NT4
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Car distribution (Railroads)
NT4
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Car interchange (Railroads)
NT4
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Car location (Railroads)
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NT4
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Car ownership (Railroads)
NT4
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Car pooling (Railroads)
NT4
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Car rentals (Railroads)
NT4
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Car shortages (Railroads)
NT4
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Car supply (Railroads)
NT4
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Car utilization (Railroads)
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NT3
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Car service rules
NT3
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Interchange rules
NT3
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Locomotive operations
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NT4
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Locomotive utilization
NT3
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Operating rules
NT3
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Train operations
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NT4
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Special train consists
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NT4
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Train makeup
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NT2
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Transit vehicle operations
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NT3
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Bus transit operations
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NT4
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Bus priority
NT4
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One man operation
NT4
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Person capacity
NT4
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Run cutting
NT4
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Timed transfer
NT2
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Vessel operations
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NT3
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Amphibious operations
NT3
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Barge operations
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NT4
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Barge trains
NT3
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Merchant fleet operation
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NT4
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Cabotage
NT4
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Cargo preference
NT4
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Flags of convenience
NT4
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Registry
NT3
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Ship operations
►
▼
NT4
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Bunkering
NT4
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Icebreaking
NT4
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Manning requirements
NT4
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Seakeeping
NT4
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Ship classification
NT4
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Ship management
NT4
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Ship outfitting
NT4
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Ship's papers
NT4
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Turnaround time
NT4
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Watchkeeping
NT3
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Towboat operations
NT3
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Tug ship interaction
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