unit load device , ULD (Abkürzung)

However, the fuselage was not wide enough to accommodate two standard LD3 wide-body unit load devices side-by-side.

For air freight the alternative and lighter IATA-defined unit load device is used.

A Unit Load Device, or ULD, is a container used to cargo on commercial aircraft.

Such large aircraft employ quick-loading containers known as unit load devices (ULDs), much like containerized cargo ships.

Unit Load Device (ULD), lightweight aluminium and plastic pallet or container, designed for commercial aircraft.

Five A320-200s were ordered to serve Chinese routes because they could carry Unit Load Devices (containers) while B737s could not.

A first of its kind in North America, it is able to handle built ULD (Unit Load Device) positions.

The cargo hold has been modified to be able to transport up to 8 military pallets in addition to civilian Unit Load Device (ULD).

However, most baggage and loose freight items are loaded into containers called Unit Load Devices (ULDs), often referred to as "cans".

As a footnote, GLARE is also the material used in the ECOS3 blast-resistant Unit Load Device.

A unit load device (ULD), is a pallet or container used to load luggage, freight, and mail on wide-body aircraft and specific narrow-body aircraft.

These include loading and unloading of aircraft, baggage handling, cargo and mail delivery, ramp co-ordination, aircraft-load control, aerobridge and passenger steps operation, Unit Load Device storage and crew transportation.

Each "bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle or rail car containing any quantity of a hazardous material" must be placarded corresponding to the hazard class of the hazardous material being transported, and must follow design and placement requirements.

The bag tag which was previously affixed to the baggage during check-in is then read by a baggage handler and placed into the proper bag cart (usually a 4-wheeled trailer) or Unit Load Device (ULD; a machine-loadable container).