locant. (chemistry). The portion of a chemical name, usually a number or a letter, that designates the position of an atom or group of atoms in a formula unit. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
A back-to-back cargo movement is generally understood as the transfer of loose goods from one truck to another---in its literal form, positioning two trucks with their backs to one another. Primitive variants involve labor-intensive handling and placement of cargo on the ground during the transfer.t is, however, the hallmark of cargo transfer at every crossing between Israel and the Palestinian areas as well as at a number of checkpoints inside the West Bank. Even the new border terminals under development by the Government of Israel envision variants of this type of back to back system.
Intermodal Freight Transportation is defined as the movement of cargo in shipping containers or trailers by more than one mode of transport (rail, ship, or truck). Each year, a fleet of more than 34.5 million containers circling the globe are responsible for moving more than half of a billion shipments between shippers and customers worldwide.