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port à sec

English translation: dry marina / hard standing (facilities)

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French term or phrase:port à sec
English translation:dry marina / hard standing (facilities)
Entered by: Graham macLachlan

13:20 May 21, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
French term or phrase: port à sec
le "Port à sec du Grand Large" de Dunkerque

Sorry, no other context I'm afraid
Ysabel812
dry marina / hard standing (facilities)
Explanation:
I prefer the second option

The system incorporates all wet and dry marina facilities including berths,. moorings, hard standing, dry stack, shops, flats, parking, etc. Berth & Mooring ...
www.starplc.com/pdf/havenstar_factv2.pdf

Erith Yacht Club - The finest sailing water on the tidal Thames. ... There are hard standing laying up facilities with electricity, welding machine and ...
erithyachtclub.org.uk/

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-05-21 13:32:16 GMT)
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Aménagement du Grand Large de Dunkerque : des projets inquiètent des plaisanciers et ... (1) Le port à sec accueille à terre les bateaux en dehors de leurs ...
www.lavoixeco.com/actualite/Dossiers/A_la_loupe/L_avenir_de...

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-05-21 13:33:30 GMT)
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it is basically a flash way of saying "boat storage with rapid launching facilities"
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Graham macLachlan
Local time: 19:53
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3dry marina / hard standing (facilities)
Graham macLachlan
4dry port
Bourth (X)
4Dry Dock
Jack Dunwell


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
dry marina / hard standing (facilities)


Explanation:
I prefer the second option

The system incorporates all wet and dry marina facilities including berths,. moorings, hard standing, dry stack, shops, flats, parking, etc. Berth & Mooring ...
www.starplc.com/pdf/havenstar_factv2.pdf

Erith Yacht Club - The finest sailing water on the tidal Thames. ... There are hard standing laying up facilities with electricity, welding machine and ...
erithyachtclub.org.uk/

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-05-21 13:32:16 GMT)
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Aménagement du Grand Large de Dunkerque : des projets inquiètent des plaisanciers et ... (1) Le port à sec accueille à terre les bateaux en dehors de leurs ...
www.lavoixeco.com/actualite/Dossiers/A_la_loupe/L_avenir_de...

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-05-21 13:33:30 GMT)
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it is basically a flash way of saying "boat storage with rapid launching facilities"

Graham macLachlan
Local time: 19:53
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
2 hrs
  -> thanks Tony
agree  Bourth (X): Yep, contrary to my assertion below, this is what the "Grand Large" is! Boat yard, yacht yard, ...
3 hrs
  -> thanks Bourth
agree  Jack Dunwell: It's a Hardstanding! Why didn't they say so!!Bourth of dubious extraction it's "Port à sec", not "Grand large" Dunkirk has a dry dock.!Nothing to do with 20th Century Matelot, I used to put my Halcyon on a hardstanding for re antifouling.
3 hrs
  -> it does but this is something else, get with the 21st century and shrink wrap matey!
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dry port


Explanation:
Encountered this a few weeks ago.

A Dry Port is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_port

Remains to be seen if this is what you actually have in Dunkirk.

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Note added at 31 mins (2008-05-21 13:52:39 GMT)
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Dry Port Dunkerque (DPD), the new on-dock intermodal terminal in the Port of Dunkirk has now been commissioned, the product of an E8.2 mill investment ...
www.worldcargonews.com/htm/n20001001.078698.htm

The Dunkirk Dry Port is a container rail terminal located right next to the logistics area; it allows the marshalling, loading or unloading of entire ...
www.portdedunkerque.fr/jahia/Jahia/pro/logistique.htm/cache...


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Note added at 35 mins (2008-05-21 13:56:21 GMT)
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Actually, I think Graham is probably right, and the "Grand Large" is a pleasure-boat facility. Moreover, the French for "dry port" appears to be ..... "dry port"!

Le Dry Port Dunkerque, terminal à conteneurs ferroviaire, situé à proximité immédiate de la zone logistique, permet la formation ou la réception de trains complets de conteneurs.
http://www.portdedunkerque.fr/jahia/Jahia/pro/logistique.htm...


Bourth (X)
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 142

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: the 'Grand Large' certainly seems to be more about leisure facilities than a comemrcial port; I have also recently come across 'port sec' for a commercial dry port.
1 hr
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Dry Dock


Explanation:
This is probably a dry dock for repairs

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-05-21 17:05:06 GMT)
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Dunkirk has dry Docks.
Park the boat.
Prop it up
Let the water out
Repair it
Let the water in again
As Gibraltar

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Note added at 16 hrs (2008-05-22 05:46:51 GMT)
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I've folded my tent, Upped anchor, taken a last wistful look around and joined the dubious crew of the good ship Maclachlan.

Jack Dunwell
France
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Euqinimod (X)
20 mins
  -> Thanks E. Can't let the obvious slip by!
disagree  Graham macLachlan: have a look at this (bottom of the page): granvilleagauche.wordpress.com/page/2/
41 mins
  -> Graham. Dunkirk has a Dry Dock. I never thought you would stoop so low as to Redden !!
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