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portainer, n. Brit. |pɔːˈteɪnə|, U.S. |pɔrˈteɪnər| Forms: also with capital initial [‹ port n.1 + -ainer (in container n.).] A crane designed to lift and move freight containers. Also portainer crane. A proprietary name in the United States.
1966Times 1 Apr. 23/3 (caption) The portal frame of the first European container crane, the Portainer, which has just been test assembled at Nohab, Trollhättan, Sweden. 1981C. Francis Commanding Sea iii. 106 Special portainer cranes can lock on to a container and lift it aboard a ship in under two minutes. 2000Lloyd's List (Nexis) 28 Feb. 5 The company plans to invest $15m in the new port..which will include bringing in a portainer. |