Overstow

Quick meaning: Overstow is a verb meaning (usually of cargo) To stow on top of one another.

Meaning

(usually of cargo) To stow on top of one another.

More Meanings

1. The act of stowing cargo on top of other cargo.

Example Sentences

The type of overstow described above is the most common type of overstow fault.

A preferred stow is to level in lower hold spaces and overstow by other suitable cargoes.

A two stage approach was developed: in the first stage two objective functions were considered, one to minimize the number of bays packed by containers and the other to minimize the number of overstows.

Word Forms

• overstows
• overstowing
• overstowed

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