Glossary

2,240 pounds

Individual employed in a port to load and unload ships.

Without packing.

A trailer or semi–trailer with no sides and with the floor of the unit close to the ground.

Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau.

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration…

A writ issued by a court; requires that specific things be done.

Document that lists in detail all the bills of lading issued by a carrier or its agent or master for a specific voyage. A detailed summary of the total cargo of a vessel….

Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from…

Business pertaining to commerce or navigation transacted upon the sea or in seaports in such matters as the court of admiralty has jurisdiction.