Glossary

Amends the Act of 1984 to provide for confidential service contracts and other items.

Shipper’s instructions to carrier for forwarding goods; usually the triplicate copy of the bill of lading.

• Bulk Carriers: All vessels designed to carry bulk homogeneous cargo without mark and count such as grain, fertilizers, ore, and oil. • Combination Passenger and Cargo Vessels: Ships with a capacity for…

A prop or support placed against or beneath anything to prevent sinking or sagging.

Short Sea Shipping means the movement of cargo by sea between ports situated in geographical Europe or between those ports situated in non-European countries having a coastline on the enclosed seas bordering Europe…

A weight unit of measure equal to 2,000 pounds.

Polyethylene or similar substance heat–treated and shrunk into an envelope around several units, thereby securing them as a single pack for presentation or to secure units on a pallet.

A lift truck fitted with lifting attachments operating to one side for handling containers.

A container fitted with a rear door and a minimum of one side door.

A draft payable upon presentation to the drawee.