Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
A multi-purpose international goods-classification for manufacturers. Transporters, exporters, importers, customs officials, statisticians, and others in classifying goods moving in international trade under a single commodity code. Developed under the...
The opening in the deck of a vessel; gives access to the cargo hold.
Hazardous Material
A charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship’s normal tackle.
Any container which exceeds 8 feet 6 inches (102 inches) in height, usually 9 feet 6 inches.
A barge which loads material dumped into it by a dredger and discharges the cargo through the bottom.
See Door-to-Door.
Cargo loaded into a container by the shipper under shipper’s supervision. When the cargo is exported, it is unloaded at the foreign pier destination.
Interstate Commerce Commission International Chamber of Commerce
International Maritime Consultative Organization. A forum in which most major maritime nations participate and through which recommendations for the carriage of dangerous goods, bulk commodities, and maritime regulations become...
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