Tariffs and Customs Terms B.1.16 Flashcards
Terms and meaning from Dictionary of Tariff and Customs Terms with organization and functions of the various Offices of the Bureau of Customs.
generally be regarded as the owner for the voyage or service stipulated. The charterer mans the vessel with his own people and becomes the owner pro hac vice, subject to liability to others for damages caused by negligence. To create a demise, the owner of a vessel must completely and exclusively relinquish possession, command and navigation thereof to the charterer, anything short of such a complete transfer is a contract of affreightment.
bareboat or demise charter
it is a charter party where there is an entire surrender by the owner of the vessel to the charterer, who hires the vessels as one hires a house, takes her empty, and provides the officers and provisions, an, in short, the entire outfit. In such a contract, the charterer is substituted in place of the owner and becomes the owner for the voyage.
bareboat charter or demise of the vessel
tariffs which are neither very low nor very high. It is intended for bargaining vis-à-vis with other countries.
bargaining tariffs
an open-top, cargo-carrying vessel that navigates inland waters. Either motorized or towed, some barges are temporarily covered to protect dry and liquid cargoes
barge
ports wherein part of the ship’s cargo must be unloaded prior to her entry-lest her bottom touches the sand bank
bar post
a marine peril that involves any wrongful, fraudulent, or criminal act willfully committed by the ships captain or crew, thereby causing damage or loss to cargo or ship
barratry
a unit of volume (equivalent to 42 U.S. gallon) for petroleum and refined products
Barrel
these are special devices mounted on container doors to provide watertight locking
bars
a transaction whereby a commodity or shipment is exchange with another
barter
home depot of container or trailer
base
adopted ion 1989, in Basel, Switzerland, by a United Nations-sponsored conference of 116 nations, it mandated the restriction of trade in dangerous and solid waste, some non-dangerous wastes, and incinerator ash
Basel Convention
iron, steel, copper, nickel, aluminum, lead, zing, tin, and articles thereof, and other base metals and their articles.
base metals
payments of duties and taxes due on imported goods, in cash or its equivalent
basic payment
items of an inventory ready for sale anytime
basic stock
a measurement for crude oil and refined products delivered through a pipeline
batch
a collection of products or data treated as an entity with respect to certain operations, like processing and production
batch
the order in which crude oil or refined products are delivered through a pipeline
batching sequence
picking up of several ordered items at a time
batch picking
structures that project from the interior walls of a vessel’s hold or a thermal container to provide air passage through cargoes. They may be integral to the walls or merely fastened thereto
Battens
a vertical division of a vessel from stem to stern (that is, from front to back), to indicate a storage for containers. Odd numbers indicate a 20-foot position, and even numbers, 40-foot
bay
a curve along the seashore.
bay
a code that indicate safe working practices in the ocean carriage of solid bulk cargo
BC Code
a radio transmitter that sends out signal as navigational aid
beacon
a tower that serves as base of light signal
beacon
a bill of lading that effects delivery of goods to its barrier without indorsement
bearer bill of lading
