Tariffs and Customs Terms B.1.16

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

bareboat or demise charter

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

bareboat charter or demise of the vessel

Question 3

tariffs which are neither very low nor very high. It is intended for bargaining vis-à-vis with other countries.

Answer 3

bargaining tariffs

Question 4

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

Answer 4

barge

Question 5

ports wherein part of the ship’s cargo must be unloaded prior to her entry-lest her bottom touches the sand bank

Answer 5

bar post

Question 6

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

Answer 6

barratry

Question 7

a unit of volume (equivalent to 42 U.S. gallon) for petroleum and refined products

Answer 7

Barrel

Question 8

these are special devices mounted on container doors to provide watertight locking

Answer 8

bars

Question 9

a transaction whereby a commodity or shipment is exchange with another

Answer 9

barter

Question 10

home depot of container or trailer

Answer 10

base

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Basel Convention

Question 12

iron, steel, copper, nickel, aluminum, lead, zing, tin, and articles thereof, and other base metals and their articles.

Answer 12

base metals

Question 13

payments of duties and taxes due on imported goods, in cash or its equivalent

Answer 13

basic payment

Question 14

items of an inventory ready for sale anytime

Answer 14

basic stock

Question 15

a measurement for crude oil and refined products delivered through a pipeline

Answer 15

batch

Question 16

a collection of products or data treated as an entity with respect to certain operations, like processing and production

Answer 16

batch

Question 17

the order in which crude oil or refined products are delivered through a pipeline

Answer 17

batching sequence

Question 18

picking up of several ordered items at a time

Answer 18

batch picking

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Battens

Question 20

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

Answer 20

bay

Question 21

a curve along the seashore.

Answer 21

bay

Question 22

a code that indicate safe working practices in the ocean carriage of solid bulk cargo

Answer 22

BC Code

Question 23

a radio transmitter that sends out signal as navigational aid

Answer 23

beacon

Question 24

a tower that serves as base of light signal

Answer 24

beacon

Question 25

a bill of lading that effects delivery of goods to its barrier without indorsement

Answer 25

bearer bill of lading