Tariffs and Customs Terms C.1.37

Question 1

refers to the Customs convention on containers (Geneva, Switzerland, December 2, 1972), which took effect on December 6, 1975.

Answer 1

Containers Convention

Question 2

amount paid by the shipper of a less-container load cargo for its loading and unloading in a Container Freight Station at both ports of origin and supply.

Answer 2

container service charge

Question 3

facility or area where empty and full containers are received, stored, delivered, moved, stacked

Answer 3

container yard

Question 4

contempt of court is a defiance of the authority, justice or dignity of the court, such conduct as tends to bring the authority and administration of the law into disrespect or to interfere with or prejudice parties litigant or their witnesses during litigation: It signifies not only a willful disregard or disobedience of the court’s orders but such conduct as tends to bring the authority of the court and administration of law into disrepute or in some manner to impede the due administration of justice.

Answer 4

contempt

Question 5

a warranty which provides that if a vessel (during expiry of marine insurance policy) is at sea, in distress, or at a port of refuge, she is deemed covered by insurance on her port of destination, at a pro rata monthly premium.

Answer 5

continuation clause

Question 6

alert an alert that requires full examination of particular imported goods, regardless of their consignee, origin, date of arrival.

Answer 6

continuing alert

Question 7

handling devices like conveyors and drag lines.

Answer 7

continuous-flow, fixed-path equipment

Question 8

a system used to reduced inventories and improve service to large customers.

Answer 8

continuous replenishment

Question 9

articles that cannot be imported or exported. These also refer to arms, weapons, and munitions aboard a ship, to aid a belligerent country during war.

Answer 9

contraband

Question 10

a written or unwritten agreement between parties, who bind themselves to perform certain obligations for a consideration.

Answer 10

contract

Question 11

a carrier that operates not for the general public, but for shippers with which the carrier has a continuing contract. It must first secure a permit to operate

Answer 11

contract carrier

Question 12

the parties bound by a contract

Answer 12

contracting parties

Question 13

the signatory countries to international agreements or conventions.

Answer 13

contracting parties

Question 14

it is one which generates a relation attended with a public duty. Negligence or malfeasance of the carrier’s employees could give ground for an action for damages. Passengers do not contract merely for transportation. They have a right to be treated by the carrier’s employees with kindness, respect, courtesy and due consideration. They are entitled to be protected against personal misconduct, injurious language, indignities and abuses from such employees. Should they act otherwise, the carrier can be made liable for damages.

Answer 14

contract of air carriage

Question 15

a formal agreement whereby the carrier undertakes to transport goods, or passengers, for a fee.

Answer 15

contract of carriage

Question 16

a quota system fixed by agreement between two countries.

Answer 16

contractual quota system

Question 17

has been defined as the act or omission amounting to want of ordinary care on the part of the person injured which, concurring with the defendant’s negligence, is the proximate cause of the injury. To hold a person as having contributed to his injuries, it must be shown that he performed an act that brought about his injuries in disregard of warnings or signs of an impending danger to health and body.

Answer 17

contributory negligence

Question 18

a signal station strategically located at an area that has full view of the container yard or terminal.

Answer 18

control tower

Question 19

it is an artificial being, invisible and intangible, created by operation of law, a juridical person resulting from an association of human beings, granted personality by the state, distinct and separate from its individual stockholders or members, having the right of succession and the powers, attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence authorized by law or incident to its existence.

Answer 19

corporation

Question 20

the branch of an opening or issuing bank.

Answer 20

correspondent bank

Question 21

an export contract made through letters, telexes, fax messages, e-mails.

Answer 21

correspondent contract

Question 22

any substance which, through chemical reaction, erodes, impairs, or consumes an object.

Answer 22

corrosive

Question 23

incurred or the value of economic resources used in production.

Answer 23

cost expenses

Question 24

a trade arrangement whereby the exporter pays the cost and freight of cargo up to the port of destination. The risk of cargo damage or loss is shouldered by the importer. The importer pays all expenses once the cargo passes through the ship’s rail at the port of destination Note, however, that at present the symbol being used for this arrangement is CFR.

Answer 24

Cost and Freight

Question 25

a production or service department, like workshop, inspection room, store, accounting area, canteen, billing section.

Answer 25

cost center