VARIOUS TERMS IN PORT OPERATION Flashcards
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Place with sufficient depth of water where vessels may anchor.
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Anchorage
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The water area at the port entrance via which vessels navigate to make for the shelter; the gate of the port or protected areas of the port
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Approaches
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Container that is physically damage which may allow exposure of cargoes to adverse conditions, natural elements and pilferage.
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Bad Order Container (BOC)
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Means a naturally or artificially enclosed or nearly enclosed body of water in free communication with the sea.
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Basin
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The part of the pier/ wharf that is occupied by a vessel or place where a vessel may tie up
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Berth
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The maneuvering of a vessel from the anchorage or pilot station to a berth, including the action to make fast the vessel alongside
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Berthing
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A strong post on a ship or a dock holding a hawser fast
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Bollard
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The extreme forward end of a vessel.
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Bow
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Ingot of gold or silver regarded as raw materials
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Bullion
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Terms used to descrive cargoes carried in bulk, not package in separate units.Loose coal,sugar, oil and ores are example of bulk cargoes
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Bulk Cargoes
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A floating object moored to the bottom to guide vessels in navigation.
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Buoy
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The load of a vessel or goods and merchandise put on board a ship to be carried to a certain port.
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Cargoes
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Any individual, partnership or corporation recognized by the PPA to provide CH services at government ports.
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Cargo Handling Operator (CHO)
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A natural or artificial waterway of perceptible extend which either periodically or continuously contains moving water or which forms a connecting link between two bodies of water; or part of a body water deep enough to be used for navigation through the area otherwise too low for navigation
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Channel
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An equipment used to carry containers from one place to another under the law by prime movers or tractors as extension of ship’s gear unless declared as an extension of ship’s gear unless declared as an importation
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Chassis
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Services of tallying marks, Countermarks and numbers, quantity, conditions of cargoes whether in good or bad order and measurement of breakbulk or bulk cargoes, containers performed by a duly
authorized cargo checker.
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Checking services
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Cargoes packed in containers for easy handling or transporting of the same as a unit
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Containerized Cargo
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A structure so designated to hold and keep articles, materials and product together inside a hold in the form of boxes, tanks or the like for singular or unit handling and transport, generally having an internal volume or capacity or not less than 1CBM. Containers are further defined according to their uses as dry cargo, refrigerated, liquid, bulk, platform,
open top, solid bulk, ventilated etc
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Container
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Berthing space especially designed and constructed to accommodate containerships
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Container Berth
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A warehouse or a transit shed adjacent to the Container Yard used for sorting and storage of container cargo
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Container Freight Station (CFS)
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A cargo vessel designed and constructed primarily to carry containers.
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Containership
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A port facility designed to provide an integrated use of berthing facilities for containership and harbor transport system for containers and their contents
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Container Terminal
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A designated areain a container terminal usually adjacent to the marshalling yard where containers and chassis are received, stocked and arranged/ dispatched.
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Container Yard (CY)
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A signal station generally located at a place which commands a full view of the container terminal. It supervises by signals, telephones or other means of communicating the movements, stacking and handling of containers in the terminal.
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Control Tower
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A cargo vessel designed and constructed primarily to carry break bulk and limited quantity of cargo.
Conventional Ship
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Substances, which, by chemical action, will
cause severe damage when in contact with living
tissue, or in the case of leakage, will materially damage or even destroy freight or the means of transport.
Corrosives
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Substances, materials and
articles covered by the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code and/or those which on account of their nature cannot be stored in general cargo space or handled at the same time as innocuous cargoes as they may expose people and property to harm or destruction by fire, explosion, poison or other dangers to life.
Dangerous Cargoes
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A platform or roof which a section of a ship holds, serving as floor
Deck
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Are vessels which are not engaged in commercial
trade as certified by the MARINA or PCG
Decommissioned Vessels
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Locks, cuts entrances inclined plane, waterways and works and things appertaining to any dock
Dock
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All or any of the work or those duties associated with the work performed on shore or on board a vessel of loading or discharging to/from a vessel whether engaged in maritime or inland port, harbor, dock, wharf, quay or similar place which such work is carried out
Dockwork
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A person who works on shore and on board vessel.
Dockworker
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The amount assessed against a vessel engaged in international trade or foreign trade that do not berth but drop anchor at either government or privately owned whether operated exclusively or commercially.
Dockage at Anchorage
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The amount assessed against a vessel engaged in international or foreign trade, including those engaged in barter trade, for mooring or berthing at pier, wharf, bulkhead wharf at any national port or for mooring or making fast to a vessel so berthed
Dockage at Berth
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A buoyor spar used in mooring a boat.
Dolphin
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The depth/level of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically from the waterline to the lowest part of the hull.
Draft
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Includes harbor fees, tonnage and wharfage dues, berthing charges, and port dues and any other dues or fees imposed by virtue of existing law or PD 857.
Dues
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The business of leasing or providing CH gears, equipment and appliance for cargo movement or delivery
Equipment Hire
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Material used for protection of cargo
Dunnage
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A dock from which the water can be temporarily excluded in order to effect repairs to hulls and keels of ships or vessels
Drydock
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Waster matter extracted from the body as sweat or urine or feces.
Excrete
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A part of a waterway kept open and unobstructed for navigation.
Fairway
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A container loaded with cargoes belonging to a single consignee and/or covered only by 1 B/L
Full Container Load (FCL)
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A pad or cushion of rope, wood, old tires, etc. hung over a ship's side to protect it in docking
Fender
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A cylindrical chimney or smoke stack
Funnel
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A group of cargo workers employed to work on board a ship or ashore for loading and unloading of cargoes to and from the ship or vice-versa.
Gang
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Also referred to as breakbulk cargoes are those that are listed in a number of bill of lading each consisting of different commodities. These shall include, but not limited to, bagged cargoes, crates, cylinders, cases, baskets, bales, rolls and such other like or similar type of packing, including vehicles, live animals, crated or uncrated fowls such as chickens, ducks and the like and other loose cargoes
General Cargoes
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Include animals, carcasses, baggage and any movable property or any kind.
Goods
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Rough, hard particles of sand, stone, etc.
Grit
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The total number of hours actually spent by gangs in discharging and loading cargo, including the gang's idle time.
Gross Gang Hour
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A protected part of the sea, lake
Harbor
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An opening in a ship's deck through which cargo can be lowered.
Hatch
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Refers to a very large and heavy single unit cargo, usually large heavy equipment the minimum weight of which is 5,000 kilograms and which is usually discharged or loaded by a heavy lifting derrick, crane or boom, like locomotives, buldozers, graders, payloaders, transit mixers and the like. Large machineries and other heavy and large equipment shall be treated and considered as heavy lift provided that such machinery weights at least 5 tons
Heavy Lift Cargo
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A general name for the space below deck, designated for the stowage of cargo
Hold
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Substances that are capable of spreading germs, thus are contagious to man or animals
Infectious-substances
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Any liquid that gives of inflammable vapors at temperatures of not more 65.5 degrees centigrade close cup or more than 65.5 degrees centigrade open cup test
Inflammable Liquid
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Solids that are under conditions encountered in transport are readily combustible, or may cause or contribute to fire through friction
Inflammable Solids
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A barge or lighter which for all intent and purposes, is an extension of the ship's equipment or gears used purely in such ship’s cargo operation.
Lash Barge
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A vessel designed and constructed to carry lash barges as containers of cargoes
Lash Ship
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A toilet or privy for the use of many people.
Latrins
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The amount levied against vessels
engaged in domestic trade, which are
temporarily authorized to lay up and anchor at
designated lay-up areas
Lay-up Fee
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Are vessels which have been decommissioned or otherwise unemployed and idle while waiting for better business prospects for their operations or when so authorized by PPA
Laid-up vessels
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These are areas designated by PPA for vessels that are laid up. These are identified by the corresponding coordinates in the Nautical Chart produced by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NMRIA) formerly known as the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey
Lay-up Areas
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The length of a vessel between the extreme end bow and extreme end of the stern
Length Over All
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A container loaded with cargoes belonging to more than one consignee and/or covered by more than one bill of lading.
Less Container Load (LCL)
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Containershipe specially designed and aconstructed to carry containers but not provided with the ship's gear to handle the containers
Lift Off Containership/Non-Sustaining
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A containership especially designed and constructed to carry the containers. It is provided with gears like ship's deck crane and the like and is capable of loading and discharging containers by itself
Lift On Containership/Sustaining
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Means a flat-bottomed boat or barge used in loading or unloading cargo to or from vessels
Lighters
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A place where containers are stacked and arranged according to the sequence of withdrawal to consignee or transferred to CY-CFS or inside customs zone It is also where the containers are arranged prior to loading to a carrying vessel in accordance with the sequence of loading on the storage plant
Marshalling Yard
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To secure a vessel alongside the berth by means of mooring ropes
Moor
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Means all navigable portions of the seas, estuaries, and inland waterways
Navigable Waters
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The total number of hours actually spent by gangs in discharging and loading cargo,excluding the gang's idle time.
Net Gang Hour
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A nuisance under certain circumstances like a factory emitting smoke in a residential district
Nuisance per accidens
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Services within the port area, which cannot be categorized as arrastre and/or stevedoring services but are considered Incidental to or complimentary to these 2 major services
Other Related Services
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Loading of cargoes inside a container
Packing or Stuffing
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A portable platform or deck generally about 6ft x 4ft on which goods can be attached to form a unit load which can be transported usually by a mechanical an appliance such as forklift trucks. Pallet usually stands on bearer with a clearance of several inches bearing a space into which forklift can penetrate for lifting purposes
Pallet
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Any structure built into the sea but not parallel to the coastline and includes any stage stair, landing place, landing stage, jetting floating barge and any bridge or other works
Pier
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Means a place where ships may anchor or tie up for the purpose of shelter, repair, loading or discharge of cargo, or for other such activities connected with water-borne commerce, and including all the land and water areas and the structures, equipment and facilities related to these functions
Port
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Refer to port dues, dockage at berth and dockage at anchorage, usage and lay-up fees, wharfage and storage fees assessed on the vessel or cargo
Port Charges
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Means the territorial jurisdiction under the control, supervision or ownership of the authority over an area (land or sea), declared as such in accordance with Section 5 of this Decree including but not limited to any Port within said District
Port District
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The amount assessed against a vessel in foreign trade on its total GRT or part thereof, including those engaged in barter trade for each entrance into and departure from a port of entry in the Philippines
Port Dues
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Regular workers and employees who are in good standing and included in the official list of workers' roster to the CH operator
Port Workers
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The amount of money set aside by the CHO and deposited in trust with an authorized bank sufficient to finance the retirement and involuntary separation benefits of individual port workers who retire or have been retrenched from the service
Port workers Retirement and Separation Fund (PRSF)
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The bodies, organizations or persons whose business transaction are directly related to the port
Port Users
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The carriage by manual handling and/or with use of wheeled equipment like pushcarts to/from the passenger's point of embarkation or disembarkation to/from the entrance or exit gates of the premises
Porterage Service
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The payment for the services
rendered by a porter and covers the carriage of personal baggage, with or without the use of pushcarts, to/from the passenger's point of embarkation or disembarkation to or from the entrance or exit gate of the port premises
Porterage Fee
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For purposes of the 1994 Port Tariff Rates it is a port duly registered with the PPA which is owned and operated exclusively or commercially by a private person or entity catering to its own cargoes or cargoes owned by third parties
Private Port
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Means any rates or charges including any toll or rent under existing law or imposed by the Authority by virtue of this Decree for facilities used or services rendered
Rate
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Means 1,000 kilograms or 40 cubic feet whichever yields the greater amount of revenue
Revenue Tonnage
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The fitting of a ship's sails or shrouds to the mast or yard
Riggings
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Containerships especially designed and constructed to carry containers and chassis and allows loading and unloading of containers on chassis or trailers by providing a ramp over the side at the bow or at the stern of the vessel
Roll-On/Roll Off Containership
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A cargo vessel designed and constructed to carry at least 50% of its load in containers
Semi-Containership/Combo Ship
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The number of hours spent by the vessel at berth or at anchorage. It is the difference between the time the vessel arrived at and departed from berth or anchorage
Service Time
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A container packed with cargo by one shipper where the quantity description and condition by the cargo is the sole responsibility by the shipper
Shipper's Load and Count
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Include ship gears equipment, parts of its properties not being goods or merchandise
Ship Stores
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These are brought to the port premises, cargo sheds, and warehouses of the government, wharf or bulkhead for export or domestic------shipment
Shut Out Cargoes
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Means the time when workers are engaged to work but cannot work and shall belimited to the following reasons: (1) inclement weather that causes stoppage of operations (2) breakdown of
vessel's CH gear or equipment (3) waiting for cargo/barge (for shipside operation(4) man
Stand-By Time
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The amount assessed on articles, baggage and warehouses of the containers for storage in the port premises, cargo sheds of government.
Storage Charge
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The positioning of packages, containers, portable tanks, packaging, vehicles, shipborne barges, other cargo transport units and bulk cargoes on board ships, in warehouses sheds or other places
Stowing
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A black substance consisting chiefly of carbon particles formed by the incomplete combustion of burning matter
Soot
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Extreme aft end of the vessel
Stern
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Unloading goods from a container
Stripping
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Loading of goods to a container
Stuffing
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Average number of tonnes handled by an arrastre gang in (1) hour inclusive of idle time
Tonne Per Gross Gang-hour
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Sea trade which is not confined to any particular route or harbors but which operates in all or any ports of the world
Tramping
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Includes rails and railcars, highways, wheeled vehicles, bridges, tunnels, tramways, subways, passenger or cargo vessels, ferry-boats, lighters, tugs, barges scows, ramps, and any kind of
Transportation Facility
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Means a building or shed which is situated at or near a quay, whart or pier, and is used for the temporary or short-term storage of goods in transit, or to be shipped or discharge from a vessel
Transit Shed
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A piece of sail or balancing a ship by shifting cargo. etc.
Trimmings
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Locking pins on chassis and truck body twist locks, which rotate through container corner castings so as to secure the container to the chassis or truck body
Twist Locks
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Removing or unloading cargoes from a container
Unpacking or Stripping
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The amount assessed against a vessel engaged in domestic trade for berthing, for make fast to a vessel so berthed or for mooring at an anchorage area
Usage Fee
112
Any troublesome, filthy or destructive animals
Vermin
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Includes every sort of boat or craft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water
Vessel
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A vessel which has suffered engine trouble, marine accident, or has met a typhoon or other natural calamities or disasters during its voyage that forced her to call at the port for repair, medical help or shelter
Vessel in Distress
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Refers to vessels or watercrafts, which is no longer seaworthy to undertake voyage and is eligible only for breaking up
Vessel for Scrapping
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Means a building or shedused for the storage of cargo.
Warehouse
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Means a continuous structure built parallel to along the margin of the sea or alongside riverbanks, canals or waterways where vessels may lie alongside to receive or discharge cargo, embark or disembark passengers, or lie at rest.
Wharf
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The one who operates a lifting machinery or device on the deck of a ship to hoist lower a cargo
Winchman
