| Barge : A large cargo-carrying craft, which is usually towed or pushed by a tug, on both seagoing and inland waters. | Mooring Lines : The ropes and wires used to secure a vessel to the pier. |
Break-Bulk: Break-bulk is cargo that is not in bulk or containerized. | Palletized : Cargo that is secured onto a pallet for ease of shipment. |
| Bulk : Bulk is cargo that is generally loose and granular in nature. It can include any commodity that is stored in piles. |
Portainer : A gantry crane used in container
handling. |
| Cargo : The freight, goods, merchandise carried by the ship. | Railgating
(Receiving/Delivering via rail): Service
of loading or discharging cargo from railcars either from/to indoor or
oudoor storage. |
| Cargo handling : Handling of industrial cargoes at a marine terminal. | Reefer
Container/Shed : A container or warehouse designed to store
refrigerated cargoes.
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| Charterer : A company who will rent a ship to transport cargo. | RORO – Roll-On/Roll-Off
: A RORO operation is when cargo is loaded or discharged via
a ramp located on the side or back of a specialized ship (RORO ship).
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| Containers : Containers are standard-size metal boxes that have been designed for easy and safe transportation of goods through various intermodal transport modes – ship, rail, and truck. | Securing/Strapping : Using
material to secure the cargo in place on the ship to ensure it does not move
during its voyage. |
| Coopering : Service of repairing damaged cargo. | Shed
: Covered transit space used in ports to receive cargo from
vessel or inland transport. |
| Cranes : Equipment used to lift cargo from the ship to the dock or vice versa. | Ship’s
Agent : A person who represents the interests of either the
vessel, the shipper or the receiver. |
| Demurrage : The time used in excess of lay time. | Ship’s Gear : The cranes or derricks on board
the ship. |
| Despatch : The time saved on lay time. | Sliding
Scale : Rate based on the productivity of the stevedoring operation
for particular cargo. |
| Detentions : Unproductive hours of an operation through no fault of the stevedoring company. | Stevedoring
: Loading and unloading of vessels at marine terminals.
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| Dockage/Berthage : Tariff charged to the ship for the right to dock at the pier. | Storage
Cost : Charge for storing cargo in the warehouse for a period
of time.
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| Dunnage: Plywood or other wood materials used to protect the cargo from touching the sides of the ship and other cargo during transporation. | Stuffing/Unstuffing
: Service of placing cargo in or out of a container.
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| Front-End
Wheel Loader : Machinery used for the
handling of bulk cargoes to/from ship, truck or conveyor. | T.E.U.
or Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (containers):
A measurement of cargo-carrying capacity on a containership, referring
to a common container size of 20 ft in length.
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| Gantry Crane : Track-mounted, shoreside crane utilized in the loading and unloading of break-bulk cargo, containers and heavy lifts. |
Tending Mooring Lines : Service of attaching
or letting go the ship from the dock.
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| General Cargo : General cargo encompasses, in essence, all cargo that does not fit into any of the other market categories. It is a varied market, which includes project cargo, railcars, helicopters, granite blocks, rubber, autos, tractors, windmills, etc. | Terminal
: An assigned area in a port where cargoes are prepared for
loading into a vessel, train or truck, or are stored immediately after
discharge from the vessel, train or truck. |
| Hatch : Opening in the deck of a vessel through which cargo is loaded and discharged. | Throughput
: Tariff charged to the shipper of merchandise for the use of
a warehouse or outside area to store cargo.
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| Heavy Lift : Big piece of machinery, which weighs more than 10 metrics tonnes or measures more than 10 cbm – this can vary depending on the contract or the agreement – if it’s less than 10 metric tonnes or 10 cbm, it will be considered as general cargo. | Top-Lifter
: A forklift equipped with a rectangular spreader that serves
to lift cargo from above rather than below. Used mostly in container
handling on the terminal as well as for loading/unloading trucks and
railcars. |
| Hold : The area of the ship below deck in which the cargo is stored. | Transtainer
: Mobile truck equipment with the capacity for lifting a container
within its own framework. It is used for moving, and sometimes stacking
containers at a container terminal.
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| Lay Time : The time available to a charterer for a voyage-chartered ship’s cargo operations. | Unitizing
: Packaging of woodpulp bales into units
of 6 or 8 bales. |
| LOLO - Load-On/Load-Off : A LOLO operation is when cargo is loaded and discharged over the top of the vessel using cranes or derricks | Wharfage/Port
Dues : Tariff charged to the user of the
dock for the right to use the dock. |
| Manifest : Legal document that identifies cargo loaded on a vessel. |
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