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merchant shipping code of Ukraine                                                       

CY Odessa/40RF

Less than Container Load - êîíñîëèäèðîâàííûå (ñáîðíûå) êîíòåéíåðíûå ìîðñêèå ïåðåâîçêè ãðóçîâ

number of colli, pieces, packages

nature of cargo                                                                               

discharge port = disport                                                                     

Whether in free practice/pratique or not - íåçàâèñèìî îò òîãî, ñóäíî ïîëó÷èëî ñâîáîäíóþ ïðàêòèêó èëè íåò

Whether in port or not                                                                       

Whether in berth or not - íåçàâèñèìî îò òîãî, ñóäíî ó ïðè÷àëà èëè íåò                        

bare boat charter, B/B                                                                         

stevedore                                                                                    

Cargo Manifest                                                                                

car body                                                                                

Disbursement account, D/A

conveyances                                                         

close of business, cargo on board                                                                                    

Carrier's Certificate -- (USA) A document issued by a carrier providing the particulars of a shipment and designating to customs who may make a customs entry on that shipment

towage

tug

bunkering

stowaway

TEU - 20 foot equivalent unit

Anchorage

ship's stores                                                                            

chief engineer                                                                             

M/V - motor vessel

Railway Consignment Note

the place of taking over of the goods

road vehicles, including trailers and semi-trailers
railway coaches or wagons, railcar               
lighters, barges and other vessels                

the performance of the carriage

The consignment note shall be made out in three original copies signed by the sender and by the carrier The first copy shall be handed to the sender, the second shall accompany the goods and the third shall be retained by the carrier

A list of the documents handed to the carrier

On taking over the goods, the carrier shall check accuracy of the statements in the consignment note as to

unload the goods for account of

The carrier shall be liable for the total or partial loss of the goods and for damage thereto as well as for any delay in delivery

be relieved of liability by reason of the defective condition of the vehicle

The burden of proving shall rest upon the carrier

clause shifting the burden of proof shall be null and void

precautions to be taken

Higher compensation may only be claimed where the value of the goods or a special interest in delivery has been declared

In case of damage, the carrier shall be liable for the amount by which the goods have diminished in value

If the consignee takes delivery of the goods without duly checking their condition

Security for costs shall not be required in proceedings arising out of carriage under this Convention

Vehicle Identification Number (ISO)

General Agent; general average                                                                     

Admission to the TIR Customs System               

TIR Convention                                                                    

TIR CARNET holder                                                               

keeping and retaining accurate journey records                

Where

The Manual also needs to be read in conjunction with the Declaration of Engagement

en route                                                    

allocate a TIR Carnet quota                                         

on a permanent basis                                       

the registration number of the vehicle                                  

certificates of delivery of the goods                                

on request                                                                               

Dealing with irregularities, problems en route, failure to obtain the certificate of termination for a TIR operation

carried in a closed vehicle or closed container

non-sealed vehicles or containers                       

a certificate of approval for road vehicles or containers

volets                                        

open TIR Carnets                                         

Carriage of prohibited and high risk goods                                         

Demand in writing in your transport contract that your driver be present during loading and unloading of the vehicle

make reservations

load                                                                                   

discrepancies between                                                         

affix to the vehicle official TIR plates           

at the rear of the vehicle or combination of the vehicles  

retaining a copy                                                          

completed, dated, stamped and signed "souche"

tear-off slip                                                           

neglected your obligation                                            

increase of "admission" guarantee                                      

The guarantee will be released                                              

ranging from the seizure of the amounts you deposited as guarantees to the permanent suspension from access to TIR Carnets

cash deposit                                    

ordinary TIR Carnets                                     

to carry ordinary goods                                     

guaranteeing Association                                      

until the situation is resolved to the satisfaction of the Association

suspend your access                                       

within the specified time limits                                      

TIR Carnets allow the movement of goods across international borders with the payment of Duties and Taxes deferred until they reach the final destination

The TIR Carnet itself is both a transit document and a financial guarantee

contract of carriage                                                         

 to follow a prescribed itinerary                       

hovercraft

railway rolling stock                             

Stores, stores for consumption                                         

land-locked state

straight bill of lading (non-negotiable) to the named person

to-order bill of lading  
shipper's order (negotiable) to anyone                             

bearer bill of lading                                                  

chartered bill of lading                                              

liner bill of lading                                           

through bill of lading                                           

combined bill of lading                                         

shipped on board                                                               

received for shipment                                                                 

insured bill of lading                                                                 

flight data recorder

cockpit voice recorder

Ñèñòåìà óïðàâë³ííÿ ïîëüîòàìè

autothrottle                                         

Air traffic controller                                                       

Control tower                                                         

Flight horeizon indicator                                                        

anticollison system

Pilot in command

Co-pilot

Federal Aviation Administration                                                        

Autopilot                                                         

loss of control of the flight

Man-machine-environment

take-off - landing

runway

flap

throttle lever                                             

barrel                                                             

fuselage

dry-lease - bare aircraft

wet-lease - leasing of manned aircraft

landing gear

chassis

Air Accident Investigation Commission

strayed  aircraft

carriage of goods by road vehicle

at frontiers

TIR operation\TIR procedure

limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered

road vehicle" shall mean not only any power-driven road vehicle but also any trailer or semi-trailer designed to be coupled thereto

modes of transport without intermediate reloading

being transferred from one mode of transport to another

heavy or bulky goods

Goods carried under the TIR procedure shall not be subjected to the payment or deposit

Issue of TIR carnets

Early redelivery

claim the difference between charterparty and market rates

have the vessel on charter

difference between the head charter and sub-charter hire

properly exercise right to terminate a time charterparty

notice to rectify the failure - anti-technicality clause

the owners should have served the notice before withdrawing the vessel

once the TIR operation has been completed

rectangular plate bearing the inscription "TIR" shall be affixed to the front and another to the rear of the road vehicle

The TIR carnet shall be valid for one journey only

the total number of Customs offices of departure and destination shall not exceed 4

deviate from the assigned itinerary                            

to follow a prescribed route

provided that identifying marks have remained intact

to be escorted at the carriers' expense

Sheeted vehicles

Customs seals are broken en route

TIR operation shall be suspended during that part of the journey

The owner, the operator or the representative of either

The chartering agreement - Charter Party - C/P

Voyage Charter  - between named ports against an agreed price

Time Charter  - for a specified period of time, charterer will hire the ship equipped and manned

Under a bareboat charter, or demise charter, the charterer must equip and man the ship himself+pay for all operating costs

In some cases, instead of a charter party, a much simpler document is used namely the booking-note

liner shipping (generally not find a charter party but only a bill of lading) and the tramp shipping (generally be a charter party and a bill of lading)

Bill of Lading goods are to be delivered to the order of a named person (straight), or to order, or to bearer

As a document, the bill of lading is more important than the charter party because the negotiable bill of lading gives the right to receive the goods

sublet it further to someone else

If the Owner is not the actual Owner of the ship then he is called Disponent Owner or Operator

admissible to render the agent liable as principal

In particular circumstances abroad, the master can act as broker; he must however therefore be authorized by the Ship Owner

Under the voyage charter this is indicated by the term "freight"; under the time charter the term "hire" is used

Voyage Charter - If this quantity is not loaded, the owner is entitled to the full freight for the missing quantity. This is called deadfreight

stowage 

The Ship Owner cannot replace the agreed ship or substitute ship

substituting another vessel of same class (or equivalent)

victualling

ship must be seaworthy + cargoworthiness

delivery date in the charter party is given with a certain margin

The ship must always be delivered back in the same state as the state in which it was received, ordinary wear and tear excepted

the on-charter survey report off-charter" survey report

laydays

Forwardwe`s certificate of receipt

Forwardwe`s certificate of transport

FIATA Multimodal Transport waybill

to be nominated

a set of BS/L to be COB - cargo on board

fixture                                                             

recap of fixture

dem would be claimable

container carriage

bulk cargo

ACMI stands for 'Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, Insurance'

clean BL   - goods were received in apparent good order by carrier

dock receipt

Marine insurance usually covers 110% of the invoiced value

Tare and   inner  packing  should secure full safety of the goods and protect the  goods from any damages during transportation by all  kinds of transportation means taking into consideration transshipments

Shipper’s Export Declaration SED

a letter of instruction to freight forwarder

transhipment

Airwaybill

Autowaybill, CMR

Railway Consignment Note, Railway bill

break-bulk

full container load

disruption of sea trade

seaborne energy supplies

critical sea lane                                                                            

shorter maritime shipping routes

Äåäâåéò (ìàêñ âàíòàæîï³äéîìí³ñòü ñóäíà)

In the roads, at anchorage

Berth

Off-hire

 Speed claim

Dead freight

Wharfarage with cargo, Berth due

Tonnage due

Mooring

Inward pilotage

Outward pilotage

Tugs for (un)mooring

load compartment

A/C

ACC

DWCC

EDD expected day of delivery

ETA expected time of arrival

FIOLSA free in and out, lashed, secured and dunnaged

FIOST free in and out, stowed and trimmed

Frt/ppd

Freight collect

FYG&I

GMT

LAYCAN laydays, cancelling

notice of readiness

Êëóá âçàºìíîãî ñòðàõóâàííÿ

Áåç ñóáîò, íåä³ë³ òà âèõ³äíèõ

³ç ñóáîò, íåä³ë³ òà âèõ³äíèõ

Statement of facts Çâ³ò ïðî íà âàíò/ðîç âàíò

Per weather working day Ó ïîãîæèé ðîáî÷èé äåíü

salvage

Without recourse

Reject cargo

Towage, towing charge

Helicopter landing pad

Hold capacity

In apparent good order and condition

Time at sea

Time to count

Oncoming vessel

Put off-hire

release

Deductions

Open storage cargo

Cargo compartment

Cargo dues

Cash on delivery

Cash against docs

Average statement

Head

Freight surcharge

Rider

Exercise lien on cargo

Sternway, reverse

Law of the ship`s flag

Call at

Statement of sea protest

Statement of abandonment

Declare a sea protest

Proceed at full speed to

Withdraw a vessel from service of charterers

Coastal shipping, navigation

Master

Port master

Demolition contract

Demurrage

stern

Inflammable cargo

Liner shipping company

Hatch

Light dues

Tonnage certificate

Maritime lien

Off-hire

Non-returnable

Fail a survey to

Careless stowage

Loose cargo

Claused BL, foul, dirty

Cargo handling rate

Notice of redelivery

Notice of loss

Restricted waters

Chrterer`s option

Off-hire survey

On-hire survey

Inspection in dock, afloat

Shipped on deck at shipper`s risk

Signed under protest

Back-to-back sale

payload

Encounter a storm

Correction, allowance

Port of call

Laying up

Performance claim

cargoworthy

Idle run

Free of all cranage

Perishable cargo

Life jacket

Stevedorage, cargo handling charges

Sewage

Hull and machinery insurance H&M

Cargo insurance

War risks insurance

insurance against perils of the sea

Total loss insurance

insurance agsint off-hire

Building risks insurance

insurance against particular average

Freight insurance

Crew list

Stopway

Under deck cargo

Settling

Shrinkage

Scattering

Free stowed

Good seamanship

Valuable cargo

Berthing, mooring

Moorage

Lock dues

Stow to

Trim

Trimming

stowing

Mate`s receipt M/R

double warehouse certificate

dry cargo trades

liqiud cargo trades

dunnage

stranded or sunken vessel

forwarding professional

warehouseman

Warehousing

logistical door-to-door support

a fleet of trucks

After it stuffed the cartons in a container

de-stuffing the container

multimodal carrier

unimodal carrier

Shipper = Consignor

non-vessel owning carrier (NVOC)

Back-dating a bill of lading

Know your carriers

performing Carrier- person actually performing the carriage of the Goods with his own means of transport

a Cargo Damage Report

instructions from a customer to arrange cargo insurance

the goods to be shipped

the types of commodities handled

dangerous goods - conventional goods

A forwarder should consult its legal advisor

If a customer abandons the goods forwarder then has unclaimed goods on its hands on which storage charges are continually accruing

on-carriage

merely acted for the purpose of connecting the shipper with the carrier

willing to forward goods for you ... to the uttermost ends of the earth

transhipment of the cargo from one means of conveyance to the other

discharging the cargo from one means of conveyance and loading it on another

stevedoring companies

own warehousing facilities or act as an agent in retaining warehousing services

Services ancillary to transport

Cargo consolidation - assembling of parcel cargo from a number of shippers and distributing the cargo thus assembled to different Consignees

40 and also 20 foot containers

mariner

international road carriage

make the ship seaworthy at the commencement of the voyage

loss or damage could be localized to a particular mode of transport

Freight Forwarder assumes liability for the performance of the multimodal transport contract as a carrier

The freight, if prepaid, is non-returnable

payable at destination freight collect

a pro rata reimbursement from the Merchant

the legal status of the Freight Forwarder (agent or principal)

whether the Freight Forwarder has acted as an intermediary or as a principal and carrier

acceptance of carrier liability

"to bearer", to the person surrendering one original

"to order", to the person surrendering one original of the document duly endorsed

a non-negotiable form, to the person named as Consignee in the document upon proof of his identity

shall be liable for loss of or damage to the goods, as well as for delay in delivery

unless the Consignor has made a declaration of interest in timely delivery

Defences for carriage by sea or inland waterways

based on the principle of presumed fault or neglect

lade (laded, laded,laden)

Bulk carrier

Draught


   
 
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