Handling and placing of goods securely on board ship.
Handling of goods to unload a container.
CURSORHandling of goods to load a container.
Applicable to basic freight to cover variations in currency, fuel prices (bunker) or port conditions (e.g. congestion, delays).
Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit. Applies to container traffic statistics.
Dock without a lock whose level varies with the tide.
Difference of level between low tide and high tide.
Vessel charter party for a fixed period.
The volume of a vessel, used for registration and for calculating its tax rates and insurance premiums. The unit of measurement is the register ton, which is equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.831 cubic metres. The gross tonnage represents the ship's internal volume plus the volume of the enclosed spaces on deck (less the volume of the double bottom and certain spaces above the upper deck and the volume of any fittings such as galleys, auxiliary machinery, etc). The net tonnage corresponds to the gross tonnage less the volume of the spaces that will not hold cargo, e.g. engine rooms, cabins, master's and crew's accommodation, fuel bunkers, etc.
Company providing tugs to assist ships with manœuvres on entering and leaving the port.