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Charges in addition to the base tariff rate or base contract rate, e.g., bunkers, container, currency, destination/delivery.
- Browse Related Terms: Accessorial Charges, Arrival Notice, Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF), container, Demurrage, Forty-Foot Equivalent Units (FEU), Free Time, Full Container Load (FCL), Less-than-Container-Load (LCL), Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) ships, Net Ton, Pallet, Surcharge, Terminal Handling Charge (THC), Tons, Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)
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Tow boating term meaning that boat and/or tow is clear of obstructions.
- Browse Related Terms: All Clear, Bow, Handy Line (Heaving line), Land (mooring), Leaving line, Mule Train, Rake, Scrap Barge, Spar Barge, Splitting on the Heads, Spring Line (Backing Line), Strung Out, Towboat/Push Boat, Vessel, Winch
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Taken from the engine room log, the amp readings should be recorded several times a day. The amp reading can be converted by a standard formula to kilowatts which can then be related, based on the manufacturer’s specifications, to the fuel consumed by the generator per hour.
- Browse Related Terms: Amp Reading, Date for Filing Return, Generator Fuel Exclusion, Generator Fuel Rate, Generator Operating Hours, Heater Fuel Exclusion, Heater Fuel Rate, Operating Hours, Propulsion Fuel, Taxable Fuel
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Maintain a comfortable distance off the bank. (Maintain adequate room for maneuvering)
- Browse Related Terms: An Easy Distant Off, Gage (Gauge), Ice Pier, Left Bank, Levee, Lock Traffic Lights, Low Water Dam, Right Bank, Wicket
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A notification by carrier of ship’s arrival to the consignee, the Notify Party.
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A signboard approximately one mile above and below the lock.
- Browse Related Terms: Arrival Post, Auxiliary Lock, Double Lockage, Guard Wall, Guide Wall (Long-Wall), Land Wall, Lock Cell, Lock Gates, Lock Line, Monkey Line, Outer Lock Wall
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Is defined to include the main channel, all alternative channels, and all adjoining bays and sounds, regardless of depth. See Treas. Regs. 48.4042-1(g)(6).
- Browse Related Terms: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, BAR, Commercial waterway transportation, Deep-Draft Ocean-going Vessels, Draft, Dry Dock, Inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States, Lead Line, Mainline Tows, Pike Pole, Tax Ratio
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A smaller secondary lock adjacent to the main lock.
- Browse Related Terms: Arrival Post, Auxiliary Lock, Double Lockage, Guard Wall, Guide Wall (Long-Wall), Land Wall, Lock Cell, Lock Gates, Lock Line, Monkey Line, Outer Lock Wall
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Sand or gravel deposits in or near the channel.
- Browse Related Terms: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, BAR, Commercial waterway transportation, Deep-Draft Ocean-going Vessels, Draft, Dry Dock, Inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States, Lead Line, Mainline Tows, Pike Pole, Tax Ratio
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Generally, a contractual agreement in which the lessor (owner of the vessel) does not pay operating expenses. The lessee (person renting the vessel) pays all expenses such as, the salary for the crew and captain, insurance and other sea worthiness expenses, including the fuel taxes.
- Browse Related Terms: Bareboat Agreement, Coast Guard Number, Fully Found Agreement, Liquid Fuel, Log Book, Person, Taxable Person
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A category of vessel designed as non-self-propelled units for the carriage of cargo on the weather deck or in holds or in tanks. The units are towed/pushed by another ship (tug or pusher vessel).
- Browse Related Terms: Barge, Cover Barge, Head Log, Hopper Barge, Keel, Lash/Seabee Barge, Lateral Coupling, port, SEABEE, Stern, Tank Barge, Tow Knees, Tugboat, Unit Tow, Wing Tanks
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A document that establishes the contract for shipment between a shipper and a transportation company. It serves as a document of title, a contract of carriage and a receipt for goods.
- Browse Related Terms: Bill of Lading (B/L), bond, Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), Consignee, Consolidator, Dock Receipt, Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC), Ocean Transportation Intermediary License, Seaway Bill, Shipper, tariff
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Acceptable proof of financial responsibility to act as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary in the international ocean transportation of cargo, typically issued by a surety company.
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Front of barge or boat.
- Browse Related Terms: All Clear, Bow, Handy Line (Heaving line), Land (mooring), Leaving line, Mule Train, Rake, Scrap Barge, Spar Barge, Splitting on the Heads, Spring Line (Backing Line), Strung Out, Towboat/Push Boat, Vessel, Winch
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To disassemble tow (take apart).
- Browse Related Terms: Break up Tow, Jack Staff, Kill out Tow (Kill Her Out), Knockout Single, Kort Nozzle, Light Boat, Loose Head, Peep Light, Piling, Screws, Set Over Single, Single, Sooging, Top Around, Turn A Tow, Wheel, Yawl
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A charge sometimes added to steamship freight rates; justified by higher fuel costs. Also known as Fuel Adjustment Factor ((FAF)) or Bunker Charge or Bunker Surcharge.
- Browse Related Terms: Accessorial Charges, Arrival Notice, Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF), container, Demurrage, Forty-Foot Equivalent Units (FEU), Free Time, Full Container Load (FCL), Less-than-Container-Load (LCL), Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) ships, Net Ton, Pallet, Surcharge, Terminal Handling Charge (THC), Tons, Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)
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U.S. federal codification passed in 1936 which standardizes and sets limitations on a carrier’s liability under carrier’s bill of lading. U.S. enactment of The Hague Rules.
- Browse Related Terms: Bill of Lading (B/L), bond, Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), Consignee, Consolidator, Dock Receipt, Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC), Ocean Transportation Intermediary License, Seaway Bill, Shipper, tariff
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Used to transport chemicals and oil.
- Browse Related Terms: Chem Barge (liquid cargo), Commodity Descriptions, Customs Broker, Freight Forwarder, In-transit Merchandise, Line Haul, Passenger Vessels, starboard, Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (VOCC)
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The official number assigned to a particular vessel by the U S Coast Guard at the time of registration by the Coast Guard. This number is normally retained by a vessel throughout the life of the vessel.
- Browse Related Terms: Bareboat Agreement, Coast Guard Number, Fully Found Agreement, Liquid Fuel, Log Book, Person, Taxable Person