Transportation terms starting with C

10 terms

  1. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA) 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.
  2. Chem Barge (liquid cargo) Used to transport chemicals and oil.
  3. Coast Guard Number The official number assigned to a particular vessel by the U S Coast Guard at the time of registration by the Coast Guard.
  4. Commercial waterway transportation The term “commercial waterway transportation” means any use of a vessel on any inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States In the business of…
  5. Commodity Descriptions The first two digits of the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (WCSC) publication codes correspond with the Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS)…
  6. Consignee A person or company to whom commodities are shipped.
  7. Consolidator A firm which groups together shipments from different companies into a single shipment.
  8. Container In the Exchange Administrator program, an object that contains other objects. For example, the Recipients container is composed of recipient objects.
  9. Cover Barge A barge having hatch covers over its compartments and used for various dry bulk cargoes that need weather protection such as grain, tinplate, paper, etc.
  10. Customs Broker A person or firm, licensed by the treasury department of their country when required, engaged in entering and clearing goods through Customs for a client…