Freight Forwarding Terminology

That fleet of merchant ships owned by United States citizens or corporations and registered under flags of "convenience" or "necessity" such as Liberia or Panama. The term is used to emphasize that, while the fleet is not U.,$.-flag, it is effectively under U.S. control by virtue of the ship's owners and can be called to serve U.S. interests in time of emergency.

Vessels which are registered in the United States and are subject to additional U.S. laws and regulations to which foreign-flag vessels are not. They must be owned by U.S. citizens, corporations, or governments and must be crewed mainly by U.S. Citizens

Ultra Large Crude Carriers. Tankers larger than 300,000 dwt.

Deficiency of a liquid (the space not filled) contained in a drum or cask.

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Where a number of individual packages and pieces are unitized together, (e.g.: onto one pallet, into one container) for efficiency in transport and handling. Se also UNITIZED CARGO.

Ships with wide or double hatchways to holds to allow vertical access to all cargo spaces and reducing man-handling to a minimum.

See UNIT LOAD.

Removing cargo and/or containers from the ship. Also may refer to unpacking containers.

A space where alarm bells are installed on the bridge of a ship to trace or rectify any machinery faults. The computerized devices will report any fault immediately it appears and the engineers on board can attend to the necessary ramifications.

Removal of cargo, dunnage, etc., from container.

The state or condition of a vessel when it is not in a proper state of maintenance, or if the loading equipment or crew, or in any other respect is not ready to encounter the ordinary perils of sea.

Unpacking