Ocean shipping

Ocean shipping

Relating to the transportation of goods across an ocean or sea.

Industry: Maritime; Transportation

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Clean bill of lading

Maritime; Ocean shipping

(1) a bill of lading which bears no superimposed clause or notation which expressly declares a defective condition of the goods and/or the packaging (article 18, uniform customs and practise for ...

(1) a vessel designed to handle palletized, pre-slung, boxed, and unitized cargo. Holds can be at the open bay or between deck type. Between deck means, the hold can be converted from multi levels to ...

Breakbulk cargo

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Cargo which is shipped as a unit (e.g., palletized cargo, boxed cargo, large machinery, trucks, and pre-slung cargo)

Order bill of lading

Maritime; Ocean shipping

A negotiable bill of lading. There are two types:(1) a bill drawn to the order of a foreign consignee, enabling him to endorse the bill to a third party. (2) a bill drawn to the order of the shipper ...

Received for shipment bill of lading

Maritime; Ocean shipping

A bill of lading acknowledging the receipt of goods by a carrier for shipment on a specified vessel. This type of bill of lading is not acceptable under a letter of credit unless it is specially ...

Break bulk

Maritime; Ocean shipping

The process of assimilating many small shipments into one large shipment at a central point so that economies of scale may be achieved; to commence discharge of cargo.