Shipping

Shipping

Relating to the mass transport of goods on massive cargo ships.

Industry: Transportation

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Maritime security and safety information system (MSSIS)

Transportation; Shipping

It shares and displays vessel Automated Identification System (AIS) data real–time with multiple international users through a web–based, password–protected system.

Well car

Transportation; Shipping

Also known as stack car. A drop–frame rail flat car.

Route

Transportation; Shipping

The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.

Controlled atmosphere

Transportation; Shipping

Sophisticated, computer–controlled systems that manage the mixtures of gases within a container throughout an intermodal journey reducing decay.

An organisation established by the members of an ocean conference acts as a self–policing force with broad authority to investigate tariff violations, including authority to scrutinise all documents ...

Allision

Transportation; Shipping

The striking by a moving vessel against a stationary object.

Force majeure

Transportation; Shipping

The title of a common clause in contracts, exempting the parties for non–fulfillment of their obligations as a result of conditions beyond their control, such as earthquakes, floods or war.