upload
U.S. Department of Transportation
Domeniu: Government
Number of terms: 13754
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
A specially constructed vessel equipped with an overhead crane for lifting specially designed barges and stowing them into cellular slots in an athwartship position.
Industry:Transportation
A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used as part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers.
Industry:Transportation
An organisation maintained for the surveying and classing of ships so that insurance underwriters and others may know the quality and condition of the vessels offered for insurance or employment.See also ABS, BV, DNV, LR and NK.
Industry:Transportation
A pallet so designed that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from two sides only.
Industry:Transportation
A railroad yard with many tracks used for assembling freight trains.
Industry:Transportation
A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorising the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions are:
Industry:Transportation
Published by the International Chamber of Commerce. This is the most frequently used standard for making payments in international trade; e.g., paying on a Letter of Credit. It is most frequently referred to by its shorthand title: UCP No. 500. This revised publication reflects recent changes in the transportation and banking industries, such as electronic transfer of funds.
Industry:Transportation
An anti–trust act of the U.S. Congress making price discrimination unlawful.
Industry:Transportation
In order to obtain the clean bill of lading, the shipper signs a letter of indemnity to the carrier on the basis of which may be obtained the clean bill of lading, although the dock or mate’s receipt showed that the shipment was damaged or in bad condition.
Industry:Transportation
Freight that has not been called for or picked up by the consignee or owner.
Industry:Transportation