Freight, shipping and chartering glossary

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.

A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.

A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.

The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.

A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.

Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.

A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.

A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.

The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.

A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.

Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.

A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.

A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.

The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.

A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.

Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.

A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.

A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.

A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.

The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.

A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.

Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.

The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.

A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.

Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.

A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.

A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.

The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.

A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.

Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.