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Weather deck area of vessel. The process of receiving a consignment from a consignor, usually against the issue of a receipt. As from this moment and on this place the carrier's responsibility for the consignment begins. Device attached externally to a container or stored as cargo in a container. The process of charging for goods and services and production of tax invoice for customers. An entry for accrued revenue made on a periodic basis (usually monthly), in order to account for unbilled but earned income. A notification relating to the receipt of e.g. cargo, messages and documents. Accidents of a nature beyond human control such as flood, lightning or hurricane usually quoted as 'force majeure'. Working. As related to equipment in the yard - work instructions being dispatched (for work queues and / or activity points). Currently under operation. Covers raw material, work in progress, finished products, which will be used or sold within a given period without extra cost or loss. This term does not cover the so-called reserve inventory. Abbreviation: AP. An activity point is a logical concept, and combines: Work queues (a series of sequenced lists of work instructions); Resource pools (e.g. road CHE, ship CHE); Priorities of each work queue within the pool (e.g. road CHE handle receipt/delivery cargo first, then perform house-keeping shuffles second); Optimisation method e.g. fully optimised despatch, chronological despatch (first come, first served), and manual despatch (via voice radio or system, may be random or according to a system). The management of activity points, including priorities of work queues within the AP, resource pools and the work instruction despatch method to be used, required to prepare the queues for the Optimise Despatch and Move Execution processes. This includes activation and deactivation of queues. This will also include the specification of equipment coverage to yard areas. The priority of an activity point relative to others. Priority can be relative (%) between activity points (e.g. road / rail 50:50, landside / quayside 40:60). Can also be fixed, so that adjustments to other activity points will not affect it. Abbreviation: ATA. Actual date / time of arrival at a terminal. Abbreviation: ATB. Actual date / time of vessel berthing at the berth / anchorage point. Abbreviation: ATD. Actual date / time of departure from a terminal. Abbreviation: ATUB. Actual date / time of vessel un-berthing from the berth / anchorage point. A code for identification purposes of the voyage and vessel which actually transports the cargo.

See Heap Area

A twin lift spreader capable of handling two containers of different heights. A written piece of information e.g. about the status of the cargo. Special accessories in a container consisting of among others the attachment rails on the inside walls to provide facilities for lashing and separation of the cargo. Fee payable by a shipowner or ship operator to a port agent. A person or organisation authorised to act for or on behalf of another person or organisation. In particular, person who is responsible for all Customs/Quarantine clearances and who releases cargo for its delivery to consignee; person in charge of husbandry for vessel; person responsible for booking of cargo on behalf of Line. The inventory for any group of items or products, involving multiple stock-keeping units. Container being kept cool by forcing cold air within. Payment specifically applied to an invoice. The process of assigning activities, costs or facilities e.g. space to cargo, or jobs to a piece of equipment. Rows within a block which can be filled or emptied in alternating fashion. The recalculation of traffic flows to take account of blocked areas.

Abbreviation: ABS. American classification society which has established rules and regulations for the classification of seagoing vessels or equipment. EDI message type (acknowledgement) in UN / EDIFACT A permit given to the labour to open packages for inspection based on a customs examination order. Abbreviation: ACEP. An agreement between the owners of the equipment and the responsible governmental body to allow continuous examination of the equipment (e.g. containers).

See Quay
A specific yard area which has restricted access to cargo handling equipment (e.g. for temporary check, or equipment breakdown.) Area where a container / accessories may be repaired. Originally a Spanish term, used in the Philippines, referring to landside services and cargo charges based on Philippines port tariff The date on which cargo or a means of transport is due to arrive at the delivery site of the transport. A notice sent by a carrier to a nominated notify party advising of the arrival of a certain shipment or consignment. Machinery and equipment owned by the business. A work instruction assigned to a particular asset and despatched to that asset for immediate execution.

See Allocation
Automated System for Customs Data Administration. This deals with dealing with customs procedures relating to inward manifest, import declarations, and goods valuation has been developed by UNCTAD and is presently used by 75 countries. Bays in which containers length is along ships width. Can be either 20' or 40' containers but not a mix of both. Cargo stowed transversely on the vessel (port-starboard) rather than longitudinally (fore-aft). Abbreviation: AC. Combination of various container attributes used in yard and ship planning. A methodical examination and review of a situation or condition (as within a business enterprise) concluding with a detailed report of findings. A record of events, such as system access, network load, unsuccessful log-on attempts, that might have some significance for an investigation. The commission to a certain person or body to act on behalf of another person or body. The person or body can be authorised e.g. to issue bills of lading or to collect cargo. Container equipped for the transportation of automotive vehicles. The process of sending the container handling equipment driver all details of the job (e.g. from location, container number, to location.) The automatic creation of a discharge list of containers according to set parameters. Abbreviation: ACOS. ASYCUDA system as implemented in Philippine customs. Abbreviation: AGVS. Unmanned vehicles equipped with automatic guidance equipment which follow a prescribed path, stopping at each necessary station for automatic or manual loading or unloading. Process where a system automatically creates a pro-forma or final invoice. A means of identifying an item e.g. a product, parcel or transport unit by a machine (device) entering the data automatically into a computer. The most widely used technology at present is bar code; others include radio frequency, magnetic stripes and optical character recognition. Abbreviation: ALP. The process by which the terminal operating system will automatically select containers to be loaded to vessels according to preset parameters. When an export container automatically changes assignment from one voyage to another, according to set parameters (usually based upon time).

See Automatic Load Planning

Abbreviation: AVIS. Satellite Telemetry (Sattel) module name. System used to track availability and downtime of equipment and other information of mobile equipment. Average distance travelled by cargo handling equipment over a given period of time.

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The return movement of a means of transport which has provided a transport service in one direction. A customer order or commitment, which is unfilled due to insufficient stock.

See Re-Delivery
Reversal of payment transaction. System process running transparently to users in order to perform a task. The amount of work or tasks still outstanding e.g. the total number of customer orders which have been received but not yet been shipped. An undertaking by a bank to be answerable for payment of a sum of money in the event of non performance by the party on whose behalf the guarantee is issued. An EDI message to convey the occupied and empty slots on the bay plan of a certain vessel at a particular time. The baplie message type in UN / EDIFACT. A method of encoding data for fast and accurate electronic readability. Bar codes are a series of alternating bars and spaces printed or stamped on products, labels, or other media, representing encoded information which can be read by electronic readers, used to facilitate timely and accurate input of data to a computer system. Bar codes represent letters, numbers and special characters like +, /, -, etc. Flat bottomed inland cargo vessel for canals and rivers with or without own propulsion for the purpose of transporting goods. Can be planned or unplanned; a Planned Barge is treated like a normal planned vessel. An Unplanned Barge is treated like a truck or rail wagon. It may have more than one compartment.

See Barge Operator

Company transporting cargo by way of inland waterways (eg. canals and rivers) using barges. The barges can be owned or rented through temporary contracts with skippers who own barges. A barge operator is a type of haulier.See also Haulier. Mechanical devices mounted on container doors to provide a watertight locking. Base chargeable rate agreed by two or more parties for a tariff item. Items of an inventory intended for issue against demand during the re-supply lead time.

See Truck Identification Number

A collection of products or data, which is treated as one entity with respect to certain operations e.g. processing and production e.g. in BILLING - collection of similar transactions batched in a group. A user defined code that groups same type transactions together e.g. a number of invoices produced at a set time. Manual recording of events (e.g. load confirmation) if RDT system is down. Members protruding from the inside walls of a thermal container to keep away the cargo from the walls to provide an air passage. They may be integral with the walls, fastened to the walls or added during cargo handling. A vertical division of a vessel from fore to aft, used as a part of the indication of a stowage place for containers. The numbers run from fore to aft ; odd numbers indicate a 20 foot position, even numbers indicate a 40 foot position under the ISO System. Other numbering systems may also be used. A plan of the distribution of containers on a vessel, and includes container ID, some attribute values, and vessel cell address for each container. May be in hard copy or electronic form e.g. BAPLIE file. Abbreviation: BWT. Default template used to define cell working order on the vessel. Abbreviation: BGM. A character set in UN / EDIFACT

See Under Deck

The measurement and comparison with a standard or others of efforts and results in the business process for e.g. input, output, reliability, quality and customer satisfaction. It must be seen as a positive and pro-active process to make the company's operations lean and improve quality and productivity. A subsection of a quay or pier. Generally numbered / labelled. Estimated / actual time of arrival and departure of vessels and the precise berth location. Capacity/usage calculation. The process of a vessel arriving alongside the berth.

Berthing information and crane allocation information used for planning and operations. Side of the Vessel which will be alongside the Berth. (Port side or Starboard side.) Yard Planning: See Container Attribute Group (CAG). Ship Planning: See Prestow Attribute Combination (PAC) Container that is most accessible in a block stack that meets requirements. The provision to a client of examples and constructive consultation for improved logistics processes in the delivery of goods and services.

See Export Receipt Advice

An unconditional order in writing to pay a certain sum of money to a named person. Abbreviation: B/L, plural Bs/L. A document which evidences a contract of carriage by sea. Has the following functions: A receipt for goods, signed by a duly authorised person on behalf of the carriers; A document of title to the goods described therein; Evidence of the terms and conditions of carriage agreed upon between the two parties. A particular article, stipulation or single proviso in a bill of lading. A clause can be standard and can be preprinted on the bill of lading. A list of all parts, sub-assemblies and raw materials that constitute a particular assembly, showing the quantity of each required item. Defines the schedule of billing (eg. weekly, monthly, etc.) An item of work which is chargeable. All items of work can be split into records which will make up the invoice. The party (customer) who will be invoiced. Time period that covered by an invoice. A road semi-trailer with retractable running gear to allow mounting on a pair of rail bogies. A defined area in the yard for storing containers / chassis consisting of rows, stacks, tiers and columns for ground areas, and rows and slots for wheeled storage. A number of railway wagons (loaded with containers), departing from a certain place and running straight to a place of destination, without marshalling, transhipping or any coupling or de-coupling of wagons. Post fixed to a berth or a vessel, for securing mooring ropes. A platform that does not have the ISO corner fittings and is generally used for RoRo operations. A bolster cannot be handled either full or empty by a container spreader without special gear.

See Internal Transfer Vehicle

In good faith; without dishonesty, fraud or deceit. The storage of certain goods under charge of customs viz. customs seal until the import duties are paid or until the goods are taken out of the country. Dutiable cargo upon which duties have not been paid i.e. cargo in transit or warehoused pending customs clearance. Warehouse where cargo can be stored under bond. The offering by a shipper of cargo for transport and the acceptance of the offering by the carrier or his agent.

See Booking Reference Number (BRN)

Abbreviation: BRN. The number assigned to a booking by the shipping line or his agent.

See Expected Booking Forecast (EBF) See Cones.

Handling of containers with equipment attached to the four bottom corner fittings. Colloquial name for container. Pallet with at least three fixed, removable or collapsible, vertical sides.

See Securing See Distribution Centre

Old term meaning to commence discharge or break down unitised cargo. More commonly used as shorted form of "Break-Bulk Cargo". (See Uncontainerised Cargo)

See Uncontainerised Cargo

Periods of rest, when no work is conducted. May be paid or unpaid. Abbreviation: BTS. Distance between the bridge and stern of a vessel.

The cargo space which is unavoidably lost when stowing cargo. The percentage of wasted space depends upon the kind of cargo, the packing and the used spaces. Person who acts as an agent or intermediary in negotiating contracts. British Standards Institution Specification for freight containers. Fixed stops at end of crane rail in order to stop long-travelling of quay crane. Intermediate storage area used to temporarily hold cargo to allow a continuous flow of work to be achieved despite differences in equipment working rates e.g. several straddle carriers may move containers between yard positions and buffer area near quay crane, whilst one straddle carrier moves containers between buffer area and quay crane. An ORGANISED buffer is a buffer area with logical, specific container stacking positions defined, in the same way as standard yard blocks. An UNORGANISED buffer is a buffer area with no logical, specific container stacking positions defined. Buffer operation mode for assigning equipment to Activity Point, which can be performed in two steps: QUAY to BUFFER will be done by dedicated equipment; BUFFER AREA to YARD will be done by a set of equipment assigned to buffer area. A quantity of goods or articles kept in store to safeguard against unforeseen shortages or demands. Uncontainerised, unpacked homogeneous cargo poured loose in a certain space of a vessel or container e.g. oil and grain. A container designed for the carriage of free-flowing dry cargoes, which are loaded through hatchways in the roof of the container and discharged through hatchways at one end of the container. Container may have glass slit at the rear side to see level of contents. A number of container with similar attributes, (e.g. ISO, Vessel, Port of Discharge, etc.) moved in convoy. See

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A number of flat containers collapsed and bundled together, so as to be lifted as one with with one reference number. Tank spaces on board a vessel to store fuel. Abbreviation: BIR. Philippines government body for collection of revenue. French classification society. The process of investigating and evaluating an organisation to clarify processes and procedures. Abbreviation: BDR. The accumulation of business data taken from a system to reuse this data in other systems. A business process is the action taken to respond to particular events, convert inputs into outputs, and produce particular results. Business processes are what the enterprise must do to conduct its business successfully. The business process model provides a breakdown (process decomposition) of all levels of business processes within the scope of a business area. It also shows process dynamics, lower-level process interrelationships. In summary it includes all diagrams related to a process definition that allows for understanding what the business process is doing (and not how.) Business condition under which data items are created, related and maintained. Prevent a job from allocation to equipment (with option to hold dependant jobs.)

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Cargo Handling Cargo Handling Requirements Cargo In/Out Cargo List Cargo Primary / Secondary Class Cargo Restriction Code Cargo Summary Cargo Unit Carrier Carrier Haulage Carrying Temperature Cartage Cash On Delivery Cell Cell Guide Cell Order Number Cell Position Cell Sequence Cellular Vessel Centre of Gravity Certificate of Classification

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Charterer Chassis Chassis Area Chassis Planning Checked Container Choke Point Choke Point Control Classification Classification Society

Clean Bill of Lading

Cleared Without Examination Client Clip On Unit Closed Ventilated Container Coaming Coastal Cargo COD Customer COD Invoice Collapsible Container Column Column Attribute Selection Combi Bay Combi Section Combined Arrastre & Wharfage Invoice Comma Separated Values File Commercial Invoice Commodity Commodity Box Rate Commodity Code

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Container/Chassis Marriage Containerised Cargo Contraband Contract Contract Dates Controlled Concentration Stacking Controlled Random Stacking - CRS Conventional Cargo Converter Dolly COPARN

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Transport of goods between two ports or places located in the same country. The visit of a vessel to a port, usually used to distinguish between two visits to the same port during one voyage. A code published by the International Telecommunication Union in its annual List of Ships' Stations to be used for the information interchange between vessels, port authorities and other relevant participants in international trade. Note: The code structure is based on a three digit designation series assigned by the ITU and a one digit assigned by the country of registration. Nominating a truck to enter terminal for cargo exchange. Electronic board used at terminal pre-gate / in gates. Displays next truck identification number that will be allowed entry into the terminal. Static Capacity: The maximum quantity of cargo which can be stored in a warehouse / terminal, or loaded into a means of transport, at one particular time. Berth Capacity: The maximum cargo throughput possible for a given quay length over a defined period of time. Yard Capacity: The maximum cargo throughput possible for a given yard area / configuration over a defined period of time. The sections used for stowing cargo on a RoRo / ConRo vessel, between the weather deck and the level of external ramp. Include: Equipment attributes (for equipment as cargo e.g. chassis); Cargo attributes; Arrival details where known (vehicle, vehicle operator, timing); Departure details where known (vehicle, vehicle operator, timing); Cargo conditions (Customs hold, Quarantine clearance, Shipping line release etc) All procedures necessary to enable the physical handling of cargo. Specification of the method, timing, storage and resource requirements in the discharge, load, receival, delivery, and movement of cargoes, including special stowage requirements. Includes cargo in or out of a container and equipment. Equipment may arrive with or without cargo, but is still defined as cargo in or out. A list of cargo details, sorted by various means (container number, cargo marks, ship stowage position etc) Hazardous cargo that has the same UN number but may have multiple IMDG classes A code indicating that the use of a certain container is restricted to particular commodity type. Summary of cargo giving basic information only e.g. numbers of units by port of discharge, total weights by commodity etc Individual item of containerised or unitised cargo. The party undertaking transport of cargo from one point to another. The inland transport service, which is performed by the sea-carrier under the terms and conditions of the tariff and of the relevant transport document.

See Setting - Air Delivery Temperature See Haulage

Abbreviation : COD. Invoice and payment received at point of delivery. Location on board a vessel where one container can be stowed. Steel bars and rails on a vessel used to steer containers during loading and discharging. Order of stowage within a bay. The location of a cell on board of a vessel identified by a code for successively the bay, the row and the tier, indicating the position of a container on that vessel. Sequence of discharge / load of containers from / to vessels bay. Also called pattern of operation within a bay section. A vessel, specially designed and equipped for the transport of containers, identified in terms of bay-row-tier. Equipped throughout with cell guides. Point at which the entire weight of a body may be considered as concentrated so that if supported at this point the body would remain in equilibrium in any position. A certificate, issued by the classification society and stating the class under which a vessel is registered.

An amount to be paid for handling of cargo based on the applicable rate of such handling, or an amount to be paid for a special or incidental service in connection with the handling of cargo. A separate, identifiable element of charges to be used in the pricing / rating of common services rendered to customers. A contract in which the shipowner agrees to place his vessel or a part of it at the disposal of a third party, the charterer, for the carriage of goods for which he receives a freight per ton cargo, or to let his vessel for a definite period or trip for which a hire is paid. The legal person who has signed a charter party with the owner of a vessel or an aircraft and thus hires or leases a vessel or an aircraft or a part of the capacity thereof. A wheeled trailer onto which a container is mounted for inland conveyance, which requires to be pulled by an internal tractor vehicle for movement around a terminal, or by a truck for road transportation. Yard area in which bare chassis are marshalled. Planning of receipt / delivery of chassis. Container checked / inspected after arriving at the port. Physical point where trucks are 'called up' to enter the terminal after waiting in the truck holding area. It is used for controlling traffic into the yard.

see Truck Queue Management

Arrangement according to a systematic division of a number of objects into groups, based on some likeness or some common traits. An organisation whose main function is to carry out surveys of vessels, its purpose being to set and maintain standards of construction and upkeep for vessels, their engines and their safety equipment. A classification society also inspects and approves the construction of containers. A bill of lading which does not contain any qualification about the apparent order and condition of the goods to be transported (it bears no stamped clauses on the front of the bill of lading.) It bears no superimposed clauses expressly declaring a defective condition of the goods or packaging (resolution of the ICS 1951.) Abbreviation: CWE. Cleared by customs without physical inspection.

See Customer
Abbreviation: COU. Accessory: Detachable appliance for providing refrigerated airflow to a temperature controlled container (blown air, or port-hole type.) A container of a closed type, similar to a general purpose container, but specially designed for carriage of cargo where ventilation, either natural or mechanical (forced), is necessary. Structure around the hatch or door opening of a ship intended to provide seating for the cover, to stiffen the deck or plates and to prevent the ingress of water. See Domestic Cargo A customer who always pays in cash for the service at the point of delivery. An invoice which is produced for ready cash payment at the point of delivery. Container which can be easily folded, disassembled and reassembled. A group of slots which are vertically on top of each other. Abbreviation: CAS. Container attributes which are used for stacking similar containers during yard planning. Bay containing a mixture of 20' and 40' containers. Section with more than two 20 bays. Abbreviation : CAWI. Philippines term: single invoice for the collection of money due for arrastre & wharfage charges Abbreviation : CSV. A text formatted file used to send details of cargo (e.g. release information, container number information, hold information etc.) to the terminal or to customers. A document showing commercial values of the transaction between the buyer and seller. Indication of the type of cargo. Commodities are coded according to code tables designed by the terminal or vessel operator. A rate classified by commodity and quoted per container. Code used in the classification of goods, which are most commonly produced and traded. The code may be based on the "Harmonised System" or company specific lists.

Containers that are physically out of the terminal. Brand Name. Thermal container served by an external cooling system (e.g. a vessel's cooling system or a clip-on unit), which regulates the temperature of the cargo. Special conical shaped devices inserted between a container and the permanent floor on the deck of a vessel, or between containers in order to prevent shifting of the container during the voyage of the vessel.

See Liner Conference

Accumulation of vessels at a port to the extent that vessels arriving to load or discharge are obliged to wait for a vacant berth. A carrier to whose services the cargo is to be transferred for onward connecting transport (air cargo).

See Drayage
The party such as mentioned in the transport document by whom the goods, cargo or containers are to be received. A separate identifiable number of goods (available to be) transported from one consignor to one consignee via one or more than one modes of transport and specified in one single transport document. A document prepared by the shipper and comprising a transport contract. It contains details of the consignment to be carried to the port of loading and it is signed by the inland carrier as proof of receipt.

See Shipper
CFS : To group and stuff several shipments together in one container. CONTAINER: See Shuffle Container stuffed with several shipments (consignments) from different shippers for delivery to one or more consignees. CFS: The grouping together of smaller consignments of goods into a large consignment for carriage as a larger unit in order to obtain a reduced rate. CONTAINER: See Shuffle Location where consolidation of consignments takes place.

see Agent
A form of co-operation between two or more shipping lines to operate as a group on a particular service or services. Crane Work Management System used in SCT. An item of equipment as defined by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) for transport purposes. It must be of: a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods, by one or more modes of transport without intermediate reloading; fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly from one mode of transport to another; so designed as to be easy to fill and empty; having an internal volume of 1 m3 or more. The term container includes neither vehicles nor conventional packing. Containers received from other countries are typically identified as 'International Containers'. Containers received from terminals/ports of the same country are typically identified as 'Domestic Containers'. (There are exceptions eg ATI terminal - Manila). Abbreviation: CAG. A filter of container attributes grouped together in order to identify containers for the purpose of yard planning.

See Container Attribute Group

Original status of container, (eg. Import, Export, Transhipment, etc.), independent of entry and exit modes of container. Base status indicators are : I -Import, T- Transhipment, E - Export, X - Re-export, R - Restow, Y - Redelivery, B - Remain on board, S - Storage. Can also be : Laden/Unladen, FCL (Full Container Load), LCL (Less than container Load), FAK (Freight All Kinds). A vehicle specially built for the purpose of transporting a container so that, when container and chassis are assembled, the produced unit serves as a road trailer. An inspection of the physical attributes of a container. The digit of the serial number of a container used to check whether prefix and serial number are correct. (In most cases is the 7th digit, others could be the 6th or 8th digit). If voyage cancelled or there is change of vessels container can be de-manifested from one vessel and remanifested to another voyage. Storage area for empty containers.

Abbreviation: CFS. A facility at which (export) LCL or FCL cargo is received from merchants for stuffing (loading) into containers or at which (import) LCL or FCL cargo is unstuffed (unloaded) from containers and delivered to merchants. Abbreviation : CHE. Equipment used to lift and carry cargo/containers in the yard. The contract by which the owner of containers (lessor) gives the use of containers to a lessee for a specified period of time and for fixed payments. Full, Empty, Laden/Unladen, FCL (Full Container Load)/LCL (Less than container Load), FAK (Freight All Kinds), Partial. The controlling and positioning of containers and other equipment. The document specifying the contents of particular freight containers or other transport units, prepared by the party responsible for their loading into the container or unit. The number of actions performed by container handling equipment over a period. Identification number of a container consisting of prefix and serial number and check digit. (e.g. KNLU 123456-7) Party who is responsible for Billing etc, for the current container life. A party who has a container at his disposal and who is entitled to lease or sell the container. Access to holes for forklift tynes. Also called Tyne Pockets. See Fork Pockets. A certain stock of containers which is jointly used by several container carriers and/or leasing companies. A four letter code that forms the first part of a container identification number indicating the owner of a container. Note : some containers may only have three letters, (eg. ANC). Abbreviation : CRN. As used in the Australian Custom Service. Abbreviation: CSC. International convention for safe containers.

See Container Number.

Container related Services. Charges to be paid by cargo interests as per tariff. An indication of the nominal length and nominal height via two digits. See also: Size / Type ISO6346 Place where loaded and/or empty containers are loaded or discharged to or from a means of transport. Two digits, the first of which indicates the category and the second of which indicates certain physical characteristics or other attributes. See also: Size/Type ISO6346 Abbreviation: CY. A facility at which full and empty containers are received from or delivered to the Merchant by or on behalf of the Carrier. Note: this yard may be used to receive uncontainerised, unitised goods on behalf of the merchant and for packing into containers ie there may also be uncontainerised cargo in the yard. Container mounted on a chassis. Cargo packed within containers. Goods forbidden by national law to be imported or exported. An agreement enforceable by law between two or more parties stipulating their rights and obligations which are required by one or both parties to acts or forbearance by the other or both. Start and End dates for commencement and termination of the contract. Start date is when the rates and conditions set out in the contract take effect. The end date is when they expire. Abbreviation: CCS. Similar containers stacked in same row. Abbreviation: CRS. Similar containers stacked in the same Column.

See Uncontainerised
An auxiliary undercarriage assembly consisting of a chassis, fifth wheel and towbar used to convert a semi-trailer or a container chassis to a full trailer. EDI message type (export pre-advice) in UN/EDIFACT

The combination of individual skills and use of technologies that underlay the various products and or services of a business. The fundamental set of data that is needed to convey the essential minimum detail for a specific transaction type. Ideally the detail should be all required pieces of information with no, or at least the very minimum of, options. Systems which are corporately owned and used globally. The systems are managed and controlled by a global team of specialists. The systems are considered as key for the general functioning of the entire company. Fittings located at the corners of containers providing means of supporting, stacking, handling and securing the container. Vertical structural member at either side of an 'end frame' of a container joining a top and a bottom corner fitting (and thereby forming a 'corner structure'). A substitution for what has been wrong in a prior data interchange between computers in accordance with interchange agreements. Country in which the goods have been produced or manufactured, according to criteria laid down for the purpose of application of the customs tariff, of quantitative restrictions, or of any other measure related to trade. Cost of terminal lifting equipment used to load/unload cargo to/from vehicle (truck/train/barge). A machine designed for moving and lifting weight by means of a movable projecting arm or a horizontal beam, which is able to travel over a certain distance. A way of allocating a crane to a particular area of the wharf or ship for moving cargo/containers. Can be : long travel; cross travel; boom up/down, and can be laden/unladen. Rail on which cranes / gantry moves. A measurement of performance expressed in moves per hour. Rate at which the crane moves container/cargo. It can vary from vessel to vessel, crane to crane. It is split as following : Crane Gross Rate = Total number of containers moved / Total crane operating hours. Crane Net Rate = Total number of containers moved / (Total crane operating hours - all recorded delay hours). Crane Real Rate = Total number of containers moved / (Total crane operating hours - 'allowable' delay hours) Crane work plan. Order in which a crane will work cargo spaces on a vessel. Distribution of moves across the vessel between cranes assigned to it. Abbreviation: CWP. The creation of a crane work plan that indicates the order in which work queues will be worked by the cranes allocated over the duration of the vessel operations (also known as an Order of Work). It is a combined version of the vessel discharge and load plans, which also takes into account the requirements of all vessels being worked simultaneously at any time in the duration of the plan. Method by which the service provider refunds part or all of an invoice. Can be a separate document or may appear as a line item on an invoice. A medium of exchange of value, defined by reference to the geographical location of the authorities responsible for it (ISO4217). In general, the monetary unit involved in a transaction and represented by a name or a symbol. The balance amount at any point in time that the customer owes to a Service Provider. Abbreviation : CHA. Prepares Custom Documentation on behalf of the Consignee or Consignor. A party with which a company has a commercial relationship concerning the transport of e.g. cargo or concerning certain services of the company concerned, either directly or through an agent. OAC Customers are given a credit limit. The level of debt a company is willing to shoulder on behalf of the Customer at any one time. Abbreviation : CIS. System used to share detailed information with clients and management. Number allocated to a Customer for identification and Billing purpose. Cargo collected by a customer. A performance measure of customer service. Note: generally this is seen as the degree with which customer orders can be executed, in accordance with the terms which are generally accepted in the market. Value assigned to a Customer. This can be used as a grouping item (e.g. If they are COD or OAC Customers.)

The department of the Civil Service that deals with the levying of duties and taxes on imported goods from foreign countries and the control over the export and import of goods e.g. allowed quota prohibited goods. An area where Customs may conduct checks, and inspection of cargo. An authorised agent specialised in customs clearance procedures on account of importers/exporters. Customs broker or other agent of the consignee designated to perform customs clearance services for the consignee. Document required by the customs in an importing country in which an exporter states the invoice or other price (e.g. selling price, price of identical goods), and specifies costs for freight, insurance and packing etc., terms of delivery and payment, for the purpose of determining the customs value in the importing country of goods consigned to that country. Customs permission for a container to proceed on its journey. The worth of an item or group of items expressed in a monetary amount, within a consignment declared to Customs for duty and statistical reasons. That portion of stock available or planned to be available in a given period for normal demand, excluding excess stock and safety stock.

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Shipping Line container which is designed for the carriage of goods other than liquids. Abbreviation : DV. Regular size 20' or 40' container with all solid sides closed. Refers to the Quay Crane and the equipment moving/lifting one import followed by one export to ensure crane/equipment is moving laden at all times. The process of loading and discharging containers simultaneously. Stowage material, mainly timber or board, used to support cargo on the deck, and providing space between cargo and deck to allow wires, ropes or forklift blades to be used to lift cargo. An area where goods or cargo can be stored without paying import customs duties awaiting further transport or manufacturing. Amount of time of cargo/container spent at terminal from time of arrival to time of departure (vessel, road, rail, barge). Work queue created by dynamic dispatch allowing containers to be selected at the time of operations. Selection of container for the job at the time the job is required by the CHE ie not using a pre-defined list. Abbreviation: DLG. Assigning of yard slots to containers at the time of 'picking' cargo, using the latest yard profile information. Temporary equipment pool which is created by the Operations Controller, based on the operations progress and real time situations. These pools can created, modified or deleted based on the requirement.

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That speed of a means of transport which produces the best possible financial result for the owner. Such speed should not be in excess of the maximum or minimum output allowed for the engine(s). Abbreviation: UN / EDIFACT. The ISO application level syntax rules for the structuring of user data and of the associated service data in the interchange of messages in an open environment. Entity to process incoming and outgoing EDI messages. The act of coming or going out. Exit point for equipment in yard rows. The process of transacting business electronically. This includes the sharing of unstructured of structured business information by any electronic means among suppliers, customers, governmental bodies, service providers and other parties in order to conduct and execute transactions in business, administrative and other activities. Abbreviation: EDI. The transfer of structured data, by agreed standards from applications on the computer of one party to the applications on the computer of another party by electronic means. Abbreviatoin : EFT. Electronic transfer of funds between Finacial Institutions. Abbreviation : eIDO. EDI message received by the Terminal containing details of import container. The sending of unstructured messages through the use of computer systems from one person to others. Abbreviation: ECH. A forklift whose safe working load only permits the lifting of empty containers. Abbreviation : MT. A container that doesn't contain cargo. Move performed by equipment when not carrying containers. A method of converting information into a form which can be transmitted over insecure channels such as phone lines so that confidentiality is preserved. Abbreviation : EFST. End of free storage period for import containers in the yard. After this period a charge will apply for any extra day of storage. Also known as Time Up. Time container was first received into the Terminal. Material resources necessary to facilitate the transport and handling of cargo. Equipment may be owned by terminal or third party. Examples of terminal owned equipment are ITV,IMV,Tug, Truck,RTG,RMG, Chassis, Straddle. Third party equipment includes Containers, Chassis (including trailers, mafis), Clip-on units, Generator sets (Gensets), Pallets Maximum available equipment - Available equipment based on the physical available equipment and available labour. The point at which two or more pieces of equipment are unable to work due to proximity. Also the possibility to cause congestion in the yard area affecting the equipment operations. Abbreviation: EIR. Physical inspection and transfer receipt. Valid - If the required container information is available at the time of arrival at ingate. Invalid - If any error occurred at in-gate that has to be attended to by customer service. Cancelled - Marked as cancelled for receipt/delivery for the trip. Completed - Yard operations have been completed. Mode of equipment type involved in doing a job, usually defined at activity point level. Operating cargo handling equipment without assigning to specific activity points, so work may be allocated in the most efficient manner. Rate at which the equipment carries, fetch and completes moves. It can be calculated as follows : Gross Rate = Total number of equipment moves / total equipment operating hours. Net Rate = Total number of equipment moves / (total equipment operating hours - total equipment delay hours). Run-Hour Rate = Total number of equipment moves / total equipment running hours. Usage of equipment. A ratio of used hours to available hours Abbreviation: ETA. Approximate date / time of arrival at a terminal. Abbreviation: ETB. Approximate date / time of vessel berthing at the berth / anchorage point

Abbreviation: ETD. Approximate date / time of departure from a terminal. Abbreviation: ETUB. Approximate date / time of vessel unberthing from the berth / anchorage point Said of a vessel which is balanced in such a way that the draft forward and aft are the same as the draft in the midship of the vessel on both sides. A log of all events that occurred during a specified period (also called a shift log). It will include summaries of work done (containers/cargo handled), tasks performed (e.g. bays unlashed etc) as well as special moves (e.g. extraordinary moves, large cargo items received/delivered directly) and other information useful when analysing the terminals performance (e.g. lack of resources, weather etc)

See Exemption Clause

Excess quantity received against the manifest or bill of lading quantity.

See Exchange Point

An area in the terminal at which cargo is exchanged between one terminal asset and another e.g. the point at which a fork-lift might stack containers to be picked up by straddle carriers. Abbreviation: EIS. An information system that automatically extracts statistical data from operating systems and allows management to view data historically or on-line. A clause in a contract, which relieves the carrier's responsibility for certain events. Abbreviation: EBF. Initial list of containers for a vessel / voyage, usually in incomplete form eg without actual container numbers. Also forecast based on past information of containers related to a vessel / voyage for a particular duration (eg. six months). Moves expected to be done by the equipment, in order to complete an operational task. Prediction of moves for road, rail or other activities.

See Estimated Time of Arrival See Estimated Time of Berthing See Estimated Time of Departure See Estimated Time of Un-Berthing
The 'rushing' or 'chasing' of production or purchase orders which are needed in less than the normal lead time.

See Disposable Pallet

Costs paid out in connection with booking of cargo and arranging transport (e.g. commission). Termination of a certain period. Abbreviation : ECR. Philippines term: pre-printed, pre-numbered document to record export cargo receipt at CFS and used for CAWI payment. Abbreviaton : ECN. As used in Australian Customs Service, required to load an export container to a vessel. The time after which export containers are not allowed at the Terminal, except for late containers.

See Export Clearance Number

Abbreviation : EDE. CFS - List of containers to be used for stuffing. Abbreviation : EDN. Used for Cargo Management Re-engineering( CMR) by the Australian Customs Service. Document granting permission to export as detailed within a specified time. Company, packing goods for export. Abbreviation : ERA. Document(s) received either electronically or manually, describing details of cargo to be exported. The time from which export containers can come in, except for early containers. The party responsible for the export of goods. (Multi)Hinged platform raised/lowered by RoRo/ConRo Ship to access quay to the inside of the Ship. In can be on the side fore and/or aft. Transfer of containers between two terminals operated by two separate parties and not going through normal Customers, clients (eg. Shipping Lines, Container Operators, Haulier, etc.).

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A term used to distinguish manufacturing operations for components as opposed to assembly operations. May refer to a Terminal, CFS, Warehouse, Examination Area etc. The delivery of goods by a factory whereby the goods are put at the disposal of another (internal) party such as a commercial department. Container with mechanical fan at one end requiring electrical power. Abbreviation: FMC. Federal Maritime Commission (Control of Shipping acts USA) Resources that feed containers to another (usually larger) resource. The rate at which containers are delivered to the quay crane (Activity Point). Measured in containers / hour. A vessel normally used for local or coastal transport (for carriage of cargo) to and from ports not scheduled to be called by the mother vessel, directly connecting these ports to the mother vessel. Smaller than mother vessels, generally used on shorter routes. An appliance made of rubber, timber and/or rope or other materials normally attached to a dock or quay used to prevent damage to the hull of a vessel especially during mooring and un-mooring operations. Ship carrying passengers and or vehicles engaged in regular short voyages, e.g. across a river or narrow body of water, between two or more places or ports. Circular or wheel-shaped bearing mechanism, secured on the rear of the chassis of a truck- tractor that engages the semi-trailer king pin with a spring lock device and supports the weight of the front end of the semi-trailer. May be used to refer to a truck that utilises this locking mechanism. Abbreviation : FTP. Protocol used to transfer files between computers connected via the File Transfer Protocol. The Final Document sent to the customer and final details sent to the financial system. List of containers actually loaded to a vessel. Abbreviation : FPD. Final Port of Destination. The ultimate port of destination of the cargo. Transaction relating to money exchange. Transaction with monetary value exchange (eg. Invoices, credit notes, debit notes etc.). Abbreviation: FIFO. The method whereby the cargo which has been longest in stock (first in) is used, delivered (sold) and/or consumed first (first out). A crane of which the principal structure is mounted on permanent or semi-permanent foundations. An indication of the country in which a means of transport is registered through a reference to the ensign of this country. Capable to be set on fire under given circumstances. (Amendment 25 IMO DGS). The lowest temperature at which a good produces enough vapour to form a flammable mixture with air.

See Flat Rack Container

A wheeled trailer or a semi-trailer with a flat cargo carrying surface or deck and without any superstructure. A container with two end walls or end posts and open sides. Chassis Operation: Exchange of container from one chassis to another. A crane mounted on a barge or pontoon, which can be towed or is self-propelled. A floating structure which can be partially submerged to enable vessels to enter and to leave and which can be raised for use as a dry dock.

See Pipeline Inventory

The placing of containers by tier, forming a floor or platform. On a vessel, workers can then walk / work on this platform. A focal point is used by the yard planning process to determine the optimal location for cargo. For example, a container may be discharged from a vessel for onward move by train. As we dont know at this time which train wagon the cargo will eventually be loaded to, we create a train focal point, which is a generic point probably central to the train siding, which is then used by yard planning to obtain a more optimal yard position for the cargo.

The yard shuffle that is generated immediately a container is placed into a buffer area. This could occur when moving a container from the yard to a ship- or train-side buffer prior to loading, or when moving the container from the ship/train to the buffer area on discharge Circumstance which is beyond the control of one of the parties to a contract and which may, according to the terms and conditions, relieve that party of liability for failing to execute the contract. Stowage from the bow to the stern (lengthwise), as opposed to stowage athwartships. An estimation or calculation in advance; a prediction e.g. the amount of cargo expected to be booked for a certain sailing of a vessel. Abbreviation: Fo'c's'le. Forward part of a vessel where stores, ropes and anchor chains are located.

See Front Lifter

Also known as Tyne Pockets. See Fork Pockets Abbreviation: FLT. A three or four wheeled mechanical truck with forks at the front designed for lifting, carrying and stowing cargo. Openings or recesses in a side of a container for the entry of the forks of a fork lift truck. Also known as Tyne Pockets Abbreviation: FEU. Unit of measurement equivalent to one forty foot container. The party arranging the carriage of goods including connected services and/or associated formalities on behalf of a shipper or consignee.

See Bill of Lading.

Charges paid or to be paid for preliminary surface or air transport to the airport of departure by a forwarder, but not by a carrier under an Air Waybill (air cargo). Document issued to a freight forwarder, giving instructions to the forwarder for the forwarding of goods described therein.

See Core Systems

A pallet of which the frame permits the entry of forks of e.g. a fork lift truck at all four sides. Abbreviation : FSM. The movement caused by the free movement of liquid in a partially-filled space resulting from rolling of a vessel form side to side. Abrreviation : FAK. A container that contains cargo for several consignees (ie several LCLs).

See Agent
Abbreviation : FL. Fork lift truck used for handling containers, by lifting from the front of the container (as opposed to lifting from the top of the container). Abbreviation: FCL. Container fully loaded with cargo for the one consignee. Abbreviation: FCL. An indication for a truck transporting cargo directly from supplier to receiver. The process of fumigating due to pests infestation. Location where cargo may be fumigated.

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A number of workmen acting together especially for loading and/or discharging operations of a vessel in combination with the necessary geareg a 6 gangs can be ordered to discharge or load a vessel.) A crane or hoisting machine mounted on a frame or structure spanning an intervening space The sections of the vessel used for stowing cargo on the Roro/Conro ship lower than the level of the external ramp. The process that describes the means of receiving / delivering cargo at a terminal.

See Equipment Interchange Receipt

A point at which cargo is interchanged between carriers or modes of transport. Also, a means of access, an entry. More commonly used as abbreviation for EDI Gateway.

See Uncontainerised Cargo

Abbreviation: GIN. Unique reference number referring to bill of lading. Set of Books where Income and Expenditure amounts are entered. Part of Financial System and Central Area where transactions are registered. A container used for the carriage of general cargo without any special requirements for the transport and or the conditioning of the goods. Portable motor generator used as a power source (e.g. for thermal containers.) Accessory. German classification society. Abbreviation : GAS. Snail often found inside or in the outer lining of containers. It is a dangerous pest for the flora in many countries. Prevalent in South East Asia Abbreviation : GPS. A position detection system utilising satellites and beacons in the terminal to record accurately the position of vehicles. The goods which have departed from the initial loading point and not yet arrived at the final unloading point. A separate identifiable quantity of products or articles of a single type. Document issued by a port, warehouse, shed, or terminal operator acknowledging receipt of goods specified therein on conditions stated or referred to in the document. Gooseneck shaped front end of a trailer or chassis. Recess front bottom of a container to reduce the total height of the chassis plus container. The availability of environmentally friendly equipment for transport. Describes the yard area where RTGs / RMGs operate. Also, see Transfer Area An indication of the position of a container in a bay plan by means of a combination of page number, column and line. The page number often represents the bay number. Also used to refer to specific truck grid. Abbreviation: GRT. The measure of the overall size of a vessel determined in accordance with the provisions of the international convention on measurement of vessels usually expressed in register ton. Weight (mass) of goods including packing, but excluding the carrier's equipment expressed in whole kilograms e.g. total weight of container including cargo (in kilograms). Total number of TEUs that can be accommodated in the yard at ground level. The collection of several small consignments and the formation of one large shipment thereof (road cargo). A manifest containing freight details without any appropriate disbursements. A location where groupage activities take place (road-cargo). Matching containers according to attributes.

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An open top container, fitted with or without soft or hard cover, 4'3" in height. Abbreviation : HHT. Device which communicates with the host system via radio frequency, held in the hand (as opposed to a Vehicle Mounted Terminal , VMT). Used for updating data to/from host remotely. Indication how cargo is to be handled. Service concerning the physical handling of cargo.

See Equipment Interchange Receipt

Discharge containers entered/uploaded via EDI but appearing to be 'hanging' (ie appearing to be stowed in second height or above without container record in slot below)on Vessel. Also containers confirmed in the Yard but due to cancellation could be also appearing as 'hanging'. Abbreviation: HS. A numeric multi purpose system. The international convention on the HS was established under auspices of the World Customs Organisation in 1983, for the classification of goods with its six digits covering about 5000 descriptions of the products or groups of products most commonly produced and traded. It is designed for customs services, but can also be used for statistics, transport purposes, export, import and manufacturing. Watertight means of closing the hatchway of a vessel.

See Hatch Cover

A list of cargoes destined to be loaded/discharged onto/from a vessel hatch, usually broken down by deck/hold. A plan of the distribution by hatch (and deck within hatch) of cargo on a vessel, and includes cargo ID, some attribute values, and vessel location for each cargo unit. It is the General cargo vessel equivalent of the container ship bay plan or RoRo deck plan Bays that start from underdeck and extend on deck. Without a hatchlid in between. Opening in the deck of a vessel through which cargo is loaded into, or discharged from the hold and which is closed by means of a hatch cover. The inland carriage of cargo or containers between named locations / points. Merchant inspired Carrier Haulage or customer nominated Carrier Haulage or shipper preferred Carrier Haulage service performed by a subcontractor of the merchant. Carrier inspired Merchant Haulage means Haulage service performed by a sub- contractor of the Carrier Company performing haulage function. Abbreviation: HAZ. Container stuffed with cargo defined as hazardous by the IMDG code. An area of the yard with defined location, but with undefined container slots within. Thermal container served by a heat producing appliance. Single commodity exceeding the capacity of normal loading equipment and requiring special equipment and rigging methods for handling. A vessel specially designed and equipped for the carriage of heavy lift cargo. The inland area served by a port. An amount of goods which is added to an original consignment as the owner and the destination are the same as those of the original consignment. Loading condition of a vessel in such a way that the centre of the vessel is slightly raised (arch-wise in the centre). The space below the deck of a vessel, used to carry cargo. Also, to describe prevention of handling of cargo due to Customs, non-payment of invoices, shipping request. The port of registration of a vessel. Priority discharging or destuffing ( time sensitive cargo) fo cargo. Site-specific term to indicate hatch containing cargo enable priority discharge at arrival port ie usually required for direct discharge to vehicle to meet a Just In Time delivery. Cells that are close to the source of heat such as ships engine. These are the locations where hazardous cargo carrying containers should not be placed. Place of receipt respectively delivery (name and address) in case of carrier haulage.

The transport of cargo from the premises of the consignor to the premises of the consignee. Note: In the United States the term 'Point to Point Transport' is used instead of the term 'House to House' or 'Door to Door Transport', because the term 'house' may mean 'customs house' or 'brokers house', which are usually located in the port.

See Shuffle (Housekeeping)

The central transhipment point in a transport structure, serving a number of consignees and/or consignors by means of spokes. The stretches between hubs mutually are referred to as trunks.

See Piggyback
Taking care of a vessel's non cargo related operations as instructed by the master or owner of such vessel. Abbreviation: HTTP. Underlying protocol used to transmit information via the world wide web. Abbreviation: HTTPS. HTTP protocol utilising SSL to transmit confidential information securely via the world wide web.

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The amount of ineffective time whereby the available resources are not used. Also equipment available for use but not manned. Abbreviation : IMR. System where images are translated into text data and transferred to operating system. Generally used for cargo identification. Relates to a specific activity point, and is a sub-set of the activity point structure that the optimise despatch process is working on at any given point in time. The imminent work plan, in effect, considers only those work instructions about to be executed. Constitutes a set of prioritised, short listed work instructions with: Resource pools & area coverage (for both assets & labour); Optimisation method (manual/auto) to be used; Performance targets.

See Manifest.
Customer declaration to customs for imports. Party licensed to import cargo. Usually dealing with the agent or consignee. The point of entry to a terminal for external trucks. The status of goods or persons between the outwards customs clearance and inwards customs clearance. Area of the Yard which have been blocked due to repairs or equipment downtime. (For Work Queues and Activity Points). No instructions being allocated. Currently not under operation. Cargo that is arriving at the terminal / warehouse / CFS from an external location. Abbreviation : IGM. See Manifest Application which transfers data into a local system from an external system. Compensation for a loss and/or the expenses incurred. Any route other than the direct route. System of roads, waterways, airfields, ports and/or telecommunication networks in a certain area. Entry point for equipment in yard rows. Abbreviation: ICD. Inland location where cargo, particularly containerised cargo, may be cleared by customs. Transport document made out to a named person, to order or to bearer, signed by the carrier and handed to the sender after receipt of the goods. Nominated area dedicated to examination of cargo. Thermal container without the use of devices for cooling and/or heating. Container frame holding one or more thermal insulated tanks for liquids. Thermal container designed to carry refrigerated cargo and equipped with built in refrigeration motor

See Inter Terminal Transfer (Internal)

Abbreviation: ITT. EXTERNAL: Move between the terminal and another terminal where a different system is being used, without passing through a gate process. INTERNAL: Move between the terminal and another terminal where the same system is being used, without passing through a gate process. Abbreviation : IVR. Software application that accepts a combination of voice telephone input and touch-tone keypad selection and provides appropriate responses in the form of voice, fax, callback, e-mail and other media. Usually part of a larger application that includes Database access. Contractual agreement between shipping line and haulier that specifies hauliers right to receive cargo. An area where equipment and/or containers are exchanged. See Exchange Area, Transfer Area Opposite of coastal, intercoastal refers to water transport carried out between different coasts. A co-operative formed by 19 European Railways, for the management of international rail container traffic in Europe. A boundary across which two independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other. BATCH: The data entered in source system is expected to be available in target system with a much larger latency than on-line systems. At times the latency period may not be fixed and the uploads may be event driven. REAL-TIME: The events that arise have to be handled within specified latency that is usually very small. ONLINE: The data entered in source system is expected to be available in target system with a larger latency than real time systems and a smaller latency than batch systems. Unit providing the interface data to the target system. Unit receiving the interface data from the source system that provides the data.

Two or more road transport companies joining operations to bring cargo to a certain destination. A carrier with whom another carrier has an interline agreement.

See Combined Transport

Abbreviation : IMV. See Internal Transfer Vehicle (Multi) Hinged platform raised / lowered / fixed connecting internal areas inside a RoRo / ConRo vessel. Abbreviation : ITV. Tractor unit used (with chassis) to transfer containers or cargo within the terminal. User working locally at the terminal site. A work instruction generated within Ops Control Move Management (OCMM) from the processes: Optimise despatch (in the case of access shuffles); Execute job (in the case of buffer follow-on moves) Abbreviation: IACS. An organisation in which the major classification societies, among others American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's Register of Shipping and Germanischer Lloyd, are joined, whose principal aim is the improvement of standards concerning safety at sea. Abbreviation: ICS. A voluntary organisation of national shipowner' associations with the objective to promote interests of its members, primarily in the technical and legal fields of shipping operations. Abbreviation: ILO. An United Nations agency, dealing with employment rights and working conditions, covering work at sea and in ports. Abbreviation: IMDG Code. A code, representing the classification of dangerous goods as defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in compliance with international legal requirements. Abbreviation: IMO. An United Nations agency concerned with safety at sea. Its work includes codes and rules relating to tonnage measurement of vessels, load lines, pollution and the carriage of dangerous goods. Its previous name was the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO). Abbreviation: ISO. A world-wide federation of national standards institutes (ISO member bodies).

A detailed list of goods located in a certain space or belonging to a specified object. Goods available for satisfying certain demands. Inventories may consist of finished goods ready for sale, they may be parts or intermediate items, they may be work in process, or they may be raw materials. An account from the supplier, for goods and/or services supplied by him. Payable statement which lists all items of service supplied, and the price. Unique reference number allocated to each invoice.

See Shuffle
4 digit standardised code describing container size, type, height and usage details. Descriptive group that a container may belong in. Individual article or unit. The route of a means of transport, indicated by the names of the ports of call or other locations, often including estimated arrival and departure dates.

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A mole or breakwater, running out into the sea to protect harbours or coasts. It is sometimes used as a landingProjecting arm of a crane. That work which is undertaken to meet a customer or production order and, for production control purposes, has a unique identification. An instruction for the movement of cargo from one location to another. Also defined as moving a container from one location to another. A job based on the state of the movement can have following statuses : Inactive : A job is said to be inactive when the work queue is submitted for operations from the Planner. Active : A job is said to be active when it is available for being assigned to equipment. Suspended : A job is said to be suspended when it is interrupted. Completed : A job is said to be completed when the container is moved from its start position and placed in it destination position. Cancelled : A job is said to be cancelled when it is dissociated from a work queue. Operations Shipping - It depicts the imports / exports and all cargo / containers for a vessel and their positions in the yard. A segment of a work instruction. A W.I. may be carried out as a single entity, or may be divided up into job segments. Typical segments will be: Time/point at which work instruction is started; Time/point of cargo pick; Time/point of arrival at container row; Time/point of placing of cargo. The To location can be changed as each job segment is completed, based upon updated yard inventory, dynamic yard changes etc, to give the most optimum To location for the cargo. Sequence in which jobs are to be operated and completed. A template that describes the various transport steps of a job e.g. quay crane-ITV-RTG, Quay crane-SC etc. A joint activity of two or more companies usually performed under a common name.

See Voyage
Abbreviation: JIT. The movement of material/goods at the necessary place at the necessary time. The implication is that each operation is closely synchronised with the subsequent ones to make that possible. A method of inventory control that brings stock into the production process, warehouse or to the customer just in time to be used, thus reducing stock piling.

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Longitudinal girder at the lowest point of a vessel from which the framework is built. Abbreviation : KPI. Method of estabilishing vital indicator for a Company in order to be competitive or to gain advantage over other companies. The coupling pin, welded or bolted in the centre of the front underside of a semi-trailer chassis, which couples to the fifth wheel of the towing tractor or dolly convertor. Factors disqualifying a job from being assigned to or serviced by particular equipment. Unit of measurement for the speed (of a vessel) equal to a nautical mile (= 1852 metres) per hour. A system log of Key Performance Indicators at pre-defined intervals for performance analysis/interrogation at a later date.

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Belgian Term: See Delivery Order Personnel used for work. Blue Collar: Employees that perform manual labour tasks. White Collar: Employees thet perform knowledge tasks (e.g. management, administration)

See Full Container Load See Loaded Vessel

Overland transport between following and / or preceding sea transport of cargo. The interface(s) on land between the terminal and external users. To hold cargo in position by the use of lashing equipment, to prevent movement. See also Lighter Aboard Ship Half-height open-top container adapted for storage of ships lashing gear. Container adapted for the safe working of deck stows. Equipment used for lashing (e.g. conlocks, twistlocks, cones, topclamps, lashing cages, lashing bins etc.) Point on a means of transport to which wires, chains, ropes or straps, which are used to hold goods in position, are attached. Abbreviation : LFD. Specifies the date which the container is considered for Import Storage Billling. Abbreviation: LIFO A method of which the assumption is that the most recently received (last in) is the first to be used or sold (first out).

See Late / Early Indicator See Late / Early Indicator

Specifies whether the container is arriving late (e.g. after the export cut-off time) or arriving early (e.g. prior to export start date and time.) The number of days allowed in a charter party for the loading and discharging of cargo. Lay days may be indicated in different ways e.g. consecutive days, working days, weather working days. Temporary cessation of trading of a vessel by the shipowner. A berth used by a vessel with not involving cargo exchange activities, but which may involve other non-cargo related activities during the vessels stay at the berth.

See Fumigation Area

The amount of time between the request of a service and the actual provision of this service. A span of time required to perform an activity. In a logistics context, the time between the initiation of a process and its completion. A contract by which one party gives to another party the use of property or equipment, e.g. containers, for a specified time against fixed payments. The company from which property or equipment is taken on lease. A contract for the leasing of property or equipment. A numbered sequence of ship rotation under same voyage. Abbreviation : LOA. The length of the Vessel measured from the extreme point, forward to the extreme point aft. Abbreviation: LCL. A general reference for identifying cargo in any quantity intended for carriage in a container, where the Carrier is responsible for packing and/or unpacking the container. A consignee's cargo only occupies part of the container. For operational purposes a LCL (Less than full container load) container is considered a container in which multiple consignments or parts thereof are shipped. Abbreviation: LTL. A term used if the quantity or volume of one or more consignment(s) does not fill a standard truck. The party to whom the possession of specified property has been conveyed for a period of time in return for rental payments. The party who conveys specified property to another for a period of time in return for the receipt of rent. Abbreviation: L/C. A written undertaking by a bank (issuing bank) given to the seller (beneficiary) at the request, and on the instructions of the buyer (applicant) to pay at sight or at a determinable future date up to a stated sum of money, within a prescribed time limit and against stipulated documents.

Written statement in which one party undertakes to compensate another for the costs and consequences of carrying out a certain act. The issue of a letter of indemnity is sometimes used for cases when a shipper likes receiving a clean Bill of Lading while a carrier is not allowed to do so. Legal responsibility for the consequences of certain acts or omissions.

See Hatch Cover

A legal claim upon real or personal property to pay a debt or duty. Encompasses all costs associated with the product's life cycle. These include all costs involved in acquisition (research & development, design, production & construction, and phase-in), operation, support and disposal of the product. Twistlock connector that may be used in VTL process to couple two or three containers vertically together so they may be lifted as one unit. This twistlocks should be certified for lifting with a Safe Working Load (SWL) of at least 10 tons. Abbreviation: LOLO. Vessel of which the loading and discharging operations are carried out by cranes and derricks.

See Barge
Abbreviation: LASH. A vessel which carries barges. The carriage of goods within a port area by a barge, e.g. from a vessel to a quay. Small amount of hazardous cargo. Not enough to warrant hazardous check.

One item of an invoice. It will generally list tariff code and line, the amount of the item sold, the price and calculated value of the line item. Unique reference number allocated to a master bill of lading by Indian customs.

See Service See Shipping Line

Condition of carriage denoting that costs for loading and unloading are borne by the carrier subject the custom of the port concerned. Data - A list is simply a display of information (e.g. cargo list, task list, equipment list etc) in a specific order. Even if the information has been generated in a random manner, the result is still a list. The list cannot be used as the basis for working it is simply a means of displaying information. Vessel - Inclination of a ship to port or starboard caused by eccentric weights such as cargo or ballast. Cargo consisting of live animals British classification society. Movement of cargo from land to vehicle. Instruction to cargo equipment driver defining cargo to move on to truck. PIN associated with a truck load. Planning the locations and sequencing of cargo to be loaded on a vessel. A flat surface to facilitate movment of cargo onto trucks, usually alongside a warehouse. Abbreviation: LoLo. See Lift-On, Lift-Off. Abbreviation : LAN. Connection of a number of PCs in a local area sharing common files.

See On-line Charge See On-line Charge See Cones

Abbreviation : LGF. Where the operating system cannot provide a location for a container entering the terminal. Abbreviation: LI. Code indicating current location of a cargo. Defined as the request for a yard location at a processing point e.g. gatehouse. The requests may be made before or after the cargo has entered the yard. It includes: Cargo ID, Cargo details, Yard planning option Prevent changes to the equipment within a equipment pool. To avoid accidental deletion / transfer of equipment from the pool. Also, prevent data from being changed e.g. because a planner is using it to plan a vessel.

A compartment, in a shed or on board of a vessel, used as a safekeeping place to stow valuable goods, which can be secured by means of a lock. The planning, execution and control of the movement and placement of people and/or goods, and of the supporting activities related to such movement and placement within a system organised to achieve specific objectives. All successive links involved in the logistic process. Site specific term. A method of working out yard planning requirements for a current vessel / voyage based on past (historical) data. Abbreviation : LCB. Is the longitudinal distance between amidships and the centre of gravity of the vessel's underwater area. Abbreviation : LCF. Centre of gravity of area, or centre of waterplane of a ship. Abbreviation : LCG. Distance between amidships and the centre of gravity of the vessel.

See Labour (Blue Collar) See Uncontainerised See Truck.

A crane with which the load can be moved to or from the crane horizontally. A crane which rotates about an axis and which utilises a boom that moves up or down. An agreed sum of money, which is paid in full settlement at one time. This term is often used in connection with charter parties. A voyage charter whereby the shipowner agrees to place the whole or a part of the vessel's capacity at the charterer's disposal for which a lump-sum freight is being paid.

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German brand name of a trailer used for RoRo Cargo. First voyage of a vessel or after delivery from new-building to her owner(s). Abbreviation: MLO. A shipping line employing vessel(s) in the main or principal routes in a trade but not participating within a consortium. An area where Maintenance and Repair takes place, to either equipment, containers or accessories. Document, which lists the specifications of cargo, loaded in a means of transport or equipment for transportation purposes. Association of container to a voyage. As a rule, the agents in the place of loading cargo are responsible for creating manifests. Note: For many shipping lines, a manifest represents a cumulation of Bills of Lading for official and administrative purposes. Process whereby billing clerk will manually create a billing event and or an invoice for later payment. Ability to select single container from the Yard and plan it to appropriate location on vessel. The container handling equipment operator confirms details of the job progressively (e.g. enter container number, confirm location.) A plate indicating the name and address of the container manufacturer and particulars of the container. Vessel related services.

See Shipping Marks See Bill of Lading.

Typically the lowest container in a bundle, used for reference. The set of data that is needed to establish sufficient reference material to support the maximum use of precoded, pre-agreed information enabling more efficient transaction messaging. A column in which the Column Attribute Selection string values of the containers in the column, match that of the incoming container. A section in which the Section Attribute Selection string values of the containers in the section match that of the incoming container. Abbreviation: MRP. An inventory and purchasing planning system that integrates product components, lead times and deadlines. Abbreviation : MSDS. Material safety data sheet for dangerous goods cargo. Used for dangerous goods declaration. The activities of loading, unloading, placing and manipulating material and of in-process movement. The planning and control of the activities related to the materials flow from the suppliers up to the end of the conversion/production process. A document signed by the chief officer of a vessel acknowledging the receipt of a certain consignment on board of that vessel. On this document, remarks can be made as to the order and condition of the consignment. Type of vehicle used for the transport of cargo. A ton of one cubic metre water. Is a space measurement. Usually 40 cubic feet or 1 cubic metre. A cargo is assessed a certain rate for every 40 cu.ft or 1 cu.m it occupies. Billing - A collection of "unbilled" events. Abbreviation: MFAG. Instructions to be consulted in case of accidents involving dangerous goods.

See Service Bill

The distance between the centre of gravity of a vessel and a the centre of buoyancy. If the meta- centric height is zero or negative, the vessel will heel or capsize. View of the Vessel showing individual cell locations.

The lowest amount which applies to the transport of a consignment, irrespective of weight or volume. The planned minimum allowable inventory for an independent demand item. Payments received by the terminal not related to its normal operations. Such a payment is not received against an invoice or a deb

A column in which the Column Attribute Selection string values of the containers in the column do not match that of the incoming container. A section in which the Section Attribute Selection string values of the containers in the section do not match that of the incoming container. Container pre-advised but failed to arrive at the terminal. A column that has different Column Attribute Section values one or more of which containers may match the incoming container. A consignment of different commodities, articles or goods, packed or tied together or contained in separate packages. A set of rules optimising the dispatch of move instructions to equipment. Method of transport used for the conveyance of cargo (e.g. by rail, by road, by sea.) A representation of a process or system that attempts to relate the most important variables in the system in such a way that analysis of the model leads to insights into the system. A separate and distinct unit of hardware or software that may be used as a component in a system. Also the stack of containers under an unmanned rail-mounted gantry. Abbreviation : MCTC A vessel normally used for international or intercoastal transport (for carriage of cargo) to and from major scheduled ports. Larger than feeder vessels, generally used on longer routes. The movement of cargo between stack and an activity point. See also Terminal Moves Diagram A move is deadlocked when it cannot be handled. For example, there are no suitable RTGs assigned to a block to handle a container. Distance travelled by equipment to complete a single move. Consisting of container number, 'from' position , and 'to' position. Dynamic re-ordering of all moves (move instructions and associated shuffles included) within the same work queue to make more efficient operation. The inventory during a production process caused by the time required to move goods from one place to another. Belgium: Reference number given to containers by Belgian customs. Electronic message (EDI or via e-mail) sent to clients regarding stowage(location) of containers on Vesssel.

See Multi Purpose Vessel

Vessel designed for the carriage of different types of cargo: general, bulk, heavy and/or containerised cargo.

See Combined Transport

Cargo that is handled or moved more than once. More than one shuffle executed to gain access to the target container. Selecting of and working with two or more equivalent suppliers for a certain product. Abbreviation : MIME. Specification for formatting non-ASCII messages so that they can be sent over the Internet. It also used for sending graphics, audio and video files.

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Imprudent action or omission which may cause injury, damage or loss. In terms of documents, 'negotiable' means that e.g. a Bill of Lading is handed over / transferred in the correct manner (viz. proper endorsement) to another person either endorsed in blank or endorsed to a person and that person acquires, by this transfer certain rights (e.g. entitlement to take possession of the cargo.) A manifest containing all freight details including negotiated disbursements. Abbreviation : NRT. Measure of Space. It represents gross tonnage after approved deductions (eg. no freight earning) spaces are made. 1 registered ton = 100 cu. feet. The weight of the cargo excluding all packing e.g. the weight of the contents of a container, excluding the container weight. Abbreviation: NCTS. Belgian customs system. A billing event (service provided) classed as not to be billed.

See Uncontainerised Cargo

Item where there is no government tax or levy applied. Abbreviation: NVOCC. A party who undertakes to carry goods and issues in his own name a Bill of Lading for such carriage, without having the availability of any own means of transport. Vessels not equipped with container cell guides.
See Heap Area

Written document or telex issued by the master of a vessel to the charterer(s) advising them the moment when a vessel is ready to load or discharge. Document advising a consignee or his agent that cargo has arrived and is ready for delivery. Address of the party other than the consignee to be advised of the arrival of the goods. The party to be notified of arrival of goods. Intended recipient of cargo. Party acting as a representing party and may be a broker, bank, shipping line, consignee or consignor.

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The products or materials that cannot be or is unlikely to be used in future processes and which is to be sold or disposed of through the usual outlets.

See Bill of Lading.

Return of equipment hired from third party. CFS inside the port premises but outside the terminal gate - cargo must pass through a gate process. Rail transfer area inside the port premises but outside the terminal gate - cargo must pass through a gate process. Contracting work carried out at sea (e.g. drilling for oil). Brand Name. DGPS position detection system vendor. Abbreviation: OAC Customer. A party who has a credit account with a company. That is the service is provided before the servic Abbreviation: OAC Invoice. An invoice produced after the service and sent to a customer. The customer normally has a grace per BILLING - Processing of transactions one at a time. Also meaning Invoice creation. The carriage of goods (containers) by any mode of transport to the place of delivery after discharge from the ocean vessel (main means of transport) at the port (place) of discharge. External: CFS within port, but outside the terminal - container / cargo must pass through a gate process. Internal: CFS within port and terminal - container / cargo does not necessarily pass through a gate process External: Rail transfer area within port, but outside the terminal - cargo must pass through a gate process. Internal: Rail transfer area within port and terminal - cargo does not necessarily pass through a gate process.

See Disposable Pallet See Backlog

A freight container with frames with wire-mesh at the sides covered by means of a tarpaulin, which can be dropped down to give unrestricted access to the sides of the container for stuffing / unstuffing. A freight container similar in all respects to a general purpose container except that it has no rigid roof but may have a flexible and movable or removable cover, for example one made of canvas or plastic or reinforced plastic material normally supported on movable or removable roof bows. A ratio of the actual output of a piece of equipment, department, or plant as compared to the planned or standard output. Available number of hours (Run hours + delays for maintenance, breakdown, idle time etc). A set of rules for optimising the dispatch of move instructions to equipment. Status of equipment (e.g. working, broken down, idle.) Abbreviation : OCMM. The organisation of work quesues, activity points, cargo handling equipment and monitoring of operations. The party responsible for the day to day operational management of certain premises such as ware-houses, terminals and vessels. Abbreviation : OCR. The recognition of printed or written text characters by a computer.

Ship Planning: See Prestow Attribute Combination

The best calculated trim related to speed engine capacity, fuel consumption for a specific sailing condition. Achieving the best possible solution for a problem in terms of a specified objective function e.g. in the yard: reduce the time taken to handle cargo. Reduce equipment idle time. Core algorithm for the optimal allocation of work instructions to equipment. Modes used to optimised the equipment working in the yard. These modes includes reduce empty travel, reduce distance travel, reduce travel time etc). Single element of the optimisation engine. Cargo of which the final destination is not known at the moment of booking but will be indicated during the transport. A port of which it is not known whether or not a vessel during a voyage will make a call. Abbreviation: OPD. See Optional Port

A request to deliver specified quantities of goods or to render specific services. Each line on a customers purchase order. An order line always contains one Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) only, but the number may vary. Abbreviation : OOW. Chronological list of each area of the vessel to be worked, broken down per crane. An identifiable social unit with a particular responsibility which endeavour to achieve multiple goals by coordinated activities and relationships between members and objects. Vessels with cell location identified in terms of bay-row-tier. Initial location where vessel / cargo originated from.

see Phantom Container

A column in which there are homogenous containers that have Column Attribute Selection values different from that of the incoming container. A section in which there are homogenous containers that have Section Attribute Selection values different from that of the incoming container. Point of exit from a Terminal for external trucks. Abbreviation: OOG. Cargo with dimensions exceeding the normal dimensions of a container, e.g. overlength, overwidth, overheight, or combinations thereof. Job selected out of sequence. Cargo that is departing the terminal / warehouse / CFS to an external location. Application which transfers data into an external system from a local system. The extent to which a piece of equipment (eg crane, reach stacker) can reach. Subcontracting of activities. Written statement by a stevedoring company in which the condition of cargo discharged from a vessel is noted along with any discrepancies in the quantity compared with the vessel's manifest. Cargo/containers which for various reasons are not discharged and are carried over to the next POD/POL which may be delivered back through any means to intended CFS terminal. Abbreviation : ODIM. See Out Of Gauge Abbreviation : ODC. See Out Of Gauge

See Excess Cargo

Cargo/containers that, for various reasons, are not discharged and are carried over to the next POD/POL, and which may be delivered back, through any means to intended terminal. Abbreviation : O/H. Container containing cargo exceeding the container height. Abbreviation : O/L. Container containing cargo exceeding the container length. CFS - Cargo that has been left at the CFS facility for a period of time. A time limit is normally set for this cargo so that billing can be applied. Overstaying cargo may be auctioned if not reclaimed. Cargo on board vessel which must be shuffled to access target cargo (usually with regard to containers). Work beyond normal established working hours, which usually attracts higher rate of pay. Payment for work conducted outside of normal established working hours. Abbreviation : O/W. Container containing cargo exceeding the container width. The legal owner of cargo, equipment etc.

See Container Prefix

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Abbreviation: POPCD. Belgium: Department responsible for cargo details and customs release of cargo. Any physical piece of cargo in relation to transport consisting of the contents and its packing for the purpose of ease of handling by manual or mechanical means. Materials used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery and presentation of goods and the activities of placing and securing goods in those materials.

See Packaging. See also Stuffing

Document specifying how goods are to be packed. Document specifying the contents of each individual package. A type of package where a standard quantity of products of a specific product type can be packed and that requires no additional packaging for storage and shipment. A unique area within a cardeck and / or garagedeck associated using defined ship references. A platform on which goods can be stacked in order to facilitate the movement by a fork lift or sling. Pedestrian or rider controlled non-stacking lift truck fitted with forks. The maximum measurements and dimensions of a vessel capable of transiting the Panama Canal.

See Package
A area designed for holding trucks, vehicles and equipment. A column in which the Column Attribute Selection string values of some but not all of the containers match that of the incoming container. A party to whom a payment is made or owed. A party who pays or is to pay. The revenue-producing load carried by a means of transport. That which discharges a debt. Instructions given by a seller to a bank to the effect that the buyer may collect the documents necessary to obtain delivery of the goods only upon actual payment of the invoice. Default due date of any type of debtor or creditor transaction. Terms (conditions and period of time) assigned to a debtor or creditor for payment of goods and / or services. Customer option to pay their bills via different payment type (e.g. cash , cheque, credit notes , EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer,) credit cards etc.) A weighted value attached to a rule for its violation depending on the extent of the violation. Move still to be performed by the equipment in order to complete operational task. These are moves that are imminent within the Terminal either because they have been pre-booked via a pre-gate or booking system. Dynamic re-ordering of move instructions and any associated shuffles within the same work queue to create a more efficient operation. In Business Process terms, the term used to describe the demurrage charge billed by the Train Operator against the terminal for detention of the rail wagons in the terminal (e.g. train not discharged/loaded fast enough). A column in which the Column Attribute Selection string values of all the containers match that of the incoming container. A variable indicating the effectiveness and / or efficiency of a process. The comparison of the results of business processes with each other or with standards in order to know the effectiveness of these processes and/or the supportive actions. Abbreviation : PRP. P&O Ports standardised monthly terminal performance report, based on a business model, which compares key business value driver actual values against budgeted / forecast values. Abbreviation : PIN. Security number used to verify the identity of cargo or an individual. A late arrival container created in the planning system, but not in the database. The following details aregenerally known: ISO code, POD, whether it contains hazardous cargo and whether it is an active reefer; other details will be known if and when the container arrives at the terminal. The staggered delivery of parts of the shipment spread over a period of time. The "lifting" part of a job. An order to pick certain quantities of goods out of a stock.

A service concerning the collection of cargo from the premises of the consignor and the delivery to the premises of the consignee. Taking products or components out of a stock. A list of items to be picked. A platform extending from a shore over water and supported by piles or pillars, used to secure, protect, and provide access to ships or boats. The carriage of road vehicles and trailers on railway wagons. Petty stealing of goods from a ship's hold, cargo shed or warehouse. The amount of cargo in a pipeline: the sum of loading stock, cargo in transit and receiving stock.

See Place of Receipt

The location where a consignment (shipment) is delivered to the consignee viz. the place where the carrier's liability ends for the transport venture. Name and address specifying where goods are collected or taken over by the carrier (i.e. if other than consignor). The location where a consignment (shipment) is received by the carrier from the shipper viz. the place where the carrier's liability for transport venture commences. The activity of positioning an object or goods in a chosen location or position. An ordered schedule of work queues and non cargo movement activities, including the resource requirements and targets. Abbreviation : PTB. See Estimated Time of Berthing Time at which the job should be completed. Abbreviation : PTUB. See Estimated Time of Unberthing The setting of goals over a certain time and the determination of how to achieve these goals and with what resource. The period of time to which a certain particular plan relates. Arrival View - A graphical display of the ship plan upon arrival showing all ROB and discharge cargo. Prestow View - A graphical display of the ship plan based on load projections including ROB, but excluding discharge cargo. Load View - A graphical display of the ship plan during planning, this includes ROB, prestows and planned/ loaded cargo, but excluding discharge cargo. A container floor without sides or end walls. See also Bolster A mark, welded on both sides of the vessel, which gives the limit to which a vessel may be loaded, depending on the specific gravity of the water in which the vessel is situated.

See House to House Transport

A floating flat structure used for work alongside the ship, to facilitate embarkation or disembarkation of persons, or to move cargo alongside. Hatch covers that can be removed from the ship and put on quay. Needs an equipment move to be removed / replaced. The shared use of equipment or accessories by a one or more parties or functions. Aft part of a vessel where the emergency steering equipment is located. Port Dangerous group. It defines the port rules regarding the various classes of dangerous goods. For example goods of class 1 may not be allowed to be stored in the yard, and may have to be taken to/from the vessel directly. Insulated container that is cooled by cold air being forced from external source through the two port holes located at the front end of a container. Place where a vessel actually drops anchor or moors during a certain voyage. Abbreviation: POD. The port where the container / cargo will be first discharged from vessel. Abbreviation : POL. The port where the cargo is actually loaded on board vessel. The order in which ports of call will be visited. Secure area of the internet whereby using a user ID and password user can get access to access to various information. Also, a structure through which trucks move to undertake a process (e.g. OCR system.)

A type of gantry crane with vertical legs of sufficient height and width to permit vehicles to pass between the legs. Abbreviation : PDS. A system which tracks, checks and records cargo locations, by tracking the equipment handling the cargo, usually via transponder loops in the ground. The transport of empty equipment from a depot to shipper's premises or from consignee's premises back to a depot as the empty leg of a carrier haulage transport. The act of plugging into power an empty refrigerated container, to bring the internal temperature down in readiness for the stuffing of the container with reefer cargo. Gate within the port boundaries but outside terminal boundaries. First stage of processing external trucks. Also where some or all cargo processing takes place.

see Prestow
Abbreviation: PSI. The checking of goods before shipment for the purpose of determining the quantity and/or quality of said goods by an independent surveyor (inspection company) for phytosanitary, sanitary and veterinary controls. Presently there is a tendency by developing countries to use the inspection also for the purpose of determining whether the price charged for certain goods is correct. The act of placing goods in slings which are left in position and used for loading into and discharging from a conventional vessel. Generic information of type of cargo to be loaded and likely location, usually / preferably vessel operator. Abbreviation: PAC. Combination of attributes (eg. container size, vessel, port of discharge etc.) used to create load plan. Gathering initial manifest and entering information to the operating system. A plan of the distribution of load cargo attributes on a vessel, and includes vessel addresses for each cargo attribute group. This can be received in hard-copy form or electronically e.g. via MOVINS message. Abbreviation: PTI. The maintenance check performed on an integral container motor to ensure that the refrigeration mechanism is functioning correctly, prior to releasing the container to a shipper for stuffing with reefer cargo.

See Pre Trip Inspection

Pontoon hatchlid which has a portion of it on top of other hatchlid. This hatchlid need to be removed before the hatchlids below it can be removed. Hazardous cargo that has the same UN number but has possible multiple IMDG classes ( more than one). Traction unit attached to chassis (eg truck, ITV). Person for whom another acts as agent. An order which is identified as taking precedence over other orders to ensure its completion in the minimum time. Draft invoice sent to an importer by the exporter prior to order confirmation and shipment to assist in matters relating to obtaining import licences or foreign exchange allocations, or simply to advise the value of a consignment so that letters of credit can be opened. Take the lead and use prevention before the problem arises. In the case of Terminal Operations, for example, to monitor the yard and look in advance for any sign of congestion before the problem starts to show up (as opposed to reactive). Steps to be followed in order to comply with a formality, including the timing, format and transmission method for the submission of required information. A diagrammatic break down of a supply chain. The activities which ensure the availability of the material and or services in the desired quantity, quality, place and time from the supplier. Control of the flow of materials up to the manufacturing process. Movement of containers from from stack to activity point and non-access shuffles. Relative measure of output per labour hour or machine hour. An organisational unit which will be held responsible for its own profits and losses.

See Proforma Invoice

Abbreviation : PDR. Australian Electronic Customs SCA message. Progress report on discharged cargo sent regularly to Customs.

Uncontainerised cargo specific to a particular project. The receipt signed by the consignee upon delivery. Abbreviation: P & I Club. A mutual association of shipowners who provide protection against liabilities by means of contributions. The agencies or officials in a state responsible for the application and enforcement of the laws and regulations of that state. Source: IMO. A charge, the amount of which is specifically set forth in the carrier's rates tariff.

See Published Charge

A definite order for one or more deliveries by the supplier to the customer of a specific quantity of goods, materials, services or products under agreed terms of delivery and prices. Supply chain management to purchase order article level. Abbreviation : PCC. Equipment designed to lift and carry cars.

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All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or service will satisfy given requirements for quality. The period during which an arriving vessel, including its equipment, cargo, crew or passengers, suspected to carry or carrying a contagious disease is detained in strict isolation to prevent the spread of such a disease. The interface between the terminal and the water where ships are loaded or unloaded. Abbreviation: QC. Container crane with fixed legs, moving on crane rails at ground level on the quay. Specifically designed to load and discharge containers. A stored arrangement of computer data, programs or messages, waiting to be processed in the order in which they were submitted. Receipt into yard / delivery out of yard, bypassing location generation and control function. Timber wedge used to secure drums against movement. A system of controlling imports, exports or production by specifying a certain limitation. Amount stated as the price according to tariff for certain services to be provided or issued to a customer with specification on conditions for carriage. The date as from which a quotation price is no longer valid.

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Abbreviation: RDT. Means of transmitting data (e.g. work instructions) between the operating system and vehicle mounted (VMT) or hand-held (HHT) terminal devices. Operation for moving cargo by rail using trains.

See Wagon
A document evidencing a contract for the transport of goods by rail. Abbreviation: RMG. Gantry mounted on rails at ground level designed to lift and carry containers within container yard. A collection of rail wagons forming a single train. An artificial inclined path, road or track along which wheeled vehicles, cargo and trailers may pass for the purpose of changing their elevation and facilitating the loading and unloading operation (e.g. an entrance way into a Roll-on Roll-off vessel Cargo handled on/off a vessel by ramp. See also RoRo cargo. The price of a transport service. Quantity, amount or degree measured or applied. A factor for the calculation of an amount. A class to which an article is assigned. In BILLING - Process of applying a monetary value to a charge item. Abbreviation: RS. Cargo handling equipment equipped with rotating spreader attached to an extendable boom. That part of a charge which the party performing the service agrees to return. Abbreviation : RECAP. See Summary A written acknowledgement, that something has been received. Also process whereby cargo is received into the terminal. The carrier receiving a consignment on behalf of a carrier, agent or shipper for onward transport. The stock comprising all the goods that have arrived at the door of the receiving organisation and which is not yet available in the stock of that organisation. All activities connected with restoring and or adjusting the packaging of a product. In such manner that it can be presented to the customer in the requested form. Container arriving by road / rail and departing by road / rail. Mobile equipment use to power temperature controlled containers. Cargo requiring temperature control. Abbreviations : RFR, REF, REEF. An insulated container with refrigerating appliances (mechanical compressor unit, absorption unit etc.) to control the temperature of cargo. Preparing cargo/container to be set at a certain temperature for shipment. See also pre-trip inspection, PTI. Inspection request by shipping Agent in order to check and record temperature of cargo/container. See also pre-

trip inspection, PTI.

A structure for housing reefer power and monitoring equipment, usually blown air type. An area where refuelling of equipment and vehicles take place. The repayment to the purchaser of the total charge or a portion of that charge for unused carriage. Specified geographical area for operational purposes. The unit of measurement for the internal capacity of a vessel whereby one register ton equals 100 cubic feet (2.83 cubic meter). The gross (bruto) tonnage comprises all spaces below the main (tonnage) deck and the enclosed spaces above the main (tonnage) deck less exempted spaces. The net tonnage consists of the gross tonnage less exemptions like ballast tanks, engine room, living quarters etc. The register tonnage is mentioned on the tonnage certificate. The process of splitting up shipments into various consignments (degroupage) and combining these small consignments into other shipments (groupage). Vessel/service calling regularly at the Terminal.

See Shuffle
The procedure whereby goods shipped directly from a supplier to the customer are invoiced in two stages: at first by the supplier to an intermediary and subsequently by the intermediary to the customer. Non-acceptance of e.g. cargo.

A number created by the shipping community, passed on to the terminal and trucking community, and which is used to validate whether a delivery can take place.

See Delivery Order

The reliability of a supplier concerning the agreed terms of delivery with regard to the quality, quantity, delivery time, conditions and price. Abbreviation : ROB. Cargo that is part of the manifest but not intended for discharge at current port. Completion of stock. The route to be followed as altered from the one originally specified in the transport document. Allotment in advance of space, weight capacity or time period. Also referred to as a booking. Deallocate job from equipment and place back into work queue.

See Shuffle.
Organisations, People or Computer systems carrying out the activities. An item of labour or equipment. A task within the planning processes, which involves an assessment of the resources (labour or assets) required to perform the planned work. The carrier liable under the terms of a bill of Lading. Cargo that needs to be discharged and loaded back on the same vessel, or moved within a vessel in order to access cargo for the port or clear cargo space. There are two types: Ship-to-Shore Restow - Cargo discharged from a vessel (via the quay) and reloaded to same ship; Ship-to-Ship Restow - Cargo moved within the vessel. This can be within the same bay or across bays. De-stuffing from a container and stuffing into another container.

See Redelivery
Goods returned to their place of acceptance.

See Restuff
Generated income.

See Unplan
A general deposit, which is not associated to any vessel voyage ID

See Restuff
Party undertaking transport of cargo by road from one point to another such as indicated in the contract. List of containers arriving at terminal by road and awaiting yard location. A means of transport capable and allowed to move over public roads and other landways. Typically refers to

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Inspection of chassis / container for roadworthiness before leaving the terminal. A travel area for equipment and vehicles. Cargo loaded / discharged to / from Roll On, Roll Off vessels using a Mafi trailer, forklift etc. Unit is often cargo and trailer combined. Vessels loaded and discharged whereby cargo is driven on and off by means of ramps, on wheeled equipment.

See Mafi trailer

Hatch covers that are fixed to the vessel. Cannot be removed and put on quay. They fold up using vessels hydraulic systems to expose under deck. They open by rolling forward or aft.
See Rolling Hatch Cover

The total frictional force that a tyre, a set of tyres or all the tyres on a vehicle is developing with the road. Abbreviation: RoRo. System of loading and discharging a vessel whereby cargo is driven on and off by means of ramps, on wheeled equipment. Transfer of export cargo from one vessel to another vessel. Sequencing of labour and equipment for a particular shift. Pattern of work for labour resources. Sequence in which a vessel calls at the ports on her itinerary. A voyage or journey etc. to a certain place, port or country and back again. The track along which goods are (to be) transported. The determination of the most efficient route(s) that people, goods, materials and or means of transport have to follow. The process of determining how a shipment will be moved between consignor and consignee or between place of acceptance by the carrier and place of delivery to the consignee.

SHIP: A vertical division of a vessel from starboard to portside, used as a part of the indication of a stowage place for containers. The numbers run from midships to both sides. YARD: A part of the yard block which runs in the same direction as the width of containers and the length of the container in a ground area. Across the width in a wheeled area. Order in which rows are filled in a block, or order in which columns within a row are filled. Abbreviation: RTG. Gantry running on allocated grids. Container Handling Equipment which generally handles containers by travelling and repositioning itself by long-travel running on wheels. Work span of the Rubber Tyred Gantry. Based on the deployment of the Rubber Tyred Gantry, the coverage area can be a block or part of the block. Optimised utilisation of Rubber Tyre Gantry work allocation to achieve higher productivity. Term used when 'running' a number of containers in or out of the terminal, usually empties. Site specific term meaning the work period between breaks eg first run, second run etc Actual number of hours of operation by a piece of machinery 40' container placed on top of 20' container within same bay / row.

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Abbreviation: SWL. The maximum load any lifting appliance may handle. Finance system, used in U.K. Abbreviation: STC. Term in a Bill of Lading signifying that the master and the carrier are unaware of the nature or quantity of the contents of e.g. a carton, crate, container or bundle and are relying on the description furnished by the shipper. The saving or rescue of a vessel and / or the cargo from loss and / or damage at sea. Company name (Satellite-Telemetry). P&O Ports-owned solution provider which has developed various interfaces to radio data terminal equipment and many port automation devices. In general: The plan of times for starting and/or finishing activities. A timetable including arrival / departure times of vessels and inland transportation. It refers to named ports in a specific voyage (journey) within a certain trade indicating the voyage number(s). Abbreviation : SCA. Australian Customs Service electronic system for clearance and reporting of cargo arrriving or leaving the country. Abbreviation : SCAC. Indicates code given by the Australian Customs Service. It is communicated through EDI for information exchange between Australian Customs and Australian terminals. A device used for containers, lockers, trucks or lorries to provide proof to relevant parties that they have remained closed during transport. Inspection of seals to validate integrity and / or record seal numbers. A document used to record seal numbers. Unique reference number on a seal. Inventory built up in anticipation of a seasonal peak of demand in order to smooth production. Pontoon hatch cover which is covered by a primary hatch cover.

See Secondary Hatch Cover

Container attributes which could be used for stacking similar containers in a section (row / stack) in case of controlled random stacking. Abbreviation: SSL. Protocol for transmitting confidential information securely via the world wide web.
Securing of cargo inside container using timber, special bracing pieces, etc.

Distance required by the rules of IMDG or BC codes between the various commodities of dangerous (IMO codes) and / or bulk cargoes. Vessels that are suitably equipped to discharge / load cargo without any additional land based equipment. The container handling equipment operator selects a job from a list provided. A vehicle consisting of a chassis with one or more axles designed to be drawn by a truck tractor and constructed in such way that a portion of its weight and that of its load rest upon the fifth wheel of the towing vehicle. Process where there is a combination of manual and automatic invoicing. Case where the draft invoice needs to be corrected/modified before creating the final invoice. Ability to select multiple containers from the yard at a time and plan them by selecting multiple vessel locations.

See Shipper
Cargo that is very costly and which requires to be placed in the locked or caged area, also requiring special handling. The synchronised delivery of trucks to co-ordinate with production schedules or local delivery vehicles. A string of vessels which makes a particular voyage and serves a particular market (unique port rotation) Pricing structured to service packages provided, related to activity based costing including bought in costs.

A Service Bill is a contract of carriage issued by one carrier to another for documentary and internal control purposes. For internal documentary and control purposes a so-called participating agent in a consortium uses some kind of document which, depending on the trade, is referred to as 'Memo Bill' which will among others state: name of carrier on whose behalf the original document (Way Bill, Bill of Lading, etc.) was issued; original document number; agent who issued the original document and his opponent at the discharging side; number of packages, weight and measurement, marks and numbers and goods description; further mandatory details in case of special cargo. No freight details will be mentioned and the Memo Bill is not a contract of carriage. Reference number used to identify a service. A measure for the extent to which the customer orders can be executed at delivery conditions normally accepted in the market. Abbreviation: SLA. An arrangement between a service provider and an organisation specifying details about the services to be provided. Time set by the system before user is forcibly logged out from system if no activity. Time limit given to a user to access and perform tasks within the computer system. The "placing" part of a job. An indication in the documents (B/L) stating the air supply temperature to a container. Note: No other details than this temperature shall be included in the Bill of Lading.

See Warehouse
The specified length of time prior to use for which items which are inherently subject to deterioration are deemed to remain fit for use under prescribed conditions. Period of time that labour may be employed and utilised. Shifts may be of varying start times and durations. Report logging the activities of a shift (eg. movements, delays, etc.).

See Roster See Roster

Site specific term. See Restow (Ship-to-Ship)

See Vessel
Crane located on board a vessel, used to handle cargo when no suitable shore-based cranes are available. A ship operator is either the shipowner or the (legal) person responsible for the actual management of the vessel and its crew. Term used to describe the planning work done to prepare terminal resources for loading / discharging vessels.

See Vessel Rate

Abbreviation: SWP. See Crane Work Plan Note: In the United States of America the word shipment is used instead of the word consignment. See

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The (legal) person officially registered as such in the certificate of registry where the following particulars are contained: name of vessel and port of registry; details contained in surveyors certificate; particulars respecting the origin stated in the declaration of ownership; name and description of the registered owner, if more than one owner the proportionate share of each. The merchant (person) by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf a contract of carriage of goods has been concluded with a carrier or any party by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf the goods are actually delivered to the carrier in relation to the contract of carriage. Abbreviation: SED. A United States customs form to be completed for all exports to assist the government in

compiling export statistics. Abbreviation : SB. See Export Clearance Number See Shipping Note See Shipping Note See Shipping Note
Company operating cargo shipping services

See Delivery Order

The identification shown on individual cargo units in order to help in moving it without delay or confusion to its final destination and to enable the checking of cargo against documents.

Document provided by the shipper or his agent to the carrier, multimodal transport operator, terminal or other receiving authority, giving information about export consignments offered for transport, and providing for the necessary receipts and declarations of liability. Less cargo received than stated on the manifest or bill of lading. Abbreviation : SMS. Similar to paging, SMS is a service for sending short text messages to mobile phones. The negative difference between actual available or delivered quantity and the required quantity. Containers planned to be loaded on vessel but not actually on the vessel. Movement of a container within the yard, from one stack location to another stack location. ACCESS Shuffle: Shuffle movement of a container that is overstowing (blocking / covering) the target container (the container that forms part of a move instruction). HOUSEKEEPING Shuffle: Shuffle movement of container(s) to optimise location of container(s) in stack. More than one shuffle for the same container. Selected slots per stack or row, kept free for shuffling movements in RTG / RMG blocks / Straddle rows. Movement of rail wagons cargo in a rail area to create train or to tidy up rail yard. Cargo received too late for nominated vessel and not loaded. Brand name . Straddle carrier designed to lift only "one over one" and with six wheels instead of eight. Designed to travel at higher speeds than normal straddles. The carriage back and forth over an short route between two points. A short railroad track connected with a main track by a switch to serve a warehouse or an industrial area. Abbreviation : SMTP. A protocol for sending e-mail messages. The imitation of the reality for studying the effect of changing parameters in a model as a means of preparing a decision.

See Chassis
Battens fitted underneath frames, boxes or packages to raise them off the floor and allow easy access for fork lift trucks, slings or other handling equipment. Master / captain of a barge or small vessel. Bundled containers, excluding the master. An undercarriage with a subframe having provision for convenient fore and aft adjustment of its position on the chassis. The purpose being to be able to shift part of the load to either the king pin or the suspension to maximise legally permitted axle loads (road cargo.) Special chain, wire rope, synthetic fibre strap or ropes used for cargo handling. Hard plastic sheeting used to stack cartons, optimising container space. Ship: The space on board a vessel, required by one TEU, used for planning and operational purposes. Yard: A single finite defined position in a block for a container. Also an exchange area for one vehicle within a terminal area. Can be part of a transfer area or within a yard block / grid. A voyage charter whereby the shipowner agrees to place a certain number of container slots (TEU and / or FEU) at the charterer's disposal. Loading products into a container in the sequence with which the goods will be unloaded and stored at destination. The management on purpose of the various origins of products or materials on behalf of the recipient of these products or materials. In some industries sourcing is seen as the change from push to pull delivery for a number of fast moving items. A rate other than a normal rate. Abbreviation : SSR. Request made by a customer to for services that will usually be defined in the contract but which will not normally be performed by the terminal. The details include: request for service (including identification number), cargo details. SSR can also trigger one or more services, whether chargeable or not. Tagging a container with a specific stowage location on vessel eg away from heat, under-deck etc.

See Special Stowage

Abbreviation: SCR. A rate applicable to carriage of specifically designated commodities. Amount of money value, invoice or dollar payment over a specified period of time for a level of customer. A job that requires two or more pick / move / setdown operations.

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In case of indirect delivery through consolidation and if split shipment conditions occur then each split part of the shipment will be delivered in a different consignment but all consignments identified by the same unique original shipment ID. The stretch between a hub and one of the group of consignees and/or consignors being served by the hub. The lowest temperature at which a substance will start burning spontaneously without an external source of ignition. Beam or frame that holds the slings vertical when hoisting a load, to prevent damage to cargo, or attaches directly to containers. Mooring rope rigged from the forward running aft or aft running forward to a quayside bollard to prevent the vessel from surging forward or aft when alongside.

Brand name. See Shuttle Carrier

The capacity of a vessel to return to its original position after having been displaced by external forces. The stability of a vessel depends on the meta-centric height. An identifiable amount of containers stowed in an orderly way in one specified place in a terminal, container freight station, container yard or depot. Also, part of the yard block which runs in the same direction as the width of containers. Order in which stacks are filled within a block, or order in which columns are filled within a stack. Receipt of a pre-advised number of containers from a fleet of trucks. Delivery of a pre-advised number of container to a fleet of trucks. Based on the activity type the containers are stacked ( Import/Export etc). Weight of containers in a vertical stack. To pile boxes, bags, containers etc. on top of each other. The height to which containers are stacked. Usually used to describe the characteristics of the cargo handling equipment operating in the yard. Time when container placed in the yard. A carefully prepared estimate of the cost of performing a given operation under specified conditions. Note: A standard work order describes a standard operation for which a standard cost is to be established. Abbreviation : SERP. P&O Ports standardised monthly asset performance report. Abbreviation: SIC. A method used in the United States to categorise companies into different industrial groupings. The development of agreements whose purpose is to align formalities, procedures, documents, information, and operations. At a national level, this would be alignment with acceptable commercial norms and practices, at an international level it would alignment with identified "best" and / or most accepted practices. Temporarily stop allocation of jobs to cargo handling equipment. Also used to describe road trucks that arrive at a terminal without vehicle booking system time slots. The state in the territory in which the cargo was first loaded. Record over a period of time stating all invoices, payments, credits & adjustments. An equipment pool which is created by a privileged user and can be modified / deleted by a privileged user. These pools are permanent in nature and are created mostly at the time of installation. Stacking pattern used for specialised CAG sets. Based on Filling Order for vaious block types. SOB. See Remain on Board The foremost part of a vessel. The aftermost part of a vessel. Propeller mounted at or near the stern of a vessel, below the waterline, which produces lateral thrust to port or starboard. A party running a business of which the functions are loading, stowing and discharging vessels. The materials in a supply chain or in a segment of a supply chain, expressed in quantities, locations and or values. The systematic administration of stock levels with respect to quantity at all times. The description of the unit of measurement by which the stock items are recorded on the stock record. A system in which all places within a warehouse are named or numbered.

A point in the supply chain meant to keep materials available. A record of the quantity of stock of a single item, often containing a history of recent transactions and information for controlling the replenishment of stock. The activity of placing goods into a store or the state of being in store (e.g. a warehouse). Also, containers for which the departure mode/date/time is not known at the time of its entry to the Terminal. Also, refers to payments due to the terminal due to the cargo remaining in the terminal beyond a specified period. Cargo which is being neither imported or exported, usually empty containers, and which are not attached to a vessel/voyage. The fee for keeping goods in a warehouse or terminal for a period of time, typically beyond a given free period of time. A pledge made by a customer that they will accept the storage charges which may or not may be covered by the original storage terms. Provisions and supplies on board required for running a vessel. The placing and securing of cargo or containers on board a vessel or of cargo in a container. Person who is in charge of loading operations and ensures cargo is loaded according to the stowage plan. Ratio of a cargo's cubic measurement to its weight, expressed in cubic feet to the ton or cubic metres to the tonne, used in order to determine the total quantity of cargo which can be loaded in a certain space. Imperative details about the way certain cargo is to be stowed, given by the shipper or his agent. A plan indicating the locations on the vessel of all the consignments for the benefit of stevedores and vessels officers. An unwanted person who hides on board of a vessel or an aircraft to get free passage, to evade port officials. IMO definition: A person who is secreted on a ship or in cargo which is subsequently loaded on the ship, without the consent of the shipowner or the master or any other responsible person who is detected on board after the ship has departed from a port and reported as a stowaway by the master. Abbreviation: SC. Wheeled vehicle designed to lift and carry containers within its own framework. It is used for moving and stacking containers. A crane usually running on rails and spanning an open area such as rail-tracks or roadways. Also known as a transtainer. A band of metal, plastic or other flexible material used to hold cargo or cases together. Part of the total transport chain (trade route) including overland transport identified by place of receipt, ports of call and place of delivery i.e. it has one location or an address as a starting and or ending point.

See Unstuffing.
The loading of cargo into a container. Abbreviation : SJO. Stuffing Job Order, having the list of cargo to be stuffed in a container. Number used to split a bill of lading or export clearance number, to lower levels. Unique reference number allocated to a house bill of lading by Indian customs. Striving for optimum performance in one element of an organisation disregarding the effects this may cause to the performance of the other elements. In other words, a solution for a problem that is best from a narrow point of view but not from a higher or overall company point of view. A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points. SHIP : Report, only containing the totals of moves and no details. Can be per service, per agent, per PoD etc. A user trained to a high level in all functionality of the terminal operating system. Experienced person (officer) assigned by the charterer of a vessel to advise the management of the vessel and protect the interests of the charterer. A sequence of events, which may include conversion, movement or placement, which adds value to goods, products, or services. Vessel which carries stock and stores to offshore drilling rigs, platforms. An additional charge added to the usual or customary freight.

See Excess Cargo

An inspection of a certain item or object by a recognised specialist. A specialist who carries out surveys. Note: A surveyor is often representing a classification bureau or a governmental body. Temporarily stop work instructions being allocated. Refers to activity points and work queues. Usually meaning suspension of payment if the check bounces.

Identification card that needs to be swiped through a card reading device to identify the person holding the card.

See trailer to trailer transfer

A logical gate in procedure with no physical gate. A logical gate out procedure with no physical gate.

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Account or out turn of a particular cargo or container. A person who records the number of cargo items together with the condition thereof at the time it is loaded into or discharged from a vessel. A tank, surrounded by a framework with the overall dimensions of a container for the transport of liquids or gasses in bulk. A vessel designed for the carriage of liquid cargo in bulk.

See Tare Weight of Container

Mass of an empty container including all fittings and appliances associated with that particular type of container on its normal operating condition. As applied to crane rate is the estimated target level rate at which the crane should move containers/cargo. It can be Contractual or user-defined. The schedule of rates, charges and related transport conditions. Individual record in a tariff table identying a chargeable item / service. Refers to price of load / discharge of full containers (eg. base rate for 20' full.) This is then used in budget forecasts. A set part of the contract which contains a list of all items that may be charged and their price. Waterproof material to spread over cargo to protect it from getting wet. Argentina: Collection on behalf of the AGP (Port Authority.) Rate of taxation (levy) which is owed to the government. Abbreviation : TCV. TCV services are all of those services performed on refrigerated or powered containers, including: Plugging in to power (reefer or fan containers); Unplugging from power (reefer or fan containers); Monitoring of temperature (reefer containers); Monitoring of fan (fantainers); Taking off of door(s) (ventilated cargo) Form use to define a repetitive process. In ship planning it can describe default order in which containers will be discharged or loaded. To present for acceptance an offer (to tender a bid.) Abbreviation : TCS. See Terminal Operating System Abbreviation : TIR. A document indicating the transfer of responsibility for the container. The first date on which the terminal starts accepting receipt of export containers. Abbreviation : TOS. Software system used to control all operations at a terminal. Abbreviation: TPR. Customer report showing terminal performance of all cranes working a vessel over a particular period. Abbreviation : TPFREP. Electronic TPR. A Graphical User Interface which summarises snapshot performance indicators for use during operational management. All the conditions agreed upon between trading partners regarding the delivery of goods and the related services. Note: Under normal circumstances the INCO terms are used to prevent any misunderstandings. All the conditions agreed upon between a carrier and a merchant about the type of freight and charges due to the carrier and whether these are prepaid or are to be collected. A container built with insulating walls, doors, floor and roof by which heat exchange with the environment is minimised thus limiting temperature variations of the cargo. The limit of the amount of hazardous cargo allowed in the terminal for a UN number / packing group combination.

See Remain on Board

The total route from point of departure to point of destination.

Ship: A horizontal division of a vessel from bottom to top. The numbers run from bottom to deck and from deck upwards and are used as a part of the indication of a stowage place for containers. Yard: The vertical position of the container within the block.

See Flooring Out

A contract whereby a vessel is let to a charterer for a stipulated period of time or voyage, for a remuneration Separation of containers within the same column on the basis of expected time of container exit from that column. Exports: Time Tiering is based on vessel ETA for each container. Imports: Time Tiering is based on end of free storage time for each container. Period during which an event is likely to occur. In ship operations, it usually refers to the period between arrival and departure of the Vessel. Containers that are yet to arrive at the terminal.

See Securing
Unit of weight measurement: 1000 kilograms (metric ton) or 2,240 lbs (long ton). Unit of cubic measurement, mainly used to express the cubic capacity of a vessel. Unit of weight or measurement used as a basis for the calculation of freights (freight ton). Cubic capacity of a merchant vessel. Total weight or amount of cargo expressed in tons. Abbreviation : TL. A fork lift truck designed to lift containers via their top corner castings. (Work Queues). Allocate move to the next available equipment regardless of optimisation. Filling order for stacking entire area for ship or yard up to pre-determined height (stacking height -1.) Then The action of retrieving information concerning the whereabouts of cargo, cargo items, consignments or equipment. The pro-active tracking of the product along the supply chain, and the paper information flow relating to the order. The function of maintaining status information, including current location, of cargo, cargo items, consignments or containers either full or empty. The power to grip or hold to a surface while moving without slipping. A powered vehicle designed and used for towing other vehicles. A liner service or services or a cargo flow between two individual markets (e.g. North Atlantic Trade) System reference for ports or for a vessel.

See Service Code

The number of passengers, quantity of cargo etc. carried over a certain route. Flow of regulated traffic within the terminal boundaries. The 'roadmap' of the terminal. A vehicle without motive power, designed for the carriage of cargo and to be towed by a motor vehicle. Abbreviation: TOFC. Carriage of piggyback highway trailers on specially equipped railway wagons. The transfer of cargo from one trailer to another. Abbreviation : TT. A collection of trailers hauled by a single prime mover. Train Consist List is a list of: the cargo details and associated rail wagon IDs (although sometimes the Consist List may have only wagon IDs without any associated cargo details); the cargo position on the wagon. This may come in the form of an EDI Rail Consist message. A vessel not operating under a regular schedule.

See Transfer Point See Transfer Point

An area in the terminal at which cargo is exchanged between terminal assets and road trucks e.g. truck grids (straddle terminal), the point under an RTG (RTG terminal). Individual truck parking slot within a transfer area Abbreviation: T/S. Shipping line - A shipment under one bill of lading, whereby sea (ocean) transport is 'broken' into two or more parts. The port where the sea (ocean) transport is 'broken' is the transhipment port. Stevedore - Transfer of cargo from one means of transport to another for on-carriage during the course of one transport operation. Customs - Customs procedure under which goods are transferred under customs control from the importing means of transport to the exporting means of transport within the area of one customs office which is the office of both importation and exportation. A device (chip) used for identification, which automatically transmits coded data when actuated by a special signal from a transponder reader / interrogator.

See Shipping Note

Abbreviation: TIR. A set of rules following a customs convention to facilitate the international, European transport of goods by road with minimal interference under cover of TIR-carnets. A physical unit uniquely identified (for instance by license plate) that has been provided by the original shipper for transportation and that should not be split during the transportation process. A transport handling unit can contain different packages. Abbreviation : TCG. The location of the centre of gravity, in relation to the centre line of the vessel. Event which activates an activity eg creation of an invoice amount.

See Voyage See Truck Identification Number. See Voyage Number

External vehicles used to receive and deliver cargo.

See In Gate See Truck Queueing Area

Abbreviation: TIN. Unique reference number allocated to a truck per visit for identification through the terminal. The roadway for trucks under RTGs / RMGs / quay cranes. A set of containers expected to be received or delivered in a trip. The optimal load to suit a specific truck, as selected by the truck company, based on the trucking community having access to delivery cargo details (i.e. cargo scheduled to arrive in the terminal by vessel for delivery by road). The optimal load is based on parameters such as: B/L, number of containers, cargo type. Truck constraints (capacity, license to carry specific cargo etc) One or more trucks awaiting further activity. Abbreviation : TQM. Facility for the management and control of trucks arriving at the Terminal. Method of assigning 'bonus' points to jobs waiting in Truck Park, for priority processing in the Yard. Monitoring the TQM queue for job process priority and yard congestion. Projection of truck arrivals, and a yard pattern of work associated with them. An area where trucks are held pending further activities, to manage truck queues. Total time spent by truck in terminal from point of entry to point of exit. Unique terminal visit by a truck.

Brand Name. See Internal Transfer Vehicle

Cargo carrying surface below the main deck dividing a hold horizontally in an upper and a lower compartment. Abbreviation: TEU. Unit of measurement equivalent to one twenty foot container. Moving two containers simultaneously, end to end. Requires twin-lift spreader on cargo handling equipment or quay crane. A spreader capable of moving two containers simultaneously, end to end. Section with two 20 bays that are able to be work using a twin lift spreader. Device which has to be inserted into the corner fittings of a container and is turned or twisted, thus locking the container for the purpose of securing or lifting. A pallet of which the frame permits the entry of forks at two opposite sides. An indication of the sort of cargo to be transported. Description of the packaging material used to wrap, contain and protect goods to be transported. The indication whether the carrier or the merchant effects and bears the responsibility for inland transport of cargo in containers i.e. a differentiation between the logistical and legal responsibility. Note: Values are carrier haulage and merchant haulage, whilst in this context special cases are carrier-nominated merchant haulage, and merchant nominated carrier haulage. The type of vessel used in the transport process e.g. Container - Mother, Container - Feeder, Barge, RoRo, ConRo, Multi Purpose.

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Abbreviation : ANSI X.12 e.g. 309, 310, 322, 315 etc. Free space above a liquid contained in a tank, drum or tank-container, expressed as a percentage of the total capacity. Ullage is often used to leave room for possible expansion of the liquid. Party who has been designated on the invoice or packing list as the final recipient of the stated merchandise. Abbreviation: ULCC. A vessel designed for the carriage of liquid cargo in bulk with a loading capacity from 250,000 to 500,000 DWT. Sub classification of hazardous cargo. United Nations / Electronic Data Interchange For Administration Commerce and Trade / Transport. Billing : Payment not specifically applied to an invoice, but payment value is deducted from customer balance. Break down bundle of containers into individual units. Cargo not packed in containers. May be unitised. Area of vessel below the weather deck. A number of individual packages bonded, palletised or strapped together to form a single unit for more efficient handling by mechanical equipment. Abbreviation: UOM. Default unit of measure for containers (length, weight, etc.) Abbreviation: UNDG Number. The four-digit number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods to classify a substance or a particular groups of substances. Note: The prefix 'UN' must always be used in conjunction with these numbers. Abbreviation: UN / ECE. The UN/ECE is one of a number of Economic and Social Commissions established by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Despite its name it embraces both Europe and North America. The UN/ECE comprises twenty nine core member states, as well as any country which is a member of the United Nations and which applies under Article 11 of the United Nations constitution for delegate status. Abbreviation : US CSI. Initiaitve by USA Customs to check all cargo landing or transiting in US ports. A container with no information in terminal operating system.

See Heap Area

See Non-Cellular Vessels

See Unstuffing See Unplan

Removal of container form a plan eg removal from a sequence. Removal of cargo from a container. Document containing manifest information for container and cargo to be unstuffed. Gate priority, usually set for large volume hauliers / shipping lines.

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Date for the activity or service to happen. A consignment which contains one or more valuable articles. Abbreviation: VAT. A form of indirect sales tax paid on products and services at each stage of production or distribution, based on the value added at that stage and included in the cost to the ultimate customer. Factors which may affect the planned time within which a job has to be serviced e.g. equipment clash and reshuffles. Factors which reduce the desirability of a job from being allocated to a piece of equipment.

See Stuffing
For vehicle booking purposes, a hierachy (class) given to a carrier depending upon the volume / movements of cargo through the terminal for that particular carrier. A time slot is a segment of a time zone, which is identified by a unique reference number that links it to the corresponding time zone. For example, time zone 08 contains 100 time slots, each identified by the prefix 08. Each time slot can be for a truck or a unit of cargo. A time slot has attributes. These may include: Type of cargo, Type of move (In /out of terminal) A booking made within a time zone for the gate receipt/delivery movement of a container or truck. Part of the Vehicle Booking System. Time zone is a pre-determined period defined by the terminal to facilitate the orderly and scheduled arrival of road trucks, within which time slots are defined. For example, time zone 08 may be the zone commencing at 0800 hours. Abbreviation: VBS. A system whereby hauliers can make appointments / book timeslots per container or truck in oder to drop off or pickup cargo from a terminal within a stated time period. Abbreviation : VIN. A unique number used to identify a vehicle. Abbreviation : VMT. Device which communicates with the host system via radio frequency, mounted in the vehicle cab (as opposed to a Hand-held terminal, HHT). Used for updating data to/from host remotely. Buyer. Seller. Abbreviation: VCG. The position of the center of gravity in relation to the ship's keel. Abbreviation : VTL. Two or more containers, coupled together vertically by liftlocks, that are lifted as a single unit. Abbreviation: VLCC. A vessel designed for the carriage of liquid cargo in bulk with a loading capacity from 50,000 to 250,000 DWT. A floating structure designed for the transport of cargo and / or passengers. Arrival time of a vessel. Can be berthing time or arrival at a specific place. Refers to the voyage, date and time a vessel visited a port. There can be multiple calls for the vessel to the same port within the rotation. A schematic representation of the cargo storage areas (e.g. bay, hatch, deck, slots), cranes and accommodation. It also includes vessel details such as power points, heat sources etc and may include stacking height dimensions Rate a which the terminal services the vessel/s. The vessel rate is usually measured against the target performance. Vessel rate is categorised as : Vessel Gross Rate = Total number of containers moved on or off vessel / total vessel operating hours.( labour on to labour off). Vessel Net Rate = Total number of containers moved on or off vessel / (total vessel operating hours - all vessel delay hours). Vessel Real Rate = Total number of containers moved on or off vessel / (total vessel operating hours - 'allowable' vessel delay hours) Abbreviation : VRO. DIRECT VRO : The movement of containers to an external depot / area using 3rd party haulage direct from the vessel. INDIRECT VRO : The movement of containers to an external depot / area using 3rd party haulage direct from the vessel using a temporary buffer area in the yard. Location where vessel is to exchange cargo. Event stating vessel reconciliation is done. Includes: Order of work (cargo); all resources; work queues; all tasks that require terminal resources and/or berth time (e.g. discharge/load preparation, repairs, bunkering); schedules and priorities

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A wheeled wagon used for the carriage of cargo by rail. Unknown Wagon : Wagon arriving at the terminal that has not been not pre-advised in the terminal operating system. Missing Wagon : Wagon pre-advised in the terminal operating system that does not arrive. The period of time between the moment at which one is ready for an activity to start and the moment at which this activity can actually begin. A building specially designed for receipt, storage and handling of cargo. Receipt for products deposited in a warehouse.

Uncontainerised: See Storage. Containers: See Shuffle (Housekeeping) See Storage Cargo
An area where washing of cargo / equipment takes place. Processing and or removal to final resting place or transfer to a place for reuse or recovering of waste. A refrigerated thermal container that uses circulated water to control temperature.

See Labour (Blue Collar)

A point within the yard that the terminal operating system uses for calculation of distance between jobs. Non-negotiable document evidencing the contract for the transport of cargo. Loss or deterioration resulting from ordinary use. The complete area of the ship exposed to the weather and used for stowing cargo. Mechanism used to determine weight of vehicles / cargo. The charge for carriage of goods based on their weight (air cargo). Imperial Measurement = 2240 lbs. 1000 kilos.

See Quay
The fee charged for the use of a quay for mooring, loading or discharging a vessel or for storing goods.

See Labour (Blue Collar)

Yard area for storage of chassis (empty and loaded.) Discharge of container direct to chassis. Refrigerated, enclosed trailer. Abbreviation : WAN A work instruction is an instruction to move a piece of cargo from one place to another. Each instruction therefore will include: Cargo ID, From position, To position. The quantity of work ahead assigned to a certain facility such as a work station, capacity group or a department respectively staff-member.

See Bay Work Template

A work plan must contain four main elements: a series of work queues (i.e. cargo handling workload); a list of other non-cargo movement tasks (i.e. the remaining workload); the resources required to perform the total workload; a schedule for the workload to be performed. We can therefore have a vessel work plan, a crane work plan, a train work plan etc. It is then possible to sub-divide each plan further e.g. a vessel DISCHARGE work plan, a crane LOAD work plan etc. Prioritisation of a job based on the various optimisation factors. A sequenced list of Work Instructions. This includes: Load queue (generally used for containers), discharge queue (generally used for containers), hatch list (generally applies to un-containerised cargo), deck list (generally applies to RoRo cargo), load list (applies to all cargo), discharge list (applies to all cargo) A group of container move instructions grouped together in a sequential order. Unique name for a set of job instructions. The management of the work instructions within work queues, required to change the status of the work queues to Released. Released work queues will then be connected to an Activity Point. Work queues can be modified by additions, deletions, merging or re-ordering, as well as by prioritising individual jobs within a queue.

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