ASSIGNMENT #1

CA23-A1
Cargo handling
Submitted to: Prof. Giner, Rhogin
Submitted by: Damasco, Jelany
1. Bulkhead
 a dividing wall or barrier between
compartments in a ship, aircraft, or
other vehicle.

2. Bow
 is the front most part of a ship which
cuts the water along its sides as the
ship proceeds.

3. Dunnage
 is inexpensive or waste material used
to load and secure cargo during
transportation; more loosely, it refers
to miscellaneous baggage, brought
along during travel.
 loose wood, matting, or similar
material used to keep a cargo in
position in a ship's hold.

4. Hatches
 means an opening in ship’s deck
through which cargo can be lifted or
lowered during loading and unloading
operations.
5. Hold
 Part of the vessel located below the
deck being used as compartment of
the cargo.

6. Deck
 means a platform or roof over which a
section of a ships folds, serving as a
floor.

7. Mooring
 means to secure a vessel alongside the
berth by means of mooring ropes.

8. Stowage plan
 Stowage plan for container
ships or bay plan is the plan and
method by which different types
of container vessels are loaded
with containers of specific standard
sizes. The plans are used to maximize
the economy of shipping and safety on
board.
9. Pier
 means any structure built into the sea
but not parallel to the coast line and
includes any stage, stair, landing
place, landing stage, jetty, floating
barge or pontoon, and any bridge or
other works connected therewith.
10. Private wharf
 a port duly registered with the PPA
but maintained and operated by an
entity for its own exclusive use only

11. Forklift
 a vehicle with a pronged device in
front for lifting and carrying heavy
loads.
 Equipment used to move palletized
cargo from one place to another.

12. Pilotage services

 to ensure the safety of a ships passage
within the port waters of Victoria,
licensed pilots are employed by
pilotage services providers to guide
ships into and out of port waters.

13. Stevedores
 refers to a group of individuals who
handles the loading and unloading of
cargoes on board the vessel.
14. Container yard
 A designated area in a container
terminal usually adjacent to the
marshalling yard where containers and
chassis are received stacked and
dispatched.

15. Container freight station

 means normally a warehouse or a
transit shed adjacent to the Container
Yard (CY) used for sorting and
storage of container cargo both for
import and export.

16. Bulk
 is commodity cargo that is transported
unpackaged in large quantities. It
refers to material in either liquid or
granular, particulate form, as a mass
of relatively small solids, such as
petroleum/crude oil, grain, coal, or
gravel.

17. Break bulk

 These goods may not be in shipping
containers. Break bulk cargo is
transported in bags, boxes, crates,
drums, or barrels.
18. Stowage plan
 Stowage plan for container
ships or bay plan is the plan and
method by which different types
of container vessels are loaded
with containers of specific standard
sizes. The plans are used to maximize
the economy of shipping and safety on
board.
19. Airway bill of lading
 An air waybill (AWB) is a document
that accompanies goods shipped by an
international courier to provide
detailed information about the
shipment and allow it to be tracked.
The bill has multiple copies so that
each party involved in the shipment
can document it.

20. Transit shed

 means a building or shed which is
situated at or near a quay, wharf or
pier, and is used for the temporary or
short-term storage of goods in transit,
or to be shipped or discharge from a
vessel.

21. Foreign port

 Port located beyond the territorial
limit of the Philippine archipelago.
22. Port district
 means the territorial jurisdiction under
the control, supervision or ownership
of the authority over an area (land of
sea), declared as such in accordance
with Section 5 of P.D. 857 including
but not limited to any Port within said
District.

23. Less container load

 Refers to a situation in which the
container and content arranged by the
shipper for loading on board the
vessel is the sole responsibility of the
consignor.
24. Port dues
 Refers to the total amount assessed
against a vessel engaged in foreign
trade based on the total GRT of such
vessel.
25. Shut out cargo
 Refers to the cargo brought to the port
but was not loaded on the intended
departing vessel.
26. Anchorage
 A place with sufficient depth of water
where vessels anchor or may ride at
anchor or may ride at anchor within
the harbor.
27. Basin
 Means a naturally or artificially
enclosed or nearly enclosed body of
water in free communication with the
sea.
28. Dues
 Includes harbour fees, tonnage and
wharfage dues, berthing charges, port
dues and any other dues or fees
imposed by virtue of the existing laws
or PD857.

29. Container Freight Station

 normally a warehouse or a transit shed
adjacent to the Container Yard (CY)
used for sorting and storage of
container cargo both for import and
export.

30. Official receipt

 A receipt issued by the shipping agent
being acknowledge by the arrastre
contractor as receipt of the container
discharged from the vessel.
31. Cellular
 A cellular vessel is a
container ship specially designed for
the efficient storage of freight
containers one on top of other with
vertical bracings at the four corners.
The majority of vessels operated by
maritime carriers are fully cellular
ships.

32. Lash Ship

 means a vessel designed and
constructed to carry lash barges as
containers of cargoes.
33. Containership non-sustaining
 Cargo vessel designed and constructed
to carry containers but not provided
with ships gear to handle its
containerized cargo.

34. Conventional Ship

 a cargo vessel designed and
constructed primarily to carry break-
bulk and limited quantity.

35.
 cargo vessel used in short sea trade in
ports at which deep sea containerships
do not call.

36. Lash Ship

 means a vessel designed and
constructed to carry lash barges as
containers of cargoes.

37. Lift-on Containership (self-sustaining)

 Cargo vessel designed and constructed
to carry containers having its own
deck crane capable of loading and
discharging containers by itself.
38. Combo ship
 Cargo vessel designed and constructed
to carry at least 50% of its load in
containers.

39. Semi-containership
 Cargo vessel designed and constructed
to carry containers and chassis which
allows its loading and unloading by
providing ramp over the side, bow,
astern of the ship.

40. Roll-on/roll-off containership

 Type of cargo vessel that can take
containers while still on their trailers
and other rolling stock.

41. Open top

 Type of container that can be packed
through one or more doors in the end
or side walls.
42. Collapsible
 Type of container in which the main
parts are hinged or removable so that
its volume maybe reduced for
transporting in an empty condition.

43. Dry bulk

 Container especially built for carrying
grains, powder, sand and other free-
flowing solid.

44. Hard top

 Type of container with roof that open
or lifts off.

45. Insulated
 A container insulated on its walls,
roof, floor, and doors, to reduce the
influence of external temperatures on
the cargo.