Credit Questions

1. Differentiate between:
 Unimodal transportation
 Intermodal transportation
 Multimodal transportation

2. What are the functions of:

 Consolidator
 Freight forwarder
 Consignor
 Consignee

3. What is Charter Party?

4. Differentiate between
 Demise CP
 Non-demise CP
 Voyage CP
 Time CP

5. Define the terms: Liner service

Tramp service
Laydays
Laytime
Laycan
Demurrage
Dispatch
Dead freight
Seaworthy trim
Subletting

6. What is Bill of Lading?

7. What are the purposes of BOL?
8. What are the types of BOL?
9. What are the documents:
 Mate’s Receipt
 Cargo Manifest
 Captain’s Declaration
 Cargo plan

10. What is general cargo? bulk cargo?

11. How are cargoes carried on deck protected from damage?
12. What do you call deck cargo?
13. What is stowage?
14. What do we call the broken stowage?
15. What kind of dunnage can be used for different cargo?
16. What factors may cause damage to cargo? Give the definitions of contamination, infestation,
wet damage, etc.