Ocean shipping

Ocean shipping

Relating to the transportation of goods across an ocean or sea.

Industry: Maritime; Transportation

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country of export destination

Transportation; Ocean shipping

The country to which goods are going in order to be consumed, further processed, or manufactured, as presumed by the shipper at the time of exportation.

country of exportation

Transportation; Ocean shipping

The country from which goods are shipped with intention to separate them from the mass of goods in that country.

country of origin

Transportation; Ocean shipping

The country in which goods were produced, mined, grown or manufactured.

courier

Transportation; Ocean shipping

Express company which handles shipments of documents and small packages on an expedited basis and may or may not have the shipments accompanied by attendants.

In maritime terms, the deadweight of a vessel is the maximum weight of the cargo, crew, stores and bunkers that it can carry when loaded so that it settles in the water to the Plimsoll line. This is ...

deferred payment letter of credit

Transportation; Ocean shipping

A letter of credit that allows the buyer to take possession of goods by agreeing to pay the issuing bank or the confirming bank at a fixed future date.