Shipping

Shipping

Relating to the mass transport of goods on massive cargo ships.

Contributors in Shipping

Shipping

Consist of international straits, inland and interocean canals and rivers where they separate the territories of two or more nations. Provided no treaty is enforced both merchant ships and warships ...

international oil pollution compensation fund

Transportation; Shipping

An inter-governmental agency designed to pay compensation for oil pollution damage, exceeding the shipowner's liability. It was created by an IMO Convention in 1971 and began operations in October ...

trading limits

Transportation; Shipping

Maritime area usually specified by range of ports in which a vessel may operate.

top-off

Transportation; Shipping

To fill a ship which is already partly loaded with cargo.

tonnage

Transportation; Shipping

A quantity of cargo normally expressed as a number of tons.

ton mile

Transportation; Shipping

A measurement used in the economics of transportation to designate one ton being moved one mile. This is useful to the shipper because it includes the distance to move a commodity in the calculation.