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Shipping

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

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Shipping

complement

Transportation; Shipping

The number of officers and crew employed upon a vessel for its safe navigation and operation.

collision avoidance system

Transportation; Shipping

Electronic system commonly used to prevent collisions in inland navigable waterways.

collier

Transportation; Shipping

Vessel used for transporting coal.

COGSA

Transportation; Shipping

Carriage of Goods by Sea.

code of liner conduct (UNCTAD)

Transportation; Shipping

A convention drafted under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development which provides that all shipping traffic between two foreign countries is to be regulated as far as ...

coastal service

Transportation; Shipping

Domestic shipping routes along a single coast.

clean ship

Transportation; Shipping

Refers to tankers which have their cargo tanks free of traces of dark persistent oils, which remain after carrying crudes and heavy fuel oils.

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