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Transportation
Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.
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bulk carrier
Transportation; Shipping
Ship specifically designed to transport large amounts of cargoes such as sugar, grain, wine, ore, chemicals, liquefied natural gas; coal, ore etc. See also LNG Carrier, Tanker, ...
bulk
Transportation; Shipping
Cargo shipped in loose condition and of a homogeneous nature. Cargoes that are shipped unpackaged either dry, such as grain and ore, or liquid, such as petroleum products. Bulk ...
breakbulk vessel
Transportation; Shipping
A general, multipurpose, cargo ship that carriers cargoes of non-uniform sizes, often on pallets, resulting in labour-intensive loading and unloading.
dead freight
Transportation; Shipping
Freight rate which is paid on empty space when the charterer is responsible for the freight rate of a full cargo It should be paid before sailing.
sea floor housekeeping
Transportation; Shipping
The procedure whereby an oil company carries out regular inspections of the sea bed to detect (and subsequently recover) any potentially harmful debris.
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