Transportation

Transportation

Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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aboard

Transportation; Shipping

Referring to cargo being put, or laden, onto a means of conveyance.

absorption

Transportation; Shipping

One carrier assumes the charges of another without any increase in charges to the shipper.

acceptance

Transportation; Shipping

A time draft (or bill of exchange) that the drawee (payer) has accepted and is unconditionally obligated to pay at maturity.– Broadly speaking, any agreement to purchase goods ...

net tonnage (NT)

Transportation; Shipping

The replacement, since 1994, for “Net Register Tonnage.” Theoretically the cargo capacity of the ship. Sometimes used to charge fees or taxes on a vessel. The formula is(0.2+0.02 ...