Ocean shipping

Ocean shipping

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

Contributors in Ocean shipping

Ocean shipping

A person or firm that establishes a connection between a buyer and a seller. Brokers operate in many fields: insurance, steamship transport, securities, drafts, and other phases of foreign trade. Not ...

brokerage

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Percentage of freight payable to broker (by owners in c/p's) or applicable to sale or purchase.

bridge

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Used loosely to refer to the navigating section of the vessel where the wheel house and chart room are located; erected structure amidships or aft or very rarely fore over the main deck of a ship to ...

breakpoint

Maritime; Ocean shipping

The weight at which freight charges change, e.g., 100 kilos.

breakbulk vessel

Maritime; Ocean shipping

(1) a vessel designed to handle palletized, pre-slung, boxed, and unitized cargo. Holds can be at the open bay or between deck type. Between deck means, the hold can be converted from multi levels to ...

breakbulk cargo

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Cargo which is shipped as a unit (e.g., palletized cargo, boxed cargo, large machinery, trucks, and pre-slung cargo)

automated commercial system (ACS)

Maritime; Ocean shipping

The electronic system of the u. S. Customs service, encompassing a variety of industry sectors, that permits on-line access to information in selected areas.