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Ocean shipping

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

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Ocean shipping

berth c/p

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Term used in a voyage charter party, e.g. Vessel shall proceed to berth 2 at falmouth.

berth cargo

Maritime; Ocean shipping

When a liner cargo vessel accepts extra cargo to fill the empty space remaining.

berth liner service

Maritime; Ocean shipping

A regularly scheduled steamship line with regularly published schedules (ports of call) from and to defined trade areas.

berth or liner terms

Maritime; Ocean shipping

An expression covering assessment of ocean freight rates generally implying that loading and discharging expenses will be for the ship owner's account, and usually applying from the end of the ship's ...

bill of lading

Maritime; Ocean shipping

A document issued by a common carrier to a shipper that serves as:(1) a receipt for the goods delivered to the carrier for shipment. (2) a definition of the contract of carriage of the goods from the ...

inland bill of lading

Maritime; Ocean shipping

A bill of lading used in transporting goods overland to the exporter's international carrier.

foul bill of lading

Maritime; Ocean shipping

A receipt for goods issued by a carrier bearing a notation that the outward containers or the goods have been damaged.

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