Ocean shipping

Ocean shipping

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

Industry: Maritime; Transportation

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Ocean shipping

bagged cargo

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Various kinds of commodities usually packed in sacks or in bags, such as sugar, cement, milk powder, onion, grain, flour, etc.

Heavy substances loaded by a vessel to improve stability, trimming, sea keeping and to increase the immersion at the propeller. Sea water ballast is commonly' loaded in most vessels in ballast tanks, ...

ballast bonus

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Compensation for relatively long ballast voyage.

ballast movement

Maritime; Ocean shipping

A voyage or voyage leg made without any paying cargo in a vessel's tanks. To maintain proper stability, trim, or draft, seawater is usually carried during such movements.

ballast tank

Maritime; Ocean shipping

Compartments at the bottom of a ship or on the sides which are filled with liquids for stability and to make the ship seaworthy. Any shipboard tank or compartment on a tanker normally used for ...

bareboat charter

Maritime; Ocean shipping

(1) a charter in which the bare ship is chartered without crew; the charterer, for a stipulated sum taking over the vessel for a stated period of time, with a minimum of restrictions; the charterer ...

anti-trust exemption

Maritime; Ocean shipping

The immunity from prosecution under the sherman act, granted to steamship companies in 1916, in recognition of the special services and value american flag merchant vessels provide in the defense of ...