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Shipping
Relating to the mass transport of goods on massive cargo ships.
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crew
Transportation; Shipping
The personnel engaged on board ship, excluding the master and officers and the passengers on passenger ships.
cosmos s.
Transportation; Shipping
A Belgian electronic computer logistic system used at the SA container terminal.
contract registration and billing system (COREBIS)
Transportation; Shipping
A single electronic billing system, instituted by SA Port Operations from April 2002.
container ship
Transportation; Shipping
A ship designed to handle containerised cargo. A fully cellular container ship is one that carries no cranes and is reliant on shorebased cranes for loading and discharging. Container ships' hulls ...
international load line certificate
Transportation; Shipping
A certificate which gives details of a ship's freeboard and states that the ship has been surveyed and the appropriate load lines marked on her sides. The certificate is issued by a classification ...
integrated tug barge (ITB)
Transportation; Shipping
A large barge of integrated from the rear on to the bow of a tug purposely constructed to push the barge.
inland waters
Transportation; Shipping
Refers to lakes, streams, rivers, canals, waterways, inlets, bays and the like.
