The time at which the mooring or docking procedure is completed and the vessel is safely tied up or moored.

All procedures necessary to enable the physical handling of goods.

Reference number assigned by the carrier or his agent to the voyage of the vessel.

A set of documents, replacing the various (national) forms for customs declaration within European Community, implemented on January 1st, 1988. The introduction of the SAD constitutes an intermediate stage in the abolition of all administrative documentation in intra European Community trade in goods between member states.

Automated System for Customs Data. This program dealing with customs declarations has been developed by UNCTAD and is presently used by some 75 countries.

A charter party under which the owner provides the vessel only or bare, and the charterer provides the crew, stores, cargoes, etc. Usually these charters are entered into for a longer period of time. Bareboat Charters can also be known as charter-parties by demise. The registered owner passes over to the demise charterer the complete control and ma [..]

A chartering term where the ship owner agrees that the loading and discharging of the vessel from the loading berth and to the discharging berth will be the responsibility of the owner with regards to the expenses for stevedores and terminal charges in accordance with the custom of the port(s) involved.

Laytime Cancellation. In most charter parties there is a set period of days in which the owner agrees to present the vessel for loading. Should the vessel owner fail to present the vessel by the last date of this agreed upon shipping period the charterer has the option to cancel or renegotiate the charter in accordance with the canceling date claus [..]

An abbreviation for Marine Pollution used to describe the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships of 1973. Known as the MARPOL Convention.

A vertical wall which divides a space within a vessel running from side to side of the vessel.port to another for on-carriage during the course of one transport operation.