Cargo transported inside a container.

Fuel or water placed in the double bottom of the vessel in order to weigh down or to stabilize the vessel.

1) Filling part of the hold or tank of a vessel so that the screw propeller is under the level of the water, to improve the vessel’s performance at sea; 2) Lowering the vessel by filling with water, t [..]

A vessel equipped for the transportation of cargo pre-loaded in barges.

1) contract between the shipper and the shipping company transporting the goods; 2) written proof of the goods’ receipt by the shipping company; 3) negotiable instrument representative of the goods.

Vessel transporting dry bulk cargo.

Fuel and water required for the vessel to operate.

Dry docking a vessel for the purposes of hull maintenance, cleaning and painting (tarring).

Maintenance or painting operations on the submerged section of a vessel.

Contract in which the vessel’s owner (the freighter) undertakes, for a fee, to place a vessel at a charterer’s disposal.