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Useful informationPALLET - A flat tray, generally made of wood but occasionally of steel, on which goods particularly those in boxes, cartons or bags, can be stacked.
These measures preferably take the form of duties and are imposed by regulation and enforced by the EU countries themselves.
Archives The European Union lays down the procedure for allocating Community economic and technical aid to promote the full integration of the environmental dimension in cooperation projects between the Community and developing countries (DCs). As of 1 January 2007 those rules have been replaced by the Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation.
Trade is everybody's business. Trade policy affects us all, every day, whatever we do and wherever we live.
Archives This Communication aims to launch the process for the development of the Community's position on fair trade.
MAIN DECK - The main continuous deck of a ship running from fore to aft; the principle deck; the deck from which the freeboard is determined.
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Glossary of maritime terms - BBAF - Bunker adjustment factor. A freight adjustment factor reflecting the current cost of bunkers. BAGGED CARGO - Various kinds of commodities usually packed in sacks or in bags, such as sugar, cement, milk powder, onion, grain, flour, etc. Also referred to as breakbulk. BALLAST - Heavy substances loaded by a vessel to improve stability, trim, sea-keeping and to increase the immersion at the propeller. In the days of sail rocks and sand were used. Modern ships use seawater loaded in ballast tanks placed at the bottom of the ship, or in some cases on the sides called wing tanks. Tankers admit ballast water into the cargo tanks to submerge the vessel to a proper trim. When ballast tanks are not connected with the cargo system they are referred to as SEGREGATED BALLAST TANKS. BAREBOAT CHARTER - Vessel contract where charterers take over all responsibility for the operation of the vessel and expenses for a certain period of time, and appoints his own master and crew and pays all running expenses. BARGE - Flat-bottomed boat for carrying cargo on protected waterways, usually without engines or crew accommodations. On inland river systems barges can be lashed together and either pushed or pulled by tugs and handle cargo of 60,000 tonnes or more. Small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore are known as lighters. B/d - Barrels per day (measure of petroleum production). BEAM - The width of a ship. Also called breadth. BILL OF LADING (B/L) - A document of title to the goods being carried on the ship, which acts as a receipt for the cargo and contains the terms of the contract of carriage. BIMCO - Baltic and International Maritime Council, to which many shipowners and brokers belong. B/L TON (also Freight Ton) - the greater weight or measurement of goods where 1 tonnes is either 1,000 kg or 1 cubic metre. BOATSWAIN (BOSUN) - The highest unlicensed rating on the ship with charge of all deck hands and who in turn comes under the direct orders of the master or chief mate or mate. BOILERS - Steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion and for heating and other auxiliary purposes. BONDED WAREHOUSE - An area of security approved by custom authorities for the safekeeping or deposit of goods liable for excise duty but not yet subject to that duty. BOW THRUSTERS - A propeller at the lower sea-covered part of the bow of the ship, which turns at right angles to the fore-and-aft line and thus provides transverse thrust as a manoeuvring aid. B/p or BOP - Balance of payments. BOX - a term used for a container. BOXTIME - Standard BIMVO time charter for container ships. BREADTH - See Beam BREAKBULK VESSEL - A general, multipurpose, cargo ship that carriers cargoes of non-uniform sizes, often on pallets, resulting in labour-intensive loading and unloading. BREAK BULK CARGO - Goods carried in the hold of ships and not in containers. BULK - Cargo shipped in loose condition and of a homogeneous nature. Cargoes that are shipped unpackaged either dry, such as grain and ore, or liquid, such as petroleum products. Bulk service generally is not provided on a regularly scheduled basis, but rather as needed, on specialized ships, transporting a specific commodity. BULK CARRIER - Ship specifically designed to transport large amounts of cargoes such as sugar, grain, wine, ore, chemicals, liquefied natural gas; coal, ore etc. See also LNG Carrier, Tanker, OBO Ship. BULKHEAD - A name given to any vertical partition which separates different compartments or spaces from one another. BUNKERS - Fuel consumed by the engines of a ship; compartments or tanks in a ship for fuel storage. BUOY - A floating object marking the navigable limits of channels, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, telegraph cables etc. |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|
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