Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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B/L
See: Bill of Lading
BC Code
Safe working practice code for solid bulk cargo.
BSI Container Specification
British Standards Institution Specification for freight containers.
Back Haul
The return movement of a means of transport which has provided a transport service in one direction.
Back Letter
Back letters are drawn up in addition to a contract in order to lay down rights and/or obligations between both contracting parties, which, for some reason cannot be included in the original contract.
This expression is sometimes used for letters of indemnity, which are drawn up if the condition of the goods loaded gives rise to remarks and, nevertheless, the shipper insists upon receiving clean Bills of Lading. Letters of indemnity are only allowed in very exceptional circumstances.
Back Order
A customer order or commitment, which is unfilled due to insufficient stock.
Back Scheduling
A method of obtaining a production schedule by working backwards from the required due date in order to predict the latest start date consistent with meeting that due date.
Backlog
- The quantity of goods still to be delivered, received, produced, issued, etc., for which the planned or agreed date has expired.
- The total number of customer orders which have been received but not yet been shipped.
Balespace
The balespace of a vessel is the capacity of cargo spaces under deck (including hatchways but excluding void spaces behind cargo battens and beams) expressed in cubic meters or cubic feet.
Ballast
Materials solely carried to improve the trim and the stability of the vessel. In vessels usually water is carried as ballast in tanks, specially designed for that purpose.
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Bank Guarantee
An undertaking by a bank to be answerable for payment of a sum of money in the event of non performance by the party on whose behalf the guarantee is issued.
Banking System
For marine purposes the practice of always keeping more than one piece of cargo on the quay or in the vessel ready for loading or discharging in order to avoid delays and to obtain optimal use of the loading gear.
Baplie
An EDI message to convey the Bayplan on occupied and empty slots in a certain vessel at a particular time.
Bar Coding
A method of encoding data for fast and accurate electronic readability. Bar codes are a series of alternating bars and spaces printed or stamped on products, labels, or other media, representing encoded information which can be read by electronic readers, used to facilitate timely and accurate input of data to a computer system. Bar codes represent letters and/or numbers and special characters like +, /, -, etc.
Bare Boat Charter
A charter whereby the charterer leases the bare ship and appoints the master and crew himself.
Barge
Flat bottomed inland cargo vessel for canals and rivers with or without own propulsion for the purpose of transporting goods.
Bars
Special devices mounted on container doors to provide a watertight locking.
Base
Home depot of container or trailer.
Basic Stock
Items of an inventory intended for issue against demand during the re- supply lead time.
Batch
A collection of products or data which is treated as one entity with respect to certain operations e.g. processing and production.
Batch Lot
A definite quantity of some product manufactured or produced under conditions which are presumed uniform and for production control purposes passing as a unit through the same series of operations.
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