Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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Batch Production
The production process where products/components are produced in batches and where each separate batch consists of a number of the same products/components.
Battens
Members protruding from the inside walls of a vessel's hold or a (thermal) container to keep away the cargo from the walls to provide an air passage. They may be integral with the walls, fastened to the walls or added during cargo handling.
Bay
A vertical division of a vessel from stem to stern, used as a part of the indication of a stowage place for containers. The numbers run from stem to stern; odd numbers indicate a 20 foot position, even numbers indicate a 40 foot position.
Bay Plan
A stowage plan which shows the locations of all the containers on the vessel.
Behältertragwagen (B.T. Wagen)
A container wagon of the German Railways.
Benchmarking
The measurement and comparison with a standard or others of efforts and results in the business process for e.g. input, output, reliability, quality and customer satisfaction.
Note: For shipping company it is the comparative search for the best practices (processes) that will lead to superior performance of the company. It must be seen as a positive and pro-active process to make the company's operations lean and improve quality and productivity.
Bending-moment
Is the result of vertical forces acting on a ship as a result of local differences between weight and buoyancy.
The total of these forces should be zero, otherwise change of draft will occur. At sea the bending moment will change as a result of wave impact which than periodically changes the buoyancy distribution.
Note: The maximum allowed bending moment of a vessel is restricted by the class bureau to certain limits, which are different under port and sea conditions.
Berne Gauge
The most restrictive loading gauge (standard measure) or the lowest common denominator of loading gauges on the railways of continental Europe.
Berth
A location in a port where a vessel can be moored often indicated by a code or name.
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Best Practice
The provision to a client of examples and constructive consultation for improved logistics processes in the delivery of goods and services.
Bilateral Transport Agreement
Agreement between two nations concerning their transport relations.
Bill of Exchange
An unconditional order in writing to pay a certain sum of money to a named person.
Bill of Health
The Bill of Health is the certificate issued by local medical authorities indicating the general health conditions in the port of departure or in the ports of call. The Bill of Health must have been visaed before departure by the Consul of the country of destination.
When a vessel has free pratique, this means that the vessel has a clean Bill of Health certifying that there is no question of contagious disease and that all quarantine regulations have been complied with, so that people may embark and disembark.
Bill of Lading (B/L, plural: Bs/L)
A document which evidences a contract of carriage by sea.
The document has the following functions:
- A receipt for goods, signed by a duly authorised person on behalf of the carriers.
- A document of title to the goods described therein.
- Evidence of the terms and conditions of carriage agreed upon between the two parties.
At the moment 3 different models are used:
- A document for either Combined Transport or Port to Port shipments depending whether the relevant spaces for place of receipt and/or place of delivery are indicated on the face of the document.
- A classic marine Bill of Lading in which the carrier is also responsible for the part of the transport actually performed by himself.
- Sea Waybill: A non-negotiable document, which can only be made out to a named consignee. No surrender of the document by the consignee is required.
See also: Service Bill
Bill of Lading Clause
A particular article, stipulation or single proviso in a Bill of Lading. A clause can be standard and can be pre-printed on the B/L.
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