Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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Certificate of Origin
A certificate, showing the country of original production of goods. Frequently used by customs in ascertaining duties under preferential tariff programmes or in connection with regulating imports from specific sources.
Certificate of Redelivery
A certificate, indicating the condition of a vessel upon redelivery from a charter including ballast, available bunkers and fresh water.
Certification Authority (Key Management)
The certification authority is the central party of a key management system. It provides certificates to the users so that "trust" can be established between different users based on the "trust" between the Registration Authority and users. These certificates are furthermore made available in one or more directories which can be accessed by all users.
Chain Conveyor
A conveyor consisting of two or more strands of chain running in parallel tracks with the loads carried directly on the chains.
Chain-Locker
Compartment at the forward part of the ship designed for the storage of the anchor chain.
Charge
An amount to be paid for carriage of goods based on the applicable rate of such carriage, or an amount to be paid for a special or incidental service in connection with the carriage of goods.
Charge Type
A separate, identifiable element of charges to be used in the pricing/ rating of common services rendered to customers.
Charter Contract
See: Charter Party
Charter Party
- A contract in which the shipowner agrees to place his vessel or a part of it at the disposal of a third party, the charterer, for the carriage of goods for which he receives a freight per ton cargo, or to let his vessel for a definite period or trip for which a hire is paid.
- Synonym: Charter Contract.
Charterer
The legal person who has signed a charter party with the owner of a vessel or an aircraft and thus hires or leases a vessel or an aircraft or a part of the capacity thereof.
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Chassis
- A wheeled carriage onto which an ocean container is mounted for inland conveyance
- The part of a motor vehicle that includes the engine, the frame, suspension system, wheels, steering mechanism etc., but not the body.
Claim
A charge made against a carrier for loss, damage or delay.
Classification
Arrangement according to a systematic division of a number of objects into groups, based on some likeness or some common traits.
Classification Society
An Organisation, whose main function is to carry out surveys of vessels, its purpose being to set and maintain standards of construction and upkeep for vessels, their engines and their safety equipment. A classification society also inspects and approves the construction of P&O Nedlloyd containers.
Clean Bill of Lading
A Bill of Lading which does not contain any qualification about the apparent order and condition of the goods to be transported (it bears no stamped clauses on the front of the B/L). It bears no superimposed clauses expressly declaring a defective condition of the goods or packaging (resolution of the ICS 1951).
Clean on Board
When goods are loaded on board and the document issued in respect to these goods is clean.
Note: Through the usage of the UCP 500 rules the term has now become superfluous.
Clearance Terminal
Terminal where Customs facilities for the clearance of goods are available.
Cleared Without Examination (CWE)
Cleared by customs without inspection.
Client
A party with which a company has a commercial relationship concerning the transport of e.g. cargo or concerning certain services of the company concerned, either directly or through an agent.
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