Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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Convention Internationale Concernant le Transport des Marchandises par Chemin de Fer (CIM)
International agreement, applied by 19 European railway companies, setting out conditions for international railway transport of goods and the liabilities of the carrier.
Convention Relative au Contrat de Transport International de Marchandise par Route (CMR)
Convention for the international carriage of goods by road, setting out the conditions of carriage and the liabilities of the carrier.
Note: Adherence to this set of regulations reflects a desire to standardise items such as documentation and rules on the carriers liability.
Conventional Cargo
See: Break Bulk Cargo
Convertor Dolly
An auxiliary undercarriage assembly consisting of a chassis, fifth wheel and towbar used to convert a semi-trailer or a container chassis to a full trailer.
Conveyance
Transport of goods from one place to another.
Conveyor
A mechanical device in the form of a continuous belt for transporting cargo.
Core Competence
The combination of individual skills and use of technologies that underlay the various products and or services of a business.
Core Data
The fundamental set of data that is needed to convey the essential minimum detail for a specific transaction type. Ideally the detail should be all required pieces of information with no, or at least the very minimum of, options.
Core Master Data
The fundamental set of data that is needed to establish sufficient (but minimum) reference material to support the maximum use of pre-code, pre-agreed information enabling simple (minimum required content) transaction messaging.
Core Systems
Systems which are corporately owned and used globally. The systems are managed and controlled by a global team of specialists. The systems are considered as key for the general functioning of the entire company.
Corner Fittings
Fittings located at the corners of containers providing means of supporting, stacking, handling and securing the container.
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Corner Post
Vertical structural member at either side of an 'end frame' of a container joining a top and a bottom corner fitting (and thereby forming a 'corner structure').
Correction Message
A substitution for what has been wrong in a prior data interchange between computers in accordance with interchange agreements.
Cost and Freight (...named port of destination) (CFR)
See: Inco Terms
Cost, Insurance and Freight (...named port of destination) (CIF)
See: Inco Terms
Council of European and Japanese National Shipowner's Associations (CENSA)
The main objectives of this Organisation are to promote and protect sound Shipping policies in all sectors of shipping, to co-ordinate and present the views of its members and to exchange views with other shipowner groups.
Country of Departure
Country from which a certain means of transport is scheduled to depart or has departed.
Country of Despatch
Country from which the goods are shipped.
Country of Origin
Country in which the goods have been produced or manufactured, according to criteria laid down for the purpose of application of the customs tariff, of quantitative restrictions, or of any other measure related to trade.
Country of Provenance
The country from which goods or cargo are sent to the importing country.
Crane
A machine designed for moving and lifting weight by means of a movable projecting arm or a horizontal beam, which is able to travel over a certain distance.
Crew Member
Any person actually employed for duties on board during a voyage in the working or service of a ship and included in the crew list (IMO).
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