Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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Derrick
Lifting equipment on board a conventional vessel for loading and discharging cargo, consisting of a post attached to the deck and an inclined spar.
Despatch
The process of sending goods.
Despatch Advice
Information send by shippers to the recipient of goods informing that specified goods are sent or ready to be sent advising the detailed contents of the consignment.
Despatch Days
The days gained if the free time included in the rate and allowed for the use of certain equipment is not fully used.
Despatch Note (for post parcels)
Document which, according to the agreement concerning postal parcels, is to accompany post parcels.
Destination
- Place for which goods or a vehicle is bound.
- The ultimate stopping place according to the contract of carriage (air cargo).
Det Norske Veritas
Norwegian classification society.
Detention
Keeping equipment beyond the time allowed.
See: Demurrage
Detention Charge
Charges levied on usage of equipment exceeding free time period as stipulated in the pertinent inland rules and conditions.
Deterioration
The downgrading of a product due to long storage, damage to packing or other external influences.
Devanning
See: Stripping-Unpacking
Deviation from a Route
A divergence from the agreed or customary route.
Dimensions
Measurements in length, width and height, regarding cargo.
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Direct Delivery
- The conveyance of goods directly from the vendor to the buyer. Frequently used if a third party acts as intermediary agent between vendor and buyer.
- Direct discharge from vessel onto railroad car, road vehicle or barge with the purpose of immediate transport from the port area (usually occurs when ports lack adequate storage space or when ports are not equipped to handle a specific cargo).
Direct Interchange
Transfer of leased equipment from one lessee to another (container).
Direct Product Profitability (DPP)
System employed mainly within the retail sector for calculating the profit from any given product in any given position within the supply chain, requiring transparency and management of all logistic costs.
Direct Route
The shortest operated route between two points.
Disbursement
Sums paid out by a ship's agent at a port and recovered from the carrier.
Discharge
- The unloading of a vehicle, a vessel or an aircraft.
- The landing of cargo.
Discrepancy
Difference between the particulars given and the particulars found.
Discrete Code
A bar code in which the spaces between characters (inter character gaps) are not part of the code as each character begins and ends with a bar. The spaces can therefore vary in width, specified tolerances.
An example is Code 39.
Dispatch
See: Despatch
Displacement
The weight of the quantity of water displaced by the vessel. The displacement of the vessel on her light draft represents the weight of the vessel ready for use including stores etc.
Disposable Pallet
Pallet intended to be discarded after a single cycle of use.
Disposal Chain
A sequence of events in a goods-flow which gets rid of a specific good. This may include removal, recycling, waste dumping etc.
Disposal of Goods
The act of getting rid of goods.
Dispositioning
All activities relating to the inland movement of empty and or full containers.
Distribution
The set of activities which ensure the availability of goods in the desired quality, quantity, place and time for the customer.
See also: Physical Distribution
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