Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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Slot
The space on board a vessel, required by one TEU, mainly used for administrative purposes.
Slot Charter
A voyage charter whereby the shipowner agrees to place a certain number of container slots (TEU and/or FEU) at the charterer's disposal.
Snake Loading
Loading products into a container in the sequence with which the goods will be unloaded and stored in at destination.
Sourcing
- The management on purpose of the various origins of products or materials on behalf of the recipient of these products or materials. In some industries sourcing is seen as the change from push to pull delivery for a number of fast moving items.
- Within a shipping company sourcing is specially dedicated to the retail industry acting as an intermediary between suppliers and the market with an integrated service for e.g. supermarkets or large department stores.
Space Charter
A voyage charter whereby the shipowner agrees to place part of the vessels capacity at the charterers disposal.
Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
Unit of account from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), i.a. used to express the amount of the limitations of a carrier's liability.
Special Rate
A rate other than a normal rate.
Specific Commodity Rate (SCR)
A rate applicable to carriage of specifically designated commodities.
Split Shipment
In case of indirect delivery through consolidation and if split shipment conditions occur then each split part of the shipment will be delivered in a different consignment but all consignments identified by the same unique original shipment id.
Spoke
The stretch between a hub and one of the group of consignees and/or consignors being served by the hub.
Spontaneous Ignition Temperature
The lowest temperature at which a substance will start burning spontaneously without an external source of ignition.
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Spreader
- Device used for lifting containers and unitised cargo.
- Beam or frame that holds the slings vertical when hoisting a load, to prevent damage to cargo.
Spring
Mooring rope rigged from the forward or aft to a quayside bollard amidships to prevent the ship from surging forward or aft when alongside.
Stability
The capacity of a vessel to return to its original position after having been displaced by external forces. The stability of a vessel depends on the meta-centric height.
Stack
An identifiable amount of containers stowed in a orderly way in one specified place on an (ocean) terminal, container freight station, container yard or depot.
See also: Container Stack
Stacking
To pile boxes, bags, containers etc. on top of each other.
Stackweight
The total weight of the containers and cargo in a certain row.
Standard Costs
A carefully prepared estimate of the cost of performing a given operation under specified conditions.
In a shipping company standard costs are determined for operations called 'standard Work Orders'.
Note: A standard work order describes a standard operation for which a standard cost is to be established.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
A method, used in the United States, to categorise companies into different industrial groupings.
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