A term given to a suction or filing well found in deep tank construction. It can operate as a bilge suction or allow filing operations for water ballast. The line can also be blanked off … [Read more...]

This is the payment for hiring a fully manned and equipped vessel. The word can also be used as payment for leasing or demising a vessel. … [Read more...]

This is a type of scrap-metal cargo usually originating from the U.S.A. The expression is used in an abbreviated form in communications concerning fixtures and in its full form in the charterparty to carry the cargo. The word "handy" indicates that the scrap-metal cargo is not very light (S.F. of about 90) not very heavy (S.F. of about 20 to 40). The S.F. of HHDW scrap is about 50. … [Read more...]

This expression is used in chartering and in grain trading to mean any type of grain coming Within a variety of descriptions, and having an average Stowage Factor (S.F.). Wheat is a heavy grain, having a S.F. of from 44 to 49. Soya beans have a S.F. of from 48 to 52  and . Sorghums also from 44 to 49. The lower the S.F. the higher the density of the grain, so these cargoes are generally heavier than the lighter grains such as barley and oats. HSS cargoes are exported mainly from the U.S. Gulf and North American Pacific ports and from the River Plate ports … [Read more...]

While the Hague Rules/Hague-Visby Rules were supposed to improve the position of the holder of a bill of lading as against the carrier of goods by sea, some cargo-generating countries considered that the protection of the shipper was insufficient. In 1978 a new Convention was agreed in Hamburg under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ("UNCTAD"). These became known as the "Hamburg Rules". However, while the Hague-Visby Rules are in force internationally, by 1990 the Hamburg Rules were not. The Hamburg Rules will enter into force internationally on 1 November … [Read more...]

These "Rules" are sets of internationally-agreed, standard conditions which apply to contracts for carriage of goods by sea ("COGS") when the contracts are covered by a bill of lading or similar "document of title" including a bill of lading issued under a charterparty or complying with a charterparty. Their main function is generally to establish a system of responsibilities of the carrier under every contract of carriage of goods by sea. They also permit the carrier to enjoy certain rights and immunities (from liabilities) under the contract.The Rules can be part of the conditions of a … [Read more...]

Abnormal lowering of internal body temperature (heat loss) from exposure to cold air, wind, or water. … [Read more...]

A system of releasing a piece of equipment when immersed in water. … [Read more...]

High water in port as determined by tides which might affect the amount of cargo a vessel can load. … [Read more...]

Force of wind over 65 knots. … [Read more...]