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U.S. Department of Transportation
업종: Government
Number of terms: 13754
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The forwarding agreement or carrying agreement between shipper and air carrier and is issued only in nonnegotiable form.
Industry:Transportation
The side–to–side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.
Industry:Transportation
Any person not a common carrier who, under special and individual contracts or agreements, transports passengers or property for compensation.
Industry:Transportation
Weight of the goods alone without any immediate wrappings, e.g., the weight of the contents of a tin can without the weight of the can.
Industry:Transportation
The total price to move cargo from origin to destination, inclusive of all charges.
Industry:Transportation
A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.
Industry:Transportation
The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.
Industry:Transportation
Sophisticated, computer–controlled systems that manage the mixtures of gases within a container throughout an intermodal journey reducing decay.
Industry:Transportation
An organisation established by the members of an ocean conference acts as a self–policing force with broad authority to investigate tariff violations, including authority to scrutinise all documents kept by the carriers and their personnel. Violations are reported to the membership and significant penalties are assessed.
Industry:Transportation
The striking by a moving vessel against a stationary object.
Industry:Transportation