Cargo transportation terms

Sea transportation for a short distance between two or more ports for the purpose of grouping or distributing cargo (usually containers) in one of these ports for further transportation on the high seas or after such transportation.

Fittingit is a mandatory element of the container design by a standard device for attaching containers to vehicles or among themselves. Fittings are usually located in the upper and lower corners of the container where rotary locks or other devices are inserted that allow lifting stacking or securing the container. Containers whose length is not a multiple of 20 feet (for example, 45-foot ones), in addition to corner ones, also have an additional set of fittings whose spatial grid corresponds to the grid of 20- and 40-foot containers. This makes it possible to use the same means of transportation and loading and unloading equipment during their operation.

Flexible polymer container with a volume of up to 24,000 liters designed for the transportation of liquid cargo in a 20-foot container.

The cost of cargo delivery by water transport.

payment for cargo transportation stipulated by the contract or the law.

With the development of the world transport system, the concept of freight has spread to air (English air freight) and land (English land freight) transport.

" >Freightas a fee for cargo transportation primarily refers to transportation under a flight charter agreement or a charter agreement, since in a time charter and even more so in a bareboat charter, the subject of the contract is not cargo transportation, but the rental of a vessel. It is paid to the carrier by the sender of the cargo or the charterer.

The cargo transportation itself on a chartered vessel, as well asthe contractfor transportation, including a description of the cargo, the carrier's obligations and the amount of the fee.

The amount of freight is established by agreement of the parties. In the absence of an agreement between the parties, the amount of freight is calculated based on the rates applied at the place of loading of the cargo and during loading of the cargo. Ifcargoloaded on the ship in larger quantities than stipulated by the contract, the amount of freight increases accordingly.

In the field of commercial water transport, the term freight often refers to the cost of transporting one ton of cargo. Accordingly, if the charterer does not ensure the loading of the minimum amount of cargo stipulated in the chartering contract / voyage charter, the shipowner has the right to issue a "dead freight" to the charterer, compensating the shipowner for the lost profit.

With the development of the world transport system, the concept of freight has spread to air (English airfreight) and land (English land

With the development of the world transport system, the concept of freight has spread to air (English air freight) and land (English land freight) transport.

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