Hull and Machinery
Hull and Machinery
Hull and machinery
Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk Harbor
Ports between and inclusive of Le Havre and Hamburg
Horse-power nominal
Hellenic Shipbrokers Association
Heating, sweating and spontaneous combustion
Half-time survey
Heavy weather damage
High water mark
High water ordinary spring tides
Hatch cover; Hold cleaning
Havre to Hamburg
Hague Visby Rules
Hatch
Various local charges against all seagoing vessels entering a harbor, to cover maintenance of channel depths, buoys, lights, etc. all harbors do not necessarily have this charge.
A vessel which has gone aground and is incapable of refloating under her own power.
A currency which is sound enough to be accepted internationally and which is usually fully convertible.
An internationally accepted and uniform description system for classifying goods for customs, statistical, and other purposes.
A key provision of the international trade bill, effective January 1, 1989, that established international uniformity for classifying goods moving in international trade under a single commodity code.
(1893) This U.S. statute refers to merchandise or property transported from or between ports of the United States and foreign ports. Now partially superseded by the US Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of 1936.
Highest astronomical tide
An industry abbreviation for Hazardous Material.
Substance or combination of substances which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, may cause or significantly pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment when improperly packaged, stored, transported, or otherwise managed
Any material, whether solid, liquid or containing gaseous material, identified in the Resource & Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) either by name (listed) or by characteristics
Harmless Bulk Fertilizer
Hot Briquetted Iron
Hydrostatic Balanced Loading (Marpol 13g): A process that may be adopted by single hull tankers if they wish to trade beyond 25 years of age through to final phase-out date at 30 years of age. This method of operation is designed to reduce the environ
Hamburg range
Hatch cover; Hold cleaning
Head charterers
Ho Chi Minh City
Half dispatch
Half dispatch all time saved
Half dispatch all time saved both ends
Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends
Half Despatch Working Time Saved
Half dispatch working time saved both ends
A vessel specifically designed to be self-sustaining with heavy lift cranes to handle unusually heavy or outsized cargoes.
Freight too heavy to be handled by regular ship's tackle.
HELicopter DecK
A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during maneuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.
High Frequency
Haifa
Heavy fuel oil
Heavy grain
Hold hatches
Handy Heavy Dead Weight
Heavy, handy, deadweight scrap
Any container exceeding 102 inches in height.
Hong Kong
Harmless
Heavy motor block
Heavy Melting Scrap
Hazardous Materials Technician
Hazardous and Noxious Substances
Hold
Holds/hatches
Holds/hatches
A general name for the spaces below the main deck designated for stowage of general cargo. A hold on a tanker is usually just forward of #1 cargo tank. Some newer tankers have no hold.
Horsepower of High-Pressure
Hour;Hellenic Register; Here
Hampton Roads
Hot Rolled Coils
Hour(s)
Harmonized System
Harmonized System Committee
High speed diesel
High sulphur fuel oil
Heavy grains, Soyabeans and sorghums
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Half Time Used To Count
High Technology Working Group
A central location to which traffic from many cities is directed and from which traffic is fed to other areas.
Shell or body of a ship.
Short ton hundredweight = 100 pounds. Long ton hundredweight = 112 pounds.
A term used by steamship lines, agents, or port captains who are appointed to handle all matters in assisting the master of the vessel while in port to obtain such services as bunkering, fresh water, food and supplies, payroll for the crew, doctors appointments, and ship repair.
Have
Heavy viscosity fuel oil
HeaVy Fuel
Harmonized Vessel Particulars Questionnaire
High Water
Heavy, handy, dead weight
Height waterline to top hatch
High water on ordinary neap tides
High water on ordinary spring tides=The opposite to Low Water on Ordinary Spring Tides
A multilateral maritime treaty adopted in 1921 (at The Hague, Netherlands). Standardizes liability of an international carrier under the Ocean B/L. Establishes a legal floor for B/L. See COGSA
An officer who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a harbor.
The currency of a nation which may be exchanged for that of another nation without restriction. Sometimes referred to as convertible currency. Hard currency countries typically have sizeable exchange reserves and surpluses in their balance of payments. See: Soft Currency.
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (or Harmonized System, HS) is a system for classifying goods in international trade, developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council. Beginning on January 1, 1989, the new HS numbers replaced previously adhered-to schedules in over 50 countries, including the United States. For the United States, the HS numbers and four additional digits are the numbers that are entered on the actual export and import documents. Any other commodity code classification number (SITC, end-use, etc.) are just rearrangements and transformations of the original HS numbers
A schedule of tariff nomenclature arranged in 6 digit codes allowing all participating countries to classify traded goods on a common basis. Beyond the 6 digit level, countries are free to introduce national distinctions for tariff or statistical purposes. This system will replace the Tariff Schedule of the United States (TSUS). The Harmonized System was implemented by the United States and other major GATT countries after Jan, 1. 1988. Additional countries are expected to be implementing the system subsequent to that date
An international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade under a single commodity-coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, this code is a hierarchically structured product nomenclature containing approximately 5,000 headings and subheadings. It is organized into 99 chapters arranged in 22 sections. Sections encompass an industry (e.g., Section XI, Textiles and Textile Articles); chapters encompass the various materials and products of the industry (e.g., Chapter 50, Silk; Chapter 55, Manmade Staple Fibers; Chapter 57, Carpets). The basic code contains four-digit headings and six-digit subheadings. Many countries add digits for Customs tariff and statistical purposes. In the United States, duty rates will be the eight-digit level; statistical suffixes will be at the ten-digit level. The Harmonized System (HS) is the current U.S. tariff schedule (TSUSA) for imports and is the basis for the ten-digit Schedule B export code.
The opening in the deck of a vessel; gives access to the cargo hold.
Harbour
A hearing which is held at the request of an interested party in antidumping proceedings for the purpose of allowing interested persons to express their views orally to officials of the Commerce Department. The hearing is held prior to the Commerce Department's (International Trade Administration) final determination or before the final results of an administrative review are published. See: Tariff Act of 1930
A cargo vessel able to carry heavy and/or outsized individual cargoes. Cargo may be carried on deck or in holds and may be loaded by crane and/or ro-ro ramps
A heavy load carrier which is semi submersible for the float on loading/unloading of the cargoes
A charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship's normal tackle.
A combat vessel designed to enable the carriage, take off and landing of helicopters
The Helsinki Accord deals with the rights of people to migrate freely. The tourism portions of the Accord encourage: (a) tourism and tourism studies, (b) preservation of artistic, historic and cultural heritages of signatories, (c) lowering of fees and documentation needed for international travel, and (d) other efforts to encourage cooperation on tourism among countries. The Accord was signed in 1975
Compression of a flat or standard bale of cotton to approximately 32 pounds per cubic foot. Usually applies to cotton exported or shipped coastwise
The marrying of two or more portions of one shipment that originate at different locations, moving under one bill of lading, from one shipper to one consignee. Authority for this
B/L covering parts of a shipment which are loaded at more than one location. Hitchment B/L usually consists of two parts, hitchment and hitchment memo. The hitchment portion usually covers the majority of a divided shipment and carries the entire revenue
See: Foreign Market Value.
Homologation of an automobile is the certification by a country that a vehicle conforms to its safety and emission standards -- primarily that a vehicle has been manufactured or modified to meet a country's standards.
A barge which loads material dumped into it by a dredger and discharges the cargo through the bottom.
A bottom discharging or split hull barge.
A self propelled vessel equipped to carry material and discharge it at sea through the bottom of the vessel, either by bottom doors or a split hull
A vessel equipped to obtain material from the sea bed by use of circulating buckets. The material may be carried on board and discharged elsewhere through the bottom of the vessel, either by bottom doors or a split hull, or delivered to other vessels, pum
A vessel equipped to obtain material from the sea bed by an unspecified means. The material may be carried on board and discharged elsewhere through the bottom of the vessel, either by bottom doors or a split hull, or delivered to other vessels, pumped as
A vessel equipped to obtain material from the sea bed by use of a grab or backhoe. The material may be carried on board and discharged elsewhere through the bottom of the vessel, either by bottom doors or a split hull, or delivered to other vessels, pumpe
A vessel equipped to obtain material from the sea bed by use of a suction pipe. The material may be carried on board and discharged elsewhere through the bottom of the vessel, either by bottom doors or a split hull, or delivered to other vessels, pumped a
An export trading company which exports a range of similar or identical products supplied by a number of manufacturers or other producers. Webb-Pomerene Organizations, trade-grouped organized export trading companies, and an export trading company formed by an association of agricultural cooperatives are the prime examples of horizontally organized export trading companies
The Horn of Africa comprises Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan.
A vessel equipped to serve as a hospital
A naval auxiliary vessel adapted as a hospital ship
B/L issued by a freight forwarder or consolidator covering a single shipment containing the names, addresses and specific description of the goods shipped.
See Door-to-Door.
Cargo loaded into a container by the shipper under shipper's supervision. When the cargo is exported, it is unloaded at the foreign pier destination.
A barge or converted vessel that is stationary and used as a dwelling
The process of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail car within a rail classification yard in order to make up a train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or hump onto the appropriate track.