Abbreviation for "General Department Store Merchandise." A classification of commodities that includes goods generally shipped by mass-merchandise companies. This commodity structure occurs only in service contracts.

(BOP)A country's financial position, with other countries of the world, which is made up of its.

A sliding or hinged opening in the deck, providing people with access to the cabin or space below; an opening in a boat's deck fitted with a watertight cover.

York-Antwerp Rules 1950 Rules to settle General Average claims. Their use is normally stipulated in the B/L or C/P.

An agency of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture that makes loans to states and territories in the U.S. for rural electrification and the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who do not receive central station service. It also furnishes and i ...

The underside of the deck, viewed from below the ceiling.

(ESOP)A plan devised to encourage employees to purchase stock in their company usually at a price below.

In order to obtain the clean bill of lading, the shipper signs a letter of indemnity to the carrier on the basis of which may be obtained the clean bill of lading, although the dock or mate's receipt showed that the shipment was damaged or in bad conditio ...

Australia (flag)

The group of bits which a computer processes as a unit; often, 8 bits.

Barge, Liquefied Nitrogen maximum pressure 10kg/cm

A situation where an individual is incapable of settling his/her debts and has been served a.

The cardinal points of the compass, i.e. north, south, east, west.

Asphalt Tanker.

International Chamber of Shipping

Tall and short waves caused by water current and wave directions being opposite to the direction of the wind.

A natural or synthetic polymer, which at room temperature can be stretched repeatedly to at least twice its original length, and which after removal of the tensile load will immediately and forcibly return to approximately its original length.

American Institute of Merchant Shipping.

A manifest that lists all cargo carried on a specific vessel voyage.

Watertight