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  2. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard [1] published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO (the ...

  3. International Safety Management Code - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of the ISM Code. To ensure safety at sea and prevent damage to property, personnel and environment. In order to comply with the ISM Code, the Company operating the vessel has to be audited first (after they submit their Safety Management System Manual (SMS) and is approved by Flag Administration or Recognized Organization (RO). Once ...

  4. Forward freight agreement - Wikipedia

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    A forward freight agreement ( FFA) is a financial forward contract that allows ship owners, charterers and speculators to hedge against the volatility of freight rates. It gives the contract owner the right to buy and sell the price of freight for future dates. FFAs are built on an index composed of a shipping route for tanker or a basket of ...

  5. Vessel emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Charlie, Charlie, Charlie is the code for a security threat aboard Royal Caribbean ships and the code for upcoming helicopter winch operations aboard c-bed accommodation vessels. Code blue usually means a medical emergency. Delta, delta, delta is the code for a possible bio-hazard among some cruise lines. More commonly used to alert crew to ...

  6. Standard Carrier Alpha Code - Wikipedia

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    The Standard Carrier Alpha Code ( SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records. [1]

  7. I'm Shipping Up to Boston - Wikipedia

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    Dropkick Murphys singles chronology. "The Warrior's Code". (2005) " I'm Shipping Up to Boston ". (2006) "The State of Massachusetts". (2008) " I'm Shipping Up to Boston " is a song by the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, with lyrics written by folk singer Woody Guthrie . The original version of the song was released in 2004 on Give 'Em the ...

  8. Harmonized System - Wikipedia

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    The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, also known as the Harmonized System ( HS) of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products. It came into effect in 1988 and has since been developed and maintained by the World Customs Organization (WCO) (formerly the Customs ...

  9. List of postal codes - Wikipedia

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    NNNNN for PO Boxes. NNNNN-NNNN for home delivery. A complete 13-digit code has 5-digit number representing region, sector, city, and zone; 4-digit X between 2000 and 5999; 4-digit Y between 6000 and 9999. [22] Digits of 5-digit code may represent postal region, sector, branch, section, and block respectively.