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Chartering is an activity within the shipping industry whereby a shipowner hires out the use of their vessel to a charterer. The contract between the parties is called a charterparty (from the French "charte partie", or "parted document"). The three main types of charter are: demise charter, voyage charter, and time charter .
t. e. IMDG Code or International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code is accepted by MSC ( Maritime Safety Committee) as an international guideline to the safe transportation or shipment of dangerous goods or hazardous materials by water on vessel. IMDG Code is intended to protect crew members and to prevent marine pollution in the safe transportation ...
COSCO Shipping was established in January 2016 by the merger of COSCO Group and China Shipping Group. [3] As of March 2020, the company's fleet was among the largest in the world – 1310 vessels with a capacity of 105.92 million DWT .
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 ...
UN Number Class Proper Shipping Name UN 3001: 6.1 (UN No. no longer in use) Phenoxy pesticides, liquid, toxic, flammable (UN No. no longer in use) UN 3002 (6.1) (UN No. no longer in use) Phenyl urea pesticides, liquid, toxic (UN No. no longer in use)
The International Ship and Port Facility Security ( ISPS) Code is an amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention (1974/1988) on Maritime security including minimum security arrangements for ships, ports and government agencies. Having come into force in 2004, it prescribes responsibilities to governments, shipping companies ...
A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), can be scanned by special optical scanners, called barcode readers, of which ...
The World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS) is a radio system set up by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) which provides hazard warnings to maritime shipping. Upon the onset of a meteorological or geological disaster that would pose a danger to shipping lanes, warnings are issued within affected NAVAREAs (designated ...