Freight, shipping and chartering glossary

Type
Meaning
Ocean Freight
The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.
Seefrachtbrief
A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.
Aus-Miete Klausel
Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.
Ausladen
Discharge of cargo from a vessel.
Öffnete Tarife
A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.
Registrierung öffnen
A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.
Öffnete-Gipfel-Container
A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.
Übertonnage
Eine Situation, wo gibt es zu viele Schiffe im Allgemeinen oder in einem bestimmten Handel für die Höhe der verfügbaren Ladungen.