The period of time between the moment at which one is ready for an activity to start and the moment at which this activity can actually begin. See also: Queue Time
Clause in a marine insurance policy stating that no acts of the insurer or insured in recovering, saving or preserving the property insured, shall be considered a dismissal from or acceptance of abandonment.
Perils of war or warlike operations, such as capture, seizure, arrests, restraints of kings, princesses and people, hostilities, civil war, mines, torpedo's. War risks are not covered under a policy for marine perils and must therefore be covered under a separate policy for war risks.
A building specially designed for receipt, storage and handling of goods.
Party who takes responsibility for goods entered into a warehouse.
Receipt for products deposited in a warehouse.
Those activities of holding and handling goods in a warehouse (store).
The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw, 12 October 1929, or that Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol, 1955, stipulating obligations or parties and limitations and/or exonerations of carriers (air cargo).
Processing and or removal to final resting place or transfer to a place for re-use or recovering of waste.
The collection of used, damaged, or outdated products and or packaging from designated users.
Non-negotiable document evidencing the contract for the transport of cargo.
Loss or deterioration resulting from ordinary use.
Weight Charge
A ton of 1000 kilos.
A place for berthing vessels to facilitate loading and discharging of cargo.
The fee charged for the use of a wharf for mooring, loading or discharging a vessel or for storing goods.
An intermediary between manufacturers and retailers in various activities such as promotion, warehousing, and the arranging of transport and or distribution.
The quantity of work ahead assigned to a certain facility such as a work station, capacity group or a department respectively staff-member.
Abbreviation: WHO The global agency linked with the United Nations and co-operating with other technical agencies relating to health matters at sea and on land.
Abbreviation: WMO The United Nations agency dealing with meteorological issues.