Operations Vocabulary
Shipping Terms
Complete maritime shipping vocabulary reference with searchable terms used in operations, compliance, and port logistics.
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| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| CBM | Cubic metres |
| CCC | Commodity Credit Corporation. |
| CCF | Capital Construction Fund: A tax benefit for operators of U.S.-built, U.S.-flag ships in the U.S. foreign, Great Lakes, or noncontiguous domestic trades, by which taxes may be deferred on income deposited in a fund to be used for the replacement of vessels |
| CDS | Construction Differential Subsidy: A direct subsidy paid to U.S. shipyards building U.S.-flag ships to offset high construction costs in American shipyards. An amount of subsidy (up to 50 percent) is determined by estimates of construction cost differentials between U.S. and foreign yards. |
| CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY | A document specifying the nation registry of the vessel. |
| CHANDLER | A person who deals in the selling of provisions, dried stores,etc. |
| CHARTER PARTY | A contractual agreement between a ship owner and a cargo owner, usually arranged by a broker, whereby a ship is chartered (hired) either for one voyage or a period of time. |
| CHARTER RATES | The tariff applied for chartering tonnage in a particular trade. |
| CHARTERER | The person to whom is given the use of the whole of the carrying capacity of a ship for the transportation of cargo or passengers to a stated port for a specified time. |
| Chemical tanker | Specially designed for the transport of chemicals. |
| CHIEF ENGINEER | The senior engineer officer responsible for the satisfactory working and upkeep of the main and auxiliary machinery and boiler plant on board ship |
| CHIEF MATE | The officer in the deck department next in rank to the master; second in command of a ship. He is next to the master, most especially in the navigation and as far as the deck department is concerned. The chief mate assumes the position of the Master in his absence. |
| CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY | Worldwide experienced and reputable societies. which undertake to arrange inspections and advise on the hull and machinery of a ship. A private organization that supervises vessels during their construction and afterward, in respect to their seaworthiness, and the placing of vessels in grades or 'classes' according to the society's rules for each particular type. It is not compulsory by law that a shipowner have his vessel built according to the rules of any classification society; but in practice, the difficulty in securing satisfactory insurance rates for an unclassed vessel makes it a commercial obligation. |
| CLEAN SHIP | Refers to tankers which have their cargo tanks free of traces of dark persistent oils which remain after carrying crudes and heavy fuel oils. |
| COASTWISE | Domestic shipping routes along a single coast. |
| CODE OF LINER CONDUCT (UNCTAD) | A convention drafted under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development which provides that all shipping traffic between two foreign countries is to be regulated as far as the quantities of shipments are concerned on the following percentages -- 40% for owners of the country of origin, 40% for owners of country of destination, and 20% for owners of the country which is neither the origin nor the destination. |
| COGSA | Carriage of Goods by Sea |
| COLLIER | Vessel used for transporting coal. |
| COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM | Electronic system commonly used to prevent collisions in inland navigable waterways. |
| COLREG | Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. |
| COMBI | Combination passenger/cargo vessel; a vessel specifically designed to carry both containers and conventional cargoes. |
| COMBINED SHIPS | Ships which can carry both liquid and dry bulk cargoes. |
| COMMISSION | COMMISSION |
| COMMON CARRIER | Holds himself out for hire to the general public. Must post rates and cannot discriminate against customers whose cargo he is equipped to carry. |
| COMPLEMENT | The number of officers and crew employed upon a vessel for its safe navigation and operation |