A container placed directly on a railroad flatcar without chassis. Represents an importer of cargo. Performs duties related to documentation, cargo clearance, coordination of inland and ocean transportation, dockside inspection of cargo, etc. Maximum weight of a vessel including the vessel, cargo and ballast. Minerals or grains stored in loose piles moving without mark or count.
Examples are potash, industrial sands, wheat, soybeans and peanuts.
The exchange of information through an electronic format. Ocean transport system involving use of centralized ports to assemble and disseminate cargo to and from ports within a geographic area. Commodities are transported between major ports, then transferred to feeder vessels for further transport to a number of additional ports. The forwarding agent assists the exporter in finding the most economic and efficient methods of transporting and storing cargo. Track-mounted, shoreside crane utilized in the loading and unloading of breakbulk cargo, containers and heavy lifts.