RULE: 28 - DEFINITIONS Eff: 05MAR1999
| Effective | 05MAR1999 |
|---|---|
| Filed | 03FEB1999 |
| Filing Codes | I |
ALL INCLUSIVE - Unless otherwise specified under a
particular tariff rule or rate item, the term "all
inclusive" is defined as including the CY or CFS
Destination Delivery Charge, and the Store Door Delivery
Charge if applicable.
BASE PORT - means the destination port to which tariff
rates generally apply and which is used as the base
point for determining the application of outport
arbitraries.
BOXCAR - means rail boxcar as defined in the Official
Railway Equipment Register. (See Rule No. 2-300)
CARGO, N.O.S. - means commodities not otherwise specified
in individual commodity items.
CARRIER(S) - means participating ocean carrier(s).
CHASSIS - means a wheeled assembly, with or without
chassis, constructed to accept mounting of a demountable
trailer body, container or flexi-van.
COFC - means a container on flat car rail service in which
container without chassis, bogies, or wheels are loaded
on rail cars.
COFC RAIL CARRIER'S TERMINALS - Rail carrier's terminal at
which both COFC and TOFC container can be handled.
CONSIGNEE - means the person, firm or corporation shown on
the Bill of Lading as the receiver of the property
transported by the carrier.
CONSIGNOR - means the person, firm or corporation shown on
the Bill of Lading as the shipper of the property
received by the carrier for transportation.
CONTAINER DEPOT (CD) - means a location designated by an
ocean carrier where the ocean carrier or his authorized
agents makes available empty containers to shippers or
or inland carriers.
CONTAINER OR TRAILER - means a single, rigid non-disposable
dry cargo, insulated, temperature or atmosphere
controlled, dropframe, flatrack, open top, platform,
vehicle rack, top loader or tank as defined in the
Official Intermodal Equipment Register, with or without
wheels or bogies; a trailer means a flatbed truck or
trailers. The term trailer may be used interchangeably
with the term container.
CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION (CFS) - A location designated by
the ocean carrier at origin or destination ports where
the carrier or his authorized agent receives cargo to be
moved in containers or delivers cargo which has moved in
containers.
CONTAINER YARD (CY) - A location designated by an ocean
carrier at origin or destination ports where (1) the
ocean carrier or his authorized agent assembles, holds,
or stores containers and chassis, (2) where loaded
containers are received from shippers; delivered to
consignees; or interchanged from rail carrier(s), and (3)
where empty containers may be picked up by shippers or
returned by consignees or interchanged to rail carrier(s).
CY AND CFS CARGO
1. CY Cargo is that cargo loaded into or unloaded from
transport equipment by a shipper or consignee outside
of carrier's terminal facility.
2. CFS Cargo is that cargo tendered to or received from a
carrier at his terminal and loaded into or unloaded
from transport equipment by the carrier.
DAY - means a twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at
12:01 A.M.
DELIVERY ORDER - means a document issued by the carrier or
its agent authorizing the terminal operator to release all
or a portion of a shipment to a consignee or its agent.
More than one Delivery Order may be issued on a single
shipment and/or Bill of Lading.
DIVERSION - means a change in consignee, destinations or
route.
DRY CARGO - means cargo other than that requiring
temperature control, atmosphere control (Rule No. 2-140)
or bulk cargo (Rule No. 2-120).
GENERAL CARGO - means cargo other than that requiring
temperature control, but excluding household goods,
personal effects, privately owned vehicles and returned
cargo (Rule 7).
GOODS - means the cargo described on the face of the
Bill of Lading and, if the cargo is packed into
container(s) supplied or furnished by or on behalf of
the merchant, includes the container(s) as well.
HOLIDAYS - means New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday
Independence Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans'
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day - all U.S.
holidays.
At destinations, "holidays" means general and statutory
holidays of the destination country.
INTERCHANGE PORT - A Pacific or Atlantic Coast port named
in Rule 1 in this tariff where container or cargo in
breakbulk condition are discharged from Ocean Carrier
vessel and interchanged between Ocean Carrier and inland
carrier.
KILO TON - means 1,000 kilos.
KNOCKED DOWN (KD) - A commodity taken apart, folded or
telescoped in such a manner as to reduce its bulk at least
33 1/3% from its normal shipping cubage when set up or
assembled.
KNOCKED DOWN FLAT (KD FLAT) - A commodity taken apart,
folded or telescoped in such a manner as to reduce its
bulk at least 66 2/3% from its normal shipping cubage when
set up or assembled.
LABEL CARGO - Label cargo shall be undertsood to include
all commodities requiring a label according to the
provisions of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods
Code as issued by the International Maritime Organization.
LOADING PORT - means an origin port regularly served by
carrier from which tariff rates generally apply and which
is used as the basing point for application of non-loading
port charges.
MERCHANT - includes the shipper, consignor, consignee,
owner and receiver of the goods and the holder of the
Bill of Lading.
MIXED SHIPMENT - means a shipment consisting of articles
described in and rated under two or more rate itmes of
this tariff. See mixed shipment Rule No. 2-060.
MOTOR CARRIER(S) - means participating motor carrier(s).
MOTOR CARRIER'S TERMINAL - means the place where loaded or
empty containers are received by motor carrier or
delivered by motor carrier.
MOTOR SERVICE - the movement of cargo via a motor carrier
to an interchange port with an ocean carrier. Motor
services within a commercial zone (CZ) to or from a rail
ramp or to a pier is not "motor service" within the
meaning of the definition.
MOTOR-RAIL SERVICE - the movement of cargo by "motor
service" to a rail terminal and then "rail service" to
the interchange port.
NON-LOADING PORT - means an origin port not normally, or
only irregularly served by carrier.
ONE COMMODITY - means any or all of the articles described
in any one rate item.
ORDINARY CARGO - Cargo not requiring hazardous label
(Rule No. 16), the use of a tank container or deep tanks
(Rule No. 2-120), or atmosphere or temperature control
(Rule No. 2-140), and which is suitable for carrier in a
dry freight container.
ORIGIN MOTOR TERMINAL (OMT) - A location designated by a
motor carrier at origin points where (1) the motor
carrier or his authorized agent assembles, holds, or
stores ocean carrier's containers and chassis, (2) where
loaded containers are received from shippers or their
agents, and (3) where empty containers are delivered to
shippers or their agents.
ORIGIN RAIL TERMINAL (ORT) - A location designated by rail
carrier at origin points where (1) the rail carrier or his
authorized agent assembles, holds, or stores ocean
carrier's containers and chassis, (2) where loaded
containers are received from shippers or their agents, or
where loaded containers are interchanged from motor
carriers, and (3) where empty containers are delivered
to shippers or their agents or where empty containers
are interchanged to motor carriers.
OUTPORT - means a destination port, other than a base port,
to which rates apply but which may be subject to outport
arbitraries.
PREPARED - as referred to in connection to foods, means
further processed other than cut-up or frozen. Such
further processing includes but is not limited to
breaded, cooked, marinated, salted, smoked, dried,
pickled etc.
RAIL CARRIER - means participating rail carrier or rail
carriers.
RAIL CARRIER'S TERMINAL - means the place where loaded
or empty containers are received by rail carrier or
delivered by rail carrier.
RAIL SERVICE - the movement of cargo via a rail carrier
from a point of origin to an interchange port with an
ocean carrier.
RAILCAR - means rail boxcar, flatcar, gondola car, hopper
car or refrigerated boxcar as defined in The Official
Railway Equipment Register (See Rule No. 2-300).
RATE - means the tariff rate including terms and conditions
as may be published elsewhere in this tariff or in
individual rate items.
RATE BASIS - means the basis on which the commodity is
rated (e.g. W/M for Weight or Measure whichever creates
the greater revenue, LS for Lump Sum, EA for each).
REVENUE TON - means W or M as freighted.
SHIPMENT - means a quantity of goods received at one time
at one origin from one shipper to one consignee.
STORE DOOR PICK-UP - means the ocean carrier will provide
transportation of cargo from a shipper's place of business
at carrier's expense, under an interchange with a rail or
motor carrier to an interchange port. The ocean carrier
has the right to exercise complete control over the
seleciton of inland carrier(s). See Rule No. 2-260.
STUFFING, UNSTUFFING - means the physical placing of cargo
into, or the physical removal of cargo from, carrier's
containers.
TOFC - means trailer on flat car rail service in which
container on chassis, bogies, or wheels, are loaded to
rail cars.
TOFC RAIL CARRIER CARRIER'S TERMINAL - means origin rail
carrier's terminals at which only TOFC containers can be
handled.
TRAILER OR CONTAINER - means a single, rigid non-disposable
dry cargo, dropframe, flatbed, flatrack, garment, half
high, insulated, open top, platform, vehicle rack,
temperature or atmosphere controlled, tank or top loader
as defined in the Official Intermodal Equipment Register,
with or without wheels or bogies; trailers are usually
inland carrier eundays and holidays from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.