general-cargo vessel
1Open hatch general cargo — (OHGC) is a vessel type designed to transport forestry products, bulk, unitized cargoes, project cargoes and containers. The vessel is typically fitted with two Gantry cranes for self loading and unloading, with a typical SWL (safe working load)… …
2Cargo ship — The Colombo Express, one of the largest container ships in the world (when she was built in 2005), owned and operated by Hapag Lloyd of Germany …
3cargo — Goods being transported. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * cargo car‧go [ˈkɑːgəʊ ǁ ˈkɑːrgoʊ] noun cargoes PLURALFORM or cargos [countable, uncountable] TRANSPORT goods …
4general average — that part of the law merchant that provides that a loss incurred to save a vessel or cargo is distributed between all those benefiting thereby as parties to the maritime adventure. This encourages the jettisoning of cargo for the safety of all.… …
5General average/New version — Average in maritime commerce to signify damages orexpenses resulting from the accidents of navigation. Average is either general or particular. General average arises when sacrifices have been made, or expenditures incurred, for the preservation… …
6General Frank S. Besson, Jr. class Logistics Support Vessel — The General Frank S. Besson class Logistics Support Vessels (LSV) are the largest powered watercraft in the United States Army, and are designed to give the Army a global strategic capability to deliver its vehicles and cargo. [FAS.org Army… …
7Cargo polytherme — Navire frigorifique Un navire frigorifique est un navire de charge transportant des produits périssables et exigeant une certaine réfrigération durant leur transport, comme les fruits ou la viande. Ils incluent de nombreux systèmes de… …
8Cargo réfrigéré — Navire frigorifique Un navire frigorifique est un navire de charge transportant des produits périssables et exigeant une certaine réfrigération durant leur transport, comme les fruits ou la viande. Ils incluent de nombreux systèmes de… …
9General Sherman incident — The General Sherman Incident was the destruction of an armed United States merchant marine schooner that visited Korea in 1866. It was an important catalyst to the end of Korean isolationism in the 19th century.BackgroundIn the mid 19th century,… …
10General average — The law of general average is a legal principle of maritime law according to which all parties in a sea venture proportionally share any losses resulting from a voluntary sacrifice of part of the ship or cargo to save the whole in an emergency.… …
