GLOSSARY FOR LOGISTICS, INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT AND TELEMATICS
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Agency | Organises inland waterway transports and serves as a broker between the manufacturing industry and shipping companies |
AIS | Automatic Identification System; AIS is a broadcast system, exchanging static, dynamic and voyage-related vessel data between equipped vessels (e.g. position, identification, velocity, etc.) and between equipped vessels and shore stations |
AIS transponder | a compact, easy to install, stand alone marine receiver that monitors channels assigned to the Automatic Identification System or AIS; this receiver is used to decypher AIS data |
Assembling | Value-added level within the logistics chain consisting of assembly and component finishing; offered in inland ports as an additional warehouse logistics service |
Average | Damage sustained by a vessel or its cargo during transport |
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Ballasting | Intaking ballast water to enable the (container) vessel to clear a bridge; increasing the draught |
Base station | Stationary River Information Services facility located on shore alongside the river in order to receive AIS data of equipped vessels (see AIS transponder) within the coverage area and forward this data to the National RIS centre; transmits relevant information from shore to the equipped vessels via VHF radio transmission |
Berth | Anchorage place for vessels in ports |
Bill of lading | Negotiable paper; through bill of lading: a single document covering the entire transport route, whereby a change of carriers (i.e. mode of transport) takes place |
Biodiversity | Biological diversity: natural habitats, diversity of species, genetic diversity within the species |
Bottleneck, nautical | Section of a river that limits or even impedes inland waterway transport; can have morphological (depth and width of the fairway), hydrological (current speed, gradient) and transport-based (one-directional traffic, oncoming traffic, vessel types) causes |
Bottom, bilge and side plating | Various segments of a vessel’s outer hull |
Bow | Front section of the vessel |
Bow thruster | Located in the front section of the vessel, provides active assistance in steering the vessel |
Bratislava Agreement | Historical agreement concluded between the former state-run shipping companies operating on the Danube; regulates, among other things, the legal relationships between the carriers and their partners for the international transport of cargo on the Danube; currently being updated |
Bridge crane | see Gantry crane |
Bulk cargo | Unpackaged cargo that is discharged via grabbers, diggers and similar machinery (e.g. coal, ore and grain) |
Bunker boat | A vessel used to supply other vessels with fuel, operating supplies and provisions (and sometimes for removing waste) |
Bunkering | Supplying a vessel with fuel, operating supply items and provisions from a land-based bunker station or a bunker boat |
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Cabotage | Transports between two ports of the same country (small cabotage) or between two ports in different countries that are situated on a coast or inland waterway (large cabotage); often in conjunction with limitations for foreign vessels (cabotage prohibitions) |
Canal | A largely artificially-made waterway with or without locks, hoisting equipment or inclined planes for bridging differences in water levels between the barrages |
Carrier | Carries out the transport of cargo at his own risk with his own vessels or those owned by third parties |
Charter | Rental of vessels |
Charter contract | Contract of carriage in inland waterway transport pertaining to the entire cargo hold of a vessel (full charter), individual, non-specified cargo areas (partial charter) or specified cargo area (tonnage charter) |
Chute | Device for loading bulk vessels |
Class certificate | Certification from an authorised institution (= classification company) that the vessel meets the technical requirements of a particular waterway |
Clearance | Vertical distance between the water level at HNWL (highest navigable water level) and the lowest level of a bridge or other structure positioned over the waterway |
Coating | Special lining of the tanks used for transporting aggressive substances |
Coil | A rolled up (coiled) sheet of steel, wide band, wire or steel pipe |
Combined transport | Intermodal transport where complete cargo units (e.g. containers, semitrailers or complete trucks) are transported by at least two different modes of transport |
Common market | Agreement between two or more countries that permits the free movement of capital and labour as well as goods and services |
Connecting tariffs | Tariff for cargo moving to and from ports |
Consignment note | Document stating the substance of the contract of carriage; to be drawn up by the consignor (shipper) |
Consolidation centre | Interim placement area for factory-new passenger vehicle for collecting, checking and preparing them for further distribution |
Container | Transport unit, e.g. having the following exterior dimensions according to the international standard DIN-ISO 668: Length: 20 feet (6,058 mm), or 40 feet (12,192 mm); Width: 8 feet (2,438 mm); Height: 8 feet 6 inches (2,591 mm), or 9 feet 6 inches (2,895 mm) |
Continuous conveyor | Technical device for the continuous transport of goods (e.g. conveyor belts) |
Contract shipment | A transport that is arranged by consecutive journeys on the basis of one contract for a set period of time |
Contribution margin | Amount available for paying fixed costs |
Coupled formation | Vessel formation comprising a motor vessel and a non-motorised pushed lighter |
Curvature radius | Radius of the curve of a fairway |
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