GLOSSARY FOR LOGISTICS, INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT AND TELEMATICS
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Dam | Embankments protecting the land from the water |
Dammed section | Section between two consecutive barrages of a river or canal |
Dangerous goods/cargo | Materials and objects that may create danger to persons, animals and the environment if handled improperly or in the event of an accident during transport |
Dead freight | Freight that the shipper has to pay to the ship owner when terminating the contract and demanding cargo to be unloaded before the transport has begun |
dGPS service | see GPS/dGPS service |
Direct costs | Costs that can be directly traced to producing specific services (see operating costs) |
Disparate traffic | Transports that are carried out in only one direction, either upstream or downstream |
Dive depth | Sum of the draught and squat of a vessel (see Draught and Squat) |
Door-to-door transport (or direct transport) | Transport between a point of delivery and a point of receipt without transshipping the cargo |
DoRIS | Donau (Danube) River Information Services; the Austrian information system for inland navigation on the Austrian section of the Danube |
Draining wall | A water control dam directing the water flow to a certain direction or place, erected parallel to the river’s water flow |
Draught | Distance between the lowest point on a stationary vessel and the level of the surface of the water |
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Eastern routes | As seen from Austria: all inland waterway transport on the Danube towards the Black Sea |
EGNOS | European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service; augmentation system to GPS with three geostationary satellites providing correction signals and integrity; preliminary stage to the European Galileo System |
End-haulage | See Pre- and end-haulage |
E-ports | UN/ECE classification for European ports of international importance (as laid down in the AGN – European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance, ECE/TRANS/120) |
Erosion (of the riverbed) | Erosion caused by the motion of the bedload in free-flowing sections in the tailwater downstream from a barrage power plant; in the medium to long term, this causes a drop in groundwater levels |
Estimated time of arrival – ETA | Time when a vessel or other mean of transport is expected to arrive at a certain place |
European RIS Platform (ERISP) | Platform of authorities which is responsible for planning and coordination of harmonised RIS implementation throughout Europe |
E-waterways | UN/ECE classification for European waterways of international importance (as laid down in the AGN – European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance, ECE/TRANS/120) |
Exchange rate parity | The fixed rate of exchange between one currency and another |
Export intensity | Exports (incl. services) as a percentage of the GDP |
External costs | Costs or disadvantages incurred by a community where the party incurring the costs does not cover them (e.g. air and water pollution); in transport also referred to as “negative external effects” of transport |
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Fairway | The section of the waterway that can be used for continuous waterway transport depending on the prevailing water levels |
Fairway channel | The navigable cross-section of the fairway with the minimum width and depth necessary for continuous navigation |
Fairway conditions | Condition of the fairway (length, width, depth, etc.) |
Fairway parameters | Key fairway parameters for inland waterway transport are the prevailing fairway depth and width |
Fillers | Special suction and pumping equipment used for transhipping liquid goods |
Fixed costs | see Standby costs |
Floating motorway | Transporting loaded or empty road vehicles (articulated vehicles and semi-trailers) using Ro/Ro vessels |
Forwarder/Forwarding agent | Company that organises and brokers transport (may also transport cargo by own means) |
Freight rate | The price for transporting goods from A to B, in €/t or €/TEU |
Freighting company | Company that coordinates and books third-party cargo space on vessels |
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GALILEO | European satellite navigation system planned for 2010 |
Gantry crane | Crane affixed to a rail or railway used to ensure efficient loading and unloading; mounted over the vessel on the water and the road or railway on land; the cargo can be moved lengthwise, widthwise and depthwise within the crane’s portal |
General average | All damage to a vessel and its cargo sustained during the rescue of the vessel and its cargo from a common danger |
General cargo | Cargo transported in packages (boxes, small containers, bags) or in pieces (logs, machinery) as opposed to bulk cargo |
GLONASS | Satellite positioning system developed by the Russian military; full name: Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema |
GPS/dGPS service | American satellite positioning system; Global Positioning System; dGPS is an enhancement to GPS providing differential corrections to increase accuracy |
Granulometry/Granulometric improvement of the riverbed | The adding of coarse gravel aimed at halting riverbed erosion |
Groyne | Water engineering structure used for river regulation; has one end in the bank of a river and the other end projecting out into the water, thus narrowing the riverbed and securing the water supply of the fairway channel |
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