GLOSSARY FOR LOGISTICS, INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT AND TELEMATICS
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Heavy lift | Cargo weight exceeding capacity of standard cranes |
Highest navigable water level (HNWL) | The water level corresponding to a level existing for not less than one percent of the navigation period |
Hinterland (of a port) | Catchment area of a port that is well connected to transport networks |
Hinterland transport (of a port) | Seaport: Connecting transport via an inland mode of transport: rail, road, inland waterway; inland port: connecting transport via road or rail |
Hub | Central transhipment location for bundling and distributing cargo flows, functions as a platform for coordinating various modes of transport |
Hull insurance | Insurance for the ship’s body |
Hydrodynamic resistance | Resistance met by a body when moving through water |
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Indirect costs | see Standby costs |
Inland AIS | Extension of the scope of the maritime AIS standards to incorporate the needs of inland waterway transport; (AIS = Automatic Identification System) |
Inland ECDIS | Inland Electronic Chart Display and Information System; basic standard for digitally displaying electronic navigational charts (ENC) and traffic information (AIS data, see AIS transponder) |
Inland waterway transport dues | Public dues to be paid for using the waterway (usually canals) |
Integrity (of information) | Usability, reliability of a signal |
Intermodality | A system of transport in which two or more modes of transport are used to transport the same loading unit in an integrated manner, without loading or unloading, in a transport chain |
Interoperability/Interoperable | Compatibility of different types of systems |
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Labelling | Marking on the cargo to be loaded which gives written information about content, origin and destination |
Large-scale shippers | Shippers transporting large quantities of cargo (via inland waterways) |
Lighter | See Pushed lighter |
Lightering | Transhipping or unloading a vessel’s cargo (if the vessel is too low or has run aground) on land or to another ship (primarily in the event of low water levels) |
Liner services | Waterway transport based on fixed loading and unloading ports and fixed arrival and departure times, which are announced to shippers regularly |
Loading port (or loading location) | Port or port area where the vessel takes cargo onboard |
Lock | Hydraulic system used for overcoming height differences (e.g. impoundment) along a waterway in which the vessels are raised or lowered by filling or emptying the lock chamber |
Lock chamber | A rectangular space between the lock gates in which a vessel is raised or lowered to allow it to pass through the lock |
Logistics chain management | Closed cycle that functions as a system with available informational technologies for planning, organising and managing logistics processes |
Logistics effect | Impact from the implementation of logistical concepts on a particular mode of transport |
Logistics service provider | Organises the entire logistics chain from the production site to the customer’s warehouse; can also have transport resources at its disposal |
Low navigable water level (LNWL) | The water level that corresponds to a long-term average water level reached or exceeded on all but 20 ice-free days per year (approximately between 5 and 6 percent of the ice-free period) |
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Main leg | The mode of transport in intermodal transport that clearly travels the longest leg of the journey |
Maintaining | To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency |
Manoeuvrability | Ability of a vessel to follow steering impulses |
Manoeuvre | Measures taken on a vessel to direct a moving vessel in a particular direction (e.g. docking manoeuvre, coupling manoeuvre, etc.) |
Margin price | Price range within which a free agreement on prices is possible |
Motorised cargo vessel (MCV) | Self-propelled vessel with its own cargo hold for transporting dry cargo |
Multimodal transport | Transport of cargo using two or more different modes of transport |
Multi-purpose port | Port that is not specialised in transhipping specific cargo, but rather transships many different kinds of cargo, such as general and bulk cargo (as opposed to a specialised port) |
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National control centre (RIS) | Centre for collecting, storing and processing all data emanating – in case of the Austrian DoRIS – from DoRIS, as well as for distributing it to authorised users; central management, administration and monitoring of all DoRIS system components |
Nautical conditions | How suitable the waterway is throughout the year and whether its draught is suited for commercial navigation |
Navigation Act | Federal Austrian law that governs the commercial use of inland waterways in Austria; it regulates vessel licences, use of landside infrastructure, boatmaster´s certificates, access to the profession and the like |
NAVSTAR-GPS | Satellite positioning system developed by the American military; full name: Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System |
Notices to skippers | Standardised notices of restrictions and information for inland waterway transport for a limited period of time; in Austria these notices can be found under www.doris.bmvit.gv.at/nachrichten/nachrichtenabfrage/ |
Notification | Information given to the consignor or consignee of the cargo on the ship’s arrival for loading or discharging |
Notification day | The time for loading or discharging begins on the workday following the notification day |
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Operating costs | Variable costs incurred while movement of the vessel (number of kilometres or hours travelled) |
Operating mode | Depends on how much time the vessel is used per day: A = 14 h/d; B = 18 h/d; C = 24 h/d (continuous operation) |
Operational Test Platform (OTP) | Test platforms in Vienna, Oberwesel and Nijmegen; provide infrastructure and services for testing current River Information Systems and new advancements |
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