GLOSSARY FOR LOGISTICS, INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT AND TELEMATICS
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Parity of traffic | Amount of traffic being about the same size both upstream and downstream a waterway within a certain time span |
Particular average | Damage accidentally caused to vessel and cargo (e.g. collision) |
Passive rudder | Rudder assisting in steering a vessel |
Penalty | Contractually stipulated payment for non-performance |
Penetration price strategy | Fixing a low price when introducing a new product on the market |
Petty average | Increased costs incurred by low water levels or pilot services, etc. |
Pierage | Special port fee for the use of the (loading) pier in a port (calculated according to the weight of the transhipped cargo) |
Pilot project (“Leitprojekt”) | Comprehensive and innovative pilot project for telematics applications in transport and traffic in Austria, funded by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology |
Port fee | Fees charged for the use of the port infrastructure |
Port infrastructure | Basins, quay walls, secured surfaces, railway facilities |
Port operations | The statistical administration of incoming vessel, as well as the calculation of pierage and demurrage |
Port suprastructure | Port facilities, such as cranes, storage facilities or offices |
Pre- and end-haulage | The partial routes at the beginning and the end of a transport chain, connected to the main leg |
Price differentiation | Fixing different prices for different market segments |
Private ship owner | Private ship owner with a maximum of three vessels without land-based offices; often ship owner and boatmaster are one and the same person |
Privately owned and operated vessel | Vessel that is owned and possibly operated by a private ship owner |
Propulsion (technology) | The action of driving a vessel (forward or astern) |
Public port | Port owned by a public authority; every shipping company is subject to the same terms and conditions for using the port |
Purchasing power parity | A currency conversion rate which converts economic indicators expressed in a national currency into an artificial common currency that equalises the purchasing power of different national currencies. |
Push boat | Motorised vessel that transports no cargo of its own and is only used to push lighters |
Pushed convoy | Convoy consisting of a motor vessel and one or more non-motorised pushed lighters which are affixed to the motor vessel for the duration of the voyage and act as a single vessel |
Pushed lighter | Non-motorised vessel; constructed so that it can be pushed by a motorised vessel or a push boat |
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Radar map matching | Expansion of the real-time depiction of the traffic situation to include information on the waterway and the surrounding vessels by connecting radar and transponder data |
Real-time | Main benefit of some RIS services is to provide specific current information with no delay (in real time) to relevant stakeholders |
Regional control centre | Regional traffic management centre (located at each of the nine locks along the Austrian Danube) responsible for predefined areas |
River Information Services (RIS) | Telematics Systems and Information Services in order to increase the safety and efficiency of inland waterway transport |
Riverbank renaturation (renaturation measures) | Restoration of the riverbank and removal of stone protection measures from the turn of the century |
Riverbed erosion | see Erosion (of the riverbed) |
Ro/Ro vessel (lighter) | Ro/Ro = roll-on/roll-off; Motorised vessel or lighter used for transporting rolling cargo (passenger vehicles, trucks, semi-trailers) which moves on and off board on its own wheels |
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Sediment | Solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid (in this case water) |
Segment/segmenting | Subdivision into individual components |
Shallow water resistance | Hydrodynamic resistance in shallow water; depending on the ratio of the water depth; generally, shallow water increases the resistance of a ship, |
Shipper | Customer of transportation company |
Shipping company | Company operating vessels owned or chartered, with administration and sales offices on land |
Space capacity | The highest possible number of spots for containers to be stored aboard a vessel, expressed in TEU |
Specialised port | Port specializing in transhipping particular types of cargo, such as mineral oil (unlike multi-purpose ports) |
Specific energy consumption | Energy consumption per unit of output |
Specific weight | Weight per unit volume |
Spot market | Charter market where vessels are employed on short notice for a specific voyage or for a specific time period |
Spreader | Hoisting device in (portal) cranes; a telescope frame that can be adjusted to the length of the container; the twostlocks on the spreader grab the corner fittings of the container and are locked, allowing the container to be lifted |
Squat | Technical term for the interaction between a moving ship and the riverbed in shallow water, as the water passes under the ship it accelerates and its pressure falls, the ship sinks deeper into the water and in extreme cases can be sucked down until it touches the bottom; squat can cause difficulty in manoeuvring and has been the cause of many accidents |
Standby costs | Costs incurred for providing a vessel; excluding operating costs |
Stern | Also referred to as the aft; the rear section of the vessel |
Stowage factor | Indicates the ratio weight; measurement (how many cubic metres per metric ton) |
Stuffing and stripping (of containers) | The loading of goods into containers and unloading of goods from containers |
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