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Identification |
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The unique data, e.g. name, number or code, determining a
certain object or person. |
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Idle Time |
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The amount of ineffective time whereby the available resources
are not used e.g. a container in a yard. |
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Ignition |
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Setting on fire or catching fire. |
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Implants |
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Focal points of detached personnel situated within customers?
premises to co-ordinate and advise on the customers? logistics
activity, often replacing in-house functions and resource. |
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Importer |
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In Transit |
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The status of goods or persons between the outwards customs
clearance and inwards customs clearance. |
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Inco terms |
Trade terms in coded form as
established by the International Chamber of Commerce in 1953,
whereafter they have been regularly updated. (Last update
2000).
The terms represent a set of international rules for the
interpretation of the principal terms of delivery used in
trade contracts. |
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See
Inco Terms |
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Indemnification |
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Compensation for a loss and/or the expenses incurred. |
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Independent Demand |
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A
demand which is unrelated to demand for other products. Demand
for finished goods, parts required for destructive testing and
service parts requirements are examples of independent demand. |
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Indirect Route |
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Any route other than the direct route. |
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Infrastructure |
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System of roads, waterways, airfields, ports and/or
telecommunication networks in a certain area. |
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Inland Clearance Depot |
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Abbreviation: ICD |
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Inland location where cargo, particularly containerised cargo,
may be cleared by customs. |
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Inland Waterways
Bill of Lading |
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Transport document made out to a named person, to order or to
bearer, signed by the carrier and handed to the sender after
receipt of the goods. |
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Insulated Container |
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Thermal container without the use of devices for cooling
and/or heating. |
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Insulated Tank Container |
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Container frame holding one or more thermal insulated tanks
for liquids. |
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Insurance |
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A
system of protection against loss under which a party agrees
to pay a certain sum (premiums) for a guarantee that they will
be compensated under certain conditions for loss or damage. |
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Insurance Certificate |
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Proof of an insurance contract. |
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Insurance Company |
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The party covering the risks of the issued goods and/or
services that are insured. |
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Integrated Logistics
Support |
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The systematic approach applied to simultaneous management and
acquisition of equipment and related logistics support, in
order to provide the customer with a desired level of
availability. Resulting in an optimum life cycle cost and to
maintain this level through the entire life cycle. |
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Integrity |
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The prevention of unauthorised modification of information. |
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Interchange |
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Reciprocal exchange of e.g. information between two or more
parties. |
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Intercoastal |
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As
opposite to coastal water operations, intercoastal refers to
water transport carried out between coasts (e.g. between
Pacific and Atlantic coasts). |
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Intercontainer |
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A
co-operative formed by 19 European Railways, for the
management of international rail container traffic in Europe. |
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Interline |
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Two or more road transport companies joining operations to
bring cargo to a certain destination. |
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Interline Carrier |
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A
carrier with whom another carrier has an interline agreement. |
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Intermodal Transport |
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The movement of goods (containers) in one and the same loading
unit or vehicle which uses successively several modes of
transport without handling of the goods themselves in changing
modes. |
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International Air Transport Association |
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Abbreviation: IATA |
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An
international organisation of airlines, founded in 1945, with
the aim of promoting the commercial air traffic. Parties
should achieve this by co-operation between the parties
concerned and by performance of certain rules, procedures and
tariffs, regarding both cargo and passengers. |
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International Association of Classification Societies |
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Abbreviation: IACS |
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An
organisation in which the major classification societies,
among others American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's Register of
Shipping and Germanischer Lloyd, are joined, whose principal
aim is the improvement of standards concerning safety at sea. |
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International Carriage |
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Carriage whereby the place of departure and any place of
landing are situated in more than one country. |
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International
Chamber of Shipping |
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Abbreviation: ICS |
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A
voluntary organisation of national shipowner' associations
with the objective to promote interests of its members,
primarily in the technical and legal fields of shipping
operations. |
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International Civil Aviation Organization |
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Abbreviation: ICAO |
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An
international organisation of governments, dealing with search
and rescue in distress, weather information,
telecommunications and navigational requirements. |
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International
Labour Organization |
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Abbreviation: ILO |
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An
United Nations agency, dealing with employment rights and
working conditions, covering work at sea and in ports. |
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International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
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Abbreviation: IMDG Code |
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A
code, representing the classification of dangerous goods as
defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in
compliance with international legal requirements. |
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International
Maritime Organisation |
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Abbreviation: IMO |
An United Nations agency
concerned with safety at sea. Its work includes codes and
rules relating to tonnage measurement of vessels, load lines,
pollution and the carriage of dangerous goods.
Its previous name was the Inter-Governmental Maritime
Consultative Organisation (IMCO). |
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International
Medical Guide for Ships |
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Abbreviation: IMGS |
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'The doctor at sea'. |
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International Organization for Standardization |
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Abbreviation: ISO |
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A
world-wide federation of national standards institutes (ISO
member bodies). |
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International
Safety Management Code |
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This international standard for the safe management and
operation of ships prescribes rules for the organisation of a
shipping company management in the context of safety and
pollution prevention and requires the development and
implementation of a safety management system. |
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Inventory |
1. A detailed list of goods
located in a certain space or belonging to a specified object.
2. Goods available for satisfying certain demands. Inventories
may consist of finished goods ready for sale, they may be
parts or intermediate items, they may be work in process, or
they may be raw materials. |
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Invoice |
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An
account from the supplier, for goods and/or services supplied
by him. |
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Issuing Carrier |
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The carrier whose Air Waybill is issued (air cargo). |
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Item |
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Separate article or unit. |
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Itinerary |
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The route of a means of transport, indicated by the names of
the ports of call or other locations, often including
estimated arrival and departure dates. |
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