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Vacuum Packing |
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A
packaging technique that sucks all the air and moisture from a
product, packing the goods in a vacuum. This reduces the size
of the product, allowing more goods to be packed. |
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Validation Rule |
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The validation rules are a subset of the business rules
defining constraints on the logical data model. They are
expressed in the definitions of entities, domains and
attributes. |
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Valuable Cargo |
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A
consignment which contains one or more valuable articles. |
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Valuation Charge |
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Transport charges for certain goods, based on the value
declared for the carriage of such goods. |
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Value Added Tax |
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Abbreviation: VAT |
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A
form of indirect sales tax paid on products and services at
each stage of production or distribution, based on the value
added at that stage and included in the cost to the ultimate
customer. |
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Value Chain
Management Definition |
Maximising total performance
and added value across an entire process by reviewing each
internal and external operation, and the links between these
operations.
The process will be reviewed in a systematic and standard way
in order to optimise speed, certainty, and cost effectiveness
for the parties involved.
The process review can be achieved through established
procedures and existing techniques such as value chain
analysis and activity based costing. |
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Vanning |
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See
Stuffing |
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Vendee |
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Buyer. |
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Vendor |
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Seller. |
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Very Large Crude Carrier |
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Abbreviation: VLCC |
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A
vessel designed for the carriage of liquid cargo in bulk with
a loading capacity from 50.000 till 250.000 DWT. |
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Vessel |
1. A floating structure
designed for the transport of cargo and/or passengers.
2. Boiler, drum. |
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Volatility Allowance |
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The largest difference in container availability taking into
account past peaks in net demand after having removed the
trend in container demand during the repositioning trade-off
period. |
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Volume |
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Size or measure of anything in three dimensions. |
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Volume Charge |
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A
charge for carriage of goods based on their volume (air
cargo). |
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Voucher |
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A
receipt, entry or another document which establishes the
accounts. |
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Voyage |
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A
journey by sea from one port or country to another one or, in
case of a round trip, to the same port. |
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Voyage Charter |
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A
contract under which the shipowner agrees to carry an agreed
quantity of cargo from a specified port or ports to another
port or ports for a remuneration called freight, which is
calculated according to the quantity of cargo loaded, or
sometimes at a lumpsum freight. |
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Voyage Number |
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Reference number assigned by the carrier or his agent to the
voyage of the vessel. |
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