| Hague
Rules, The |
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| A
multilateral maritime treaty adopted in 1921 (at The Hague,
Netherlands). Standardizes liability of an international
carrier under the Ocean B/L. Establishes a legal
"floor" for B/L. See COGSA |
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| Harbor
Master |
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| An
officer who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a
harbor. |
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| Harmonized
System of Codes (HS) |
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| An
international goods classification system for describing cargo
in international trade under a single commodity-coding scheme.
Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations
Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in
Brussels, this code is a hierarchically structured product
nomenclature containing approximately 5,000 headings and
subheadings. It is organized into 99 chapters arranged in 22
sections. Sections encompass an industry (e.g., Section XI,
Textiles and Textile Articles); chapters encompass the various
materials and products of the industry (e.g., Chapter 50,
Silk; Chapter 55, Manmade Staple Fibers; Chapter 57, Carpets).
The basic code contains four-digit headings and six-digit
subheadings. Many countries add digits for Customs tariff and
statistical purposes. In the United States, duty rates will be
the eight-digit level; statistical suffixes will be at the
ten-digit level. The Harmonized System (HS) is the current
U.S. tariff schedule (TSUSA) for imports and is the basis for
the ten-digit Schedule B export code. |
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| Hatch |
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| The
opening in the deck of a vessel; gives access to the cargo
hold. |
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| HAZ
MAT |
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| An
industry abbreviation for "Hazardous Material." |
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| Heavy-Lift
Charge |
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| A
charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a
ship's normal tackle. |
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| High-Density
Compression |
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| Compression
of a flat or standard bale of cotton to approximately 32
pounds per cubic foot. Usually applies to cotton exported or
shipped coastwise. |
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| Hitchment |
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| The
marrying of two or more portions of one shipment that
originate at different locations, moving under one bill of
lading, from one shipper to one consignee. Authority for this
service must be granted by tariff publication. See Bill of
Lading. |
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| Hopper
Barge |
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| A
barge which loads material dumped into it by a dredger and
discharges the cargo through the bottom. |
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| House-to-House |
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| See
Door-to-Door. |
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| House-to-Pier |
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| Cargo
loaded into a container by the shipper under shipper's
supervision. When the cargo is exported, it is unloaded at the
foreign pier destination. |
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| Humping |
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| The
process of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail
car within a rail classification yard in order to make up a
train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or
"hump" onto the appropriate track. |
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