| Jacket |
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| A
wood or fiber cover placed around such containers as cans
and bottles. |
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| Jacob's
Ladder |
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| A
rope ladder suspended from the side of a vessel and used for
boarding. |
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| Jettison |
|
| Act
of throwing cargo or equipment (jetsam) overboard when a
ship is in danger. |
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| JIT |
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| Abbreviation
for "Just In Time." In this method of inventory
control, warehousing is minimal or non_existent; the
container is the movable warehouse and must arrive
"just in time;" not too early nor too late. |
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| Joint
Rate |
|
| A
rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a
point on another line, made by agreement and published in a
single tariff by all transportation lines over which the
rate applies. |
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