Port Business Glossary of Port Business

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Silence (setness)

It refers to the degree of calmness of the sea route in the port. An index that determines the safety of ship maneuvering, berthing, and mooring of ships, changing due to various factors such as wind and currents.
※(Public Corporation) From "Ports 2014" issued by the Japan Port Association

Customs

Local block organization of Ministry of Finance. They control smuggling, permit import and export (custom customs clearance), collect tariffs, permit customs areas, and prepare trade statistics.

Tall capacitor

Containers that have a height exceeding a normal container (8 feet or 8 feet 6 inches). It is also called high cubes.

Product Import Ratio

Refers to the ratio of product imports to the total amount of imports.

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

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Sphere of influence

The source and destination of a certain percentage or more of the cargo handled at the port. At Yokohama Port, the area that accounts for more than 10% of the cargo volume is designated as the primary sphere, and 1 to 10% is the secondary sphere.

Loading weight scale map

A chart showing the relationship between stuttering, self-load, loading, etc., which can be loaded according to the condition of the ship.

Receiving release

The return of real estate, etc. provided to the U.S. military under the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. At present, it is called "return of facilities", but Yokohama City describes the return of facilities as "request" in light of the circumstances in which reconstruction and development after the war were hindered by "requisition". Currently, four facilities (approximately 150 ha) such as Yokohama North Dock (Mizuho Wharf), and two places (approximately 53ha) remain in the city as facilities that have not been requisitioned. . (As of January 1, 2016).

General cargo (general cargo)

→Miscellaneous goods

semi-container vessel (semi-container vessel)

Some ship holds of conventional vessels, and the most suitable part for container loading in the center of the hull, is a dedicated ship hold for container loading Some ships are running their own cranes on board for loading containers.

cell guide (cele guide)

A rail that divides the container loading place vertically in the containership holds.

Bill of Lading

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Classification Association

A non-profit organization that inspects hulls, institutions, and equipment from a neutral standpoint, gives classification to those that pass, registers, and announces. The oldest and most famous is the Lloyd's Classification Association (LR) established in 1760, and in Japan the NK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai), which was established in 1899 (Meiji 32).

Bow tower (planele)

The boat tower was set up on the bow to improve the wave. (San) stern tower

Total survey

It is also called an exhaustive survey. Statistical survey that investigates all survey objects without fail. Typical examples include national census, establishment statistical survey, industrial statistics, and port statistics survey conducted by authorities.

Shipboard port

The Shipping Law stipulates that Japanese ships must determine the port of registration, apply for tonnage measurement to the shipping bureau that has jurisdiction over the port, and to display the registered port on the sterns.
Ships registered in countries with low tax rates (registered countries) are called Flag of Convenience, regardless of the actual situation in order to save money. However, there are no sufficient maritime laws and regulations and have become a problem internationally. Flucking out

Ship side (sun)

It refers to the side of the ship.

Onboard cargo handling business (stevedoring)

Business in which cargo is loaded into ships or the wholesale of cargo from ships. In the past, it was a single business division of port transportation business, but due to the revision of the law in 1984, it was integrated with the coastal cargo handling business and became a "port cargo handling business."

Ship water supply

Supplying domestic water to ships. At Yokohama Port, the Yokohama Hatake Transport Business (Kyo) Ship Water Supply Office operates the water supply business using water taps or hydrants on the quay.

Ship’s agent (ship agent)

A business operator that acts on behalf of a shipping company, based on a consignment contract with a shipping company for administrative procedures such as entering and leaving the port, operation, and collection of ships that are the business of a shipping company.

Tonnage of vessels

The tonnage of a ship is an indicator used to represent the size of a ship, but it can be broadly divided into weight tonnage based on the concept of weight (carry weight tonnage, drain tonnage) based on the concept of weight (total tonnage, net tonnage) based on the concept of volume.

Law Concerning Measurement of tonnages of Ships

A law that was issued in May 1980 and came into effect in July 1957, replacing the ship's loading measurement method, etc., which was enacted in July 1957. The Act stipulates technical matters to determine the measurement of the international gross tonnage, gross tonnage, net tonnage and weight tonnage, and matters relating to international tonnage certificates issued to vessels engaged in international voyages.

Ship Number (Official Number)

When registered in the ship registry, a number is assigned, and it is mandatory to engrave the total tonnage and the net tonnage and display it in an easy-to-see place. Usually, it is installed at the bottom of Funabashi.

Ship expenses

One of the items of expenditure in the voyage balance of the ship.
Ship expenses = Direct vessel expenses (sealer expenses + repair expenses + ship supplies, etc.) + Indirect vessel expenses (general and administrative expenses, interest rates) + Amortization expenses
※Ship supplies = Ship consumables

Stern tower (poop)

A boat tower will be set up to prevent the intrusion of the tail. (San) bow tower

Shipping volume

The amount of cargo can be loaded in a ship hold. In addition, the transportation capacity of ships is collectively referred to as the transport capacity. In a broad sense, the amount of ships is expressed, and the condition in which supply and demand balance is balanced is called the appropriate amount of shippers.

Dedicated ship

Ships for exclusive transport of certain cargoes. A ship with a special structure that takes into account the characteristics of cargo, loading and handling efficiency.

Shipping supplies

Refers to supplies such as machine parts, tools, ropes, and food for crew members, necessary for the operation of a ship. The Customs Act defines "fuel food, drink, other consumables and canvas, steel, jet vessels, and other similar cargo, which are used on ships."