Port Business Glossary -L-

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ＬＡ（Ｌｏｓ Ａｎｇｅｌｅｓ）

Abbreviation for Los Angeles (Port).

ｌａｂｏｕｒ

Workers and Labor

ｌａｂｏｕｒ ｐｏｏｌ

Labour pool (workers' meeting place)

ｌａｎｄｉｎｇ ａｇｅｎｔ

Landing Depot

ｌａｎｙａｒｄ

Laniards, fine strings (used for bee brine, etc.)

ＬＡＳＨ（Ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒ Ａｂｏａｒｄ ＳＨｉｐ）

→Rush ship.

ｌａｓｈｉｎｇ

Rushing

ｌａｔｅｎｔ ｄｅｆｅｃｔ

Potential defects (defects that cannot be seen from the outside, such as cargo handling equipment, etc.)

ｌａｙ

The way of the cables (the right and left-handed, etc.)

ｌａｙ ｄａｙｓ

Number of berthings (in the charter contract, the charterer will pay the shipowner acceleration fee if the number of berths exceeds this number)

ＬＢ（Ｌｏｎｇ Ｂｅａｃｈ）

An abbreviation for Long Beach (port).

ＬＢ（Ｌｉｇｈｔ Ｂｕｏｙ）

Lighting.

Ｌ／Ｃ（Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ Ｃｒｅｄｉｔ）

Letter of credit. A kind of security in which the importer asks a bank to import the cargo and issue it to guarantee the payment of the cargo. L/C payments are currently the most widely used as a means of reliably and promptly collect payments in trade transactions.

ＬＣＬ（Ｌｅｓｓ ｔｈａｎ Ｃｏｎｔａｉｎｅｒ Ｌｏａｄ）

Small cargo that is not enough to satisfy one container. (Anti) FCL

ｌｅｎｇｔｈ

Length

ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ ｇｕａｒａｎｔｅｅ

Certificate of warranty (If the B/L has not arrived, the consignee will submit to the shipping company in solidarity with the bank, which will issue a D/O and deliver the delivery is carried out.)

ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ ｉｎｄｅｍｎｉｔｙ

Warranty letter (submitted by the shipper to issue a clean B/L issue)

ＬＦＳ（Ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒ Ｆｒｅｉｇｈｔ Ｓｔａｔｉｏｎ）

A grocery. The eaves extend to the sea surface, making it possible to load on rainy days.

Ｌ／Ｇ（Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ Ｇｕａｒａｎｔｅｅ）

Solidarity warranty

ｌｉａｂｉｌｉｔｙ

Responsibilities (for damages, etc.)

ｌｉａｂｉｌｉｔｙ ｉｎｓｕｒａｎｃｅ

Liability insurance

Ｌｉｂｅｒｔｙ ｔｙｐｅ

Liberty type (using a steam winch, a U.S. cargo ship that was active during and after the war)

ｌｉｃｅｎｓｅ

License, license

ｌｉｆｅ ｒｉｎｇ

A life-saving float

ｌｉｇｈｔ ｃａｒｇｏ

Lightweight cargo

ｌｉｇｈｔ ｃｏｎｄｉｔｉｏｎ

(of the ship) Light cargo, stuttering state before loading (including hull equipment, but not crew, food, water, oil, etc.)

ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒ

Barges

ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒａｇｅ

Passengagement fee

ｌｉｇｈｔｉｎｇ

Lighting

ｌｉｇｈｔ ｓｉｇｎａｌ

Light emitting signal

ｌｉｎｅ

Sea routes, rows, queries

ｌｉｎｅ ｈａｎｄｌｉｎｇ

Tsunatori (San) mooring

ｌｉｎｅｒ

Liner (anti) tramper

ｌｉｎｉｎｇ

Backing

ｌｉｑｕｉｄ ｃａｒｇｏ

Liquid freight

ｌｉｓｔ

Sloping (a ship, etc.)

ｌｉｖｅ ｓｔｏｃｋ

Livestock

Ｌｌｏｙｄ’ｓ Ｒｅｇｉｓｔｅｒ

Lloyd's Association, Lloyd's

ＬＭＥ（Ｌｏｎｄｏｎ Ｍｅｔａｌ Ｅｘｃｈａｎｇｅ）

A global metal exchange headquartered in London.

ＬＮＧ（Ｌｉｑｕｅｆｉｅｄ Ｎａｔｕｒａｌ Ｇａｓ）

Liquefied natural gas.

ＬＯＡ（Ｌｅｎｇｔｈ ＯｖｅｒＡｌｌ）

The length of the ship. The horizontal distance from the front end to the rear end of the hull.

ｌｏａｄ

Load, loading

ｌｏａｄｉｎｇ ｓｕｒｖｅｙ

Loading inspection

ｌｏｃａｌ ｃａｒｇｏ

(Outing and unloading at the middle port) Local cargo

ｌｏｃｋ

Fixed, lock

ｌｏｃｋｅｒ

Hangar

ｌｏｇ ｂｏｏｋ

Navigation diary

ＬＯ／ＬＯ（Ｌｉｆｔ Ｏｎ／Ｌｉｆｔ Ｏｆｆ）

This name is given to the RO/RO method. A method of loading and unloading cargo such as containers by land cranes such as gantry cranes or this ship crane. Today, most large container ships in the world use this form.

ｌｏｎｇｓｈｏｒｅｍａｎ

Onboard workers (formerly known as offshore)

ｌｏｎｇ ｔｏｎ

Long ton, Englishtons (2,240 pounds, or 1,016 kilograms (See short ton)

ｌｏｏｓｅ

(Danage, etc.) of a rose that is not tied

ｌｏｏｓｅ ｇｅａｒ

Loose gear (a play equipment used in lifting equipment such as wire ropes and hooks)

ｌｏｓｓ

Loss (full losses, not damage)

ｌｏｓｔ ｔｉｍｅ

Number of days of loss (depending on leave such as injury)

ｌｏｔ ｃａｒｇｏ

Large cargo

ｌｏｕｎｇｅ

Lounge (rest room for boats, etc.)

ｌｏｗ ｗａｔｅｒ（ｔｉｄｅ）

Low tide

ＬＰＧ（Ｌｉｑｕｅｆｉｅｄ Ｐｅｔｒｏｌｅｕｍ Ｇａｓ；Ｌｉｑｕｅｆｉｅｄ Ｐｒｏｐａｎｅ Ｇａｓ）

Liquefied petroleum gas; Liquefied propane gas.

Ｌ． Ｓ．Ｔ．（Ｌａｎｄｉｎｇ Ｓｈｉｐ、Ｔａｎｋｓ）

This ship is used to transport vehicles and munitions, and was actively used by the U.S. military during World War II.

ｌｕｂｒｉｃａｎｔ

Lubricating oil

ｌｕｍｂｅｒ

Lumber (meaning wood)

ｌｕｘ

Lux (an international unit of illuminance, a certain limit is required for safety work)