Port Business Glossary -L-

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ＬＡ（Ｌｏｓ Ａｎｇｅｌｅｓ）

Abbreviation for Los Angeles (Port).

ｌａｂｏｕｒ

Workers, workers

ｌａｂｏｕｒ ｐｏｏｌ

Raver Pool (a meeting place for workers)

ｌａｎｄｉｎｇ ａｇｅｎｔ

Landing agent shop

ｌａｎｙａｒｄ

Laniards, thin strings (used for bee blinds, etc.)

ＬＡＳＨ（Ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒ Ａｂｏａｒｄ ＳＨｉｐ）

→A rush ship.

ｌａｓｈｉｎｇ

Rushing

ｌａｔｅｎｔ ｄｅｆｅｃｔ

Potential defects (flaws that cannot be seen from appearance, such as cargo handling equipment)

ｌａｙ

How to make the cable (there are right and left in the way the child approaches)

ｌａｙ ｄａｙｓ

Number of berths (in charter contracts, if the number of berths exceeds this number, the charterer will pay the shipowner's fee)

ＬＢ（Ｌｏｎｇ Ｂｅａｃｈ）

Abbreviation for Long Beach (Port).

ＬＢ（Ｌｉｇｈｔ Ｂｕｏｙ）

Light plate.

Ｌ／Ｃ（Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ Ｃｒｅｄｉｔ）

Letter of credit. A kind of security that an importer asks a bank to import cargo and issues it to guarantee the payment of the cargo. L/C settlements are currently the most widely used as a means of reliable and prompt collection of money 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

Letter of warranty (When B/L has not arrived, the recipient submits it to the shipping company in solidarity with the bank, which D/O is issued and the delivery is performed.)

ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ ｉｎｄｅｍｎｉｔｙ

Letter of warranty (when loading, the shipper submits it to the shipping company for clean B/L issuance)

ＬＦＳ（Ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒ Ｆｒｅｉｇｈｔ Ｓｔａｔｉｏｎ）

A barge for chopsticks. The eaves extend to the sea surface, making it possible to load rain.

Ｌ／Ｇ（Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ Ｇｕａｒａｎｔｅｅ）

Solidarity Guarantee

ｌｉａｂｉｌｉｔｙ

Responsibilities for damages, etc.

ｌｉａｂｉｌｉｔｙ ｉｎｓｕｒａｎｃｅ

Responsible insurance

Ｌｉｂｅｒｔｙ ｔｙｐｅ

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

ｌｉｃｅｎｓｅ

License, license

ｌｉｆｅ ｒｉｎｇ

Life floating ring

ｌｉｇｈｔ ｃａｒｇｏ

Lightweight cargo

ｌｉｇｈｔ ｃｏｎｄｉｔｉｏｎ

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

ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒ

Hashike (san) barge

ｌｉｇｈｔｅｒａｇｅ

Bashike transportation fee

ｌｉｇｈｔｉｎｇ

Lighting

ｌｉｇｈｔ ｓｉｇｎａｌ

Light-emitting signal

ｌｉｎｅ

Route, line, cable

ｌｉｎｅ ｈａｎｄｌｉｎｇ

Tsunatori work (san) mooring

ｌｉｎｅｒ

Liner (anti) tramper

ｌｉｎｉｎｇ

Lining

ｌｉｑｕｉｄ ｃａｒｇｏ

Liquid cargo

ｌｉｓｔ

(Ships, etc.) tilt

ｌｉｖｅ ｓｔｏｃｋ

Livestock

Ｌｌｏｙｄ’ｓ Ｒｅｇｉｓｔｅｒ

Lloyd's

ＬＭＥ（Ｌｏｎｄｏｎ Ｍｅｔａｌ Ｅｘｃｈａｎｇｅ）

A global metal exchange headquartered in London.

ＬＮＧ（Ｌｉｑｕｅｆｉｅｄ Ｎａｔｕｒａｌ Ｇａｓ）

Liquefied natural gas.

ＬＯＡ（Ｌｅｎｇｔｈ ＯｖｅｒＡｌｌ）

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

ｌｏａｄ

Load, load

ｌｏａｄｉｎｇ ｓｕｒｖｅｙ

Integration inspection

ｌｏｃａｌ ｃａｒｇｏ

Local cargo (loading and unloading at the intermediate port)

ｌｏｃｋ

Fix, lock

ｌｏｃｋｅｒ

Hangar

ｌｏｇ ｂｏｏｋ

Voyage diary

ＬＯ／ＬＯ（Ｌｉｆｔ Ｏｎ／Ｌｉｆｔ Ｏｆｆ）

There is this name for the RO/RO method. A method of loading and unloading cargo such as containers using land cranes such as gantry cranes and ship cranes. Today, many large containerships around the world are in this form.

ｌｏｎｇｓｈｏｒｅｍａｎ

Onboard workers (formerly known as Okinakashii)

ｌｏｎｇ ｔｏｎ

Long Ton, British Ton (2,240 pounds or 1,016 kilograms. See short ton.)

ｌｏｏｓｅ

(Danage, etc.) Unbounded roses

ｌｏｏｓｅ ｇｅａｒ

Roose gears (playground equipment used in lifting equipment such as wire ropes and hooks)

ｌｏｓｓ

Loss (to be total loss, not damage)

ｌｏｓｔ ｔｉｍｅ

Number of days of loss (due to injury or other absence)

ｌｏｔ ｃａｒｇｏ

Large cargo

ｌｏｕｎｇｅ

Lounge (rest rooms for ships, 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）

It is a ship 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 lumber)

ｌｕｘ

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