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Port Business Glossary -P-

Last Updated August 5, 2024


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P(Port side)
Starboard (anti) S
packed cargo
Packaging cargo
packing
Packing, packing (such as plate rubber used for connecting pipes to prevent water and steam leakage, etc.)
pad
Pads, fittings (objects for buffering or sliding between slings and cargo, etc.)
padeye
Pad eye (a strong eye ring for fixing cables, etc. on the deck)
pallet board
Palette board (a durable lattice plate used repeatedly to carry cargo)
palletize
Palettes (loading cargo on the pallet board)
parcel lot
Small cargo
parking
Parking
parts
Parts (mechanicals, etc.)
partial loss
Impairment loss
particular average
Non-sea loss (word corresponding to common sea loss) (anti) general average
particulars
(e.g. ships, machinery, etc.)
passage
Aisles (onboard, in warehouses, etc.)
passenger ship
Passenger ships
PAT(Port Authority of Thailand)
Port Authority of Thailand. A public enterprise established in 1951 with the aim of managing and operating Bangkok Port under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications (Ministry of Communications).
patrol
Patrol
payload
Paid load (load that is subject to to fee income, such as when cargo is free up to a certain amount, but if it exceeds that amount, it will be charged)
pay out
Pull out the cable
PCC(Pure Car Carrier)
Car-only ship. A ship built exclusively for the purpose of transporting naked cars (UPCs).
PD(Physical Distribution)
Logistics
PDM(Physical Distribution Management)
Logistics management. A technique that formulates a rational logistics plan (logistics system) centered on all sales until goods are produced and delivered to consumers, and efficiently implements it.
penalty
Fines
pending
Undetermined
pension
pension
performance
Performance of machinery, etc.
perils of the sea
Danger peculiar to sea
periodical
On a regular basis
perishable cargo
Cort cargo (fruits, vegetables, etc.)
permit
Permit
personality
Individuality and personality
pest
Pest
physical
Physical
PIA(Shipowner’s Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association)
Shipowner's liability mutual insurance
PIANC(Permanent International Association of Navigation Congress)
International Trade Council. International organizations established to promote the maintenance and operation of inland and marine routes. In addition to holding international trade conferences once every four years, it also conducts various conferences and research activities. The headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
picket
Pike (monitors who watch over a strike during a labor dispute)
pie plate
Pipe rays (commonly known as Obon, a plate that softens pressure and friction by laying them in the mot, because it will be damaged when rolled up with a weak box, etc.)
pier
Piers, piers
pierage
Pier usage fee, coastal cargo handling fee
pile
(cargo) Piled up and piled up mountains
piling
Piring (length wood, iron, etc.)
pilot
A pilot
pilotage
Guideline
pitching
Longitudinal shaking of ships, etc.
PKI(Public Key Infrastructure)
Public key cryptography infrastructure. A technology for encrypting and compounding data (recovering based on encrypted data) with public/private keys.
place of delivery
Where the cargo is delivered
place of receipt
Where cargo is received
plan
Plans, drawings, plans
plant
Plants (general term for factory equipment including machinery and buildings)
platform
Pratt Form, a unified standard for standardizing data exchanged between networks and storing data in a shared database.
plimsoll mark
Packed water line mark
plywood
Plywood
PMA(Port of Melbourne Authority)
The Port Authority of Melbourne. A public entity under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport of Victoria, the administrator of the Port of Melbourne. In May 1986, we partnered with Yokohama Port to "Trade Cooperation Port".
PNG(Papua New Guinea)
Abbreviation for Papua New Guinea (country, sea route)
PNW(Pacific North West)
An abbreviation for a route that crosses the Pacific Ocean and connects northern ports on the west coast of North America (Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Tacoma, etc.). It is also known as the Seattle-Vancouver route.
pontoon
Pontoon (iron barge with a flat deck for carrying large cargo)
poop
Pup, the stern of the ship
port captain
Port Captain (Color of Ship Companies, etc.)
port charges
Ports and Harbors
port clearance
Port permit (For a foreign trade ship to leave the port, it must submit a notification of departure and obtain permission from customs)
port close
Prohibition of entering and leaving ports (prohibition of entering and leaving ships to reduce damage such as typhoons)
port custom
Port customs (what is commonly practiced at the port, such as labor practices such as starting and working hours of cargo handling)
port facilities
Port facilities
port of call
Port of Call
port of depauture
Departure destination, destination port (anti) final port
port of discharge
Unloading port
port of loading
Carrying Port
portside
starboard of the ship
port transportation business
Port Transport Business
POS(Point of Sales)
Sales time information management. A system that uses a retail store's sales floor register as a terminal to input data at the point of sale management and inventory and product management that connects sales and sales products to purchase. The use of barcodes, which have recently become popular, is a typical example.
powered barge
A sailboat with power
PPM(Parts Per Million)
A unit representing one million.
practice
Practice and practice
precaution
Prevention Measures
preventer guy
Auxiliary gai (usually called a prevendor. Rolling a slightly heavier object can cut off due to lack of strength, so it refers to a wire measure to reinforce the regular gai when quarrels).
previous port
Last port (anti) next port
priority
Priority
procedure
Procedures and Methods
process
Process
projector
Projector
proof load
Guaranteed load (size of load guaranteed to be usable without cracking, deforming or other inconveniences for products such as shuckles)
property
(things) Characteristics and Property
protective equipment
Protective equipment
protest
Marine Report, Protest
provision
Food and regulations (such as seafarers)
PSA(Port of Shigapore Authority)
Singapore Port Authority. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications of the Ministry of Transport and provides centralized construction and management of harbors. Management is an independent accounting system.
PSW(Pacific South West)
An abbreviation for a route that crosses the Pacific Ocean and connects southern ports on the west coast of North America (San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, etc.). It is also called the State of California route.
public nuisance
Pollution
public relations
Public relations activities (PR)
public service
Public works
punishment
Punishment
purser
(of the ship) General Manager
pyrotechnics
Fireworks

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