freight vessel

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• vessel — A conveyance for the transport of goods by water. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * vessel UK US /ˈvesəl/ noun [C] TRANSPORT ► a large boat or a ship: »Two tugboats guided the 70,000 ton vessel into port. »a cargo/container/freight vessel »a… …   Financial and business terms

• Freight forwarder — The storefront of one of many freight forwarders located around Guangzhou s garment districts. The list of destinations indicate that this business serves importers of Chinese clothes to countries such as Russia and Azerbaijan. A freight… …   Wikipedia

• freight — A transportation term meaning either goods being transported, and/or charges incurred for such transport. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. freight freight 1 [freɪt] noun [uncountable] 1. TRANSPORT goods carried in large quantities by… …   Financial and business terms

• vessel — noun 1 ship/boat ADJECTIVE ▪ stranded, stricken ▪ seaworthy ▪ sailing, steam ▪ ocean going, seagoing …   Collocations dictionary

• freight — freightless, adj. /frayt/, n. 1. goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air. 2. the ordinary conveyance or means of transport of goods provided by common carriers (distinguished from express): Shipping by freight… …   Universalium

• freight — The price or compensation paid for the transportation of goods by a carrier. Name also applied to goods transported by such carriers. See also freight rate. @ dead freight Money payable by a person who has chartered a ship and only partly loaded… …   Black's law dictionary

• freight — The price or compensation paid for the transportation of goods by a carrier. Name also applied to goods transported by such carriers. See also freight rate. @ dead freight Money payable by a person who has chartered a ship and only partly loaded… …   Black's law dictionary

• freight booking — The making, in advance, of specific arrangements for the transportation of goods by a particular vessel. Ocean S.S. Co. v Savannah Locomotive Works. 131 Ga 831, 837, 63 SE 577 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Merchant vessel — This article is about kinds of merchant ships. For water transport in general, see Ship transport. A merchant vessel is a ship that transports cargo or passengers. The closely related term commercial vessel is defined by the United States Coast… …   Wikipedia

• Intermodal freight transport — For passenger transport, see Intermodal passenger transport. Intermodal ship to rail transfer of containerized cargos at APM Terminals in Portsmouth, Virginia. Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal… …   Wikipedia

• Non-vessel operating common carrier — Non vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC) are one type of sea freight forwarders. Instead of using their own ships, they operate as transportation or logistics intermediaries. That is, they book space on ships and sell it in smaller quantities …   Wikipedia