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Gang
A number of workmen acting together especially for loading and/or discharging
operations of a vessel in combination with the necessary gear. (On a vessel
for instance 6 gangs can be ordered to discharge or load.)
Gangway
A narrow portable platform used as a passage, by persons entering or
leaving a vessel moored alongside a pier or quay.
Gantry Crane
A crane or hoisting machine mounted on a frame or structure spanning
an intervening space, which often travels on rails.
Garments On Hangers
Clothes in containers on hangers and hung from rails during transit,
reducing the handling required for the garments.
Gateway
1. Industry-related: A point at which freight moving from one territory
to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
2. A means of access, an entry.
GATT
See General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Gen-Set or Generator Set
A portable generator which can be attached to a refrigerated container
to power the refrigeration unit during transit.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Abbreviation: GATT
Major international agreement on trade and tariffs between many nations
all over the world. The discussions are now held by the WTO in 1994.
General Average
Abbreviation: G/A
Intentional act or sacrifice which is carried out to safeguard vessel
and cargo. When a vessel is in danger, the master has the right to sacrifice
property and/or to incur reasonable expenditure. Measures taken for the
sole benefit of any particular interest are not considered general average.
General Average Act (York-Antwerp Rules)
There is a general average act when, and only when any extraordinary
sacrifice or expenditure is intentionally and reasonably made or incurred
for the common safety for the purpose of preserving from peril the property
involved in a common maritime adventure.
General Average Bond:
An agreement signed by all parties involved in a general average act.
General Average Contribution:
The proportion payable by one of the parties involved in a general
average act to make good the loss suffered in that act.
General Average Deposit:
A deposit paid by a cargo in return for delivery of the goods where
such goods are subject to a general average contribution.
General Average Disbursements:
Expenses paid by the shipowner as part of a general average act. Such
expenses are recovered by the shipowner from the general average fund.
General Average Fund:
The total arrived at by adding together general average expenditure
and the value of property sacrificed in a general average act plus costs
of its adjustment.
General Average Guarantee:
An undertaking by a financial house or an underwriter to pay the contribution
due towards a general average fund.
General Average Statement
This shows in detail all general average costs and expenses and the
contribution of each interest in the general average in proportion to its
value.
General Cargo
1. Cargo, consisting of goods, unpacked or packed, for example in
cartons, crates, bags or bales, often palletised. General cargo can be
shipped either in breakbulk or containerised.
2. Any consignment other than a consignment containing valuable cargo
and charged for transport at general cargo rates (air cargo).
General Cargo Rate
Abbreviation: GCR
The rate for the carriage of cargo other than a class rate or specific
commodity rate (air cargo).
General Department Store Merchandise
Abbreviation : GDSM
A classification of commodities that includes goods generally shipped
by mass-merchandise companies. This commodity structure occurs only in
service contracts.
General Purpose Container
A container used for the carriage of general cargo without any special
requirements for the transport and or the conditioning of the goods.
General Rate Increase
Abbreviation : GRI
Used to describe an across-the-board tariff rate increase implemented
by conference members and applied to base rates.
Germanischer Lloyd
German classification society.
Godown
A warehouse or cargo shed. This term is often used in the Far East.
Gold Clause Agreement:
An agreement between parties concerned with the carriage of goods by
sea whereby they agree to increase the limits imposed by law for shipowner's
liability in respect of cargo.
Goods
1). Common term indicating movable property, merchandise or wares.
2). All materials which can be used to satisfy demands.
3). Whole or part of the cargo received from the shipper, including
any equipment supplied by the shipper.
Goods Control Certificate
Document issued by a competent body evidencing the quality of goods
described therein, in accordance with national or international standards,
or conforming to legislation in the importing country, or as specified
in the contract.
Goods Flow
The direction and path of the movement of goods and sequence of placement
of those goods in a supply chain.
Goods Item
A separate identifiable quantity of products or articles of a single
type.
Goods Receipt
Document issued by a port, warehouse, shed, or terminal operator acknowledging
receipt of goods specified therein on conditions stated or referred to
in the document.
Goods in Transit
The goods which have departed from the initial loading point and not
yet arrived at the final unloading point.
Gooseneck
1. Gooseneck shaped front end of a trailer or chassis.
2. Recess front bottom of a container to reduce the total height of
the chassis plus container.
Government Impelled
Cargo owned by or subsidized by the Federal Government.
Grain Certificate:
A certificate to show that the regulations have been complied with
when carrying a grain cargo.
Great Lakes Ports
Ports in the lakes of Canada and/or USA popular for grain shipments.
In Canada: Port Arthur and Fort William in Lake Superior; Hamilton, Kingston,
Toronto and Prescott in Lake Ontario. In USA: Chicago, Milwaukee in Lake
Michigan; Duluth and Superior in Lake Superior and Toledo in Lake Erie.
Great Lakes Ship
Cargo ship developed to carry raw materials and manufactured goods
on the Great Lakes. Most carry bulk cargoes of grain, iron ore or coal.
Green Equipment Availability
The availability of environmentally friendly equipment for transport.
GRI
See General Rate Increase
Grid Number
An indication of the position of a container in a bay plan by means
of a combination of page number, column and line. The page number often
represents the bay number.
Gross Domestic Product
Abbreviation : GDP
The total value of goods and services produced by a nation over a given
period, usually 1 year.
Gross Freight
Freight money collected or to be collected without calculating the
expenses relating to the running cost of the ship for the voyage undertaken.
Gross Manifest
A manifest containing freight details without any appropriate disbursements.
Gross National Product
Abbreviation : GNP
GDP plus the net income accruing from foreign sources.
Gross Registered Tons
A common measurement of the internal volume of a ship with certain
spaces excluded. One ton equals 100 cubic feet; the total of all the enclosed
spaces within a ship expressed in tons each of
which is equivalent to 100 cubic feet.
Gross Tonnage check last sentence
Abbreviation: GRT
The measure of the overall size of a vessel determined in accordance
with the provisions of the international convention on measurement of vessels
usually expressed in register ton. Applies to vessels, not to cargo, (0.2+0.02
log10V) where V is the volume in cubic meters of all enclosed spaces on
the vessel.
Gross Tonnage:
This is the volume of the interior of the vessel including all spaces
which are permanently closed in (but excluding the double bottom) expressed
in tons of 100 cubic feet.
Gross Weight
1. Weight (mass) of goods including packing, but excluding the carrier's
equipment expressed in whole kilograms.
2. The weight of a shipment including materials necessary for blocking
etc. (air cargo).
Gross Weight of Container
Total weight of container including cargo (in kilograms).
Gross Vehicle Weight
Abbreviation : GVW
The combined total weight of a vehicle and its container, inclusive
of prime mover.
Groundage
Charge for permission to anchor.
Grounding
Deliberate contact by a ship with the bottom while she is moored or
anchored as a result of the water level dropping.
Groupage
The collection of several small consignments and the formation of one
large shipment thereof (road cargo).
Groupage Centre
A location where groupage activities take place (road-cargo).
Guarantee for customs
An enforceable legal instrument with which a customs administration
can recover duties and taxes which become payable in the event of irregularities
during a transit movement.
GVW
See Gross Vehicle Weight
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