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Jacket
A wood or fiber cover placed around such containers as cans and bottles.

Jacob's Ladder
A rope ladder suspended from the side of a vessel and used for boarding.

Jerque Note:
A document given to the master by the Customs after the inward cargo is discharged and the vessel has been rummaged.

Jetsam
Cargo or goods which sink when jettisoned. The term applies also to such goods when washed ashore.

Jettison
The act of intentionally throwing cargo overboard e.g. with the objective of lightening a vessel, which has run aground, such for the common good of all interests: vessel, crew and remaining cargo
Sysnonm : Lagan
See GA

Jetty
A mole or breakwater, running out into the sea to protect harbours or coasts. It is sometimes used as a landing-pier.

Jib
1. Projecting arm of a crane.
2. Attachment connected to the top of a crane boom.

JIT
See Just In Time

Job
That work which is undertaken to meet a customer or production order and, for production control purposes, has a unique identification.

Joint Cargo Committee:
A group of London company underwriters and Lloyd's underwriters who meet to discuss matters relating to cargo insurance and to make recommendations to the cargo insurance market

Joint Hull Committee:
A group of London company underwriters and Lloyd 's underwriters who meet to discuss matters relating to hull insurance and to make recommendations to the hull insurance market.

Joint Rate
A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.

Joint Venture
A joint activity of two or more companies usually performed under a common name.

Journey
A voyage from one place, port or country to another one, in case of a round trip, to the same one.

Jurisprudence
Juridical decisions used for explanation and meaning of law.

Just In Time
Abbreviation: JIT
The movement of material/goods at the necessary place at the necessary time. The implication is that each operation is closely synchronised with the subsequent ones to make that possible. A method of inventory control that brings stock into the production process, warehouse or to the customer just in time to be used, thus reducing stock piling.