R

Radio Operator
An officer who operates and controls the shipboard communication equipment.

Rag Top
A slang term for an open-top trailer or container with a tarpaulin cover.

Rail Car
A wheeled wagon used for the carriage of cargo by rail.

Rail Division
The amount of money an ocean carrier pays to the railroad for overland carriage.

Rail Consignment Note
A document evidencing a contract for the transport of goods by rail.

Rail Grounding
The time that the container was discharged (grounded) from the train.

Ramp

Ramp-to-Door
A movement where the load initiates at an origin rail ramp and terminates at a consignee's door.

Ramp-to-Ramp
A movement of equipment from an origin rail ramp to a destination rail ramp only.

Rate
1. The price of a transport service.
2. Quantity, amount or degree measured or applied.

Rate Basis
A formula of the specific factors or elements that control the making of a rate. A rate can be based on any number of factors (i.e., weight, measure, equipment type, package, box, etc.).

Rate of Calculation
A factor for the calculation of an amount.

Rate of Turn
The figure indicating the speed of a change of course of a means of transport expressed in degrees per minute.

Rating
A class to which an article is assigned.

Reasonableness
Under ICC and common law, the requirement that a rate not be higher than is necessary to reimburse the carrier for the actual cost of transporting the traffic and allow a fair profit.

Re-invoicing
The procedure whereby goods shipped directly from a supplier to the customer are invoiced in two stages: at first by the supplier to an intermediary and subsequently by the intermediary to the customer.

Rebate
That part of a transport charge which the carrier agrees to return.

Rebate
An illegal form of discounting or refunding that has the net effect of lowering the tariff price. See also Malpractice.

Receipt
A written acknowledgement, that something has been received.

Received Bill
A Bill of Lading marked to indicate that goods have been received for shipment, but does not indicate that they have been shipped in fact.

Receiver
The person appointed to "receive" and administer the rents and profits, or other moneys, accruing to an estate or business undertaking which is administered or wound-up under the supervision of the court. Official Receivers are of officials permanently employed to act in that capacity in bankruptcy proceedings or the winding-up of joint-stock companies.

Receiving Carrier
The carrier receiving a consignment on behalf of a carrier, agent or shipper for onward transport.

Receiving Stock
The stock comprising all the goods that have arrived at the door of the receiving organization and which is not yet available in the stock of that organization.

Reconditioning
All activities connected with restoring and or adjusting the packaging of a product. In such manner that it can be presented to the customer in the requested form.

Reconditioning of Garments
The act or process of bringing garments after transport in shop's condition.

Reconsignment
Changing the consignee or destination on a bill of lading while shipment is still in transit. Diversion has substantially the same meaning.

Recourse
A right claim against the guarantors of a loan or draft or bill of exchange.

Red Label
A label required on shipments of flammable articles.

Redelivery
1. Return of a shipment to the party who originally delivered it to the carrier (air cargo)
2. Return of a charter vessel to the owners.

Reefer
Refrigerator ship; a vessel or container designed to carry goods requiring refrigeration, such as meat and fruit. A reefer ship has insulated holds into which cold air is passed at the temperature appropriate to the goods being carried.

Reefer Box
An insulated shipping container designed to carry cargoes requiring temperature control. It is fitted with a refrigeration unit which is connected to the carrying ship's electrical power supply.

Reefer Cargo
Cargo requiring temperature control.

Reefer Container
A thermal container with refrigerating appliances (mechanical compressor unit, absorption unit etc.) to control the temperature of cargo.

Reference
The submission of a matter in dispute to an arbitrator for his award.

Refund
The repayment to the purchaser of the total charge or a portion of that charge for unused carriage.

Region
Specified geographical area for operational purposes.

Register Ton
The unit of measurement for the internal capacity of a vessel whereby one register ton equals 100 cubic feet (2.83 cubic meter). The gross (bruto) tonnage comprises all spaces below the main (tonnage) deck and the enclosed spaces above the main (tonnage) deck less exempted spaces. The net tonnage consists of the gross tonnage less exemptions like ballast tanks, engine room, living quarters etc. The register tonnage is mentioned on the tonnage certificate.

Registration Authority (Key Management)
Registration Authority is used as an entry point for users to set-up links by using some existing trusted means such as registered letters of personal enrolment. This registration will also form the
legal basis for the use of digital signatures by the user, if required, although this aspect in itself is not key management. Once this registration has been established, the user credentials and his public key are passed on the Certification Authority with a request for certification.

Regroupage
The process of splitting up shipments into various consignments (degroupage) and combining these small consignments into other shipments (groupage).

Rejection
Non-acceptance of e.g. cargo.

Related Points
A group of points to which rates are made the same as or in relation to rates to other points in group.

Relay
To transfer containers from one ship to another when both vessels are controlled by the same network (carrier) manager.

Release Order
A document issued by or on behalf of the carrier authorizing the release of import cargo identified thereon and manifested under a single Bill of Lading.

Released Value Not Exceeding.
Abbreviation : RVNX
Usually used to limit the value of goods transported. The limitation refers to carrier liability when paying a claim for lost or damaged goods.

Reliability of Delivery
The reliability of a supplier concerning the agreed terms of delivery with regard to the quality, quantity, delivery time, conditions and price.

Remittance
Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

Replacement
Indicating that a subject is interchangeable with another subject, but which differs physically from the original subject in that the installation of the replacement subject requires extra machining or provisions in addition to the normal application and methods of attachment.

Replenishment
Completion of stock.

Repudiation
The denial by a user of having participated in part or all of a communication.

Rerouting
The route to be followed as altered from the one originally specified in the transport document.

Reservation
Allotment in advance of space or weight capacity. Also referred to as 'booking'.

Reserve Inventory
See Safety Stock

Resources
Organizations, people or computer systems carrying out the activities.

Responsible Carrier
1. The carrier liable under the terms of a consortium Bill of Lading.
2. Carrier responsible for the transport of goods as indicated in the transport document.

Restricted Articles
Articles handled only under certain conditions.

Return Cargo
A cargo which enables a ship to return loaded to the port or area where her previous cargo was loaded.

Returns
Goods returned to their place of acceptance.

Revenue
Amounts of income stemming from the provision of transport services.

Revenue Ton (RT)
A ton on which the shipment is freighted. If cargo is rated as weight or measure (W/M), whichever produces the highest revenue will be considered the revenue ton. Weights are based on metric tons and measures are based on cubic meters. RT=1 MT or 1 CBM.

Reverse Distribution
The collection of used, damaged, or outdated products and/or packaging from end-users.

Rinacertificate
Certificate issued by the Italian Government for carrying dangerous goods in Italian Waters.

Road Carrier
Party undertaking transport by road of goods from one point to another such as indicated in the contract.

Road Vehicle
A means of transport capable and allowed to move over public roads and other landways.

Roll
To re-book cargo to a later vessel.

Roll Trailer
Special trailer for terminal haulage and stowage on board of Roll-on Roll-off vessels.
Also referred to as Mafi Trailer.

Roll-on Roll-off
Abbreviation: RoRo
System of loading and discharging a vessel whereby the cargo is driven on and off by means of a ramp.

Roll-On Roll-Off Ship
Abbreviation : RO/RO SHIP
Freight ship or ferry with facilities for vehicles to drive on and off (roll-on roll-off); a system of loading and discharging a ship whereby the cargo is driven on and off on ramps. Equipped with large openings at bow and stern and sometimes also in the side, the ship permits rapid loading and discharge with hydraulically operated ramps providing easy access. Fully loaded trucks or trailers carrying containers are accommodated on the deck.

Rolling
The side-to-side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.

Rolling Cargo
Cargo which is on wheels, such as truck or trailers, and which can be driven or towed on to a ship.

Rolling Resistance
The total frictional force that a tire, a set of tires or all the tires on a vehicle is developing with the road.

Rotation
Sequence in which a vessel calls at the ports on her itinerary.

Round Trip
A voyage, a journey etc. to a certain place, port or country and back again.

Route
The track along which goods are (to be) transported.

Routing
1. The determination of the most efficient route(s) that people, goods, materials and or means of transport have to follow.
2. The process of determining how a shipment will be moved between consignor and consignee or between place of acceptance by the carrier and place of delivery to the consignee.
3. The process of aiding a vessel's navigation by supplying long range weather forecasts and indicating the most economic and save sailing route.

Row
A vertical division of a vessel from starboard to portside, used as a part of the indication of a stowage place for containers. The numbers run from midships to both sides.

Running Down Clause
A clause extending a hull insurance policy to cover legal liability amounts paid by the assured consequent upon collision of the insured ship with another ship or vessel.

Running Gear
Complementary equipment for terminal and over the road handling containers.

Rush Baggage
See Expedite Baggage

RVNX
See Released Value Not Exceeding.