A rope ladder suspended from the side of a vessel and used for boarding.

A clause applying an excess to the insurance policy JETSAM:- Goods which have been thrown overboard for the purpose of lightening the ship.

To throw goods overboard in order to lighten a ship in danger.

A clause used in insurance policies, covering flour, grain and similar cargoes, where the interest will be placed in landing sheds, following discharge to await onward transit to the final destination.

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.