A declaration signed by the exporter or his agent certifying that the description, mass and measurement of cargo in a container are all correct especially with D.G.

Itemized list of commodities with marks/numbers but no cost values indicated.

A platform on which packaged goods are stacked and fastened for the purpose of ease of handling in storage on a vessel. It is usually associated with unit loading.

Also known as Special Charges.

Paper disc recording chart for refrigeration temperatures.

A statutory body set up to control the export of perishable commodities such as fruit and other frozen products in the R.S.A.

A certificate issued by the Department of Agriculture to satisfy import regulations of foreign countries; indicates that a shipment has been inspected and found free from harmful pests and plant diseases.

The structure perpendicular to the shoreline to which a vessel is secured for the purpose of loading and unloading cargo.

This is the place where the cargo will be released to the importer and where the responsibility of Safmarine ends. This could be; in the case of FCL carrier haulage, the importer's premises; in the case of FCL merchant haulage, the terminal; in the case of LCL, SA Container Depots.

The mark or line painted on the side of the vessel indicating the limit to which a ship may be loaded, i.e. the ship may not be loaded to the extent that this line becomes submerged except in certain seasons or with timber cargo.

Fictitious gold franc originally used amongst other things to assess Carrier's liability in an inflation proofed manner in Hague Visby Rules. Now largely replaced by SDRs.

Gantry crane with liftable outreach for servicing container ships.

The moving of empty containers from a container park to the place of packing either by rail or road within Southern Africa.

Gantry crane for servicing ships with dimensions too large to use the Panama Canal - generally up to 17 containers across the ships beam.

Frees the permit for a vessel to communicate with land after a clean bill of health has been produced, or quarantine restrictions have been observed.

Percentage added to the freight and retained by the loading broker; recoverable in part or in all as rebate according to the regulations of the conference under which the vessel is operating.

The Carrier issuing a CTD regardless of whether or not goods are carried on his own, a third party's or a consortium member's vessel.

The person or body for whom an agent acts.

Procedure where carrier tests the temperature of the internal flesh of refrigerated commodities to assure that the temperature at time of shipment conforms to prescribed temperature ranges.