CENTRAL AMERICAN PORTS STATISTICAL SUMMARY, YEAR2019 14 Glossary
Arrival: Entry of the vessel at a port to cargo loading or unloading, or to avoid any danger. Barge: A flat-bottomed boat, uncovered and without engines and locomotion, used for maritime or inland waterway cargo transportation, suitable for short-distance or coastal navigation. Cabotage Port: A port used for trade operations between a nation´s ports. Cargo: Freight or set of goods or merchandise loaded, stowed and carried by a ship from one port to another. Cargo Type: The segment of merchandise moved through ports according to its shape and physical characteristics (General, Containerized, Ro-Ro, General, Liquid Bulk, Solid Bulk, Others). Containership: A specialized vessel for the transportation of containers. Container: A box specially built to move cargo with a re-usable nature. It can handle merchandise to be transported from point-to-point as a unit. Containerized Cargo: Freight handled in containers loaded or unloaded by a crane. Conventional Vessel: A vessel that mainly transports general cargo and eventually other type of cargo Crew: Traveler who, on board the vessel or aircraft, performs activities directly related to its management, administration, maintenance and services. Cruise Ship: Type of vessel designed for passengers’ transportation, which makes tourist or pleasure trips with previously established port of calls in one or more countries, ports and / or specialized terminals. Disembarked Passengers: Those tourists who leave a cruise ship temporarily or permanently. Dock: To bring in a vessel to tie up at a dock or wharf berth. Draft: It is the submerged depth of a vessel in the water. In a port, it is the height of the water surface over the bottom. Embarked Passengers: Tourists returning to the cruise after temporarily disembarking or those who start their journey in that port. Foreign Trade: Export and import trade of goods and services of a country with other countries. Gas Tanker: A specialized vessel for the transportation of liquefied gas. Breakbulk Cargo: Cargo presented in solid, liquid or gaseous state and that being packed or unpacked can be treated as a unit and it is loaded or unloaded using a crane. Intermodal Transportation: It uses at least two modes of transportation without a single responsibility towards the user, who can act against one or another of the carriers. Lift on Lift off (Lo – Lo): Loading and unloading of cargo by a crane. Liquid Bulk Cargo: Liquids loaded or unloaded through pipes and / or hoses. Liquid Bulk Vessel: A specialized vessel for the transportation of liquid products such as chemicals, oils or grease of vegetable, animal and / or mineral origin and oil products.
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