Shipping Glossary
COMMON SHIPPING TERMS
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Main-line Operator |
| Abbreviation: MLO | |
| A carrier employing vessel(s) in the main or principal routes in a trade but not participating within a consortium. | |
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Manifest |
| Document, which lists the specifications of goods, loaded in a means of transport or equipment for transportation purposes. | |
| As a rule cargo the agents in the place of loading draw up manifests | |
| Note: For P&O Nedlloyd a manifest represents a cumulation of Bills of Lading for official and administrative purposes | |
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Marine Insurance Policy |
| An insurance policy protecting the insured against loss or damage to his goods occurred during ocean transport. | |
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Mate's Receipt |
| A document signed by the chief officer of a vessel acknowledging the receipt of a certain consignment on board of that vessel. On this document, remarks can be made as to the order and condition of the consignment. | |
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Medical First Aid Guide |
| Abbreviation: MFAG | |
| Instructions to be consulted in case of accidents involving dangerous goods. | |
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Merchant Haulage |
| Inland transport of cargo in containers arranged by the Merchant. | |
| It includes empty container-moves to and from hand-over points in respect of containers released by the Carrier to Merchants. | |
Note: Carrier's responsibility under the Bill of Lading does not include the inland transport stretch under Merchant Haulage. |
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Multimodal Transport |
| The carriage of goods (containers) by at least two different modes of transport. | |
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Multimodal Transport Document |
| Negotiable or non-negotiable document evidencing a contract for the performance and/or procurement of performance of combined transport of goods. | |
| Thus a combined transport document is a document issued by a Carrier who contracts as a principal with the Merchant to effect a combined transport often on a door-to-door basis. | |
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Multimodal Transport Operator/Carrier |
| Abbreviation: MTO/Carrier | |
| The person on whose behalf the transport document or any document evidencing a contract of multimodal carriage of goods is issued and who is responsible for the carriage of goods pursuant to the contract of carriage. | |