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Shipping Glossary

Shipping Glossary

Harbor Master

An officer who attends to the berthing, etc. of ships in a harbor and related duties

Harbour Costs

The sum of all costs incurred by touching and staying in the harbour (pilotages, towage, moorage, demurrage)

Harbour Dues

Fee payable by the ship for staying in the harbour. The amount depends on the volume of the ship, draft and number of lay days and in Hamburg is charged by the harbour dues office of the port authorities

Harbour Dues Office

Department of the port authorities in Hamburg to which harbour dues are paid by the ship

Harbour Fund

Fund covering off- time of permanently employed dockers caused by irregular lay days and other circumstances. To every harbour service 1.5 % are added and remitted to the harbour fund

Hard-Top Container

A closed container fitted with a roof that can be opened or lifted off

Harmonized System of Codes (HS)

An international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade under a single commodity coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, this code is a hierarchically structured product nomenclature containing approximately 5,000 headings and subheadings. It is organized into 99 chapters arranged into 22 sections. Sections encompass an industry; chapters encompass the various materials and products of the industry. The basic code contains 44 headings and 6 digit subheadings. Many countries add digits for Customs tariff and statistical purposes. In the US, duty rates will be 8 digit level; statistical suffixes will be at the 10 digit level. The Harmonized System (HS) is the current US tariff schedule (TSUSA) for imports and is the basis for the 10 digit Schedule B export code

Hatch

The opening in the deck of a vessel. It gives access to the cargo hold

Haulage Between Ports

Type of controlling applied by Hapag-Lloyd: Collective term for pre-carriage and on-carriage, i.e. the transport between the port of loading/discharge and the base port indicated in the B/L. The costs incurred are not set aside by profits

HAWB

House air waybill

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