 |
COMMON SHIPPING TERMS
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Jetsam |
|
|
Goods thrown or lost.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jettison |
|
|
The act of intentionally throwing cargo overboard
e.g. with the objective of lightening a vessel,
which has run aground, such for the common good
of all interests: vessel, crew and remaining cargo.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jetty |
|
|
A mole or breakwater, running out into the sea
to protect harbours or coasts. It is sometimes
used as a landing-pier. |
|
|
|
|
|
Jib |
|
|
Projecting arm of a crane
|
|
|
Attachment connected to the top of a crane boom
|
|
|
|
|
|
Job |
|
|
That work which is undertaken to meet a customer
or production order and, for production control
purposes, has a unique identification. |
|
|
|
|
|
Joint Venture |
|
|
A joint activity of two or more companies usually
performed under a common name. |
|
|
|
|
|
Journey |
|
|
A voyage from one place, port or country to another
one, in case of a round trip, to the same one. |
|
|
|
|
|
Jurisprudence |
|
|
Juridical decisions used
for explanation and meaning of law. |
|
|
|
|
|
Just In Time |
|
|
Abbreviation: JIT |
|
|
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. |
