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MPT's new website inaugurated...
Shri P.Mara Pandiyan IAS, Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust to-day formally inaugurated the modified Port website (www.mptgoa.com) amidst the Heads of the Departments,at the Administrative Office building at MPT, Headland Sada on 22.8.2011.

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Annual thorough examination/Periodical land testing of lifting appliances at MOHP

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TERMINOLOGY

Glossary of Port Terminology

1	Anchor	An implement for retaining a ship at a particular spot by temporarily chaining it to the sea bottom.
2	Ballast	Material placed low in the ship to maintain proper stability
3	Barge Carrier (LASH)	A vessel that has two basic components : the mother ship, the barge / lighters that are carried on board the mother ship.
4	Berth	The place assigned to a vessel in port when anchored or lying alongside a plier, a quay, a wharf and so on where it can load or discharge.
5	Berth Hire Charges	Charge for use of berth by a vessel. It is a port charge not a 'due' on cargo.
6	Berth day	A day of occupation of a berth by a ship.
7	Berth occupancy	Time in hours spent by ships at berths / jetties – Berth occupancy rate will be arrived at by dividing the time (in hours) spent by ships at berth / jetty by the total berth / jetty hours available during the month. The figure can be multiplied by 100 to arrive at the occupancy percentage. Note : For arriving at the berth occupancy rate/percentage, the hours during which berth/jetty is not available for reasons of dredging, maintenance, etc. would be excluded from the total berth / jetty hours during the month. The total berth / jetty hours during the month = total no. of berths / jetties in the port multiplied by 24 multiplied by the no. of days in a month.

Berth throughput cargo

Comprise the number of handling activities involved for tonnage using the port facilities, regardless of its final destination but divided into loaded, discharged, transshipped and shifted cargo. Double banked vessels are excluded from berth throughput. Although this last operation still requires port resources, it could equally take place at moorings and thus is not counted in that berth throughput but would be included in mooring throughput.

The berth throughput allows the evaluation of the present demand of a traditional break-bulk berth. It is also the basis to quantify the additional throughput possible through operational and organizational changes and through minor investment. The recording of double handling allows management to monitor the amount of tonnage thus handled.

The following cases deserve special mention :

Shifting in hold : Cargo handling in the hold to re-group and re-classify merchandise in order to facilitate the subsequent loading or unloading operations. The total cargo shifted will be counted in the berth throughput but not in traffic figures.
Shifting from hold to hold : This operation involves the transfer of cargo from one hold to another via the quay. The objective of the operation could be to re-organise the consignments, to prepare a hold for a new loading, to separate non-compatible cargoes or to improve the trim of the ship for the following call. The tonnage thus handled is not included port traffic but the tonnage is doubled in berth throughput.
Discharging into or loading cargo from a vessel at quay to a lighter alongside the vessel : This cargo is included in both berth throughput and port traffic. However, in berth throughput the same cargo will be counted twice if the lighter has been used as a supplementary berth : for example, if the above lighter when loaded (cargo discharged from vessel) subsequently re-berths for unloading on the quay this same cargo will be included for the second time in berth throughput but not in port traffic as it has already been counted once (vessel unloading into barge).
Discharge of cargo on the quay from a vessel which is double banked to vessel at quay : the cargo included in both counts once only.
Discharge of cargo from a vessel abreast of a vessel at quay to a barge abreast vessel : The cargo is not included in the berth throughput but is included in the port traffic. However, if the barge is subsequently discharged at the berth, the tonnage is then counted in the berth throughput.

Re-loading of cargo, discharged by error : There will be two movements, loading and unloading included in the berth throughput but no movement is included in port traffic.
Transfer of cargo from one vessel to another (for example because of equipment break-down or cancellation of a call) : The tonnage worked will be treated at transshipment cargo and counted twice if the operation is via the quay and once if directly into another ship. This cargo is not included in port traffic.
Transshipment : When transshipment is via the quay, the tonnage will be counted twice in the berth throughput , both times under transshipment. When transshipment is direct from one ship to another, the tonnage will only be counted once a only one gang is involved. For Port traffic whether, national or international cargo, the tonnage is included only one time under transshipment from the discharging vessel.

Breadth (Beam)

The width of a ship is known as beam. Beam is one of the principal factors governing a vessel's transverse stability and therefore her behavior in a seaway.

Break Bulk Cargo

Cargo which is shipped as individual packages or parcels.

11	Bulk Cargo	Usually a homogeneous cargo stowed in bulk, i.e., to say loose in the hold and not enclosed in any container such as boxes, bales, bags, casks and so on. Also called bulk freight. Bulk cargo may be composed of (i) free flowing articles such as oil, grain, coal, ore and so on which can be pumped or run through a chute or handled by dumping, (ii) articles that require mechanized handling such as coke, bricks, pig iron, lumber, steel and so on.
12	Bulk Carriers	A vessels designed for switching between bulk shipment of oil, bulk grain and fertilizers trades. These vessels are, sometimes called BO vessels.
13	Bunker	A compartment for storing fuel below decks. To load coal or fuel into the vessels bunker for its own use as distinguished from loading it as cargo.
14	Cargo Loaded	Cargo putting on board the vessel.
15	Cargo to be cleared / shipped	Cargo lying at storage sheds, transit sheds, warehouses and other storage space either for shipment or for clearance.
16	Cargo Traffic	Cargo loaded into or unloaded from the vessel (Excludes bunker coal and bunker oil unless otherwise stated)
17	Cargo Unloaded	The act of taking out cargo from the ship.
18	Channel	That part of the body of water of sufficient depth to be used for navigation.
19	Charter	An arrangement under which an exporter hires the entire ship on various terms and conditions.
20	c. i. f. (cost insurance freight)	The c.i.f. price of goods includes the cost of the goods plus insurance and freight to the named destination and normally also the cost of loading and unloading.
21	Clearance of Ships	Permission given by the port to a ship to sail out.
22	Ships in ballast	Ships without cargo.
23	Charter Party	An agreement with various terms and conditions to hire a ship.
24	Coastal Traffic	Traffic originating from and destined for any place or port within the country.
25	Coastal Vessel	A vessel licensed by D.G. Shipping for coastal trade and whose present voyage covers Indian Ports only.
26	Collier	A vessel engaged in coal trade.
27	Commodity Rates	Freight rates which apply to specific commodities that move regularly in large volume.
28	Containerisation	A form of utilization, i.e., combining of the small components (or units) of a load into a single large unit. A container is basically a metal box most commonly 8' x 8' x 20' and 8' x 8' x 40'.
29	Container ship	A vessel that has been installed with cell guides to carry containers. A conventional vessel that was built with containerization in mind and capable of carrying containers will also be called a container vessel during a particular run when it only carried containers.
30	Country of Destination	The country in which the port of unloading the cargo is located (for shipping purpose).
31	Country of Origin	The country in which the port of loading the cargo is located. (for shipping purpose)
32	Cranage	The hire charges for providing port cranes for cargo handling.
33	Cross-trade	Any trade not involving the registration of a vessel.
34	Datum	Norm fixed for a given period for a gang attached to a hook in the process of discharging from or loading into the ship.
35	Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT)	The vessel's lifting capacity or the number of tonnes a vessel will lift when loaded in salt water to its summer free-board mark. Also called dead weight capacity.

36	Derrick	An iron boom attached to the master of a vessel for loading and discharging cargo.
37	Disembarkation	The act of passengers landing from a vessel.
38	Displacement Light	The weight of a ship without stores, bunker, fuel or cargo.
39	Displacement Loaded	The weight of a ship plus stores, bunker fuel, cargo and passengers.
40	Dock	Docks are steel platings with wooden coverings extending from one side to another in a ship. The docks vary in number according to the type of the ship.
41	Dock Labour	Lab our generally employed on board the ship.
42	Draft of ship	The depth of water which a ship requires to float freely. The depth of the keel below the water line. This is indicated by figures on the stem and stem post which are 6 inches high, the bottom of the figures marking the draught.
43	Draft in Ports and approaches	Minimum depth of water in ports and in approaches to the port available for the ships to navigate in. the maximum may be much greater depending on the extent of tidal variation and seasonal factors.
44	Dunnage	Any material used inside the hatch when stowing a cargo with a view to protecting the cargo from damage as the result of contact with iron work, other cargo or any damaging influences.
45	Embarkation	The act of passengers boarding vessel.
46	Entrance	In dock engineering the term entrance or gate entrance usually implies an entrance closed by a single pair of gates or caisson as distinguished from a lock which has two pairs of gate or caissons.

47	Intra-port trade or re-export traffic	Traffic which (a) moves into and out of port or part of a port which has been demarcated as a custom free trade zone or (b) is imported with the declared intention of being re-exported usually after minor operations such as packaging, blending, drying and sorting which leaves the goods essentially unchanged.
48	Entry of ships	The arrival of vessels inside the harbour.
49	F.O.B. (Free on Board)	The f.o.b. price of goods includes all charges until the goods are stowed in a ship at the port of shipment.
50	Foreign traffic (Overseas traffic)	Traffic between ports in two different countries with the inward movement of goods termed 'imports' and outward movement termed 'exports' both movements comprising the country's foreign trade.
51	Foreign traffic (Overseas traffic) brought in by Indian Flag.	Traffic brought into Indian ports in the Indian flag vessels from a foreign port of origin. Explanation : If upto high seas the traffic is brought by Indian flag vessels and then lightened to the foreign flag vessels for bringing the cargo the shore, the overseas traffic may be considered as has been brought by Indian flag vessels.
52	Foreign traffic (Overseas traffic) brought in by Foreign Flag.	Traffic to Indian ports brought by a foreign flag vessel from a foreign port of origin.
53	Gang	Gang is a group of works formed as one unit for the purpose of handling cargo in the act of discharging from or loading on to the ship inside the hatch-hold of the vessel or in the deck as per necessity.
54	Gang Hours	Number of hours per ship multiplied by number of gang shifts (A Unit of lab our time used by long shore man).

55	Gang Shift		Refers to a gang (irrespective of number of persons in the gang) working in one shift.
56	General Cargo		A cargo composed of miscellaneous goods carried in units of small quantities which vary in weight, size, condition, nature and class.
57	Govt. Cargo		Cargo belonging to the Central/State Govts./Public Sector Undertakings.
58	Gross Registered Tonnage (G.R.T.)		Gross tonnage or gross registered tonnage of a vessel consists of its total measured cubic contents expressed in units of 100 cubic ft. or 2.83 cubic metres. The GRT of a ship is found by computing the tonnage under the tonnage deck Hoie-ting the double bottom used solely for water ballast and then adding the tonnage of all enclosed space above the tonnage deck. The following spaces are, however, exempted :- Shelter dock spaces with permanent middle line opening at least 4 feet long and off the width of the after cargo hatch. Shelters for the deck passengers on short voyages. Closed in spaces for machinery. Wheet house. Condensed space. Lavatories for officers and crews. It should be noted that for practical revenue reasons, the higher GRT of the vessel in the compilation of the tonnage for shipping statistics is to be accepted.
59	Handling charges		Charges levied against the goods for moving them to and from reach of ship's tackle and the place of rest at wharves, piers, quays, sheds, warehouses. It includes stacking, tioring, breaking, elevating and leveling of merchandise on wharves or in sheds and warehouses.
60		Hatch	The opening in the ship's deck for access to holds. The covering boards (wooden or iron) are also called hatches.
61		Heavy Lift	The packages individually weighing in excess of one ton are termed as heavy lifts. The workers are being paid for handling heavy lifts on time rate basis.
62		Hold	The inner space of a vessel where cargo is stowed.
63		Hook	Hook generally means the sling point/unit of discharge of loading. One gang is generally employed for a hook. Hook is known for a kind of instrument used by workers for lifting bags, etc. and the expression bears the meaning according to the context.
64		Interface	Point at which two systems meet, i.e., Road Transport and terminal – terminal & ship.
65		Jetty	An engineering structure projected into the water of a nature of a pier, dike, embarkement constructed of timber, earth, stone or a combination thereof. By means of jetties, at the mouth of a river and at the entrance of a tidal harbour, the channel may be narrowed and the current concentrated so as to increase the depth of water over the entrance bar.
66		Keel	Main plate or bar forming the central line of the ship which is also known as the backbone of the ship.
67		Length of the ship (L.D.A.)	The total length from the foremost to the aftermost points of a vessel's hull.
68		Lighter	A wooden / steel floating craft usually used for carrying cargo between a vessel and the shore.
69		Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH vessels)	A specific type of barge carrying vessel designed to carry large barges or lighters (each loaded with 500 to 600 tons of cargo). The barges discharge / load cargo at ports.
70		Lighten	To unload goods from a ship in lighters to reduce ship's drafts.
71		Lighterage Charges	The charges of the owner of barges and lighters for the transshipment of the ship's cargo in the stream (instead of alongside the berth).
72		Lighterage	Transportation of goods between ship and shore by means of harbour lighters.

73	Liner Conference	An organization whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given sea route on conditions agreed by the members. A conference liner ship is a vessel of ship owners belonging to such a shipping conference.
74	Liner Vessels	A ship plying on a fixed route or routes sailing according to a pre-determined schedule which offers cargo and or passenger space at fixed rates to those who wish to have goods transported or to make journeys.
75	Load Line	A line 18 inches long running through a ringout and painted on both sides of a merchant ship limiting the shipps draught in summer, tropical and winter areas and also in fresh and salt waters, otherwise known as 'Plimsell Line'.
76	Lo-Lo	Loan on-load off / lift on-lift off container cargo ship.
77	LNG	Liquid Natural Gas tanker.
78	LPG	Liquified Petroleum Gas / Liquified Prepane Gas tanker.
79	Mammoth Tanker	Giant tankers with capacities ranging from anywhere between 1,50,000 DWT to 5,00,000 DWT.
80	Manhours Per Shift	No. of hours (incl. recess hours) worked in a shift by each gang multiplied by the strength of the gang.
81	Man-shift	No. of persons in a gang multiplied by the number of gang shifts.
82	Manifest	A detailed list of ship's cargo for the information of custom officials, delivered by the Master of Ship.
83	Mooring	The place in a river, harbour or dock in which a vessel may be moored; also that to which vessel may be secured.

84	Net Registered Tonnage (NRT)	It refers to the revenue earning space capacity of a ship. It is obtained by deducting from GRT the space (taking 100 cu.ft. = 1 ton) occupied by stores, fuel, machinery, crew, etc., which does not represent the earning capacity of the ship.
85	Non-Conference Liner	Non Conference liner refers to a vessel operating independently which provides liner or regular services for the carriage of cargo on a particular route or routes within specified geographical limits.
86	O.B.O. (Oil/Ore & Bulk Carriers)	A bulk cargo ship designed to carry ore and oil enabling thereby to be loaded in both directions.
87	Oil Tanker	A vessel designed and constructed to carry mineral oil in bulk.
88	Open berths	Open side berth with no covered storage area.
89	Ore Carrier	A vessel solely designed for bulk shipment of ore.
90	Output per Berthday	Total tonnage handled at berth divided by the total number of berth days.
91	Output rates of lab our	Cargo handling rate of port or dock lab our per shift per hook or gang.
92	Overseas Vessel	A vessel whose present voyage covers one or more foreign ports of call.
93	Palletisation	Process involving the use of a wooden or metal platform (Pallet) on which boxes, bags or other goods are strepped for transport as a single unit.
94	Passenger-cum-cargo-ship	A vessel designed and constructed to carry passengers as well as cargoes.
95	Passenger ship	A vessel that primarily carried passengers and permitted to carry more than twelve passengers.
96	Pay load	Cargo weight / measurement on which freight is paid. (It is also known as freight tonnes).
97	Pilotage	Act of conducting of vessel in or out of harbour or in the neighbourhood of the navigational danger.

98	Pilotage rates	The scales of tariff used for fixing the amount to the paid by a vessel as remuneration for the services of a pilot.
99	P. O. L.	Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants.
100	Port congestion surcharge	If there is a delay in ship getting berth at any port, shipping conferences how a days are resorting to collecting extra cost of voyaging from shippers by adding a port congestion surcharge whose rates vary from port to port and from time to time depending upon the nature of congestion.
101	Port Dues	A levy of port authority on a ship charged entering the port.
102	Port Hole	A circular window on the ship side or bulk head.
103	Port Labour	Labour employed on shore.
104	Port of Destination	Any port in which the vessel may be destined during the voyage. As used in marine insurance (time) policies, the terms has been held to mean any port to which the vessel may be destined during voyage, as well as her home port and to include any usual stopping place for loading or discharging cargo.
105	Port Traffic Definition	All goods that have used the port for a conveyance switch constitute the port traffic flow. As the handling resources here are irrelevant, the goods considered in port traffic will be counted only once as long as they make use of the port as transfer centre. Shifting will therefore be excluded as well as erroneously discharged goods subsequently reloaded. Port traffic statistics are therefore not influenced by the number or type of handling operations performed. Port traffic – Instructions – Port traffic statistics divide cargo into three broad classes : Inward cargo either for national use or transit cargo continuing to foreign destination by land or inland waterway. Outward cargo either of national origin or transit cargo arriving in port from a foreign destination via land or inland waterway. Transshipment cargo either national or international (foreign bound) and only counted when discharged. Various contradictory definitions of the terms "transit cargo" are simultaneously used. The definition from the customs point of view puts the emphasis on the fact that the cargo has either no national destination or origin. Thus cargo coming into the country will require dispatch to all onward destinations, by any one of the following modes : Road, Rail, Inland Waterway, coaster or sea going vessel. For a port authority the important aspect is whether the cargo not originating or destined for the country will be dispatched either by road/rail/ inland waterway – which is then called in transit cargo or by coaster/sea going vessel – which is then referred to as transshipped cargo. Trans-shipment cargo, however, has a slightly wider meaning because it may also refer to national cargo which is transferred from one vessel (coaster/deep sea vessel) to another vessel (coaster/deep sea vessel) thus indicating that cargo is transferred between a country in national ports. The destination between transit cargo and trans-shipment cargo for inward bound traffic can be illustrated as follows : The same applies for outward bound cargo. In this manual, the ports definition is used. Also general cargo and bulk tonnage are to be separated. This is achieved by the appropriate selection of port zones for each berth throughput /port traffic form. The tonnage recorded will be the gross tonnage, i.e., including the weight of the packaging. For a more detailed breakdown of traffic by main commodities, the cargo manifest can be used or as a second choice, the customs declaration.

106	Preslinging of cargoes	Combining of cargoes, generally bales or bags into units by means of continuous sling so that a number of items can be handled as a single unit.
107	Quay	A landing place at which vessels receive or discharge cargo. Also called wharf.
108	Quay Dues /Stream Dues	A port charge levied on cargo passing through the port on the basis of weight, volume or number – quay dues for cargo handled at berths and stream dues for cargo handled in stream.
109	Roll on / Roll of	A vessel that receives /delivers cargo by rolling on/of board over the side stern or bow ramps.
110	Sailing Vessel	A vessel provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails only, whether or not provided with ancilliary power.
111	Ship arrived at port	A ship is considered to have been arrived when she reports her arrival at the reporting station.
112	Ship-day at Port	A say spent at the port by a ship.
113	Shift left the Port	Ship which has left the port for outward journey.
114	Ship-day lost	A day lost by a ship either waiting at anchorage for berth or waiting at berth for operations.
115	shipper	Exporter or Importer purchasing shipping services for transport of goods.
116	sling	Endless rope wire or strap used for lifting cargo.
117	Steamer	A mechanically propelled vessel in which principal motive power is steam as opposed to a sailing vessel or motor ship.
118	Stevedore	A person or firm employed in loading and unloading vessels or whose occupation is the stowage of cargo in a ship's hold. Also called long-shoreman.
119	Straddle carrier	Truck capable of lifting a container within its own framework.
120	Stuffing	Term used for packing a container.
121	Super bulk carrier	Large bulk carriers upto 2,00,000 to 2,50,000 Dead Weight Tons.
122	Tanker	A vessel specially designed and constructed for the carriage of fluid cargoes in bulk. Also called tank vessel. The vessel's holds are subdivided by longitudinal and transverse bulk heads so that each compartment forms a separate tank. Petroleum and similar oils, spirit, propane, sulphuric acid, molasses, wine and whole oil are among the cargoes carried in tank vessels.
123	T. E. U.	Twenty equivalent units. A container of 8'x8'x40' would be counted as 2 TEUs.
124 i) ii) iii)	Traffic Cargo received Cargo dispatched Transit Cargo	Cargo brought from the hinterland to the port for shipment Imported cargo moved to the hinterland from the Port. Cargo physically passing through a port in (without entering into country's foreign ports) originating in a second foreign country consigned to a third foreign country.
125	Transit traffic	Goods received in a port enroute and from which they have to be transferred and dispatched to their ultimate foreign destination by rail, road or river craft.
126	Transshipment traffic	The transfer of goods from a sea-going vessel to another sea-going vessel before the place of final destination has been reached.
127	Tramp Shipping	Ocean transport by tramp ships, i.e., ships that are available in the open market for charter (for a single voyage or for longer periods) to carry any available cargo.
128 i) ii) iii) iv)	Total turn round time Waiting time (ship-hours lost) Pilotage time Service time Idle time	Time spent by a ship from its arrival at the reporting station to its departure from the anchorage for outward journey. Time a ship spends between arriving at the port and moving towards the berth (where cargo handling takes place). Time taken by a ship for reaching the berth from anchorage under the supervision of port pilot and vice-versa. The tiem during which actual loading/unloading operations are undertaken. Time lost due to interruptions in operations such as breaks, changeover, etc. reducing the shift output for any reason (See Annexure-I).
129	Unitisation	The combining of the small components (or units) of a load into a single longer unit.
130	Unit load service	Shipping service based on unitization.
131	V.L.C.C.	Very large crude carriers usually huge oil tankers beyond 2 lakhs DWT capacity.

132	Voyage and time charter rates	A voyage charter is a contract for specific voyage, while a time charter is for a period of time which may cover several voyages. A voyage charter rate is thus, a short term rate and time charter rate is a long term rate.
133.(i) (ii)	Waiting at anchorage Pre-berthing detention	Time taken by a ship from its arrival at the anchorage till it starts moving for berth. In case it moves to waiting area between berthing the time taken for waiting at waiting area may also be included. Time taken by a ship from its arrival at the anchorage till it starts moving for berth. In case it moves to waiting area before berthing, the time taken in waiting at waiting area may also be included. In both the cases, waiting time for the cause attributable to the ship should be excluded.
134	wharf	A structure of timber or iron built on the shore of a harbour extending into deep water so that the vessel may lie alongside close together. Also called Pier.
135	Wharfage	A charge assessed on all cargo conveyed on, over or through a wharf, quay or pier. Sometimes called transfer charge tolls, port toll.
136	Winch	A power appliance for handling the derricks.