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General expressions
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Administration means the Government
of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
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Company means the Owner of the
ship or any other organization or person such as the Manager, or the
Bareboat Charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation
of the ship from the Ship owner and who, on assuming such responsibility,
has agreed to take over all duties and responsibilities imposed by
SOLAS (2).
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Load Lines Convention means the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, or the 1988
Protocol relating thereto, as applicable.
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Organization means the International
Maritime Organization (IMO).
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Port industries means the port
facilities and/or stevedoring companies serving ships engaged in the
stowage of timber deck cargoes.
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Shipper means any person, organization
or Government which prepares or provides a consignment for transport (3).
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SOLAS means the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended.
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2008 IS Code means the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008.
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Restricted sea area means any
sea area in which the weather can be forecast for the entire sea voyage
or shelter can be found during the voyage.
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Cargo related expressions
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Cant means a log which is "slab-cut",
i.e. ripped lengthwise so that the resulting thick pieces have two
opposing, parallel flat sides and, in some cases, a third side which
is sawn flat.
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Non-rigid cargo means sawn wood
or lumber, cants, logs, poles, pulpwood and all other types of loose
timber or timber in packaged forms not fulfilling specified strength
requirement, as defined in section 4.7.
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Rigid cargo package means sawn
wood or lumber, cants, logs, poles, pulpwood and all other types of
timber in packaged forms, fulfilling specified strength requirement,
as defined in section 4.7.
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Round wood means parts of trees
that have not been sawn on more than one long side. The term includes,
among others, logs, poles and pulpwood in loose or packed form.
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Sawn wood means parts of trees
that have been sawn so that they have at least two parallel flat long
sides. The term includes, among others, lumber and cants in loose
or packed form.
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Timber is used as a collective
expression used for all types of wooden material covered by this Code,
including both round and sawn wood but excluding wood pulp and similar
cargo.
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Technically related expressions
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Blocking device means physical
measures to prevent sliding and/or tipping of cargoes and/or collapse
of stow.
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Lashing plan means a sketch or
drawing showing the required number and strength of securing items
for the timber deck cargo to obtain safe stowage and securing of timber
deck cargoes.
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Timber deck cargo means a cargo
of timber carried on an uncovered part of a freeboard or superstructure
deck.
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Timber load line means a special
load line assigned to ships complying with certain conditions set
out in the International Convention on Load Lines.
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Stowage Factor (SF) means the
volume occupied by one tonne of a cargo when stowed and separated
in the accepted manner.
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Weather deck means the uppermost
complete deck exposed to weather and sea.
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Reeving means the process where
a rope, chain or any other type of lashing can freely move through
a sheave or over a fulcrum such as a rounded angle piece, in such
a manner so as to minimize the frictional effect of such movement.
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Height of cargo means the distance
from the base of the deck cargo stow to the highest part of the cargo.