Division 2 DefinitionsF1

“ Freight container ” means an article of transport equipment:

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   of a permanent nature and, accordingly, strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;

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   specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading;

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   fitted with devices permitting its ease of handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another;

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   so designed as to be easy to fill and empty;

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   having a length of 20 feet or more.

“ Ro-Ro unit ” means wheeled equipment for carrying cargo, such as a truck, trailer or semi-trailer, which can be driven or towed on to a vessel. Port or ships’ trailers are included in this definition. Classifications should follow United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21 “ Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials ” .

“ Container cargo ” means containers with or without cargo which are lifted on to or off the vessels which carry them by sea.

“ Ro-Ro cargo ” means goods, whether or not in containers, on Ro-Ro units, and Ro-Ro units which are rolled on and off the vessels which carry them by sea.

“ Gross weight of goods ” means the tonnage of goods carried, including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers or Ro-Ro units.

“ Deadweight (DWT) ” means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship, i.e. the displacement in tonnes of a ship without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water and drinking water in the tanks, usable supplies as well as passengers, crew and their possessions.

“ Gross tonnage ” means the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.

“ Cruise passenger ” means a sea passenger making a sea journey on a cruise ship. Passengers on day excursions are excluded.

“ Cruise ship ” means a passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience. All passengers have cabins. Facilities for entertainment aboard are included. Ships operating normal ferry services are excluded, even if some passengers treat the service as a cruise. In addition, cargo-carrying vessels able to carry a very limited number of passengers with their own cabins are also excluded. Ships intended solely for day excursions are also excluded.

“ Cruise passenger excursion ” means a short visit by a cruise passenger to a tourist attraction associated with a port while retaining a cabin on board.

“ Ro-Ro container cargo ” means containers with or without cargo loaded on Ro-Ro units which are then rolled on and rolled off the vessels which carry them by sea.

“ Shipborne port-to-port trailer ” means a trailer intended to carry cargo (including containers) between two ports on Ro-Ro vessels. It is primarily designed to operate either on board of Ro-Ro vessels or in areas on land within the control of the port authority.

“ Ro-Ro vessel ” means a vessel designed to carry Ro-Ro units.