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| Harmonized
Code |
An internationally accepted and
uniform description system for classifying goods for
customs, statistical and other purposes. |
| Harmonized
Systems |
A key provision of the recently
signed trade bill, effective Jan. 1, 1989, that establishes
international uniformity for product classifications.
Most U.S. Trading partners adopted it a year earlier,
and it was drafted in Brussels a decade ago with U.S.
representatives' input. In essence, it is a new tariff
schedule in that it changes methods of rating some
items. |
| Hatch |
The cover of - or opening- in the
deck of a vessel, through which cargo is loaded. |
| Heavy
Lift Vessel |
Specifically designed to be self
sustaining with heavy lift cranes, to handle unusually
heavy and/or out-sized cargoes. |
| Heavy
Lifts |
Freight too heavy to be handled
by regular ship's tackle. |
| House
Air Waybill |
An air waybill issued by a freight
consolidator. See Air Waybill. |
| Hub |
A central location to which traffic
from many cities is directed and from which traffic
is fed to other areas. |
| Hundredweight
(cwt.) |
A short ton hundredweight = 100
pounds. Long ton hundredweight = 112 pounds. |
| Husbanding |
Term used by steamship lines, agents,
or port captains who are appointed to handle all matters
in assisting the master of the vessel while in port
to obtain bunkering, fresh water, food and supplies,
payroll for the crew, doctors appointments, ship repair,
etc. |
