The shipping of goods by sea via shipping containers.

A document that draws up the contract for the carriage of goods by sea.

Terms of a time charter agreement on the suspension of payment for the use of a vessel.

Discharge of cargo from a vessel.

A rate negotiated by a shipper at a shipping line (conference) for additional loading of the agreed limited consignment to one of the vessels of the line.

A term used in place of "flag of convenience" or "flag of necessity" to denote registry in a country that offers favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives to ship owners from other nations.

A container with an open roof and designed to carry cargo that is too large to be loaded through standard container doors, such as machinery.

A situation where there are too many ships generally or in a particular trade for the level of available cargoes.