| Identification |
| The
unique data, e.g. name, number or code, determining a certain object
or person. |
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| Idle
Time |
| The
amount of ineffective time whereby the available resources are not
used e.g. a container in a yard. |
|
| Ignition |
| Setting
on fire or catching fire. |
|
| Implants |
| Focal
points of detached personnel situated within customers? premises
to co-ordinate and advise on the customers? logistics activity,
often replacing in-house functions and resource. |
|
| Importer |
|
| In
Transit |
| The
status of goods or persons between the outwards customs clearance
and inwards customs clearance. |
|
| Inco
terms |
| Trade
terms in coded form as established by the International Chamber
of Commerce in 1953, whereafter they have been regularly updated.
(Last update 2000).
The
terms represent a set of international rules for the interpretation
of the principal terms of delivery used in trade contracts.
|
| See
Inco Terms |
|
| Indemnification |
| Compensation
for a loss and/or the expenses incurred. |
|
| Independent
Demand |
| A
demand which is unrelated to demand for other products. Demand for
finished goods, parts required for destructive testing and service
parts requirements are examples of independent demand. |
|
| Indirect
Route |
| Any
route other than the direct route. |
|
| Infrastructure |
| System
of roads, waterways, airfields, ports and/or telecommunication networks
in a certain area. |
|
| Inland
Clearance Depot |
| Abbreviation:
ICD |
| Inland
location where cargo, particularly containerised cargo, may be cleared
by customs. |
|
| Inland
Waterways Bill of Lading |
| Transport
document made out to a named person, to order or to bearer, signed
by the carrier and handed to the sender after receipt of the goods. |
|
| Insulated
Container |
| Thermal
container without the use of devices for cooling and/or heating. |
|
| Insulated
Tank Container |
| Container
frame holding one or more thermal insulated tanks for liquids. |
|
| Insurance |
| A
system of protection against loss under which a party agrees to
pay a certain sum (premiums) for a guarantee that they will be compensated
under certain conditions for loss or damage. |
|
| Insurance
Certificate |
| Proof
of an insurance contract. |
|
| Insurance
Company |
| The
party covering the risks of the issued goods and/or services that
are insured. |
|
| Integrated
Logistics Support |
| The
systematic approach applied to simultaneous management and acquisition
of equipment and related logistics support, in order to provide
the customer with a desired level of availability. Resulting in
an optimum life cycle cost and to maintain this level through the
entire life cycle. |
|
| Integrity |
| The
prevention of unauthorised modification of information. |
|
| Interchange |
| Reciprocal
exchange of e.g. information between two or more parties. |
|
| Intercoastal |
| As
opposite to coastal water operations, intercoastal refers to water
transport carried out between coasts (e.g. between Pacific and Atlantic
coasts). |
|
| Intercontainer |
| A
co-operative formed by 19 European Railways, for the management
of international rail container traffic in Europe. |
|
| Interline |
| Two
or more road transport companies joining operations to bring cargo
to a certain destination. |
|
| Interline
Carrier |
| A
carrier with whom another carrier has an interline agreement. |
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| Intermodal
Transport |
| The
movement of goods (containers) in one and the same loading unit
or vehicle which uses successively several modes of transport without
handling of the goods themselves in changing modes. |
|
| International
Air Transport Association |
| Abbreviation:
IATA |
| An
international organisation of airlines, founded in 1945, with the
aim of promoting the commercial air traffic. Parties should achieve
this by co-operation between the parties concerned and by performance
of certain rules, procedures and tariffs, regarding both cargo and
passengers. |
|
| International
Association of Classification Societies |
| Abbreviation:
IACS |
| An
organisation in which the major classification societies, among
others American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's Register of Shipping
and Germanischer Lloyd, are joined, whose principal aim is the improvement
of standards concerning safety at sea. |
|
| International
Carriage |
| Carriage
whereby the place of departure and any place of landing are situated
in more than one country. |
|
| International
Chamber of Shipping |
| Abbreviation:
ICS |
| A
voluntary organisation of national shipowner' associations with
the objective to promote interests of its members, primarily in
the technical and legal fields of shipping operations. |
|
| International
Civil Aviation Organization |
| Abbreviation:
ICAO |
| An
international organisation of governments, dealing with search and
rescue in distress, weather information, telecommunications and
navigational requirements. |
|
| International
Labour Organization |
| Abbreviation:
ILO |
| An
United Nations agency, dealing with employment rights and working
conditions, covering work at sea and in ports. |
|
| International
Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
| Abbreviation:
IMDG Code |
| A
code, representing the classification of dangerous goods as defined
by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in compliance with
international legal requirements. |
|
| International
Maritime Organisation |
| Abbreviation:
IMO |
| An
United Nations agency concerned with safety at sea. Its work includes
codes and rules relating to tonnage measurement of vessels, load
lines, pollution and the carriage of dangerous goods.
Its
previous name was the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative
Organisation (IMCO).
|
|
| International
Medical Guide for Ships |
| Abbreviation:
IMGS |
| 'The
doctor at sea'. |
|
| International
Organization for Standardization |
| Abbreviation:
ISO |
| A
world-wide federation of national standards institutes (ISO member
bodies). |
|
| International
Safety Management Code |
| This
international standard for the safe management and operation of
ships prescribes rules for the organisation of a shipping company
management in the context of safety and pollution prevention and
requires the development and implementation of a safety management
system. |
|
| Inventory |
| A
detailed list of goods located in a certain space or belonging to
a specified object.
Goods
available for satisfying certain demands. Inventories may consist
of finished goods ready for sale, they may be parts or intermediate
items, they may be work in process, or they may be raw materials.
|
|
| Invoice |
| An
account from the supplier, for goods and/or services supplied by
him. |
|
| Issuing
Carrier |
| The
carrier whose Air Waybill is issued (air cargo). |
|
| Item |
| Separate
article or unit. |
|
| Itinerary |
| The
route of a means of transport, indicated by the names of the ports
of call or other locations, often including estimated arrival and
departure dates. |
