 Shipping 2 - Shipping. Whether you need to move a few small items to France, or your entire household contents to Australia, here you will find the right solution. Browse internal and external links. Shipping.
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Shipping Terms. A safe and thriving global shipping industry is vital to the UK economy. Domestic shipping and ports activities and strong global maritime influence help to protect the UK's interest in this area by promoting a competitive, safe, efficient and sustainable environment for this trade to take place. Shipping Terms.
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Shipping is an expanding global business and the opportunity for Britain's commercially competitive shipping industry to share in this growth offers the UK significant inward investment opportunities and wider economic and environmental benefits.
The international shipping industry is responsible for the carriage of 90% of world trade. Shipping is the lynchpin of the global economy. Without shipping, intercontinental trade, the bulk transport of raw materials, and the import/export of affordable food and manufactured goods would simply not be possible. Ships are technically sophisticated, high value assets (larger ships can cost over US $100 million to build), and the operation of merchant ships generates an estimated annual income of over US $380 billion in freight rates within the global economy. This represents about 5% of total world trade.
There are a wide variety of shipping terms used in the shipping industry (see links for full listing). Alway consult your shipping provider for a full detailed version of all there shipping terms.
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"Shipping is an expanding global business and the opportunity for Britain's
commercially competitive shipping industry to share in this growth offers the
UK significant inward investment opportunities and wider economic and
environmental benefits. "
 Department for Transport
- The role of the Department for Transport is to determine overall transport strategy and to manage relationships with the agencies responsible for the delivery of that vision. This section contains information on how the department is structured, the responsibilities of the various affiliated agencies and the various targets and objectives that have been determined by the Government. www.dft.gov.uk
Glossary of Shipping Terms
- The terms in this glossary have been carefully selected from the myriad of terms one can encounter in the shipping business. We hope you will find it useful. This information is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. (USA based). www.marad.dot.gov
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
- This Agency is responsible throughout the UK for implementing the Government?s maritime safety policy. That includes co-ordinating search and rescue at sea through Her Majesty?s Coastguard, and checking that ships meet UK and international safety rules. We work to prevent the loss of lives at the coast and at sea, to ensure that ships are safe, and to prevent coastal pollution Safer Lives, Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas. www.mcga.gov.uk
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