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An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in damage to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may exclude inherent vice losses.
Industry:Transportation
Attempting to import merchandise into a country at a price less than the fair market value, usually through subsidy by exporting country.
Industry:Transportation
Freight forwarder/broker compensation as specified by ocean tariff or contract.
Industry:Transportation
A transportation line that hauls export or import traffic between ports and inland points.
Industry:Transportation
The U.S. federal body charged with enforcing acts of the U.S. Congress that affect common carriers in interstate commerce. STB replaced the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1997.
Industry:Transportation
Any material or objects utilized to protect cargo. Examples of dunnage are blocks, boards, burlap and paper.
Industry:Transportation
Single tariff item, established to move multiple commodities needed for a specified project, usually construction.
Industry:Transportation
Not in packages or containers; shipped loose in the hold of a ship without mark and count.” Grain, coal and sulfur are usually bulk freight.
Industry:Transportation
