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Glossary

Term	Definition
SWDD	Salt Water Departure Draft Hits: 392
T/S	Transhipment - a shipping arrangement in which a shipment is discharged of the vessel at an intermediate port enroute and subsequently reloaded to another vessel for carriage to its final destinationl Hits: 663
TBN	To Be Named / To Be Nominated Hits: 536
TC	Time Charter - Owners agree to hire a particular ship for a set length of time and provide technical management, crewing etc. Hits: 680
TCP	Time Charter Party Hits: 546
TEU	Standard 20' Container, twenty-foot equivalent unit, a standard size intermodal container. Hits: 1040
THWARTSHIPS	At right angles to the centreline of the ship Hits: 528
TIDE	The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans Hits: 446
TIME BAR	Time after which legal claims will not be entered Hits: 426
TOPSIDES	The sides of a ship between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck Hits: 553
TRIM	Fore and aft balance of a ship Hits: 452
TTL	Total Hits: 477
TW	Tween Decker Hits: 464
USC	Unless Sooner Commenced Hits: 559
UU	Unless Used Hits: 596

IFA offers services that cover efficiently any need for transport by sea or by land, from machinery to complete 'hi-tech, from food to chemicals.

IFA has been operating since 1982 in the field of international shipping has always been pursuing a business strategy that focuses on the development of the service the client's business.