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Harmonized
Code: An internationally
accepted and uniform description
system for classifying
goods for customs, statistical
and other purposes.
Harmonized
Systems: A key
provision of the recently
signed trade bill, effective
Jan. 1, 1989, that establishes
international uniformity
for product classifications.
Most U.S. Trading partners
adopted it a year earlier,
and it was drafted in
Brussels a decade ago
with U.S. representatives'
input. In essence, it
is a new tariff schedule
in that it changes methods
of rating some items.
Hatch:
The cover of - or opening-
in the deck of a vessel,
through which cargo is
loaded.
Heavy
Lifts: Freight
too heavy to be handled
by regular ship's tackle.
Heavy
Lift Vessel: Specifically
designed to be self sustaining
with heavy lift cranes,
to handle unusually heavy
and/or out-sized cargoes.
House
Air Waybill: An
air waybill issued by
a freight consolidator.
See Air Waybill.
Hub:
A central location to
which traffic from many
cities is directed and
from which traffic is
fed to other areas.
Hundredweight
(cwt.): A short
ton hundredweight = 100
pounds. Long ton hundredweight
= 112 pounds.
Husbanding:
Term used by steamship
lines, agents, or port
captains who are appointed
to handle all matters
in assisting the master
of the vessel while in
port to obtain bunkering,
fresh water, food and
supplies, payroll for
the crew, doctors appointments,
ship repair, etc.
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