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SHIPPING CHARGE [13 records]

Record 1 2020-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Storehouses and Warehouses
CONT

Warehouse managers are in charge of the administrative aspects of warehouses and other storage facilities. It is their job to coordinate the activities of all workers, contact and liaise with customers, oversee the receiving and shipping of goods, and ensure that all items are properly stored in an efficient and orderly manner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Magasins de stockage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Depósitos para almacenaje
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Record 2 2013-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Printing for Blind Persons
  • Shipping and Delivery
DEF

A special no charge [shipping and delivery] service [offered by Canada Post that is] available only to blind persons and recognized institutions for the blind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Impression pour personnes aveugles
  • Expédition et livraison
DEF

Service spécial sans frais [d'expédition et de livraison offert par Postes Canada et] réservé aux aveugles et aux institutions pour aveugles reconnues.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Water Transport
DEF

A shore-based person who has the oversight and charge of all vessels belonging to a shipping company and is directly responsible to the managing director for the care, maintenance and upkeep of ships and the manning of the deck department. He is also responsible for the docking and unlocking of vessels and supervises the loading and discharging of cargo. In practice, one of the senior captains of the company is usually selected for this post.

OBS

Not to be confused with the "ship’s husband" appointed by the joint owners of a ship or ships, and usually one of their number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transport par eau
DEF

Dans les compagnies de navigation, personne responsable à terre du recrutement des équipages, de la gestion et de l'approvisionnement des matières nécessaires à l'entretien.

OBS

Il s'agit souvent d'un ancien capitaine de navire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho del mar
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Transporte por agua
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Record 4 2009-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
  • Transport of Goods
CONT

As between the shipper and the Artist, the Artist is responsible for all shipping fees, including related fees such as brokerage fees and customs duties, if any...

Key term(s)
  • shipping fee
  • shipping charge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Transport de marchandises
CONT

Les factures [commerciales] doivent indiquer la date et le lieu d'expédition, les mentions de marquage et l'ordre numérique des emballages, une description exacte, le pays d'origine, le poids et le prix du produit ainsi que les frais d'expédition, d'assurance et autres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
  • Transporte de mercancías
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Record 5 2008-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
DEF

A shipping line which is a member of a liner conference whose affiliated shipowners agree to charge uniform rates and other terms of carriage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Water Transport
CONT

The seller must... pay freight charges and any charge for unloading at the port of discharge which may be levied by regular shipping lines at the time and port of shipment.

Key term(s)
  • freight charges

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Transporte por agua
Key term(s)
  • cargas por flete
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Record 7 2005-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Library Science
OBS

The Canadian Book Exchange Centre(CBEC) helps Canadian libraries help each other. A resource-sharing service provided by Library and Archives Canada, CBEC is a redistribution centre, a clearing house that arranges for the exchange of publications deemed surplus by one library but needed by another. The Centre ensures that the nation's collective surplus holdings are accessible to all, keeps material in circulation and provides an efficient, practical method of using libraries’ excess materials to help fill each other's collection requirements. Currently, the publications made available by the Centre are free of charge, but participating libraries must pay shipping charges whether they send or receive materials.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Bank Exchange Center
  • Canadian Bank Exchange Centre
  • Canadian Book Exchange Center
  • Canada Book Exchange Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Bibliothéconomie
OBS

Le Centre canadien d'échange du livre (CCEL) favorise l'entraide entre les bibliothèques canadiennes. Un service de mise en commun des ressources fourni par Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, le CCEL est un centre de redistribution, c'est-à-dire un bureau central qui expédie les surplus de publications de bibliothèques à d'autres bibliothèques qui en ont besoin. Le Centre fait en sorte que l'ensemble des surplus de publications du pays soient accessibles à tous en favorisant la circulation de documents, selon une méthode efficace et pratique, afin de compléter les collections des bibliothèques. Actuellement, les publications que le Centre reçoit sont offertes gratuitement aux bibliothèques participantes qui doivent toutefois payer les frais d'expédition, que ce soit pour envoyer ou recevoir des publications.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

An extra charge applied by liner conferences and shipping lines on cargo exceeding a length specified in their tariff, often 40 feet or 12 metres.

OBS

This extra charge is normally expressed as an amount of money per tonne for each unit of length, for example each foot, or part thereof in excess of the specified length.

Key term(s)
  • lla

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Crop Storage Facilities
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Procedures at Terminal Elevators. Stop pooling of feed barley cars. To improve the accountability for accepting barley with excreta, pooling of feed barley cars at Vancouver should be suspended. Country managers will then buy grain with excreta only if they are confident in their company's ability to clean it. If they are shipping to another company's terminal, they have to seek authorization and agree on a terminal cleaning charge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Entreposage des récoltes
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Lorsqu'aucun excrément n'est décelé dans un camion de grain, le directeur du silo de collecte devrait considérer que le chargement est exempt d'excréments lorsqu'il règle le compte du producteur et percevoir les frais habituels pour le nettoyage des impuretés au silo terminal.

Key term(s)
  • nettoyage final

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
DEF

extra charge applied by a liner conference or a shipping line on lifts exceeding a weight specified in its tariff, often five tonnes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 11 1991-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
OBS

Termes provenant du Guide de la politique des approvisionnements et services en usage au MAS.

Spanish

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Record 12 1990-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

A charge assessed by a pier or dock owner against a shipping line using the pier or dock.

OBS

Standardized by the CGSB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

Frais imposés par le propriétaire d'une jetée ou d'un dock à une compagnie de navigation qui utilise cette jetée ou ce dock.

OBS

Normalisé par l'ONGC.

Spanish

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Record 13 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
DEF

a charge assessed by a pier or dock owner against a shipping line using the pier or dock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
DEF

frais imposés par le propriétaire d'un quai ou d'un dock à une compagnie de navigation utilisant ce quai ou ce dock.

Spanish

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