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Deck cargo. By s. 10 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 48), 'deck cargo' means any cargo carried either in any uncovered space on deck or in any covered space not included in the cubical contents forming the ship's registered tonnage. The (English) Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (22 Geo. 5, c. 9), s. 61, gives the Board of Trade power to make regulations, known as 'timber cargo regulations,' as to the carrying of timber in any uncovered space on deck....
Timber
Timber, has an enlarged or restricted sense, according to the connection in which it is employed, and may refer to standing trees or wood suitable for the manufacture of lumber to be used for building and allied purposes, Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 54, p. 1.Timber, may be used in a restricted as well as enlarged sense. In the restricted sense it means specified trees like oak, ash, elm, teace, blackwood, ebony etc. and in the enlarged sense it means woods suitable for building, furniture, and carpentry etc., and includes standing trees. Its true meaning has to be determined from the context in which it is employed, Divisional Forest Officer v. Tata Finlay Ltd., AIR 2001 SC 2672. [See also Kerala Grants and Leases (Modification of Rights) Act, 1980, s. 4]Means at common law oak, ash and elm are timber if over twenty years old, but not so old as to have unusable wood in them. Other trees may be timber by the custom of the country. Thus beech is timber by the custom of Buckinghamshire an...
Cargo
Cargo [fr. Cargo, Sp., the load of a ship; charge, Fr.], the lading of a ship, the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship.Includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), s. 2 (aa) includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986), s. 2 (b)]Cargo is expressly defined therein to mean property other than baggage. There is, therefore, no way by which 'cargo' can be read to include baggage, International Airport Authority of India v. Ashok Dhawan, (1997) 11 SCC 343 (344). [International Airports Authority (Storage and Processing of Goods) Regulations, 1980, Regn. 2(b) and (g)]Cargo, includes mail, Halsbury's Laws of England Vol. 2, para 1092, p. 525 [Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 105(1) (UK)]....
Quarter deck
That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast including the poop deck when there is one...
hot cargo
hot cargo : products made by nonunion employees or by employees considered to be treated unfairly by their employer adj : of, relating to, or being an agreement between labor and an employer barring the employer from using or otherwise dealing with the products of another employer whose employees are nonunion NOTE: Hot cargo agreements, clauses, and provisions were outlawed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. ...
Cargo and personal luggage
Cargo and personal luggage, the term 'cargo' when it occurs in the notification of the Reserve Bank is that it is used as contra-distinguished from personal luggage in the law relating to the carriage of goods. The latter has been defined as whatever a passenger takes with him for his personal use or convenience, either with reference to his immediate necessities or for his personal needs at the end of his journey, State of Maharashtra v. Mayer Hans George, (1965) 1 SCR 123: AIR 1965 SC 722 (727). [Foreign Excahnge Regulation Act (7 of 1947), s. 8(1)]...
Deck chair
a folding chair usually having arms and a full length leg rest used for relaxing on the deck of a ship at poolside etc Also called steamer chair...
Half decked
Partially decked...
main deck
The uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel...
Hold
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck in which the cargo is stowed...
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