| Hague
Rules, The |
A
multilateral maritime treaty adopted in 1921 (at The Hague, Netherlands). Standardizes
liability of an international carrier under the Ocean B/L. Establishes a legal
"floor" for B/L. See COGSA |
| Harbor
Master |
An officer
who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a harbor. |
| Harmonized
System of Codes (HS) |
An
international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade
under a single commodity-coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs
Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, this code
is a hierarchically structured product nomenclature containing approximately 5,000
headings and subheadings. It is organized into 99 chapters arranged in 22 sections.
Sections encompass an industry (e.g., Section XI, Textiles and Textile Articles); chapters
encompass the various materials and products of the industry (e.g., Chapter 50, Silk;
Chapter 55, Manmade Staple Fibers; Chapter 57, Carpets). The basic code contains
four-digit headings and six-digit subheadings. Many countries add digits for Customs
tariff and statistical purposes. In the United States, duty rates will be the eight-digit
level; statistical suffixes will be at the ten-digit level. The Harmonized System (HS) is
the current U.S. tariff schedule (TSUSA) for imports and is the basis for the ten-digit
Schedule B export code. |
| Hatch |
The opening
in the deck of a vessel; gives access to the cargo hold. |
| HAZ
MAT |
An industry
abbreviation for "Hazardous Material." |
| Heavy-Lift
Charge |
A charge
made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship's normal tackle. |
| High-Density
Compression |
Compression
of a flat or standard bale of cotton to approximately 32 pounds per cubic foot. Usually
applies to cotton exported or shipped coastwise. |
| Hitchment |
The
marrying of two or more portions of one shipment that originate at different locations,
moving under one bill of lading, from one shipper to one consignee. Authority for this
service must be granted by tariff publication. See Bill of Lading. |
| Hopper
Barge |
A barge
which loads material dumped into it by a dredger and discharges the cargo through the
bottom. |
| House-to-House |
See
Door-to-Door. |
| House-to-Pier |
Cargo
loaded into a container by the shipper under shipper's supervision. When the cargo is
exported, it is unloaded at the foreign pier destination. |
| Humping |
The process
of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail car within a rail classification
yard in order to make up a train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or
"hump" onto the appropriate track. |
