RULE: 28 - DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN THIS TARIFF Eff: 21APR2015

Effective 21APR2015
Filed 21APR2015
Filing Codes I

The Terms listed below will be defined and used as follows in this Tariff:
   
"AS FREIGHTED" - means that the greater amount of the ocean freight or
 charge, as calculated at the specified weight or measurement unit, will
 be assessed.
        
"BILL OF LADING" - means the shipment contract of Affreightment covering
 one shipment from one Shipper to one Consignee.
    
"BUSINESS HOURS" - means that period of each calendar day, except
 Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00
 PM.  However, the actual hours observed as "Business Hours" at each
 individual port, terminal, Rail Ramp, Container Yard or Station shall
 take precedence if such hours are different.
       
"CARGO, N.O.S." - means articles not otherwise specified in individual
 commodity items of this tariff.
      
"CARRIER" - means Atlantic Net Logistics Corp.
       
"CAUTION" - means articles which may be Hazardous and which are subject
 to the provisions and restrictions named in Rule No. 16 of this Tariff.
        
"CHARITABLE AND/OR RELIEF GOODS" - The term Charitable and/or Relief
 Goods, as used in this Tariff, means cargo that is composed of
 materials, equipment, supplies and medicines, NOT for resale, for use
 by charitable, non-profit or government agencies or organizations
 engaged in welfare, medical, educational or sheltering activities
 and/or engaged in the construction, building or renovation of housing,
 medical or other philanthropic related facilities.
    
"CHASSIS" - means a wheeled assembly, with or without a container
 attached, constructed so as to accept the mounting of a demountable
 trailer body, container or flexi van.
    
"COFC" - means Container-On-Flat-Car rail service, in which Rail
 Carriers transport containers without Chassis, Bogies or other wheeled
 assemblies on rail flat cars.
    
"COL" - means a Carrier Owned or Leased Container and over which the
 Carrier has control by ownership or by acquisition thereof under a
 lease or rental agreement from a container company or container
 supplier or other similar sources.
       
"CONSIGNOR, CONSIGNEE or SHIPPER" - The terms Consignor, Consignee or
 Shipper INCLUDES all authorized representatives or agents of such
 Consignor, Consignee or Shipper.
             
  "Consignee" - means the person, firm or corporation shown on the Bill
   of Lading as the receiver of the property transported by Carrier at
   destination.
    
  "Consignor" - means the person, firm or corporation shown on the Bill
   of Lading as the Shipper of the property received by the Carrier for
   transportation at origin.
    
  "Shipper" - means the person, firm or corporation shown on the
   shipping documents as the party tendering the cargo received by the
   Carrier for transportation.
        
"CONTAINER" - The term Container, as used in this Tariff, means,
 regardless of ownership, any freight-carrying single, rigid,
 non-disposable dry cargo, ventilated, insulated, mechanically
 refrigerated or heated, portable liquid or dry tank, flat rack or
 platform, vehicle rack or open top type unit without wheels or chassis
 attached, having a closure (except racks or platforms) or permanently
 hinged door or removable top, that allows ready access to interior for
 loading or unloading of cargo, which has been designed to transport
 cargo by different modes of transportation.  Such term does NOT
 include crates, boxes or pallets.  All types of containers must have
 construction, standardized fittings and fastenings able to withstand,
 without permanent distortion, all the normal stresses that may be
 applied in the normal service use of continuous transportation.  A
 container may be of any height or length as defined in this Tariff.
 Except as may be otherwise specifically provided, the term "Trailer,"
 when used in this Tariff, shall be synonymous with, and interchangeable
 with, the term "Container."
        
"CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION" [See "S" Service Rule 2.1] - The term
 Container Freight Station means a facility or terminal at origin
 where break bulk, packaged or palletized cargo is tendered to the
 Carrier by Shippers for containerization and transportation, and/or
 the facilities or terminal at destination where the Carrier unloads
 and strips cargo from containers to make break bulk, packaged or
 palletized cargo available to Consignee for Consignee pickup.
        
"CONTAINER YARD" [See "Y" Service Rule 2.1] - The term Container Yard
 means the facilities or terminal provided or utilized by the Carrier,
 where empty or loaded containers are tendered to, received from and/or
 interchanged with the Carrier, and includes any underlying VOCC
 container yard facilities authorized by the Carrier.
    
"CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE" - means the maintenance of a specific
 temperature or range of temperatures in a Container designed to
 maintain a constant temperature.
    
"DAY" - means one twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at 12:01 AM.
        
"DELIVERY SERVICE" - The term Delivery Service means the service
 performed or provided by the Carrier in transporting and delivering
 cargo to a platform, sidewalk, doorway, or shipping room directly
 accessible to an over-the-road vehicle at Consignee's premises.
 Delivery Service does NOT include the delivery of cargo to basements,
 floors or interior areas not directly accessible to over-the-road
 vehicles, NOR does it include unpacking, erecting, inspection of
 property or any other such similar services.
           
"DIPLOMATIC CARGO," "EMBASSY CARGO" or "GOVERNMENTAL CARGO" - When the
 term Diplomatic Cargo, Embassy Cargo or Governmental Cargo is used in
 a Commodity Description of this Tariff, rates named under such heading
 shall apply ONLY 1) for the account of a Diplomat or Embassy Official,
 OR 2) on cargo originating at or destined to a named Embassy,
 Diplomatic Office, Military Facility or Governmental Ministry Office,
 OR 3) for the account of a named Government or Government Department
 or Ministry, OR 4) for the account of a named United Nations
 Organization or Agency, OR 5) for the account of a Government
 Sponsored Agency.  Such cargo must be certified by Shipper as not for
 re-sale or other commercial uses.
       
"DIVERSION" - The term Diversion means a change in the original B/L
 instructions, made after cargo has been tendered to the Carrier for
 transportation service, requiring delivery of cargo to a different
 Consignee, delivery to a different address or a different destination,
 a change in the required routing of a shipment and/or any other change
 in the shipping orders and instructions which requires Carrier to
 perform or provide additional transportation service to effect delivery
 of cargo at ultimate destination.
         
"DOOR" [See "D" Service Rule 2.1] - The term Door means a Shipper's,
 Consignor's or Consignee's receiving and shipping premises (i.e. a
 platform, doorway or shipping dock directly accessible to a highway
 vehicle and Carrier's container).
        
"DROP OFF" or "DROP & PICK" or "DROP & PULL" - means Carrier's
 designated Trucker will deliver and then leave an empty or loaded
 container at Shipper's or Consignee's premises for loading or unloading
 and then return later to pickup the loaded or empty container to return
 that container to the designated Container Yard or Rail Ramp.
        
"DRY CARGO" - means cargo other than that requiring atmospheric and/or
 temperature control, or Bulk Cargo.
       
"EXPLOSIVE CARGO" - means cargo falling within Hazardous Class A, B or
 C explosives as defined in Rule 16 of Tariff.
        
"FULL VISIBLE CAPACITY" - The term Full Visible Capacity, when used in
 connection with container provisions, rules or rates, means that no
 more of the same type of cargo can be loaded into or on the
 transporting container or other carrying equipment consistent with
 safety precautions, weight restrictions and/or other regulations
 necessary to prevent damage to, or loss of, cargo.
    
"GROSS WEIGHT" - means the total weight of cargo, packaging, pallets,
 and transporting container in which cargo is transported.
    
"HEEL" - means any material remaining in a Tank Container following
 unloading, delivery, or discharge of the transported cargo. Heels may
 also be referred to as container residue, residual materials or
 residuals.
    
"HOLIDAY" - means any day designated as a full holiday by any National,
 State or Local government by statute or by local proclamation on which
 service to the Shipping Public is not available.
         
"IN-GAUGE" - The term In-Gauge when used to restrict Flat-Bed,
 Flat-Rack, Open Top or Platform Type Container/Trailer Rates means
 that the cargo loaded on such equipment does NOT hang over any portion
 of any side or end of the Container/Trailer, and further that no part
 of the cargo is greater than 8 ft. 6 ins. high.
    
"IN PACKAGES or PACKAGES" - shall include any shipping form other than
 in bulk, loose, in glass or earthenware or on pallets or skids.
    
"KILO TON" - means 1000 Kilos.
     
"KNOCKED DOWN (KD)" - means that an article has been taken apart, folded
 or telescoped in such a manner as to reduce its bulk at lease 33 1/3
 percent from its normal shipping cubage when set up or assembled.
          
"LABEL CARGO" - means cargo requiring White, Yellow, Red, Red Gas, Green
 Gas, Poison Gas and Tear Gas labels as required by governmental
 regulation.  See Rule No. 16 of Tariff.
    
"LASHING OR LUSHING" - means the securing, fastening or lashing of
 cargo on board and ocean vessel in preparation for ocean transportation
 using devices such as chains, ropes, lines, wires or straps.
    
"LIVE LOAD" or "LIVE UNLOAD" - means Carrier's designated Trucker will
 deliver a loaded or empty container at Shipper's or Consignee's
 premises for loading or unloading, and that the Trucker's employee and
 equipment will remain at the Shipper's or Consignee's premises until
 the container is loaded or unloaded and is released for further
 movement.
    
"MERCHANT" - means and includes Consignor, Shipper, Consignee, the
 Receiver of the Goods, a Person/Party (including any Corporation,
 Company or other legal Entity owning or entitled to the possession of
 the Goods), or any person or party acting as agent for or on behalf of
 such entity.
    
"MIXED SHIPMENT" - means a shipment consisting of two or more distinct
 commodities and/or articles, which may or may not be described in and
 rated under two or more rate items of this Tariff.
     
"NON-HAZARDOUS" - means non-label cargo which is permitted stowage
 between decks or under deck (other than Magazine) under C.F.R. Title
 46 - Shipping, as amended, which is NOT classified as "hazardous" by
 any governmental agency and which is NOT SBJ to the provisions of Rule
 16 of this Tariff.
    
"ONE COMMODITY" - The term One Commodity indicates any and all of the
 articles described in a single rate Item of this Tariff.
     
"OUT-OF-GAUGE" - The term Out-of-Gauge when used to restrict Flat-Bed,
 Flat-Rack, Open Top or Platform Type Container/Trailer Rates means that
 in some manner the cargo loaded on such equipment either hangs over a
 portion of any side or end of the Container/Trailer, or that a part of
 the cargo is greater than 8ft. 6ins. high.  (Such shipments may be SBJ
 to applicable Extra Length, Height or Width Charges.)
    
"PICKUP SERVICE" - The term Pickup Service means the service performed
 or provided by the Carrier in calling for cargo at a platform,
 sidewalk, doorway, or shipping room directly accessible to an
 over-the-road vehicle at Shipper's premises.  Pickup Service does NOT
 include the removal of cargo from basements, floors or interior areas
 not directly accessible to over-the-road vehicles, NOR does it include
 packing, dismantling, inspection of property or any other such similar
 services.
 
"POINT" - The term Point means a particular city, town, village,
 community or other area which is treated as a geographic unit for the
 application of rates.  "POINT" (i.e. Port-to-Point, Point-to-Point,
 Point-to-Port) RATES named in this Tariff are applicable From/To Inland
 Points which lie beyond port terminal areas.  Accordingly, any city and
 associated state/province, country, U.S. ZIP code, or U.S. ZIP code
 range, which lies beyond port terminal areas are deemed inland points.
 (A city may share the name of a port: the immediate ship-side and
 designated terminal area or depot is the port, but the rest of the city
 is considered an inland point.)
    
"PLACE" - means a particular street address or other designation of a
 factory, store, warehouse, place of business, private residence,
 construction camp or the like at a point.
     
"PROJECT CARGO" - The term Project Cargo means cargo that includes
 materials, equipment and supplies employed in the construction,
 development or supply of a named facility used for a major
 governmental, charitable, manufacturing, resource
 exploration/exploitation, public utility or public service purpose,
 including disaster relief projects.  No materials, equipment or
 supplies covered under a Project Cargo Rate named in this Tariff shall
 be transported for the purpose of resale or other commercial
 distribution.
     
   A clause reading substantially as follows shall appear on all B/Ls
   pertaining to project rates:
   
    "All materials included in this B/L are of a wholly proprietary
     nature and shall not be resold or otherwise commercially
     distributed at destination."
       
"PROPORTIONAL" - The term Proportional, when used in connection with a
 Rate, Rule, Charge, Provision or Accessorial Charge, means a provision
 whose application is restricted to shipments of cargo having an
 immediate prior or immediate subsequent movement, via any
 transportation mode, from or to a named port, point or location group.
 The term immediate, as used herein, means either: that no other thru or
 line haul transportation service, other than the transportation service
 from the specified origin, occurs prior to Carrier's receipt of cargo
 at origin; or that no other thru or line haul transportation service,
 other than the transportation service to the specified destination,
 occurs subsequent to Carrier's tendering cargo to on-carrier at
 destination.
   
"RAIL RAMP" [See "R" Service Rule 2.1] - The term Rail Ramp means the
 Trailer-On-Flat-Car (TOFC) or Container-On-Flat-Car (COFC) facility or
 terminal of a rail carrier where loaded or empty containers are
 tendered to, received from or interchanged with such rail carrier.
     
"RECONSIGNMENT" - The term Reconsignment means any change in the
 original B/L instructions, made after cargo has been tendered to the
 Carrier, requiring delivery of cargo to a different Consignee, at a
 different address or to a different destination, which requires Carrier
 to perform or provide additional transportation service to effect
 delivery of cargo at ultimate destination, or that requires an
 amendment to, or the reissue of, the B/L or other shipping documents
 prior to delivery at ultimate destination.
     
"REVENUE TON" - means one weight ton or one measurement ton, as freight
 charges are assessed, SBJ to Rule 2 and its Sub-Rules.
     
"SHIPMENT" - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Tariff,
 a shipment means a quantity of freight tendered to the Carrier by 1
 (one) Shipper, at 1 (one) port or point of origin, at 1 (one) time,
 transported on 1 (one) B/L, for delivery to 1 (one) Consignee, at 1
 (one) destination port or point for which a single shipping document
 has been issued.
   
"SITE" - means a particular platform or specific location for loading
 or unloading at a place.
   
"SOL" - means a Shipper Owned or Leased Container and over which the
 Shipper has control by ownership or by acquisition thereof under lease
 or rental from a container company or container supplier or other
 similar sources.
    
"STUFFING/PACKING, UNSTUFFING/UNPACKING/STRIPPING" - means the physical
 placing of cargo into, onto or the physical removal of cargo from
 containers.
  
"TRAILER" - means any wheeled unit designed to contain and convey cargo.
 Used interchangeably with Container, see above.
   
"TRUCK" - means any vehicle propelled or drawn by a single mechanical
 power unit and used on the highways for the transportation of cargo.
    
"UNLASHING OR UNLUSHING" - means the loosing, unfastening or freeing
 of cargo from on board an ocean vessel by removing devices such as
 chains, ropes, lines, wire or straps used to hold cargo in place during
 ocean transportation.
    
"VOID, VOID SPACE, or CONTAINER VOID" - when used in a TLI named in
 this Tariff, shall be defined as a vessel's on-board container space
 that is required to remain empty next to or above a flat rack, platform
 or open top container laden with out-of-gauge cargo that could
 otherwise be utilized to transport a container.
    
"WORKING DAY" - except as otherwise provided in individual rules or
 rate provisions, a Working Day means each calendar day, excepting
 Saturday, Sundays and Holidays, between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

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