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The NATO Stock Number or National Stock Number (NSN) is a 13-digit alphanumeric code consisting of a Group of Supply, a Class of Supply and the unique NIIN to designate unique items of supply grouped by their relative catalog category. The first four digits are the NATO Supply Classification (NSC) or Federal Supply Class (FSC) code.
"Trade catalog" derives from the expression "to the trade," and the materials were originally produced by manufacturers and wholesalers for their salesmen to market to retailers. The Trade Literature Collection is internationally known as an extraordinary source for the history of American business, technology, marketing, consumption, and ...
Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people or goods via waterways. Freight transport by sea has been widely used throughout recorded history.
The international shipping industry can be divided into four closely related shipping markets, each trading in a different commodity: the freight market, the sale and purchase market, the newbuilding market and the demolition market. These four markets are linked by cash flow and push the market traders in the direction they want.
In the 1950s and 1960s, great demand for specialist research required the construction of additional, more sophisticated test facilities. The first was the Seakeeping Basin (1956) for research into ships' behavior in waves. Next came the Shallow Water Basin (1958), designed for tugboats, inland shipping and merchandise shipping in shallow water.
Location; Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Black Sea coast, Tsemes (Novorossiysk) Bay: Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: RUNVS [2]: Details; Operated by: FSBI ‘Administration of the Black Sea Ports’: Size of harbour: 344 ha (2017) [3]: Land area: 278.12 ha (2017) [3]: No. of berths: 89 of 15626.91 m (2017) [3]: Harbourmaster: Tuzikevick E. V. [4]: Statistics; Annual cargo tonnage: 112.5 mln ...
The International Register of Shipping or IS was established in 1993, and is an independent classification society which provides classification, certification, verification and advisory services. The International Register of Shipping also offers consulting services well suited for the shipping and offshore industry. [ 1 ]
Some brokerage firms have developed into large companies, incorporating departments specialising in shipping's various sectors, e.g. Dry Cargo Chartering, Tanker Chartering, Container Chartering, Sale & Purchase, Demolition, Futures and Research; other "boutique" shipbroking firms concentrate on specific sectors of the shipping market.