What are handling and storage services in connection with ship and aircraft cargo?
Here are some examples of handling and storage services: • cargo security services • container handling for which a box charge is made • demurrage • loading stores and discharging empties • loading, unloading, reloading, stowing, securing and shifting cargo • preparing or amending bills of lading, air / or sea-waybills and certificates of shipment • preparing or amending customs entries • presenting goods for customs examination • sorting, opening for inspection, repairing and making good, weighing and taring, taping and sealing, erasing and re-marking, labelling and re-numbering, tallying, checking, sampling, measuring or gauging of goods • stevedoring and porterage • survey of cargo (including damaged cargo), or • the movement of goods to or from a ship by lighter.
