GANGWAY
A
narrow portable platform used as a passage, by persons entering or leaving
a vessel moored alongside a pier or quay.
GATF
General Agreements on Tariffs and
Trade
GDP
Gross Domestic Product: The total
value of goods and services produced by a nation over a given period,
usually 1 year.
GENERAL
CARGO
A non-bulk oil
cargo composed of miscellaneous goods.
GNP
Gross National Product: GDP plus
the net income accruing from foreign sources.
GOVERNMENT
IMPELLED
Cargo owned by
or subsidized by the Federal Government.
GREAT LAKES
PORTS
Ports in the
lakes of Canada and/or USA popular for grain shipments. In Canada: Port
Arthur and Fort William in Lake Superior; Hamilton, Kingston, Toronto and
Prescott in Lake Ontario. In USA: Chicago, Milwaukee in Lake Michigan;
Duluth and Superior in Lake Superior and Toledo in Lake Erie.
GREAT LAKES
SHIP
Cargo ship
developed to carry raw materials and manufactured goods on the Great
Lakes. Most carry bulk cargoes of grain, iron ore or coal.
GROSS
FREIGHT
Freight money
collected or to be collected without calculating the expenses relating to
the running cost of the ship for the voyage undertaken.
GROSS
REGISTERED TONS
A
common measurement of the internal volume of a ship with certain spaces
excluded. One ton equals 100 cubic feet; the total of all the enclosed
spaces within a ship expressed in tons each of which is equivalent to 100
cubic feet.
GROUNDING
Deliberate contact by a
ship with the bottom while she is moored or anchored as a result of the
water level dropping.
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