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Tariff 100-A Section One
Section One ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS Unless
otherwise provided elsewhere herein, the following Abbreviations,
Symbols and Definitions apply. ABBREVIATIONS
(A)
Denotes Increase DEFINITIONS AGENT
or VESSEL AGENT - The party or entity which submits the application
for a berth. AUTHORITY
or PORT AUTHORITY - Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces
County, Texas (A Political Subdivision of the State of Texas). BARGE,
OCEAN - A non self-propelled vessel used on ocean waters. BARGE,
INLAND WATERWAY - A non self-propelled vessel used on inland waterways. BERTH
- The water area at the edge of a wharf, including mooring facilities,
used by a vessel while docked. CARGO
- Anything being transported to, from or in the jurisdiction of
the Port Authority and involving use of the Terminal, public or
private docks. CHECKING
- The service of counting and checking cargo against appropriate
documents for the account of the cargo or the vessel or other
person requesting same. COASTWISE
TRAFFIC - All traffic between any two Atlantic or Gulf Coast ports
of the United States. CONTAINER
- A standard (I.S.O) marine container 20 feet in length or longer. DAY
- A consecutive period of 24-hours or fraction thereof. DOCKAGE
- The charge assessed against a vessel for berthing at a wharf,
pier, bulkhead, or bank, or for mooring to a vessel so berthed. EXPORT
TRAFFIC - All traffic moving from the continental United States
to port not within the continental United States. FREE
TIME - The specific period during which cargo may occupy space
assigned to it on terminal property free of wharf demurrage or
terminal storage charges, immediately prior to the loading or
subsequent to the discharge of such cargo on or off vessels. HANDLING
- The service of physically moving cargo between point of rest
and any place on the terminal facility, other than the end of
shipís tackle. HARBORMASTER
- The person designated Harbormaster by the Port Authority and
such personís assistants or representatives. HEAVY
LIFT - The service of providing heavy lift cranes and equipment
for lifting cargo. IMPORT
TRAFFIC - All traffic moving from not within the Continental United
States to the continental United States. INNER
HARBOR - The waters of the channel, basins and canals west of
the high-level Harbor Bridge at Corpus Christi and also the canals
in Rincon Industrial Park. INTERCOASTAL
TRAFFIC - All traffic between Atlantic and Gulf ports of the United
States and West Coast of the United States. LINER
SERVICE - Vessels making regularly scheduled called for the receipt
and delivery of cargo at the Port of Corpus Christi. MARGINAL
TRACKS - Railroad tracks on the wharf apron within reach of shipís
tackle. POINT
OF REST - The area on the terminal facility which is assigned
for the receipt of inbound cargo from the vessel and from which
inbound cargo may be delivered to the consignee, and that area
which is assigned for the receipt of outbound cargo for vessel
loading. PORT
COMMISSION - The governing body of the Port of Corpus Christi
Authority of Nueces County, Texas. PORT
EMPLOYEE - Employees and servants of the Port Authority. REFINERY
TERMINAL FIRE COMPANY - A private, non-profit company, which owns
and operates firefighting equipment and provides fire protection
services. SHED
AND/OR WHARF USE HIRE - A charge assessed against a vessel for
loading or discharging cargo and utilizing wharf sheds and/or
wharf for the assembly or distribution of cargo. SHIP
- Any self-propelled vessel suitable for use on ocean waters. SHIPSIDE
- The location of cargo within reach of ship's tackle or in the
berth space, in accordance with the customs and practices in the
Port of Corpus Christi. TERMINAL
FACILITIES - Any wharves, docks, sheds, warehouses, land, grain
elevators, cotton compresses, structures, freight handling machinery,
equipment and appliances of all kinds situated within jurisdiction
of and owned or leased by Authority. TERMINAL
STORAGE - The service of providing warehouse or other terminal
facilities for the storage of inbound or outbound cargo after
the expiration of free time, including wharf storage, shipside
storage, closed or covered storage, open or ground storage, bonded
storage, and refrigerated storage, after storage arrangements
have been made. TON
- A unit of weight of 2,000 pounds (short ton or net ton), or
2,204.6 pounds (metric ton). USAGE
- The use of the terminal facilities by any rail carrier, lighter
operator, trucker, shipper or consignee, their agents, servants
and/or employees, when they perform their own car, lighter or
truck loading and unloading. USER
- Any person or entity using Terminal Facilities or to whom or
for whom any service, work or labor is furnished, performed, done
or made available by the Port Authority, or any person or entity
owning or having custody of cargo moving over such facilities. VESSEL
- Any vessel used for the transportation by water of marine cargo,
whether self-propelled or non self-propelled and shall include
in its meaning the owner thereof. WATERWAYS
- The Corpus Christi Ship Channel, LaQuinta Channel with its tributary
channel known as Jewel Fulton Canal, the Inner Harbor and the
canals in Rincon Industrial Park, the channels connecting them
with the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, and all other channels or
canals within the jurisdiction of the Port Authority. WHARF
- Any wharf, pier, quay landing or other stationary structure
to which a vessel may make fast or which may be used in the transit
or handling of cargo or passengers including other terminal facilities
alongside which vessels may lie, or which are suitable for and
are used in the loading, unloading, assembling, distribution or
handling of cargo. WHARFAGE
- A charge assessed against the cargo or vessel on cargo passing
or conveyed over, onto or under wharves or between vessels (to
or from barge, lighter or water) when berthed at a wharf or when
moored in a slip adjacent to a wharf within jurisdiction of the
Authority. Wharfage is solely the charge for use of a wharf and
does not include charges for any other service. WHARF
DEMURRAGE (PENALTY) - A charge assessed against cargo remaining
in or on terminal facilities after the expiration of free time
unless arrangements have been made for storage.
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