Blender
someone or some organization which combines various components to produce motor gasoline. The term may accurately apply to refiners for they blend motor fuel from blendstock they produce or purchase. In many cases, however, the word designates gasoline makers who do not refine any crude oil and distinguishes them from the "refiners" who do.
Blendstock
A component combined with other materials to produce a finished petroleum product. The term applies most frequently to motor gasoline ingredients.
Blepharitis
Inflammation of the eyelids
BLG
Bulk Liquids and Gases
Blind Shipment
A B/L wherein the paying customer has contracted with the carrier that shipper or consignee infor- mation is not given.
Block Stowage
Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement.
Blocked Trains
Railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. Eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction.
Blocking or Bracing
Wood or metal supports to keep shipments in place to prevent cargo shifting. See also Dunnage.
BM
(Beam) breadth moulded or Board measurement
BM
Ship Stability: Symbol for transverse metacentric radius; distance between B and M.
BMF
Board measurement feet = 1' x 1' x 1''
BO
Bad Order or Branch Office
Board
To gain access to a vessel.
Board Feet
The basic unit of measurement for lumber. One board foot is equal to a one–inch board, 12 inches wide and 1 foot long. Thus, a board 10 feet long, 12 inches wide, and 1 inch thick contains 10 board feet.
Boat
A relatively small, usually open craft/vessel a small, often open vessel for traveling on waterAn inland vessel of any size.
Bobtail
Movement of a tractor, without trailer, over the highway.
BOD APP
Board of directors approval
Bogie
A set of wheels built specifically as rear wheels under the container.
Boiling range
The temperature spread between the points where a material starts and finishes evaporating. This term has an abstract usage- naphtha-range, for example. It also has a specific one, such as "naphtha with a 140-350 F range."
Bollard pull
The thrust developed at zero ahead speed. Bollard pull is the most commonly used measure of ship-assist tugs performance which have propellers optimized for maximum thrust at close to zero speed.
Bolster
A device fitted on a chassis or railcar to hold and secure the container.
Bond
Linkage between atoms which holds together molecules. The basic bond involves two atoms connected by a pair of shared electrons. A double bond requires linkage by two pairs (four electrons). A triple bond puts six electrons between two atoms.
Bond Port
Port of initial Customs entry of a vessel to any country. Also known as First Port of Call.
Bonded Freight
Freight moving under a bond to U.S. Customs or to the Internal Revenue Service, to be delivered only under stated conditions.
Bonded Warehouse
A warehouse authorized by Customs authorities for storage of goods on which payment of duties is deferred until the goods are removed.
Booby Hatch
Aboard ship, a booby hatch s a sliding cover or hatch that must be pushed away to allow access or passage.
Booking
Arrangements with a carrier for the acceptance and carriage of freight; i.e., a space reservation.
Booking Number
Reservation number used to secure equipment and act as a control number prior to completion of a B/L.
Boom defence Vessel
A naval vessel for laying harbour defence booms
BORD.ARB.
Bordeaux arbitrary
BORO
Bulk, Oil and roll-on, roll-off vessel
BOSP
Beginning Of Sea Passage
Bottom Side Rails
Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.
Bottom wash
Crude oil washing operations restricted to the lower parts of the tank bulkheads, internal structures and bottom of tanks. This can only be carried out by vessels equipped with programmable tank washing machines.
Bottom–Air Delivery
A type of air circulation in a temperature control container. Air is pulled by a fan from the top of the container, passed through the evaporator coil for cooling, and then forced through the space under the load and up through the cargo. This type of airflow provides even temperatures.
Bottoms
Unvaporized material drawn from the lowest point of a fractionation column.
Bow
Forward most point of a ship.
Bow Thruster
a device built into, or mounted to, the bow of a ship to make it more maneuverable.
BOX
Term used for a container or boxed vessel
Boxcar
A closed rail freight car.
BPA
Bisphenol A. An industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic used for structural parts, impact-resistant glazing, street-light globes, household appliance parts, components of electrical/electronic devices, compact discs, automotive applications, reusable bottles, food and drink containers, and many other products. It is also used in the production of epoxy resins for coatings, food and beverage can linings, electrical laminates, composites and adhesives, and in other products.
BPA Bisphenol-A
(4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol) An intermediate used in the production of epoxy, polycarbonate and phenolic resins. The name was coined after the condensation reaction by which it may be formed-two (bis) molecules of phenol with one of acetone (A). (Whittington's Dictionary of Plastics, published by Technomic Publishing)
BPC
British Phosporous Commission
BPG
International Chamber of Shipping Bridge Procedure Guide
BPQ
Barge Particulars Questionnaire
BR
Bulgarian Register of Shipping or Brazil or Builder's risk
Br.ld.
Break load (a) To unload and distribute a portion or all of the contents of a rail car, container, trailer, or ship (b) Loose, non–containerized mark and count cargo (c) Packaged cargo that is not containerized.
Breakwater
Structures designed to provide shelter from waves and improve navigation conditions. Such structures may be combined with jetties where required (EM 1110-2-2904).
BREF
BAT Reference Documents, prepared by a European IPPC Bureau in Seville, in which BATs are defined. See BAT.
Brent
The most commonly traded North Sea crude oil. Technically, it is a mix of crude from the UK Brent field and the Ninian field.
Bridge Point
An inland location where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and then moved to a coastal port for loading.
Bridge Port
A port where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and stuffed into containers but then moved to another coastal port to be waded on a vessel.
Bright annealing
Annealing in inert gas or vacuum to minimize oxidation of the surface
BRM
Bridge Resources Management
BROB
Bunkers Remaining on Board
Broken Stowage
The loss: The loss of space caused by irregularity in the shape of packages. Any void or empty space in a vessel or container not occupied by cargo. Space caused by irregularity in the shape of packages.
Broker
A person who arranges for transportation of loads for a percentage of the revenue from the load.
Brokerage
Freight forwarder/broker compensation as specified by ocean tariff or contract.
Bromine number
A measure of the olefins content of a hydrocarbon mixture. In the petroleum intermediates trade, it serves primarily to indicate the presence of cracked stock in a cargo or stream. California air pollution laws also make it an important specification for motor gasoline and blendstocks offered in Los Angeles. As a rule-of-thumb, a mixture's bromine number equals roughly twice its olefin content.
BRT
Brutto register tons or Gross register tons
BS
Broken Stowage or Balance Sheet
BSA
British Shipbrokers Association
BSC
British Shippers Council
BSI
British Standards Institution
BSS 1/1
Basis 1 port to 1 port
BST
British Summer Time, British Standard Time
BT
Berth Terms or Bow Thruster
BTU
British Thermal Unit - 0.252 kcal or Bow Thrust Unit
BTX
Abbreviation of the aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, toluene and xylene
BTX extraction
A solvent recovery process for capturing benzene, toluene, and xylenes from refinery and petrochemical plant process streams (reformate and pyrolysis gasoline.)
