shall refer to the time that the Vessel has reached the End of Sea Passage.

shall refer to any weight - carrying device or structure for navigation in the air.

shall refer to an airline corporation engaged in both domestic and international air transportation: of goods, passengers, or both.

shall refer to a transport document for airfreight used by airlines and international freight forwarders which specify the holder or consignee of the bill who has the right to claim delivery of the goods when they arrive at the port of destination. It is a contract of carriage that includes carrier conditions, such as limits of liability and claims procedures. In addition, it contains transport instructions to airlines and carriers, a description of the goods, and applicable transportation charges.1

shall refer to a person who represents a shipping line or an airline and who by written authority duly registered in the Bureau has been designated to act for and in place of a shipping line or airline in all formalities connected with the entry and departure of its Vessel or Aircraft, crew, passengers, cargo, baggage, mail or stores.?shall refer to a person who represents a shipping line or an airline and who by written authority duly registered in the Bureau has been designated to act for and in place of a shipping line or airline in all formalities connected with the entry and departure of its Vessel or Aircraft, crew, passengers, cargo, baggage, mail or stores.?

shall refer to a heavy cargo which is loaded on board a Vessel or Aircraft merely for the purpose of making it steady, to enable it to navigate in the event of scarcity of other cargo.3 It may include non-toxic materials with no commercial value.shall refer to a heavy cargo which is loaded on board a Vessel or Aircraft merely for the purpose of making it steady, to enable it to navigate in the event of scarcity of other cargo.3 It may include non-toxic materials with no commercial value.

shall refer to a transport document issued by shipping lines, carriers and international freight forwarders or non-vessel operating common carrier for waterborne freight. The holder or consignee of the bill has the right to claim delivery of the goods at the port of destination. It is a contract of carriage that includes carrier conditions, such as limits of liability and claims procedures. In addition, it contains transport instructions to shipping lines and carriers, a description of the goods, and applicable transportation charges.4shall refer to a transport document issued by shipping lines, carriers and international freight forwarders or non-vessel operating common carrier for waterborne freight. The holder or consignee of the bill has the right to claim delivery of the goods at the port of destination. It is a contract of carriage that includes carrier conditions, such as limits of liability and claims procedures. In addition, it contains transport instructions to shipping lines and carriers, a description of the goods, and applicable transportation charges.4

shall refer to the formalities conducted on board the foreign Vessel or Aircraft by government officials composed of Customs, Immigration & Quarantine (CIQ).shall refer to the formalities conducted on board the foreign Vessel or Aircraft by government officials composed of Customs, Immigration & Quarantine (CIQ).

shall refer to non-containerized general cargo stored in boxes, bales, pallets or other individual units to be loaded onto or discharged from Vessel or Aircrafts, not shipped in containers or in bulk.5

shall refer to cargoes in a mass of one commodity not packaged, bundled, bottled or otherwise packed.

shall refer to an international freight forwarder which, in the ordinary and usual course of its undertaking, assembles and consolidates or provides for assembling and consolidating such articles or performs or provides for the performance of break-bulk and distributing operations with respect to consolidated shipments, and is responsible for the transportation of articles from the point of receipt to point of destination and utilize for the whole or any part of such transportation services of the ocean carrier."

shall refer to the detalled list of cargo (freight) on board a Vessel or Aircraft giving the commercial particulars of the goods, such as transport document numbers, consignors, consignees, marks and numbers, number and kind of packages, weight, descriptions, quantities of the goods and destination. This also refers to Inward Foreign Cargo Manifest. 8

shall refer to the juridical persons responsible for the transport of goods such as airlines, shipping lines, international freight forwarders, cargo consolidators, non-vessel operating common carriers and other international transport operators.°shall refer to the juridical persons responsible for the transport of goods such as airlines, shipping lines, international freight forwarders, cargo consolidators, non-vessel operating common carriers and other international transport operators.°

shall refer to the party appearing in the transport document to whom delivery of the shipment may be lawfully made in accordance with the contract of carriage. 10shall refer to the party appearing in the transport document to whom delivery of the shipment may be lawfully made in accordance with the contract of carriage. 10

shall refer to a true and accurate manifest, of all the individual shipments in the consolidation destined and intended to be unloaded at a port entry in the Philippines, submitted as rider to the Cargo Manifest of the carrying Vessel or Aircraft. 11shall refer to a true and accurate manifest, of all the individual shipments in the consolidation destined and intended to be unloaded at a port entry in the Philippines, submitted as rider to the Cargo Manifest of the carrying Vessel or Aircraft. 11

shall refer to a juridical person which procures transport of goods by sea or air and issues house bill of lading or house airway bill to consignors of shipments under its solicitation, to whom it directly assumes the liabilities and responsibilities of a carrier for the transportation of such goods from the point of receipt to the point of destination of such goods, and ships the shipments together in its name consigned to its Deconsolidation Agent in the Philippines. 12shipments together in its name consigned to its Deconsolidation Agent in the Philippines. 12

shall refer to the date of the completion of the unloading of the entire shipment from the international carrier13 which is the reckoning period within which to lodge the goods declaration.shall refer to the date of the completion of the unloading of the entire shipment from the international carrier13 which is the reckoning period within which to lodge the goods declaration.

shall refer to the agent of the cargo consolidator in the Phillippines that provides services to deconsolidate shipments, orders, goods, etc. to facilitate distribution. 14

shall refer to the report issued by an Accredited Cargo Surveying Company (ACSC) for bulk or break-bulk cargo after the conduct of a survey at the port of discharge. 15shall refer to the report issued by an Accredited Cargo Surveying Company (ACSC) for bulk or break-bulk cargo after the conduct of a survey at the port of discharge. 15

shall refer to the waypoint where a Vessel ends the deep sea part of a voyage, usually at the arrival port where the Vessel plans to transit from full speed to maneuvering status. 16shall refer to the waypoint where a Vessel ends the deep sea part of a voyage, usually at the arrival port where the Vessel plans to transit from full speed to maneuvering status. 16

shall refer to the time declared by the Master or its agent in the notice of arrival submitted to the Bureau of Customs.

shall refer to a port or place outside the jurisdiction of the Philippines.shall refer to a port or place outside the jurisdiction of the Philippines.

shall refer to commercial interchange of commodities between different countries; export and import trade. It is synonymous with the term "foreign commerce", which is the trade between individuals or legal entities in different countries. 17shall refer to commercial interchange of commodities between different countries; export and import trade. It is synonymous with the term "foreign commerce", which is the trade between individuals or legal entities in different countries. 17

shall refer to special economic zones registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) under Republic Act No. 7916, as amended, duly chartered or legislated special economic zones and freeports such as Clark Freeport Zone, Clark Special Economic Zone, Clark Green City; Poro Point Freeport Zone; John Hay Special Economic Zone and Subic Bayshall refer to special economic zones registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) under Republic Act No. 7916, as amended, duly chartered or legislated special economic zones and freeports such as Clark Freeport Zone, Clark Special Economic Zone, Clark Green City; Poro Point Freeport Zone; John Hay Special Economic Zone and Subic Bay

shall refer to a local juridical person that acts as a cargo intermediary and facilitates transport of goods on behalf of its client and may issue its House Bill of Lading or House Air Waybill, which can also perform other forwarding services such as but not limited to negotiating freight rates, preparing documents, advancing freight payments providing packing or crating, trucking and warehousing, engaging as an agent or representative or of a foreign non-vessel operating as a common carrier or cargo consolidator or deconsolidator named as consignee in a master bill of lading or Air Waybill/de-consolidator named in the master Air Waybill as consignee of a consolidated shipment, and other related undertakings.19shall refer to a local juridical person that acts as a cargo intermediary and facilitates transport of goods on behalf of its client and may issue its House Bill of Lading or House Air Waybill, which can also perform other forwarding services such as but not limited to negotiating freight rates, preparing documents, advancing freight payments providing packing or crating, trucking and warehousing, engaging as an agent or representative or of a foreign non-vessel operating as a common carrier or cargo consolidator or deconsolidator named as consignee in a master bill of lading or Air Waybill/de-consolidator named in the master Air Waybill as consignee of a consolidated shipment, and other related undertakings.19

shall refer to permit issued by the Authorized Customs Boarding Officer properly endorsed at the back thereof; granting permission to load and unload cargoes upon completion of Boarding Formalities and submission of the required documents.

shall refer to a bill of lading covering a single, individual shipment or consignment issued by the international freight forwarder, NVOCC or a consolidator to the respective shippers containing the names and addresses, respectively, of both the consignor or sender and the consignee or receiver and the detailed, specific description of the goods shipped through sea.20shall refer to a bill of lading covering a single, individual shipment or consignment issued by the international freight forwarder, NVOCC or a consolidator to the respective shippers containing the names and addresses, respectively, of both the consignor or sender and the consignee or receiver and the detailed, specific description of the goods shipped through sea.20

shall refer to the captain of a ship or the chief commanding officer of a ship.shall refer to the captain of a ship or the chief commanding officer of a ship.

shall refer to an entity, which does not own or operate a Vessel that provides a point-to-point service which may include severalshall refer to an entity, which does not own or operate a Vessel that provides a point-to-point service which may include several modes of transport of full container load and less container load (LCL) shipments and issues corresponding transport document. 21

shall refer to international Vessel for purposes other than loading and discharging of cargoes such as but not limited to leisure, racing yacht foreign fishing Vessel and local fishing Vessel coming from abroad, and those Vessels going to the Philippines for bunkering, watering, for change crew, to discharge human cadaver, for provisions, dry docking, for conversion, and sheltering.

shall refer to a person aboard the Aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight.

shall refer to the first Philippine port of call of a foreign carrier. These shall be the ports designated as such by applicable laws or by the President in the exercise of his authority to open or close any port. 22

shall refer to the permission granted by quarantine officials to a Vessel or Aircraft to hold intercourse with the port after the ship or Aircraft has complied with quarantine laws, rules and regulations.23

shall refer to the owner or person for whose account the ocean transportation of cargo is provided,24

shall refer to a juridical person that transports cargoes aboard ships or Vessels across oceans or seas.25shall refer to a juridical person that transports cargoes aboard ships or Vessels across oceans or seas.25

shall refer to the authority issued by the Collector of Customs or his duly authorized representative for the customs officer assigned on a Vessel to allow the discharge of cargoes specified on the permit at shipside unto lighters, underguarded.26shall refer to the authority issued by the Collector of Customs or his duly authorized representative for the customs officer assigned on a Vessel to allow the discharge of cargoes specified on the permit at shipside unto lighters, underguarded.26

shall refer to the document that accompanies the transfer or transit of imported articles from the Vessel or Aircraft to a Customs Facilities and Warehouse (CFW), Customs Bonded Warehouse (CBW) or another port and serves as proof of delivery or receipt of the articles at its intended destination dulyshall refer to the document that accompanies the transfer or transit of imported articles from the Vessel or Aircraft to a Customs Facilities and Warehouse (CFW), Customs Bonded Warehouse (CBW) or another port and serves as proof of delivery or receipt of the articles at its intended destination duly acknowledged on its face by the Collector of Customs or his duly authorized representative.acknowledged on its face by the Collector of Customs or his duly authorized representative.

shall refer to every sort of boats, crafts or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as means of transportation on water. 27shall refer to every sort of boats, crafts or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as means of transportation on water. 27