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Information affecting the medium and long-term decisions of RIS users. A strategic traffic image contributes to the planning decion capabilities regarding a safe and efficient voyage.(source RIS-directive 2005/44/EC)
The person responsible for the overall safety of the vessel, cargo, passengers and crew and thereby for the voyage plan of the vessel and the condition of the vessel, the cargo, respectively passengers and the quality of the crew (Source: Standard Tracking and Tracing EU/415/2007)
The person on board of the ship being in command and having the authority to take all decions pertaining to navigation and ship management (Source: Standard electronic reporting CCR version 1.2/2006)
Synonyms: Captain skipperThe ddefault amount of SENC information that shall be visible when the chart is firts displayed, also all other features are displayed, individually on demand (Source: Standard Inland ECDIS CCR version 2.0/2006)
The person who is responsible on behalf of the shipper for the organization of the physical tranport of the goods that shall be exchanged, The supply forwarder offers cargo to transporters on behalf of the shipper (Source: Standard Tracking and Tracing EU/415/2007)
This person is responsible on behalf of the shipper for the organization of the physical transport of the goods that should be exchanged. The supply forwarder offers to transporters on behalf of the shipper (Source: Platina 2009)