CHECKING
Counting and checking cargo against applicable documentation for the account of the vessel.

EXTRA HANDLING
Any time the Authority has to handle additional cargo of an account in order to either load or make available for loading specific cargo for that account, the applicable handling rate as indicated in rules 34-300 through 34-360 of this tariff will be assessed to that additional cargo. Also whenever cargo has to be re-handled because of specific loading requirements, an additional charge will be assessed based on the greater of either another handling charge or the labor and equipment required.

FREE TIME ON CARGO
The specified period during which cargo may occupy space assigned to it on terminal property free of storage charges immediately prior to the loading or subsequent to the discharge of such cargo on or off the vessel. (See rule 34-210)

Cargo received into storage facilities of the Authority for the purpose of exportation will not be granted free time if said cargo is not exported via the Authority's terminals.

Cargo imported via terminals other than the Authority's, and received in bond at the Authority's terminals for the purpose of storage will not be granted any free time.

HANDLING (C)
The physical loading, unloading, receiving, or delivering of cargo between the point of rest and the inland carrier, or between the point of rest and other appropriate locations on the terminal, or between any two locations on the terminal, other than the end of ship's tackle. Handling is normally billed to the cargo account or it's broker or forwarder. Handling, as defined herein, does not include the segregation, or separation of cargo.

RE-CONSIGNED CARGO
Cargo received for export at one Authority terminal, which is shipped out of that terminal to another Authority terminal for export.

RE-SHIPPED CARGO
Cargo received for export at an Authority terminal, which is handled out of that same terminal and either shipped to a domestic destination or to a terminal not operated by the Authority for exportation.

SHIPSIDE CARGO FACILITATION FEE (C)
A charge assessed to recover administrative expenses incurred by the Authority to facilitate the direct discharge or loading of cargo from/to vessels. This charge is assessed to the ocean carrier. See Rule 34-290 for charges.

STORAGE
The term "STORAGE" as used in this tariff means the actual physical keeping of freight or cargo in or upon designated areas of the wharves, transit sheds, or warehouses owned or operated by the Georgia Ports Authority. Storage is billed to the same party to which the handling charges are billed.

TRANSIT SHED
A transloading facility located on the berth, used primarily for transferring breakbulk cargo between vessels and shoreside. Cargo may, at times, be temporarily stored in such facility for periods not exceeding the free time stated in Rule 34-210.