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1.1.27. “departure stow plan” means the information provided by the Customer
to the Terminal Operator in terms of Clause 2.10.3.5 below, as
subsequently revised by the Customer;
1.1.28. “technical data” in Clause 2.2.1 below means the information required in
the forms annexed hereto marked SOPCT Appendix “A” and SOPCT
Appendix “B”;
1.1.29. “stack dates” means the official dates advertised by the Terminal
Operator during which export containers must be brought into the
Terminal without incurring additional charges for early or late arrival at
the Terminal;
1.1.30. “early arrival container” means a container that arrives in the Terminal
before the stack into which it is to be taken has been opened. The
acceptance of “early arrival containers” is at the discretion of the
Terminal Operator and additional charges will be raised in respect of
early arrival containers;
1.1.31. “late arrival container” means a container that arrives in the Terminal
after the stack into which it is to be taken up has been closed. The
acceptance of “late arrival” containers is at the discretion of the Terminal
Operator and additional charges will be raised in respect of late arrival
containers;
1.1.32. “cut and run” means the Customer’s right to sail the vessel without
discharging or loading the vessel as planned in order to maintain
schedule integrity;
1.1.33. “shut out containers” means those containers which, although taken into
the stack for loading aboard the vessel, are in fact not loaded and
remain in the stack due to the Customer’s decision not to load all the
containers which were originally intended for loading on the vessel
concerned, either because the vessel is unable to accommodate the
containers or for reasons other than maintaining schedule integrity;
1.1.34. “operator code” refers to the internationally accepted three-character
code assigned to each Customer/Vessel Operator. This code must be
reflected on all bay plan information, and EDIFACT interchanges;
1.1.35. “7 day ETA notification” means the first notification from the Customer to
the Terminal Operator which sets out an estimated time of arrival of one
of the Customer’s vessels, which time of arrival falls on the 7th day
following on (but excluding) the day on which such notification is
received by the Terminal Operator: for example, a “7 day ETA
SOPCT 01/04/2013 – 31/03/2014
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