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            | Shipping Glossary | 
           
         
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                | COMMON SHIPPING TERMS | 
               
              
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                    KNOT, NAUTICAL | 
                   
                  
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                    The unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile: 6,080.20 feet per hour or 1.85 kilometers per hour. | 
                   
                  
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                    Kyoto 
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                    The convention for the International Customs Co-operation 
                      Council held in Kyoto in 1974 for the simplification 
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                    harmonisation of national customs procedures. | 
                   
                  
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                    On 25th of June 1999 the updated and restructured 
                      International Convention on the simplification 
                      and harmonisation of Customs Procedures (Kyoto 
                      Convention) was unanimously adopted by 114 customs 
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                    This convention was restructured to deal with 
                      computerised controls and to ensure better co- 
                      operation between customs authorities mutually 
                      and with trade in general. | 
                   
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