includes i) liquids ii) liquified gases iii) molten or slurried solids, suitable for continuous mechanical handling for transport by pipeline or loose in a hold, tank or other compartment integral to a means of transport

includes i) fine powders ii) granular particles iii) large, lumpy, dry solids, suitable for continuous mechanical handling, for transport by fixed installations (other than pipeline) or loose in a hold or other compartment integral to a means of transport

Goods loaded in/on a freight container 20ft. (6m) or more in external length; includes lift van, swap/swop body, flat, moveable tank or similar articles of transport equipment

Goods loaded in/on a freight container less than 20 ft.(6m) in external length; includes i) rigid Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) ii) aircraft Unit Load Devices (ULDs); excludes i) air mode pallets ii) sea or land mode box-, tank-, post, rack-pallets not exceeding 1.25 m2 deck area

Goods loaded on a deck; includes i) disposable one-way pallets ii) sea or land mode box-, tank-, post-, rack-pallets not exceeding 1.25 m2 deck area iii) slip-sheets iv) air mode pallets v) bricks, ingots, etc. suitably assembled for fork-lift truck handling

Goods (one or more items) supplied with a sling (or slings) or various materials (natural/artificial fibre, steel wire, etc.) and of various designs (loop, ring, cloverleaf, etc.); includes i) “packaged” timber ii) Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs)

includes i) road motor vehicles (lorries, buses, cars) and accompanying trailers, semi-trailers, caravans engaged in goods/passenger transport ii) motorised road, agricultural, industrial, etc. vehicles moving in trade iii) live animals “on the hoof”

non-self-propelled vehicles and equipment on wheels; includes i) unaccompanied trailers, semi-trailers railwagons, ship-borne barges engaged in goods transport ii) caravans and other road, agricultural, industrial, etc. vehicles iii) ship-borne port-to-port trailers

all cargo not elsewhere enumerated (i.e. the residual types of cargo carried in transport: “break-bulk” or “general” cargo, e.g. boxes, drums, bags, etc. and loose, unpacked items such as pipes, rods, etc.)