Ship chandler
A ship chandlers ship or dealer (English: Ship chandler Ship or supplier ) is a utility of navigation.
Particulars
Marine equipment companies supplying seagoing ships with all needed in shipping goods. This includes consumer goods such as food, drink and tobacco (especially bonded goods ), parts of the deck, engine requirements, wire ropes and rope, nautical items, distress equipment, spare parts, but also other things that are necessary for the operation of a ship. Ship suppliers have warehouses in free ports or customs warehouses in the domestic customs territory, as they act to a considerable extent with uncleared foreign and excise free EU goods. Fuel and lubricants usually are not included in scope of supply of a ship dealer.
Private companies that acted as ship chandlers, developed in parallel with the growth of international shipping lines about 200 years ago. The roots of this development for the exclusive marine equipment company located in England, whose maritime development the rest of the world by several decades ahead of its. In particular, the triumph of steamships with its shorter port turnaround times led to numerous business opportunities and start-up companies, the ships supplied. For about two hundred years, the oldest British ship supply companies exist. In Germany, leave the first specialized establishments for the period after 1830 prove.
In the 19th century grew to a delivery range of the companies involved and the equipment of the ships in the port increased. While in the past most companies rather incidentally concerned with the supply of ships, as formed in this time of ship suppliers as a specialized port operations out. Provisions and equipment was taken in those days for at least six months on board. Therefore, often founded former captains who were able to draw on their own experiences, such establishments.
The German marine equipment companies are members of the Association of German Ship chandlers, the world governing body of this branch of industry is the International Ship Suppliers & Services Association (ISSA ). The ISSA were worldwide in 2012 to 43 national marine equipment associations with approximately 1,200 members and 460 associate members from 50 countries without national federation.
As the global industry gathering is considered the two -yearly in Hamburg Exhibition SSM ( Shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology ).
Since 1978, The Issa is a technical marine equipment catalog named ' ISSA Ship Stores Catalogue ' out. It serves the goods specification and contract simplification; listed approximately 25,000 Marine Equipment products can be easily identified and ordered using a code number, respectively. The ISSA has observer status at the IMO.