Shipping Terminology
Kanban
A method which during storage uses standard units or lot sizes with a single card attached to each.

A pull system used at a stock point in which a supply batch is ordered only when a previous batch is withdrawn.

Note: Kanban in Japanese means loosely translated 'card or sign'.

 
Keel

Longitudinal girder at the lowest point of a vessel from which the framework is built.

 
Kimbal Tag

A label containing bar coded information about product size, colour etc.

 
Kind of Packing

Description of the packaging material used for goods to be transported.

 
King Pin

The coupling pin, welded or bolted in the centre of the front underside of a semi-trailer chassis, which couples to the fifth wheel of the towing tractor or dolly converter.

 
Knot

Unit of measurement for the speed (of a vessel) equal to a nautical mile (= 1852 metres) per hour.

 
Kyoto Convention
The convention for the International Customs Co-operation Council held in Kyoto in 1974 for the simplification and harmonization of national customs procedures.

On 25th of June 1999 the updated and restructured International Convention on the simplification and harmonization of Customs Procedures (Kyoto Convention) was unanimously adopted by 114 customs administrations.

This convention was restructured to deal with computerized controls and to ensure better co- operation between customs authorities mutually and with trade in general.

 
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