Dangerous Goods Requirement.

Department of Transportation.

Double Stack Train service which is the transport rail between two points of a trainload of containers with two containers, one on top of the other, per chassis.

Deadweight (tons of 2,240 lbs.) It expressed the number of tons (of 2,240 pounds) of stores, fuel and cargo that a ship can transport. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a ship displaces “Light” and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to her load-line. Ship building industry usually employs this method of tonnage measurement. In countries where metric system is prevalent it refers to tonnes as well.

Deadweight for Cargo. It refers to the unit o measurement of cargo and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. The weight ton in the USA is the short ton of 2,000 pounds or 40 cu. Ft. In the British countries the long ton of 2,240 pounds or 40 cu. Ft and under the metric system the metric ton 1.000 kg cu metric.

The document—now more commonly found in electronic than in paper form — that provides insurer and agent with a quick reference to all pertinent information relative to a contract of insurance such as insured’s identification, location, coverage, term, or premium. Sometimes referred to as a daily report.

Many insurers offer daily allowance cover in case the vehicle meets with an accident and is undergoing repair

This cover is available in the event of damage to the vehicle by an insured peril wherein time taken to repair the damage or recovery will exceed 3 days. The policy will pay costs incurred for hired transport up to 10 days for normal damages and 15 days for TL/CTL losses during the policy period. The period starts from the following calendar day of the vehicle reaching the insurers authorized repairers and ends on the date of repairers intimation to take delivery. Time taken for repair to items not related to accident will not be allowed. The allowance ranges from Rs. 600 to Rs. 2,000 per day depending on the category of vehicles. Repairs to be undertaken at insurers authorized repairers. Claim solely for damage to windscreen or glass is not admissible for this cover.