Lighterage

Summary of Lighterage

A charge imposed for the transfer of cargo from vessel to shore and vice versa by means of lighters.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Lighterage in International Trade

Meaning of Lighterage, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Barge transport from pier to vessel or vessel to pier at ports that are too shallow to permit vessels to berth directly at piers. Goods subject to lighterage provide one of the few instances where they are actually placed directly alongside a vessel as defined in the FAS Incoterms.