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Shipping Terms Glossary
A
Air waybill
Airline Terminal Fee
Anti-dumping Duties (AD)
Automated Export System (AES)
Automated Manifest System (AMS)
B
BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)
Bill of Lading (BOL or B/L)
Binding Origin Information
Blank Sailing
Blind Shipment
Bobtail Fee
Bonded Goods
Bonded Warehouse
Break Bulk
BTI (Binding Tariff Information)
Bulk Cargo
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C
Cabotage
CAIN (Customs Assigned Importer Number)
Cargo Bays
Cargo Declaration Amendment Fee (CAM)
Cargo Insurance
Cargo Manifest
Cargo Ready Date (CRD)
Carriage of Goods By Sea Act (COGSA)
Carrier
Carrier bill of Lading (CBL)
Carrier's Certificate
Cartage
Cash flow return on investment (CFROI)
Cash on Delivery (COD)
CBM ( Cubic Meter )
CBP (Customs and Border Protection)
CDS (Customs Declaration Service)
Cell
Certificate of Free Sales (CFS)
Certificate of Origin
CES (Centralized Examination Station)
CFS (Container Freight Station)
CFS (Container Freight Station) Cut-off
CFS (Container Freight Station) Fee
Change of Destination (COD )
Chassis
Chassis Fee
Chassis Pool
Chassis Split
CHED (Common Health Entry Document)
CHIEF
Chinese New Year (CNY)
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Claim Tracer
Clean On Board
Clean Truck Fee
Client Access Licence (CAL)
Co-Loader
Codabar
Code 128
Code 3 of 9
Code 93
Collapsible Flat Rack Container (COFL)
Combined Transport Bill of Lading
Commerce Control List (CCL)
Commercial Invoice
Commodity
Common Carrier
Common Tariff
Company Guarantee
Compliance Assessment
Conference
Congestion Surcharge (CON)
Consignee
Consignor
Consolidation
Consular Invoice
Container
Container Cleaning Fee (CCL)
Container Depot / Container Yard (CD/CY)
Container Freight Station (CFS)
Container Load Plan (CLP)
Container on Flat Car (COFC)
Container Seals
Container Service Charge
Container Yard (CY)
Continuous Customs Bond
Continuous Flow Distribution (CFD)
Continuous Replenishment Program (CRP)
Contract Carrier
Contract Logistics (CL)
Contract of Carriage
Control
Core Competency
Cost and Freight (CFR/CNF/C&F)
Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
Cost, Assurance and Freight (CAF)
Countervailing Duties
Country of Origin
Critical Success Factor (CSF)
Critical to Customer (CTC)
Critical to Quality (CTQ)
Cross Trade (CT)
Cross-border E-Commerce
Cross-Docking
CTPAT
Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)
Customer
Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS)
Customs Bond
Customs Broker
Customs Clearance
Customs Entries
Customs Entry
Customs Exam
Customs Exam Fee
Customs House Broker
Customs Procedure Codes
Cut-Off Time
CY (Container Yard) Cutoff
Cycle Count
Cycle Time
Cycle Time Reduction
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D
Damco Consolidation Containers (DCC)
Damco Project Management Methodology (DPMM)
Dangerous Cargo Service
Dangerous Goods (DG)
Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD)
Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
Declared Value Coverage
Deconsolidation
Deferment Fee
Deferment or Postponed VAT Accounting
Delivered-at-place (DAP)
Delivery
Delivery Duty Paid (DDP)
Delivery Labor Fee
Delivery Order
Demand Chain
Demurrage
Depth
Destination Interchange Terminal (DIT)
Detention
Detention Fee - Export
Detention Fee - Import
Detention in Transit Service
Devanning
Differential
Dimension
Direct or Indirect Customs Representation
Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Direktförtullning (DNK)
Disbursement Service Fee
Discharge Port
Distribution
Distribution Center (DC)
Distribution Requirements Planning
Distributor
Diversion Charge
Dock Receipt
Door-to-Door
Double Blind Shipment
Double Stack Car
Drawback
Drayage
Drop
Drop and Pick
Drop Fee
Drop-shipping
Dry Dock
Dry Run
Dry Van Shipping
Dunnage
Duty
Duty Drawback
Dynamic Under-Keel Clearance (DUKC)
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E
E-Fulfilment
E2 (Import Entry Acceptance Advice)
EAN 8
EBS (Emergency Bunker Surcharge)
Efficient Consumer Response (ECR)
EIN (Employer Identification Number)
EIR (Equipment Interchange Receipt)
ELD (Electronic Logging Device)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Electronic Shipping Instruction (ESI)
Electronic Standard Operating Procedures (ESOP)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
EORI (Economic Operator Registration and Identification)
Equalization
Equipment Interchange Receipt (EIR)
Estimated Time of Arrival
Ex works (EXW)
Expected Receipt Date (ERD)
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)
Export Declaration
Export License
Exporter Identification Number (EIN)
Express Bill of Lading
External Transit (T1)
Extra Loader
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F
FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon)
FBA ID
FCA (Free Carrier)
FCL (Full Container Load)
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
Feeder (F)
Feeder Ports
Feeder Vessel
FEU (Forty-foot Equivalent Unit)
First In First Out (FIFO)
First Sale Valuation
Flat Bed
FLEGT | Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
Floating Cranes (FC)
For-Hire Carriers (FHC)
Force Majeure
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)
Forklift
Forty Foot Equivalent Unit (FEU/FFE)
Forwarders Cargo Receipt (FCR)
Free In/Liner Out (FILO)
Free On Board (FOB)
Free Trade Zone (FTZ)
Freight All Kinds (FAK)
Freight Bill (FB)
Freight Cashier
Freight Forwarder (FF)
Freight Release
FTA (Free Trade Agreement)
FTL (Full Truckload)
Fuel Surcharge (FSC)
Fulfillment
Full Visible Capacity
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G
Gangway
Gantry Crane (G)
Garment-on-Hanger (GOH)
Gate-In
Gate-Out
General Average
General Order
Genset
Golden Week
Green Supply Chain
GRI (General Rate Increase)
Gross Merchandise Value (GMV)
Gross Register Tonnage (GRT)
Gross Weight
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H
Hague Rules
Handling Costs
Hangertainer
Harbour Maintenance Fee (HMF)
Harmless Chemicals
Harmonized Tariff System (HTS)
Haulage
Hazardous or Dangerous Cargo
Hazmat
HC (High Cube) Container
Heavy Lift Charge
High Cube Non-Functioning reefer container (HNOR)
High-cube (HC)
Hitchment
Holds
House Airway Bill / House B/L
HS Codes / HTS Codes
Hub
Hustler
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I
IMDG
Import Cargo Manifest (ICM)
Import Duty
Import License
Importer of Record
Independent Action (IA)
Independent Carrier
Inflation
Inherent Vice
Inland Carrier
Inside Delivery Fee
Inspection certificate
Insurance Certificate
Integrated Carriers
Intensive Exam
Inter Company Billing (ICB)
Interational Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
Intermodal
Intermodal Marketing Company (IMC)
Intermodal Transport
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
International Freight Forwarders
International Maritime Control Organisation (IMCO)
International Roadcheck
International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS)
Inventory
Inventory Carrying Costs
Inventory Linked
Inventory Turnover
Inventory Velocity
Invoice
IPI
ISF (Importer Security Filing)
ISPS Code ( International Ship and Port Facility Security Code )
IT
ITIGG
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J
Joint Rate
Jones Act
Journal of Commerce (JOC)
Just-In-Time (JIT)
K
Known Shipper
L
Label Cargo
Lading
Land Bridge
Landed Cost
Last Free Day
Less Than Container Load (LCL)
Less Than Truckload (LTL)
Letter of Credit (LC)
Letter of Indemnity (LOI)
Lift-on/lift-off (LoLo)
Liftgate
Liftgate Fee
Line Haul
Liner In/Free Out (LIFO)
Live Unload
LNG Carrier
Loading
Localization
Longshoreman
LT
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M
Manifest
Marks and Numbers
Master B/L
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Materials Management
Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)
Merchant Haulage Service
Metric Ton (MT)
Milestone
Milk Run
Mini-Land Bridge
Mixed Shipment
Mother Vessel
MSI Plessey Barcofe
Multi Country Consolidation
Multimodal
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N
Near Sourcing
Negotiable Bill of Lading
Negotiated Rate Arrangement (NRA)
NES (National Export System)
Nested
Net Weight
Neutral Body
Non-Asset-Based Third Party Providers
Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)
Notify Party
NSAB
NVWA
On Deck Storage
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O
Ocean Transport Intermediary (OTI)
On Deck Stowage
On-Carriage
On-Time Performance
Open Issues List (OIL)
Open Rates
Operations Info Portal
Opportunity Management Evaluation Board (OMEB)
Order Cycle
Order Management System (OMS)
Order Processing
Origin Charge
Origin Charge Catalogue (OCC)
Origin Engineering
Origin Motor Terminal, Origin Rail Terminal, Destination Motor Terminal (OMT, ORT, DMT)
Origin/Destination Booking Services (OBK/DBK)
Original Bill of Lading (OBL)
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
Out of Gauge Service
Out-of-Gauge Cargo (OOG)
Outbound
Outport
Outsource
Over Landed
Overland Common Port (OCP)
Quality Control
Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
Quay
Quick Reference Guide (QRG)
Quick Response (QR)
Quitclaim
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Ocean Transport Intermediary (OTI)
On Deck Stowage
On-Carriage
On-Time Performance
Open Issues List (OIL)
Open Rates
Operations Info Portal
Opportunity Management Evaluation Board (OMEB)
Order Cycle
Order Management System (OMS)
Order Processing
Origin Charge
Origin Charge Catalogue (OCC)
Origin Engineering
Origin Motor Terminal, Origin Rail Terminal, Destination Motor Terminal (OMT, ORT, DMT)
Origin/Destination Booking Services (OBK/DBK)
Original Bill of Lading (OBL)
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
Out of Gauge Service
Out-of-Gauge Cargo (OOG)
Outbound
Outport
Outsource
Over Landed
Overland Common Port (OCP)
Quality Control
Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
Quay
Quick Reference Guide (QRG)
Quick Response (QR)
Quitclaim
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O
Ocean Transport Intermediary (OTI)
On Deck Stowage
On-Carriage
On-Time Performance
Open Issues List (OIL)
Open Rates
Operations Info Portal
Opportunity Management Evaluation Board (OMEB)
Order Cycle
Order Management System (OMS)
Order Processing
Origin Charge
Origin Charge Catalogue (OCC)
Origin Engineering
Origin Motor Terminal, Origin Rail Terminal, Destination Motor Terminal (OMT, ORT, DMT)
Origin/Destination Booking Services (OBK/DBK)
Original Bill of Lading (OBL)
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
Out of Gauge Service
Out-of-Gauge Cargo (OOG)
Outbound
Outport
Outsource
Over Landed
Overland Common Port (OCP)
Quality Control
Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
Quay
Quick Reference Guide (QRG)
Quick Response (QR)
Quitclaim
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P
Packing List
Pallet
Pallet Exchange Fee
Pareto Principle
Partlow Chart
Per Diem Charge
PGA (Partner Government Agency)
Physical Distribution
Pick & Pack
Pier
Pier Pass Fee
Piggyback
Pilferage
Plimsoll Mark
Point of Sale (POS)
Port & Terminal Service Charge (PTSC)
Port filings
Port of Discharge (POD)
Port of Loading (POL)
Positioning
Post Implementation Review (PIR)
POSTNET
Power of Attorney
Pre-Carriage (PRE - CARRIAGE)
Pre-Pull
Pre-Trip Inspection Service
Preferential Duties
Pricing and Quoting (PNQ)
Primage
Proforma
Proof Of Delivery (POD)
Protection and Indemnity Insurance (P&I)
PSS (Peak Season Surcharge)
Pull Strategy
Purchase Order
Push Strategy
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R
Railhead
Rate Agreement
Re-engineering
Received for Shipment Bill of Lading
Reefer
Register Ton
Related parties
Relay
Release
Replenishment
Request for Quote/Information/Price (RFQ/RFI/RFP)
Residential Delivery Fee
Restow
Return cargo
Revenue ton
Reverse Logistics
Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo)
Rolled Cargo
Rules of Origin
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S
Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS)
Safety Stock
Seals, also Container Seals
Service Level agreement (SLA)
Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE)
Shipper's Letter of Instruction (SLI)
Shippers Export Declaration
Shipping Instructions
Shipping Order (SO)
Special Customs Invoice
Special Delivery Fee
Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC)
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
SWIFT
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T
Tail Gate Exam
Tare weight
Tariff
Tariff engineering
Tariff quotas
Telex release
Terminal Handling Service-Destination (DHC)
Terminal Handling Service-Origin (OHC)
Terminal Receiving Charge (TRC)
Tonnage
Tracer
Trailer on Flat Car Rail (TOFC)
Transloading
Transport Management System (TMS)
Transship
Transtainer
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U
UCC-128
ULD (Unit Load Device)
Ullage
Ultimate Consignee
Ultra Large Container Ship (ULCS)
Ultra Large Crude Carrier
UN Dangerous Goods Number (UNDG)
UN Number
UN-CEFACT (UN/CEFACT)
UN-EDIFACT (UN/EDIFACT)
UN/LOCODE
Unaccompanied Baggage
Unclean Bill of Lading
Under the weather
Under way
Under-keel clearance (UKC)
Underwater hull or underwater ship
Uniform Customs and Practice (UCP)
Uniform Freight Classification (UFC)
Unit Cost
Unit Load Device (ULD)
Unit load device (UND)
Unit train
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
Unitization
Unloader
Unloading
Unmoor
UPCA
UPCE 11-Digit
UPCE0 6-Digit
UPCE1 6-Digit
Upper-yardmen
USCBP
Usufruct
UTB | Uitnodiging Tot Betaling
Utilisation Rate
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V
Voyage Charter
V-hull
Validated Export License
Valuable Cargo
Valuation Challenge
Valuation Charge
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Value Chain
Value Proposition
Vang
Vanishing angle
Vanning
Variable cost
VAT (Value Added Tax) Number
Vendor
Ventilated Container
Verified Copy of Bill of Lading (VC)
Vertical Integration
Vessel
Vessel operating common carrier (VOCC)
Vessel Supplies for Immediate Exportation (VSIE)
Vessel Ton
Viz
VODKA
Volatility
Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE)
Volume Charge
Volume Rate
Voyage
Voyage Number
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W
Waist
Waiting Time
Waiver Clause
Wake
Wales
War Risk Insurance
Warehouse
Warehouse Entry
Warehouse receipt
Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation (WDT)
Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Exportation (WDT&E)
Warehouse-to-Warehouse
Warehousing
Warsaw Convention
Wash
Watch
Watercraft
Waterway
Waybill (WB)
Waypoint
Wear and Tear
Wearing ship
Weather deck
Weather gage
Weather side
Weather working days (W.W.D.)
Weatherly
Weigh anchor
Weight
Weight Cargo
Weight Charge
Weight guarenteed (W.G.)
Weight Load Factor
Weight or measurement (W/M)
Weight Ton
Weight, Legal
Weight/measurement (W/M)
Wells
Wharf
Wharfage
Wheel or ship's wheel
Wheelhouse
Whether in berth or not (W.I.B.O.N.)
Whipstaff
White horses or whitecaps
Wide berth
Wind-over-tide
Windage
Windbound
Windlass
Windward
Windy Booking
With Average
With Particular Average
Without Recourse
Without Reserve
World customs organisation
World trade organisation (W.T.O.)
Worm, serve, and parcel
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X
X-Ray Exam
Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT)
Y
Yard
Yard Storage
Yardarm
Yarr
Yaw
Yawl
Yield
Yield Bucket
Yield Management
York-Antwerp Rules
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Z
Zodiac
Zone Rate