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Shipping Glossary

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A

  • A/W
    All Water
  • AMS
    Automated Manifest System of U.S. Customs

B

  • B/L
    Bill of Lading
  • BAF
    Bunker Adjustment Factor

C

  • C&F (CFR)
    Cost And Freight
  • C.C.
    Freight Collect
  • C/O
    Certificate of Origin
  • CAF
    Current Adjustment Factor
  • CBR
    Critical Bunker Recovery
  • CFS
    Container Freight Station
  • CIF
    Cost, Insurance & Freight
  • CIP
    Carriage And Insurance Paid To
  • CLP
    Container Load Plan
  • CPT
    Carriage Paid To
  • CUT OFF
    Closing Date/Cut Off Date

D

  • D.D.C.
    Destination Delivery Charge
  • D/A
    Document Deliver Against Acceptance
  • D/M
    Demurrage
  • D/O
    Delivery Order
  • D/P
    Document Deliver Against Payment
  • D/T
    Detention
  • DDP
    Deliver Duty Paid
  • DDU
    Delivery Duty Unpaid

E

  • E.I.R.
    Equipment Interchange Receipt
  • E/C
    East Coast
  • EDI
    Electronic Data Interchange
  • ETA
    Estimated Time of Arrival
  • ETD
    Estimated Time of Departure

F

  • FAF
    Fuel Adjustment Factor
  • FAK
    Freight All Kinds
  • FAS
    Free Alongside Ship
  • FCA
    Free Carrier
  • FCL
    Full Container Load
  • FEU
    Forty Foot Equivalent Unit
  • FIATA
    Federation International Des Associations
  • FMC
    Federal Maritime Commission
  • FOB
    Free on Board

G

  • GRI
    General Rate Increase

H

I

  • I/A
    Independent Action
  • ICD
    Inland Container Depot

L

M

  • MAWB
    Master Airway Bill
  • MLB
    Mini-Land Bridge

N

O

  • O/B
    On Board Date
  • OOG
    Out of Gauge

P

  • P.P.
    Freight Prepaid
  • PNW
    Pacific Northwest
  • POA
    Place of Acceptance
  • POD
    Port of Discharge
  • POL
    Port of Loading
  • PSS
    Peak Season Surcharge

R

S

  • S.T.C
    Said to Contain.
  • S/O
    Shipping Order
  • SHUT OUT
    Shut Out
  • SOC
    Shipper's Own Container
  • STORAGE
    Storage

T

  • T/T
    Telex Transfer
  • T/T
    Transit Time
  • TEU
    Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
  • THC
    Terminal Handling Charge
  • Tier Rate
    Tier Rate
  • TML
    Terminal

U

V

  • VOY
    Voyage

W

  • W/C
    West Coast