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FCA	Free Carrier
FAS	Free Alongside Ship
FOB	Free On Board
CFR	Cost and Freight
CIF	Cost,Insurance and Freight
CPT	Carriage Paid To
CIP	Carriage and insurance Paid To
DAF	Delivered At Frontier
DES	Delivered Ex Ship
DEQ	Delivered Ex Quay
DDU	Delivered Duty Unpaid
DDP	Delivered Duty Paid
ANF	Arrival Notification Form
Athens Convention	International Convention Governing carriers liability for passengers and their luggage
BAF	Buker Adjustment Factor
BIMCO	Baltic and International Maritime Council
B/L	Bill of Lading
Bonded Warehouse	A place of security approved by the custom authorities for the deposit, keeping and securing og goods liable to excise duty, with
Box	A colloqial name for a container
Boxtime	A standard BIMCO time charter for container ships
Break Bulk Cargo	Goods shipped loose in the vessels hold and not in containers.
CABAF	Currency and bunker adjustment factor
CAF	Currency and bunker adjustment factor
C/B	Container Base
C&E	Customs and Excise
C&F	Cost and Freight
CFR	Cost and Freight
CFS	Container Freight Station,also Depot
CHIEF	Customs Handling of Import and Exports Freight
CIF	Cost,Insurance and Freight
CIM	Internation Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Rail
CMI	Comite Martime International
CMR	International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Road
COGSA	Carriage of Goods by Sea Act,U.K.
COT	Customers Own Transport
COU	Clip on Unite
CPT	Carriage Paid To
CRN	Custom Register Number
CSC	Container Safety Convention
CT	Combined Transport
CTD	Combined Transprotion Document
CY	Container Yard
Vienna Convention	A 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Waybill	A bill od lading that acts aas receipt for the goods and evidence of the contract of carriage

               
              

Certificate of Origin	A document certifying the ducoment of originof goods
Cellular	A term used to describle the hold configuration of purpose built container ships equippied with cell guides into which the containers fit
Closing Date	Last date for which goods can be accepted for a nominated sailing
Conference	An organisation of a group of shipping lines opersting in one trade who have agreed to operate a common tariff
Consortium	A gtoup of CTO who agree to rationalise sailings in a trade and carry each others cargo
DEPS	Departmental Entry Processing system - the current computerised Customs entry processing system to be replaced by CHIEF
DGN	Dangerous Goods Note
DOT	Department of Trade-governmental department with responsibility for shipping and trade
Delivery Order	A document authorising delivery to a nominated party of goods in the care of a third party
Demurrage	A charge raised for detaining a vessel,cargo or FCL
Detention	A charge raised for detaining cargo,containers or trailers for a longer period than provided for in the tariff
Documentary Credit	The basis of international trade by means of which payment is made against surrender of specified documents
Drawback	Repayment of a duty upon re-exportation of goods previously imported
ECU	European Currency United - a financial unit used for EEC accoounting
EDI	Electronic Date Interchange
EDISHIP	An organisation for exchanging data between carriers and merchants by electronic means
EDP	Electronic Data Processing
EEC	European Economic Community
EFTA	European Free Trade Association
ESC	European National Shippers Councils
ETA	Estimated Time of Arrival
ETC	Electronic Data Credits
ETD	Estimated Time od Departure
FAK	Freight All Kind
FCL	Full Container Load
FFI	For Further Instruction
FMC	Federal Maritime Commission,USA
FOB	Free On Board
Feeder vessel	A short-sea vessel used to fetch and carry goods and containers to and from deep-sea port
Freight	The amount of money payable for the carriage for goods.Some-times referred to "cargo" in marine transportation.
Freight Ton	The weight/volume on which freight is charged
GA	General Average
GATT	General Agreement on Trade and Trade - an international multilateral agreement embodying a code of practice for fair trading in international commerce
Groupage	Consolidation of several LCLconsignments into a container
H/L	Heany Lift
Hague Rules	The 1924 International Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea
Hague-Visby Rules	The 1968 Revision of the Hague-Rules
Hamburg Rules	The 19222 UNCTAD revision of the Hauge-Rules
House or Door	A movement starting or finifsh at customers premises.Thus,"House/House" or "Door/Door" starts at the shippers premises and ends at the consignees premises
IMDG Code	also Blue Book,International Maritime Dangerous Goods Coge
IMO	International Maritime Organisation-a UN body
ISO	International Standards Organisation
INCOTERMS	Those properties of certain goods which lead to their arrival in damaged condition without accident or negligence
Inherent vice	Those propertises of certain goods whivh lead their arrival in damaged condition without accident or negligence

              

L/C	Letter of Credit
LCL	Less than Container Load
L/I	Letter id Indemnity
LLMC	International Convention on Limitation of Liabilty for Maritime Claims
LO-LO	Lift On Lift Off
Liner	A vessel plying a pattern of a trade on a defined route under a published sailing schedule
Liner Terms	Freight payable which includes the cost of loading and unloading
MMO	Multi Modal Operator
Manifest	List of goods or passenger on a vessel
Measurement Ton	1 cuble metre-one the alternative bases of a freight tariff
M/R	Mates Receipt
NVOC(C)	Non Vessel Operating (Common) Carrier
Notify Party	The party to whom the ANF is sent
NYPE	The New York Produce Exchange charterparty-the mosst commonly used form of hire contract for vessel
O/H	Overheight
OOG	Out of Gauge
O/W	Overwidth
P&I Club	Protection and Indemnity Association
POA	Place of Acceptance
POD	Place of Delivery
Port or Pier	A movement starting at the vessels side,as in the times of break bulk cargoes,so that the inland movement prior and subsequent to sea carriage is effected by the merchant
Principal Carrier	The carrier who issues the CTD,regardless of whether or not the goods are carried on his own,a third partys or a consortium members vessel
RN	Release Note
RO-RO	A ferry type vessel,onto which goods and containers can be driven usually via a ramp
Reefer	A refrigerated vessel or container
SDR	Special Drawing Rights
SOB	ShippedOn Board
Shipper	The person who tenders the goods for the carriage
Shut-out	Goods not carried on the intended vessel
Slot	The space on board a vessel occupied by a container
Straight bill of lading	A peculiar American term for a negotiable bill of lading,like a "Waybill",governed by the US pommerene Act
Stuffing/Stripping	The action performed when packing or unpacking a container
TEU	Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
THC	Terminal Handling Charge
TIR	Transport International Routiers
TTD	The TTD is a contract of carriage involving more than one carrier
TTO	Through Transport Operator
Tariff	The terms and scale of charge-in the US trade the tariff must be notified in advance to the FMC
Terminal	The port or depot at which containers are laded or unloaded onto or from container vessles,railways or trucks
UCP	Uniform Customs and Practice of Documentaary Credits
UNCITRAL	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCON	Uncontainerable Goods
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference onTrade and Development
UNCTAD MMO	UNCTAD Multi Modal Transport Convention