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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 carrier's 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 vessel's 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

Customer's 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 customer's premises.Thus,"House/House" or "Door/Door" starts at the shippers premises and ends at the consignee's 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

Mate's 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 vessel's 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 party's or a consortium member's 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