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? 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