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