Transportation Terms
| a/a |
Always afloat |
| a.a.r |
Against all risks |
| Air consignment note |
Airway bill of lading |
| Airport of arival |
Destination airport |
| Airport of departure |
Airport of departure |
| Airway bill |
Airway bill of lading |
| Always safely afloat |
Always safely afloat |
| a.m. |
Ante meridiem |
| Amounts |
Amounts |
| Approx. |
Approximately |
| ARR |
Time of Arrival |
| B/L |
Bill of lading |
| Booking |
Booking |
| Breakdown clause (of-of-hire clause) |
It is used for leasing or policies for break down, crash or equipment of the ship |
| Breaking bulk |
Beginning to unload the ship |
| Brokerage |
Commission, broker earns due to its service for leasing contract |
| B.S. |
Bottom stowed (stacked in the storage) |
| B.S.T. |
British summer time |
| Bulk |
Bulk load (load which is not in a package, e.g. coal) |
| Bulk freight |
Load whose weight is low but stacking factor is high |
| ca. |
circa (by approximation) |
| (c/d) |
Cash against documents |
| c.a.f. |
Cost, assurance,freight,c.i.f. (cost of the goods, insurance and freight) |
| cargo |
Transportation, load |
| Carriage |
Transportation |
| Carrier |
Transporter |
| c.o.d. |
Charges collect (expenses belong to the buyer) |
| Certificate of origin |
Certificate of origin |
| c.+f |
Cost and freight (cost of goods and transportation fee) |
| c.+i |
Cost and insurance (cost of goods and insurance) |
| Charge |
Expenses, charges and fees |
| Chargeable weight |
Chargeable weight |
| CIF |
Delivery as cost of goods |
| c.i.f. |
Cost of goods, insurance and freight |
| c.i.f.+c |
cost,insurance,freight and commision (including cost of goods, insurance, freight charge and expenses) |
| c.i.f landed |
Cost,insurance,freight,landed (cost of goods, insurance, freight charge and unloading expenses) |
| city terminal service |
teminal service in the city |
| c.k.d. |
completely knocked down (it can be completely uninstalled and installed for transportation) |
| Claims |
complaints |
| c/o |
Care of. (through) |
| c.o.d. |
Cash on delivery(payment on delivery) |
| Collecting free |
Fee, paid to receive the foods from the vessel at the destination port |
| Commodity rates |
Rate chart, used for transportation |
| Conditions of contract |
Conditions of contract |
| Consignee |
The party to whom the goods are sent |
| Consignment |
Sent goods, sending goods, shipment |
| Consignor |
Sending goods |
| Consolidator |
Institution which is a member of IATA and ships the goods collectively by bringing them together |
| Consular ınvoice (C.I) |
Confirmed invoice |
| c.o.s. |
Charterer pays dues (the one who rents pays the dues) |
| CPT |
Receiving with the freight prepaid |
| CRF |
Cost of goods and freight |
| c.t |
Conference terms (conditions of an agreement, regular line ship companies make between themselves) |
| Current rates |
Current rates |
| Customs broker |
Customs broker |
| Costoms clearance |
Costoms clearance |
| custums deklaration |
custums declaration |
| DAF |
Delivered At Frontier |
| d.d. |
Dangerous deck (Deck where hazardous goods are stored) |
| DDP |
Delivery with customs duty paid |
| DDU |
Delivery without customs duty paid |
| dead freight |
dead freight |
| Delivering carrier |
Transporter who transports the goods which arrived at the destination port to the buyer |
| Delivery service |
Delivery service |
| Demurrage |
Demurrage |
| DEP |
Departure |
| DES |
Delivered Ex ship |
| DEQ |
Delivered ex Quay |
| Dispatch money |
Disptach fee, additional fee to be paid in the case of the vessel performing loading or unloading before the scheduled time |
| d.i.c. |
Load carrying capacity of a vessel |
| d.i.o. |
Dispatch fee, paid only during loading |
| d/p |
Sending documents in return for payment |
| Emergency rates |
Payment tariff, used by vessels, subject to the conference, in emergency situations |
| e.t.a. |
Estimated time of arrival of a vessel |
| E.T.C. |
Estimatied time of completion of a job |
| Ex ship |
Delivery from the vessel |
| EXW |
Delivery from the business |
| f.a.c. |
Performing the job as quickly as possible, using all means of the ship, during loading/unloading |
| f.a.s. |
Free on aircraft (delivery at the airplane) |
| f.o.b. |
free on board (delivery on the ship) |
| Force majeure |
Compelling reason |
| f.o.t. |
free on truck (delivery on truck) |
| f.t. |
free on truck (delivery on truck) |
| Gateway charges |
All expenses, made to increase the load at the airport |
| General cargo rates |
Price tariff for mixed load |
| Goods |
Goods |
| Handling |
Loading processes |
| I.C.C. |
Conventional provisions, prepared by The Chartered Insurance Institution |
| Incoterms |
Intenational commercial terms |
| In regular turn |
In regular turn |
| Landing charges |
Unloading expenses |
| L/C |
Letter of credit |
| Lines terms |
Terms of regular line |
| Livraison en cale |
When this term is placed in the contract, buyer must receive the goods at the storage of the ship and all types of unloading expenses and risk are born by the buyer. |
| L.S&D charges |
Landing.storage and delivery charges |
| L/T |
Long ton (1016.047 kg) |
| Main port |
Main port |
| M/R |
Mate’s receipt (Mate’s receipt, signed by the second captain or on his behalf and which shows that the load has been taken to the ship and used temporarily as a bill of lading) |
| n.o.p. |
Not otherwise provided |
| Offload |
Unloaded load |
| Open rates |
Open rates |
| o.w.h. |
Ordinary working hours |
| pd |
Paid |
| p.m. |
post meridiem |
| p.o.d. |
Payment on delivery |
| Shipment |
Shipment |
| Subopen |
Subject to being open |
| Surcharge |
Surcharge (freight charge, charged due to reasons, such as blocking of harbor or harbor overload) |
| Thru B/L |
Single bill of lading |
| Trace |
Investigation, performed for shipments which do not reach their destination |
| u.c. |
Ordinary conditions |
| w/m |
Weight or measurement (Calculating freight charge according to weight or volume) |
