| CONTAINER |
A
special steel box used for the transportation
of cargoes. |
| TEU
/ FEU |
Twenty
equivalent Unit / Forty Equivalent Unit |
| STUFFING
/ VANNING |
The
process of stowing cargo within a container |
| STRIPPING
/ DE-VANNING |
The
process of removing cargo from a container |
| CFS |
Container
Freight Station |
| CY |
Container
Yard |
| ICD |
Inland
Container Depot |
| NVOCC |
Non
Vessel Owning Common/Container Carrier. |
| MTO |
Multimodal
Transport Operator |
| IMDG
/ IMCO |
International
Maritime Dangerous Goods Council. |
| DG |
Dangerous
Goods (Hazardous Cargo). |
| HAZMAT |
Hazardous
Materials |
| ISO |
International
Organisation for Standardisation |
| OCEAN
FREIGHT |
The
consideration for the carriage of cargoes
by sea. |
| THC |
Terminal
Handling Charges |
| BAF |
Bunker
Adjustment Factor. |
| IHC |
Inland
Haulage Charges |
| ICC |
International
Chamber of Commerce |
| INCOTERMS |
International
Commercial Terms, as specified by the
I.C.C. |
| FAK |
Freight
All Kinds |
| CIF |
Cost
Insurance and Freight (Incoterms) |
| C&F
or CFR |
Cost
and Freight (Incoterms) |
| FOB |
Free
on Board (Incoterms ) |
| B/L |
Bill
of Lading (Receipt for Shipment &
Title of goods) |
| SHIPPER |
The
seller who holds the title of the goods
being shipped. |
| CONSIGNEE |
The
buyer to whom the goods have to be delivered
against surrender of a duly accomplished
"bill of lading". |
| NOTIFY
PARTY |
The
party who has to be notified once the
cargo arrives at the destination. |
| SHIPPING
MARKS |
Identification
marks normally affixed on each unit
of cargo. |
| ODO |
One
Door Open (On Deck Cargo ) |
| D/C |
Dry
Container (Standard ISO Container) |
| O/T |
Open
Top Container |
| F/R |
Flat
Rack Container. |
| REEFER |
Container
equipped with refrigeration machinery. |
| HIGH
CUBE |
A
container which is 9.6 feet in height. |
| HDC |
Heavy
Duty Container (A container which has
an average payload of 30 tons.) |
| DUNNAGE |
Material
used to prevent shifting of cargo within
a container. |
| LASHING |
The
process of securing the cargo within
a container with ropes/wires. |
| BULLET
SEAL |
As
tiny "steel locking device"
use to lock the container doors |
| T.T.CLUB |
Through
Transport Club - London (Insurance Club) |
