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CODES OF ABBREVIATIONS TO TRANSPORT, FORWARDING & COMMERCIAL TERMS

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FAS F.b.h. FBL FCA FEFC FCL Fco. FCR FCSR & CC FCT f.g.a. FHEX f.i. f.i.o. f.i.a.s F.I.B. f.i.c. f.i.h. firavv FIS f.i.w. FLT F.o. FOB F.O.C. F.O.D. F.O.Q. F.o.r f.o.s. FOT FOW f.o.w. F.P.A. FPAD FR Frt. fwd. ft. ppd. frt. ton ft FWC fwdr. FIATA G.A. G.A.A. G.A.C. GATT G.B.L. G.C. G.C.R. GDP GMT GFA GNP GRT GSA GW HAWB Hague Rules Hague/ Visby Rules Hamburg hdlg HERMES hgt h/lift H.Q. h.p. i.a.w. I.C.C. ICD i.e. IMDG in. incl. INCOTERMS INMARSAT INTRM inv. I.P.A. ITI IUV i.o.u.	A always afloat against all risks account current for account of acceptance; accepted according to the custom of the port actual cash value after date ... tariff (also proportional rate or arbitrary (in USA)) ad valorem: according to value automated data processing European Agreement concerning the inter-national carriage of dangerous goods by road European Agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport average freight rate assessment agency agent actual gross weight Air Mail Transfer account of and/or account paid approximately all risks (insurance) arrival arrived after sight alongside as soon as possible associate actual time of arrival actual time of departure Agreement of the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs attorney authorized auxiliary Air Waybill B bunker adjustment charge barge aboard catamaran Bunker Adjustment Factor part in bags, part in bulk bulk cargo bank(er�s) draft both dates (days) inclusive breadth boundary bonded goods bank bokerage bill of lading bulk Rail Tariff Balkans - Near East (Balkan Proche Orient) barrel Bulk Unit Programme bonded warehouse boxes C currency adjustment charge Cash against documents currency adjustment factor currency adjustment surcharge Cargo Accounts Settlement System (IATA) container base collection and delivery cost and insurance cash before delivery cubic metre charges collect customs clearance consolidated cargo (container) service customs declaration European Conference on Goods train timetables cost and freight (Incoterms) container freight station carriers haulage cargo handling charges charges forward Consular invoice cash in advance cost insurance and freight (Incoterms) cost, insurance, freight and exchange cost, insurance, freight, interest & exchange cost, insurance, freight and interest Cost and Freight cost, insurance freight and commission cost, insurance, freight, commission and exchange cost, insurance, freight, commission and interest cost, insurance, freight, interest, commission cost, insurance and freight, London terms cost, insurance and freight/war International Convention concerning the Carriage of Goods by Railway Freight Carriage and Insurance paid to (Incoterms) Cargo Investigation Panel (IATA) International Convention on the Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Railway completely knocked down/unassembled clean bill of lading centimeter(s) cubic centimeter(s). Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road consignment note consignee consignment certificate of origin cash on delivery Container-on-Flat-Car (rail flatcar) collapsible container Delivery terms for international groupage traffic (among forwarders) customs of port cash on shipment Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (CIM - CIV) customs of Port carriage paid charter party charter party bill of lading Conference Port Liner Term Charges Carriage paid to International Convention of the Safe Transport of Containers (UN) Conatiner Service Tariff Container Terminal conference terms combined transport combined transport document combined Transport Operator Cargo Traffic Procedures Committee (IATA) cubic foot (feet) cubic inch(es) customs value per gross kilogram customs value per gross pound cleared without examination hundredweight cash with order container yard currency D documents against acceptance Delivered at frontier (Incoterms) delivery resp. delivered alongside ship drawback Distribution Cost Analysis System Freight Carriage paid to (Incoterms) Delivered Duty Paid (Incoterms) Delivered duty unpaid Delivered ex. quai Delivered ex. ship diameter direct cubic decimeter(s). delivery order documents against payment dead weight cargo capacity dead weight ton E errors and ommissions expected european barge carrier system International Convention for the Harmoniza tion of Frontiers, Controls of Goods european currency unit electronic data interchange electronic data processing for example equipment interchange receipt (containers) European Monetary Agreement Europe Middle East Rate Agreement expected time of arrival expected time of departure expected time of sailing excluding ex works - costs and risks to be accepted ex factory (Incoterms) F Free alongside free of all average Forwarder Air Bill fast as can (loading or discharge) forwarding agent�s commission Fuel Adjustment Factor freight all kinds Special Programme on Trade Facilitation (UNCTAD) Freight and demurrage free alongside quay or free at quay fair average quality free alongside ship (Incoterms) free on board harbour FIATA Negotiable Combined Transport Bill of Lading Free Carrier (named point) (Incoterms) Far Eastern Freight Conference Full container load franco, free Forwarders Certificate of Receipt (FIATA Document) free of capture, seizure, riots and civil commotions Forwarders Certificate of Transport (FIATA Document) free of general avera Friday and Holidays excepted free in free in and out free in and stowed free into barge freight, insurance, carriage free in harbour first avialable vessel freight, insurance and shipping charges free into waggon forklift truck Free out free on board (Incoterms) flags of convenience free of damage free on quay Free on rail free on steamer or ship free on truck (rail) (Incoterms) free on wharf first open water free of particular average freight payable at destination flat rack (container) freight forward freight prepaid Freight ton foot (feet) full loaded weight & capacity (container) forwarder Warehouse Receipt G general average General Average Agreement (bond) general average contribution General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Government Bill of Lading general cargo general cargo rates gross domestic product Greenwich Meantime general freight agent gross national product gross registered tonnage General Sales Agent gross weight H House Air Waybill International Convention of the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Bills of Lading (1924) Protocol to amend the Interntaional Conven-Visby tion for the Unification of certain rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (Brussels 1968) United Nations Cnovention on the Carriage of Rules Goods by Sea (1978) handling Handling European Railway Message Echange- System height heavy lift headquarters horse power I in accordance with Institute Cargo Clauses inland clearance depot that is International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code inch(es) including Standard conditions for sale and delivery of goods (issued by ICC Paris) International Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization intermediate point invoice including particular average Customs Convention on the International Transit of Goods (CCC) Unit of value (IATA) I owe you	�	JIG JIT kg(s) km km.p.h. km 2 kn kW kWh Kyoto Convention LASH lb(s) L/C LDG l. & d. l. & u. LCL LEL LFL lgt. Lkg/Bkg LNG L.O.A. LO/LO load LPG LSD LT L.T. L/T LTA ltge lump M m m3 MACH MFN M.H. M/R M + R MAWB Mdse MIC MMT msbl msca MT MTD MTO M/V M/S M/w N NAABSA NAOCC n.c.v n.e.s n.f.o. NGO n.l.t. n/n N.,Nr N/O n.o.e. non-sked n.o.p. N.O.R no show N.O.S. N/R NRT Nt. n.v.d. NVOCC OBO O.B.S. Oc B/L ODS OFA O/P. O.R. O.R.B. O.R.D. O.R.F. OT o.t.o.r p.a. P.A. Para P.B.A. P & D P. & I. P. & I. Clause P. & I. Club P. & L. payt. P/C pd. p.D. p.h.d. PIM Pkge P.L. PLP PLTC Pmt P/N P.O.B. P.O.D POD POE POR ppd. p.t. pt/dest pt/disch PTL ptly pd p.t.w. Q Q.c.o. Qn. q.v. R R/c Rcd. RCU REMCE Rentcon rest. retd. R.I. RID RMD RNR R/O R.O.G. RO/RO ROT round C/P R.P. r.t.b.a. Ry. S SAD S/C s & c S. & F.A. SHEX SCR S/D S.d. S/d SDR SDT SITC sl. & c. S.L. / NL. SLI S.O.L. SOLAS S.P.A. sq.cm(s) sq.in(s) SRCC S/S stvdrs sub L/C sub licence S.W.I.F.T. T.A. TACT TBL TBN T/C T.C. TC TCC TD TDI TDO TEC TECE TEEM TEU TIF TIR TIS TL TLF tnge T.O.D TOFC T.O.R. TOT TOW TPND T.T. u.c. U.D. U.Dk ULCC ULD USC U/w val. VAT V.C. Ves. VIC VIO VIP VLCC v.v Warsaw Convention W.A. W/B w.c.c.o.n W/d wdt/wth w.e.f. whf Whse WIPON WP w.p.a. W.R. W.R.I. w/t w/v WW Wwd x l & u l xp x pri y/c yday y/l y/o	J an outline to confirm an aircraft interior contour when building up pallet loads Just in Time K kilogram(s) kilometer kilometers per hour square kilometer. knot(s) kilowatt kilowatt-hour International, Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (1973) L lighter aboard ship pound(s) letter of credit leading loss and damage loading and unloading less than container load (less than car load) lower explosive limit lower flammable limit long ton; long tons leakage & breakage liquified natural gas length over all lift on, lift off loading liquified petrochemical gas landing, storage and delivery charges letter telegram local time liner terms lighter than air system (airships) lighterage lump sum M minimum (rate classification) meter(s) cubic meter(s). modular automated container handling Most Favoured Nation Merchants Haulage mate�s receipt maintenance and repair (center) Main Air Waybill merchandise Mature industrialized country Material Movement Ticket missing bill of lading missing cargo motor tanker multimodal transport document Multimodal Transport Operator Motor (merchant) Vessel Motor Ship Measurement/weigh N normal (rate classification) not always afloat but safely aground Non Aircraft Operating Common Carrier non customs/commercial value not elsewhere specified not free out non governmental organization not later than non-negotiable number no orders not otherwise enumerated non-scheduled airline or flight not otherwise provided not otherwise rated a person who reserves space on an aircraft but neither uses or cancels the reservation not otherwise specified not of readiness net registered ton Net weight no value declared Non-Vessl Operating Common Carrier O Ore Bulk Oil Carriers Oil Bunker Surcharge Ocean Bill of Landing operating differential subsidy Ocean freight agreement on deck owner's risk owner's risk of breakage owner's risk of damage owner's risk of fire open top (container) on truck or railway P per annum - per year particular avarage paragraph paid by agent pick up and delivery Protection and Indemnity Association Protection and Indemnity clause Protection and Indemnity Clug profit and loss payment Paramount Clause paid partial delivery per hatch / per day International prescription for handling of rail Consignments (CIT) package partial loss parcel post port liners term charges prompt promissory note post-office-box payment on delivery; paid on delivery port of debarkation (or disembarkation) port of embarkation port of refuge prepaid per ton port of destination port of discharge partial total loss partly paid per ton weight Q Quantity (rate classification) quantity at captein's option Quotation quod vide (which see) R reduced class rate (rate classification) return cargo received rate construction unit remittance rent-a-Container restrict(ed) returned or retired reinsurance international regulations conserning the inter- national carrige of dangerous goods by rail Rhine-Main-Danube Navigation System rate not reported routing order receipt of goods roll-oll/roll-off reference our telex round charter party reply paid rate to be arranged railway S surcharge (rate classification) Single Administrative Document surcharge shipper and carrier shipping and forwaring agent Sunday and Holidays expected specific commodity rate saling date small damage sight draft Special Drawing Rights Shippers Declaration for the Transport of Dangerous Good (FIATA approved) Standard International Trade Classification shippers's load and count Ship lost or not lost shippers letter of instruction shipowner's liability International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea subject to particular average square centimeter(s) square inch(es) strike, riots, civil commotions steamship stevedores subject to letter of credit being opened subject to licence being granted Society for world wide interbank finencial telecommunication T telegraphic address the air cargo tariff through bill of lading to be named (ship) time charter traffic conference area (IATA) transcontainer Transport and Communications Commission time of departure Trade Data Interchange (EDP) telegraph delivery order Trans-European Combined rail service Trans-European-Continer Express rail service Trans-European-Express Marchandises rail service twenty foot equivalent unit (container) international transit by rail Customs Convention on the international Transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (Transport International by Road) International declaration of goods carried by Rail (customs) total loss tariff level factor tonnage time of dispatch Trailer onboard flatcar time of receipt time of transmission tier on weight (container stacking according to weight) theft, pilferage, non delivery terms of trade U usual conditions under deck upper deck Ultra Large Crude (oil) Carrier unit load device (aircraft) United States currency Underwriter V value value added tax vessels convenience Vessel Very Important Cargo Very Important Object Very Important Person Very Large Crude (oil) Carrier vice versa W Convention for the Unification of certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air (1929) with average (Institute Cargo Clause) Waybill whether cleared customs or not working day(s) width with effect from wharfage Warehouse whether in port or not weather permitting with particular average Warehouse Receipt War Risk Insurance weight tons weight/volume warehouse warrant weather working days X exlusive of loading and unloading express paid without privileges Y your cable yesterday your letter your

FORWARDING TERMINOLOGY

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Ad Hoc Charter

A one-off charter operated at the whim of airline or scharterer.

Air Waybill

Contact documents between shipper and carrier setting down conditions of carriage
of goods.

Belly Cargo

Freight carried in the hold below the main (passenger) deck.

Belly Hold

Freight accommodation below the main deck.

Bermuda Agreement

An agreement concludes in 1946 between th UK and the US, designed to regulate future interantional air traffic. Most governments accept its principles and follow it inter alia by limiting traffic rights on
international rutes to one or two cariers.

Bilateral Rights

Agreements on traffice rights concluded between two governments.

Bloodstock

Pedigree Livestock. Often race horses of cattle for breeding.

Breakpoint

Weight at which freight charges change eg 100 kilos.

Cabotage

Where cargo is carried on what is essentially a domestic flight and therefore not subject to international agreements that fix set rates. Cabotage rafes are negotiable between shipper and airline and apply on flights within a country and to its overseas territories.

Chargeable kilo

Rate for goods where volume exceeds six cubic metres to the tonne.

Charter

Orginally meant a flight where a shipper contracted hire of an aircraft from an airline. Has usually come to mean any non-scheduled commercial service.

CIF

Cost, Insurance and Freight, Term used to describe shipment for which costs have been prepaid by exporter (Consignor.)

Class Rates

Tariffs applied to cargo of a designated class for a started area or route. Usually expressed as a discount or premium over GCR.

Combi

An aircraft with pallet or container capacity on its main deck as well as in its belly holds.

Consolidator

An agent which brings together a number of shipments for one destination to qualify for preferential airline rates.

Contract Rate

A charge levied by carriers selling capacity forward over a given route to a shipper or forwarder; the client is therefore assured of capacity, which must be paid for regardless of load carried.

DCA

Dept of Civil Aviation. Commonly used term to denote the government department of any foreign country that is responsible for avation regulation and granting traffic rights.

Dead Leg

A sector flown without payload.

Dry Lease

The rental of a "clean" aircraft without crew, ground staff or supporting equipment.

Empty Leg

Results from an aircraft primarily chartered outbound having cargo capacity inbound orvica verca. A cheap form of airfreight.

FAK

Freight all Kinds - uniform airline chargingscale applying to a number of commodities;as opposed to SCR (Specific CommodityRate) applying to one commodity only.

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Fifth Freedom Flight

Where cargo is carried by an airline between two countries in neither of which it is based.

Flag Carrier

An airline of one national registry whose government gives it partial or total monopoly over international routes.

Fourth Freedom Flight

Where cargo is carried by an airline from a foreign country to the country in which it is bases.

Gateway

Port of entry into a country or region.

GCR

General Cargo Rate. The basic tariff category which was introduced to cover most air cargo; now covers only a minority, the remainder being under SCR or class rates.

GSA

General Sales Agent acting on behalf of an airline. Usually Broker or Forwarder.

House Air Waybill (HAWB)

Document covering conditions of goods transportet in a forwarder's consolidation.

Igloo

Container designed to occupy full main deck width of carrying aircraft.

Integrated Carrier

Forwarder which uses own aircraft, whether owned or leased, rather than scheduled airlines.

Interline

Mutal agreement between airlines to link their route network.

Livestock

Common farm animals.

Load Factor

Capacity sold as against capacity available, expressed as a percentage.

National Carrier

A flag carrier owned or controlled by the state.

No Objection Certificate

Document provided by scheduled or national airlines of many countries declaring no objection to a proposed charter flight operated by another airline. Often demanded by government authorities before they grant permission for a charter flight to take place.

No Objection Fee

Som of money paid by a charter airline normally to a scheduled airline in order that it waives its right of objection to its government, thus allowing a charter to take place. Tantamount to a bribe. The amount is usually a fixed percentage of the gross cost of a charter. Common pratice in the Middle East and Africa.

Off-line

Describes an airline that sells in a market to which it does not operate. An Off-Line carrier will use another operator to link with ist network.

Pallet

Load carrying platform to which loose cargo is secured before placing aboard the aircraft.

Pallet Extender

Fashionable metal or cardboard device to increase pallet capacity.

Part Charter

Where part of an airline scheduled flight is sold as if it were a charter in its own right. (Often wrongly used as a synonym for split charter).

Part Load Charter

Where a part of an aircraft's load is discharged at one destination and aprt of it at another. This is distinct from a split charter where a number of consignments are carried to the same destination. Inbound, part loads are treated as single entity charters under the regulations of most countries.

Parishables

Any cargo that loses considerable value if it
is delayed in transportation. (Usually refer
to fresh friut and vegetables).

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Pivot Weight

That weight of a ULD above which a higher tariff applies; in effect an incentive to maximise cargo density.

Proof of Delivery

Add-on service in express market, delivered either by phone or courier. Often offered free.

Route

An established air passage, from point of departure to terminating station.

Royalty

A charge on charter flights levied by some governments before traffic rights are granted. Somtimes called a "no objection fee". Usually a fixed proportion of total charter value.

Scheduled Flight

Any service that operates to a set timetable.

SCR

Specific Commodity Rate. Applied to narrowly specified commodities. Usually granted on relatively large shipments. Theoretically is of limited time duration.

Sector

Distance between two ground points within a route.

Shipper

Term used to describe exporter. Mostly manufacturing companies.

Single Entity Charter

A non-scheduled flight carrying the cargo of one shipper.

Split Charter

Where a number of consignments from different shippers are carried on the same non-scheduled aircraft. Under UK regulations a non-scheduled flight chartered by a single forwarder or agent on behalf of a number of shippers is still classified as a split charter. Under US regulations, a forwarding chartered flight is classified as a single entity although it can consolidate.

Third Freedom Flight

Where cargo is carried by an airline, from the country in which it is based, to a foreign
country.

Traffic Conferences

Rating-fixing machinery operated by IATA.

Traffic Rights

Government controls on the type and frequency of commercial flights into or out of its territory. See Freedoms of the Air.

Ton-Kilometre

Measure of airline freight capacity.

Transhipment

Freight that switches aircraft before final destination, often to take advantage of cheaper rates.

Transport Index

The number expressing the maximum radiation level in a package of ULD.

ULD

Unit Load Device. Pallet or Container for freight.

Unitisation

The packing of single or multiple consignments into ULDs of pallets.

Universal Postal Union

Organisation which negotiates international mail charges.

Weight Load Factor

Payload achieved as against available, expressed as a percentage. Cargo is frequently limited by volume rather than weight; hence weight load factors of 100% are rarely achieved.

Wet Lease

An arrangement for renting an aircraft under which the owner provides crews; ground support equipment, fuel and so on (of dry lease).

Yield

Revenue, not necessarily profitable, per unit of traffic.

TRUCKS, PALLETS, LOADING METERS SPECIFICATIONS

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CODES OF ABBREVIATIONS TO TRANSPORT, FORWARDING & COMMERCIAL TERMS

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