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Important Acronyms.

ADR               

Dangerous Goods by Road

ATA               

Actual time of arrival

ATD             

Actual time of departure

AWB             

Airway Bill

BAF             

Bunker Adjustment Factor

B/L

Bill of Lading 

BOND

Guarantee to customs for payment of duty or tax 

 

CAD

Cash Against Documents 

 

CAF

Currency Adjustment Factor 

CBM

Cubic meter 

 

CDV

Current Domestic Value 

CF

Cubic Feet

C/I

Certificate of Insurance 

CFS

Container Freight Station

CO

Certificate of Origin

COC

Carrier Owned Container 

COLLI

Number of smallest packaging units

CONFERENCE LINE

Shipowner which is the member of the conference

CY

Container Yard

 

C/S

Congestion Surcharge

 

CSC

Container Service Charge

DEMURRAGE

Penalty for late collection of the import container

 

DETENTION

Penalty for late return to the terminal

 

ECAC

European Civil Aviation Conference

ECB

Express Cargo Bill of Lading

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival

ETD

Estimated Time of Departure

EX-1

Export customs declaration

FCL

Full Container Load

 

FCL/FCL

Full container load shipment, service door to door

 

FEU

Forty foot Equivalent Unit 

FCL/LCL

Shipments from one shipper for more consignees

FIATA

International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association

IATA

International Air Transport Association

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce

 

INCOTERMS 2010

International Commercial Terms

IPC

International Post Corporation

IRU

International Road Transport Union

LCL

Less then Container Load

LCL/LCL

Lees then ctr. load shipment in a collection container 

LCL/FCL

Shipments from more shippers for one consignee

 

MS

Motor Ship

MV

Motor Vessel

M/W

Measurement/weight

 

NON CONFER. LINE

Shipowner which is not a member of any conference

NON NEGOT B/L

Unsigned B/L - copy which is not valid as original

 

NOTIFY

Subject to whom the arrival of the container is advised

 

POL

Port of Loading

 

POD

Port of Discharge

 

PPD

Prepaid

SITA

Société Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronaitique

 

SOC

Shipper Owned Container

 

STRIPPING

Unloading of container

 

STUFFING

Loading of container

 

T1

Transit customs declaration

 

TAA

Trans Atlantic Agreement

 

TARE

Weight of goods without container 

 

T-B/L

Through Bill of Lading

 

TEU

Twenty foot Equivalent Unit

 

THC

Terminal Handling Charge 

 

TIR

Transport International Routiers

 

T/T

Transit Time

 

ULD

Unit Load Device

 

VAT

Value added Tax

 

W/M

Weight Measurement

 

WP

Weather permiting

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