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 A

  •  A/W
        All Water
        
  •  AMS
        Automated Manifest System of U.S. Customs
        

 B

  •  B/L
        Bill of Lading
        
  •  BAF
        Bunker Adjustment Factor
        

 C

  •  C&F (CFR)
        Cost And Freight
        
  •  C.C.
        Freight Collect
        
  •  C/O
        Certificate of Origin
        
  •  CAF
        Current Adjustment Factor
        
  •  CBR
        Critical Bunder Recovery
        
  •  CFS
        Container Freight Station
        
  •  CIF
        Cost, Insurance & Freight
        
  •  CIP
        Carriage And Insurance Paid To
        
  •  CLP
        Container Load Plan
        
  •  CPT
        Carriage Paid To
        
  •  CUT OFF
        Closing Date/Cut Off Date
        

 D

  •  D.D.C.
        Destination Delivery Charge
        
  •  D/A
        Document Deliver Against Acceptance
        
  •  D/M
        Demurrage
        
  •  D/O
        Delivery Order
        
  •  D/P
        Document Deliver Against Payment
        
  •  D/T
        Detention
        
  •  DDP
        Deliver Duty Paid
        
  •  DDU
        Delivery Duty Unpaid
        

 E

  •  E.I.R.
        Equipment Interchange Receipt
        
  •  E/C
        East Coast
        
  •  EDI
        Electronic Data Interchange
        
  •  ETA
        Estimated Time of Arrival
        
  •  ETD
        Estimated Time of Departure
        

 F

  •  FAF
        Fuel Adjustment Factor
        
  •  FAK
        Freight All Kinds
        
  •  FAS
        Free Alongside Ship
        
  •  FCA
        Free Carrier
        
  •  FCL
        Full Container Load
        
  •  FEU
        Forty Foot Equivalent Unit
        
  •  FIATA
        Federation International Des Associations
        
  •  FMC
        Federal Maritime Commission
        
  •  FOB
        Free on Board
        

 G

  •  GRI
        General Rate Increase
        

 H

 I

  •  I/A
        Independent Action
        
  •  ICD
        Inland Container Depot
        

 L

 M

  •  MAWB
        Master Airway Bill
        
  •  MLB
        Mini-Land Bridge
        

 N

 O

  •  O/B
        On Board Date
        
  •  OOG
        Out of Gauge
        

 P

  •  P.P.
        Freight Prepaid
        
  •  PNW
        Pacific Northwest
        
  •  POA
        Place of Acceptance
        
  •  POD
        Port of Discharge
        
  •  POL
        Port of Loading
        
  •  PSS
        Peak Season Surcharge
        

 R

 S

  •  S.T.C
        Said to Contain.
        
  •  S/O
        Shipping Order
        
  •  SHUT OUT
        Shut Out
        
  •  SOC
        Shipper's Own Container
        
  •  STORAGE
        Storage
        

 T

  •  T/T
        Telex Transfer
        
  •  T/T
        Transit Time
        
  •  TEU
        Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
        
  •  THC
        Terminal Handling Charge
        
  •  Tier Rate
        Tier Rate
        
  •  TML
        Terminal
        

 U

 V

  •  VOY
        Voyage
        

 W

  •  W/C
        West Coast
        
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