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Glossary

A

Air Waybill (AWB)

Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal

Airline Terminal Fee

Anti-dumping Duties (AD)

Arrival Notice

Automated Manifest System (AMS)

Automated Export System (AES)

Anti-Dumping Duty

B

Bonded Warehouse

Bill of Lading (BOL or B/L)

Booking Fee

Bulk Cargo

Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)

Bill of Lading (BoL)

Blank Sailing

Booking Confirmation

Blind Shipping

BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)

Break Bulk

Binding Origin Information

Bonded Goods

Beneficial Cargo Owner (BCO)

C

Compound

Consignee

Contract of Carriage

Commerce Control List (CCL)

Commercial Invoice

Country of Origin

Customs Broker

Cargo Insurance

Countervailing Duties

Cargo Ready Date (CRD)

Customs Entry

Consolidation

Compliance Assessment

Customs Bond

Customs Clearance

Co-Loader

Customs Duty

D

DAT (Delivered At Terminal)

DAP (Delivered At Place)

DDP (Delivered Duty Paid)

Demurrage Fee

Dimensional Weight

Direct Transport

E

Electronic Data Interchange

EBS (Emergency Bunker Surcharge)

Expedited Freight

Export License

Export Declaration

Express Bill of Lading

F

Forwarder’s Cargo Receipt (FCR)

Fumigation Certificate

Freight Invoice

Freight Forwarder

Freight Carrier

Freight Class

G

General Order

H

House Bill of Lading

HC (High Cube) Container

Harbor Maintenance Fees

I

Importer of Record

Import Duty

Inherent Vice

Importer Security Filing (ISF)

L

LCL (Less than Container Load)

Lane Meters

Letter of Credit

M

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

Master Bill of Lading

Manifest

N

Notify Party

Non-Vessel Owning Common Carrier (NVOCC)

O

Onboard Bill Of Lading

Ocean Bill of Lading

Ocean Freight

P

Port of Loading

Packing List

Port Filings

Port of Entry

R

Roll-on-Roll-off (RoRo)

Rolled Cargo

S

Straight Bill of Lading

Sea Waybill

Shipping Quote

T

Third-Party Logistics Services Provider (3PL)

Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)

Terminal

V

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Decoder