aa
a.a.r.
AC
A/C
acc.
acc.
cop.
a.c.v.
a.d. a/d
Add-on
ad val.
(a/v)
ADP
ADR
AETR
AFRA
Agcy
Agt.
a.g.wt.
AMT
A.O.
A/or
A/P
approx.
A/R
arr.
arrd.
a/s
A/S
asap
ass.
ATA
ATD
ATP
Atty
auth.
aux.
AWB
B.A.C.
BACAT
BAF
Bags/Bulk
B.C.
B/D
b.d.i.
bdth.
Bdy.
B/G
Bk.
Bkge
B/L
blk.
BPO
brl.
BUP
B.W.
bxs.
CAC
C.a.d.
C.A.F.
C.A.S.
CASS
C.B.
c.
& d.
C. &
I.
c.b.d.
cbm
cc
CCL
CCS
C/D
CEM
CFR
CFS
C.H.
C.H.C.
Ch.
fwd
CI
c.i.a.
CIF
c.i.f. & e.
c.i.f.i. &
e.
c.i.f. & i.
C & f
CIFC
c.i.f.c. &
e.
c.i.f.c. &
i.
c.i.f.i.c.
c.i.f.L.t.
c.i.f.w.
CIM
CIP
CIP
CIV
CKD
clean
B/L
cm
cm 3
CMR
C/N
cnee
cnmt/consgt.
C/O
C.O.D.
C.O.F.C.
Coltrainer
COMBITERMS
COP
C.O.S.
COTIF
C.P.
CP
C/P
C/P
blading
CPLTC
CPT
CSC
CST
C/T
C.T.
CT
CTD
CTO
C.T.P.C.
cu.ft.
cu.in.
CVGP
CVGP
CWE
cwt
CWO
CY
cy
D/A
DAF
D.A.S.
Dbk
DCAS
DCP
DDP
DDU
DEQ
DES
dia
dir.
dm 3
D/O
D/P
DWCC
DWT
E. &
O.E.
E.B.C.
ECE
Con-
vention
ECU
EdI
EDP
e.g.
EIR
EMA
EMARA
ETA
ETD
ETS
excl.
EXW
F.a.
F.A.A.
FAB
f.a.c.
F.A.C.
FAF
FAK
FALPRO
F.
and
D.
FAQ
f.a.q.
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.
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 |
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
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 order |