Basic terminology

Common abbreviations for Marine business.

A/W All Water.

The ARB transfer fee will be generated when the ship transmits the barge.

Asia NorthAmerica Eastbound Rate.

AMS AUTOMATIC MANIFEST SYSTEM AUTOMATIC MANIFEST SYSTEM entry fee.

ACC ALAMEDA CORRIDOR CHARGE CORRIDOR surcharge, imelda CORRIDOR fee, green channel fee, train channel fee. It is used in all areas of the United States except from LBH and LAX to California, Washington, Arizona and Nevada. Note: train passage fee is the method of Chinese Taiwan. LBH is Long Beach Long Beach; LAX is Los Angeles Los Angeles.

ACI Advance Commercial Information System use in Canada Canada customs declaration fee, Canada use System. Used in Canada.

AG Atlantic Gulf coast freight rates. Used for all water transportation to the east coast of the United States and the basic port of the gulf of Mexico.

CUC Usage charge pallet Usage fee.

B/L, Marine Bill of Lading Bill of Lading

B/R Buying Rate.

BAF fuel surcharge Bunker Adjustment Factor.

BKC BOOKING COMMISSION.

C&F COST AND FREIGHT COST AND FREIGHT.

C.C freight Collect Collect.

CIS CONTAINER (RMB300/RMB600)

CIC Container imbalance charge

CSC CONTAINER SEAL CHARGE RMB25.

RECOVERY SURCHARGE of CRS COST RECOVERY SURCHARGE

C.S.C. Container Service Charge.

C.Y. Container Yard.

C/(CNEE) Consignee Consignee.

C/O Certificate of Origin.

CAF Currency Adjustment Factor.

CFS bulk warehouse Container Freight Station.

CFS/CFS bulk delivery (start/end)

Customs House Broker, CHB.

CUSTOMS BROKER: CUSTOMS BROKER.

CIF COST, INSURANCE plus sea freight COST, INSURANCE, FRIGHT.

CIP freight, Insurance premium Paid To destination Carriage and Insurance Paid To.

COMM Commodity goods

CPT Carriage Paid To the destination car Paid To.

Carriage -free/card-forward freight is paid by the consignee.

CTNR cabinet Container

COD Charge of Diversion fee.

Delivery of CY/CY whole container (starting/ending point)

CFC CUSTOMS CHARGES CUSTOMS fees.

Conversion fee for CRC CURRENCY RECOVERY CHARGES.

CWI= suitable cargo worth inspection.

DEMURRAGE CHAGE: overtime deposit.

Bree: DETENTION charge.

DEVANNING: UNSTUFFING (=UNSTUFFING)

D/A Document Against Acceptance.

D/O to the port to inform Delivery Order.

D/P documents Against Payment.

Deliver Delivered At Frontier on the DAF border.

DDC Destination Delivery Charge Destination Delivery Charge Destination Delivery fee. Used for American and Canadian routes.

DDP Duty Paid DDP cost =DDU + tax rate.

DDU delivery Duty Unpaid Delivered Duty Unpaid LOCAL CHARGE + O/F + destination port fees, customs clearance fee and delivery fee

Delivered Delivered to Quay at the port of DEQ.

Delivered Delivered on board the DES destination Ship.

The Doc# file Number, Document Number.

EBS Emergent Bunker Surcharge EMS Emergency Surcharge (near the war field) Emergency war Surcharge.

Position of EPS Equipment Position surcharge.

ETA: ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL.

ETD: ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE.

ETC: ESTIMATED TIME OF CLOSING date.

EDI: ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE ELECTRONIC DATA conversion.

ECR EMPTY CONTAINER REPOSITION SURCHARGE.

ESS EMERGENCY SPACE SURCHARGE.

ERS Equipment Repositioning Surcharge. For China shipping (CSCL) transfer to the us inland point specific costs.

Ex Factory delivery Work/Ex Factory.

F/F Freight Forwarder, Freight Forwarder.

FAF Fuel Adjustment Factor.

Freight All kinds of FAK goods.

Free Alongside Ship at FAS loading port.

FCA delivery Carrier Free Carrier.

FCL Full Container Load.

Feeder Vessel/Lighter VOYAGE VOYAGE VOYAGE.

FEU 40 'cabinet type forty-foot Equivalent Unit 40'

FMC Federal Maritime Commission.

Free On Board On FOB basis.

FORM A: Generalized system of preferences certificate of orgin.

The FORM A or GSP FORM A is A preferential certificate of origin issued by the developed countries to the developing countries. The format A is adopted and the certificate is green. In foreign trade, it can be referred to as FORM A or GSP FORM A. Currently, the GSP is: France, Britain, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Italy...

Certificate of origin of the Peoples' Republic of China.

Inspection certificate Inspection certificate.

FIO: FREE IN & OUT means that the shipping company is not responsible for handling charges on both sides.

FIATA: INT 'l FEDERATION OF FORWARDING AGENTS ASSOCIATION.

FFC FREIGHT FORWARDER COMPENSATION FREIGHT.

GRI comprehensive price Increase General Rate Increase Rate Increase surcharge. Used for South American and American routes.

GRR General Rate Restoration General Rate amendment surcharge. For YMLine (yangming company) charge for high season.

GOH: GARMENT ON HANGER.

GULF PORT: the U.S. PORT of the GULF of Mexico.

H/C agent Handling Charge.

HBL House B/L.

I/S Sales Inside Sales.

IA price Independent Action.

IAP Indonesia Additional Premium surcharge Indonesian port surcharge. Used for route to Indonesia.

IPI: INTERIOR POINT INTERMODAL American inland public transport POINT.

IA: a concerted ACTION taken by members of the INDEPENDENT ACTION shipping alliance.

IATA: INT 'l AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION international AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION.

IAC Intermodal Administration Charge management fee. For China shipping (CSCL) transfer to the us inland point specific costs.

IFA temporary Fuel Additional Fuel surcharge. Some routes are temporarily used.

IPF Inspection Fees for Inspection Fees.

L/C Letter of Credit.

L/L: LOADING LIST of LOADING LIST.

Land Bridge, Bridge

LCL Container Less Than Container Load.

M/T Measurement Ton (i.e., charge for the goods by Measurement)

MB/L Master Bill Of Loading.

MLB small Land Bridge from port to port Mini Land Bridge.

Mother Vessel.

MTD Multimodal Transport Document Multimodal Transport Document.

The MANIFEST: MANIFEST

MATE's RECEIPT.

N/F notifier.

NVOCC Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier.

O/F Ocean Freight.

OBL Ocean bill of lading (or original)B/L.

The OCP owner arranges for the inland Point Overland Continental Point.

OP Operation Operation

ORC local receiving fees (collected from guangdong province) Origin Receive Charges.

OWS OVERWEIGHT SURCHAARGE surcharge.

OUT PORT CHARGE: non-basic PORT surcharge.

ON BOARD DATE:

Inland surcharge of the OIB Original Inland Box.

P.P Prepaid in advance

PCS Port Congestion Surcharge Port.

POD Port Of Destination.

Port Of Loading.

PSS Peak Season sucharge.

PCF Panama Canal Fee.

PARTIAL SHIPMENT: PARTIAL SHIPMENT.

PCF: PORT CONSTRUCTION FEE.

POA: PLACE OF ACCEPTANCE.

PTI: pre-trip INSPECTION of freezer INSPECTION parameters.

R/T: REVENUE TON billing unit.

RRS: RATE RESTORATION SURCHARGE adjustment.

The RSC Restowage Charge is charged.

S/(Shpr) Shipper Shipper.

S/C Sales Contract.

S/O Shipping instruction book Shipping Order.

S/R Selling Rate.

SC Service Contract.

Annex fee of SCS/ STS SUEZ CANAL SURCHARGE SUEZ CANAL.

SOC: SHIPPER's OWNED CONTAINER.

SCC Switch Certificate Charge.

SEAWAY BILL (express B/L) a Way to release cargo 1. Put the goods directly to the consignee 2. The consignee and NOTIFY the same person (3) can only put the goods to the same consignee Sea waybill (Sea Way BILL), also called Marine transportation list or Sea waybill, it is the carrier to the shipper or its agent that the goods have been closed for part of the documents, is a non-negotiable documents, which need not to reveal the documents as a condition of receiving at the port of destination, not the documents sent to, the owner or its agent can receive the goods by the consignee to inform to the delivery of the goods or the identity certificate of the"

STORAGE: STORAGE fee.

STUFFING: