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  • 40ft_OT
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  • ADN
  • ADR
  • Advance fee
  • Advance Filing Rule
  • AEO
  • Affreightment
  • AFR
  • AFTKs
  • AG
  • AI
  • Aids to navigation
  • AIGPRS
  • Air cargo
  • Airfreight
  • Airfreight handling fees
  • AIS
  • AIS-base station
  • AMS filing
  • AP
  • Arbitrage
  • Assembly
  • Astern
  • ATA
  • ATA Carnet
  • ATD
  • ATR-certificate
  • Authorised Economic Operator
  • Automated Manifest System
  • Average Grosse
  • Average Particular
  • AWB
  • B/L
  • BACAT
  • Backletter
  • BAF
  • Bale capacity
  • Ballast
  • Bare hull chartering
  • Bareboat charter
  • Barge
  • Barge Aboard Catamaran
  • BBB
  • Before Breaking Bulk
  • BESC
  • BICS
  • Bill of lading
  • Binding Tariff Information
  • Blauwe Steen
  • Block pallet
  • Bolt seals
  • Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons
  • Bordereau Electronique de Suivi des Cargaisons
  • Break bulk
  • Broker
  • Brokerage
  • BSC
  • BTI
  • BTW
  • BUC
  • Bulkhead
  • Bundling
  • Bunker Adjustment Factor
  • Bunker Contribution
  • C-sum customs depot
  • C&F
  • CAD
  • CAF
  • Cargo list
  • Cargo Retention Clauses
  • Cargo Tracking Note
  • Carriage and Insurance Paid to
  • Carriage paid to
  • Carrier haulage
  • CAS
  • CBM
  • CCNR
  • Certificate of Compliance
  • Certificate of Conformance
  • Certificate of Conformity
  • Certificate of Origin
  • Certificate of Origin (CoO)
  • Certified packaging
  • CETA
  • CFD
  • CFR
  • Chargeable Weight
  • Chassis
  • China Import Service Fee
  • CIF
  • CIP
  • CISF
  • Clean Bill of Lading
  • Clean on board
  • Closing
  • CMR
  • COA
  • Community goods
  • Community transport
  • Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement
  • Congestion
  • Connossement
  • Consolidation
  • Container hire
  • Container Interchange Report
  • Container Service Charges
  • Contract of Affreightment
  • CoO
  • Corner post
  • Cost and Freight
  • Cost, Insurance and Freight
  • CPT
  • Cross-docking
  • Cross-trades
  • CRT
  • CSC
  • CSI
  • CTR
  • Currency Adjustment Factor
  • Currency Surcharge
  • Customs clearance
  • Customs duties
  • Customs inward clearance
  • Customs stop
  • CW
  • CYRC
  • DAF
  • Damage Protection Plan
  • Damages for Detention
  • Dangerous Goods Declaration
  • DAP
  • DAT
  • DC
  • DDC
  • DDP
  • DDU
  • Dead freight
  • Deadfreight
  • Deadweight
  • Deadweight All Told
  • Deadweight Cargo Capacity
  • Degassing
  • Delivered at Frontier
  • Delivered at Place
  • Delivered at Terminal
  • Delivered Duty Paid
  • Delivered Duty Unpaid
  • Delivered Duty Unpaid
  • Delivered Ex Quay
  • Delivered Ex Ship
  • Delivery conditions
  • Delivery Note
  • Delivery terms
  • Delta surcharge
  • Demurrage
  • DEQ
  • DES
  • Detention
  • DGD
  • DGPS
  • Direct representation
  • Disbursements
  • Dispatch money
  • Documentary credit
  • DPP
  • Draft
  • Drains
  • Draught
  • Dry Van
  • DTHC
  • Dual Use goods
  • Dunnage
  • DV
  • DWAT
  • DWCC
  • DWT
  • EC
  • Ecdis
  • ECE
  • ECTS
  • EDI
  • EDIFACT
  • EIR
  • EIS
  • Electronic Cargo Tracking Note
  • Emergency Congestion Terminal Surcharge
  • Emergency Imbalance Surcharge
  • ENC
  • Endorsing
  • ENS
  • Entry Summary Declaration
  • EORI
  • ERTMS
  • ETA
  • ETC
  • ETD
  • ETS
  • EUR. 1
  • Euro pallet
  • Euromax surcharge
  • Ex Works
  • EX-A
  • Expected Time of Arrival
  • Expected Time of Departure
  • EXW
  • FAK
  • FAS
  • FCA
  • FCL
  • Feeder
  • Fender
  • FENEX
  • FI
  • FIATA
  • Fifth Party Logistic Model (5PL)
  • FILO
  • FIOS
  • FIOT
  • First Party Logistic Model (1PL)
  • FIS
  • Fiscal representation
  • Flat Rack
  • Flatbed trailer
  • Flatpacking
  • FLEGT-license
  • Flexibag
  • Flexitanks
  • FLT
  • FOB
  • Form A
  • Forwarding agent
  • FOT
  • Fourth Party Logistic Model (4PL)
  • FR
  • Free Alongside Ship
  • Free Carrier
  • Free In / Liner Out
  • Free In Out and Stowed
  • Free In Out and Trimmed
  • Free of gas declaration
  • Free on Board
  • Free on Truck
  • Freeboard
  • Freight Collect
  • Freight Prepaid
  • Freight rate
  • Frustration
  • FTKs
  • Fuel surcharge
  • Full Container Load
  • Full Liner Terms
  • Fumigated pallets
  • Fumigation
  • Gantry crane
  • Gate in/Gate out
  • Gear
  • Gen-Set for reefer container
  • General Preference Code
  • General Purpose
  • General Rate Increase
  • Genset
  • GIGO
  • Goods code
  • GP
  • GPC
  • GPS
  • GRI
  • Gross Register Ton
  • Gross Ton
  • Groupage
  • GRT
  • GST
  • GT
  • Gulf of Aden Surcharge
  • Gunwale
  • Hague Rules
  • Handled cargo measurement declaration
  • Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
  • Hatch
  • HAWB
  • HC
  • Heat treated
  • Heavy Tested
  • Heavy Weight Surcharge
  • High Cube
  • High Cube Reefer
  • High Security Seal
  • Hinterland
  • Hold
  • HR
  • HS code
  • HT
  • Hub
  • Hull
  • HWS
  • IALA
  • IATA
  • IBC
  • ICW
  • IEC
  • IEHG
  • IENC
  • IFO
  • IHO
  • IMDG code
  • IMO surcharge
  • Import duties
  • Importer Security Filing
  • Incoterms
  • Inland AIS
  • Inland Ecdis
  • Inland Ecdis-application
  • Interchange report
  • Intercoastal Waterways
  • Intermediate Bulk Container
  • Intermediate Fuel Oil
  • Intermodal
  • International Air Transport Association
  • International Marine Dangerous Goods code
  • International Ship & Portfacility Security
  • ISF
  • ISPM 15
  • ISPS
  • Keel
  • Knot
  • Known shipper
  • Known shipper (ACN)
  • L/C
  • LASH
  • LASH vessel
  • Lashing and Securing
  • Latitude
  • Laytime
  • LBM
  • LCL
  • Lee
  • Leeward
  • Leeway
  • Less than Container Load
  • Letter of credit
  • Letter of indemnity
  • LIFO
  • Lifting
  • Lifting chassis
  • Lighter
  • Lighter Aboard Ship
  • LILO
  • Liner In / Free Out
  • Liner In / Liner Out
  • Liner Terms
  • Liner’s haulage
  • Load Line
  • Loading metre
  • Logistics
  • LOLO
  • Longitude
  • Low loader
  • Lumpsum Freight
  • M/S
  • M/V
  • M/W
  • Mafi
  • Manifest
  • Marine Diesel Oil
  • Master Lease Agreement
  • Mate’s receipt
  • MAUT
  • MDO
  • Measure/weight
  • Measuring three times
  • Mehr Wert Steuer
  • Merchant’s haulage
  • Metric ton
  • Midship
  • MMSI-nummer
  • MSDS
  • Mt
  • Multi-standard
  • Multi-stop
  • MWS
  • Nautical Mile
  • Navigation
  • Navigation area
  • NCTS
  • Nesting
  • Net Registered Tonnage
  • Net Tonnage
  • New Computerised Transit System
  • Non-reversible detention
  • NOR
  • Notice of Readiness
  • NRT
  • NT
  • OBO
  • OBU
  • OFS
  • On Board Units
  • One stop shopping
  • OOG
  • Open Top
  • Order picking
  • Ore Bulk Oil Carriers
  • Origin
  • OT
  • Out of Gauge
  • P&I clubs
  • Pallet Wide
  • Particular Average
  • Paying weight
  • Payload
  • Payment conditions
  • PCC
  • PCTC
  • Peak Season Surcharge
  • Piracy Risk Surcharge
  • Plimsoll Line
  • Plimsoll Mark
  • POD
  • POL
  • Port
  • Port Captain
  • Preferential Trade Agreement
  • Protection and Indemnity Club
  • PRS
  • PSS
  • PTM
  • Pure Car and Truck Carrier
  • Pure Car Carriers
  • PW
  • Quay money
  • Quay rent
  • Radar overlay
  • Railway transport
  • RE
  • Reach-Stacker
  • Recorder
  • Reefer
  • Registered Exporter
  • Repositioning charges
  • Reverse logistics
  • Reversible
  • REX
  • RID
  • RIS
  • RO/RO
  • Road transport
  • Roll on/ Roll off
  • Routing
  • Routing order
  • RTA
  • RUC
  • Said to be
  • Said to contain
  • SAR
  • Satellite Navigation
  • Seafreight
  • Second Party Logistic Model (2PL)
  • Securing
  • Shipper’s load, stowage and count
  • Shunting station
  • SIGNI
  • Skids
  • SOF
  • Special equipment
  • Spidering
  • Spreader
  • SSC
  • Stability
  • Starboard
  • Statement of Facts
  • Statistical value
  • Statistics code
  • Statistics number
  • STB
  • STC
  • STI
  • Stowing
  • Straddle carrier
  • Stripping
  • Stuffing
  • Summer freeboard
  • T1
  • Tare
  • Taric code
  • Tariff code
  • TBL
  • TCP
  • Terminal Handling Charges
  • TEU
  • THC
  • Third Party Logistic Model (3PL)
  • TI
  • Time Bar
  • Time charter
  • TIR transport
  • To order
  • Top Sides
  • Tracking & tracing
  • Transfer of VAT upon import
  • Transit port
  • Transit Time
  • Transponder
  • Transport and Terminal Charges
  • Transport insurance
  • Transports Internationaux Routiers
  • Trimming
  • TT
  • TTC
  • Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
  • Twist lock
  • ULCC
  • Ultra Large Crude Carriers
  • UN code
  • UN/ECE
  • VAL
  • Valid At Time of Shipping
  • Value Added Logistics
  • Value Added Tax (Dutch)
  • VAT
  • VAT 0% (Dutch)
  • VAT upon import
  • Vatos
  • VE
  • Ventilated containers
  • Vents
  • Verified Gross Mass
  • Verified Gross Weight
  • Very Large Crude Carriers
  • VGM
  • VGW
  • VLCC
  • VLGC
  • VLOC
  • Voyage chartering
  • VTC
  • VTMIS
  • VTS
  • Waiting costs
  • Waiver
  • War risk
  • Waterline
  • WCO
  • Wear and tear
  • Weather-permitting
  • Weighing stop
  • Weighing stop
  • Weight by volume
  • WI-FI
  • Windward
  • WMS

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