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縮寫 |
| FCA |
Free Carrier |
| FAS |
Free Alongside Ship |
| FOB |
Free On Board |
| CFR |
Cost and Freight |
| CIF |
Cost,Insurance and Freight |
| CPT |
Carriage Paid To |
| CIP |
Carriage and insurance Paid To |
| DAF |
Delivered At Frontier |
| DES |
Delivered Ex Ship |
| DEQ |
Delivered Ex Quay |
| DDU |
Delivered Duty Unpaid |
| DDP |
Delivered Duty Paid |
| ANF |
Arrival Notification Form |
| Athens Convention |
International Convention Governing carrier's liability for passengers and their luggage |
| BAF |
Buker Adjustment Factor |
| BIMCO |
Baltic and International Maritime Council |
| B/L |
Bill of Lading |
| Bonded Warehouse |
A place of security approved by the custom authorities for the deposit, keeping and securing og goods liable to excise duty, with |
| Box |
A colloqial name for a container |
| Boxtime |
A standard BIMCO time charter for container ships |
| Break Bulk Cargo |
Goods shipped loose in the vessel's hold and not in containers. |
| CABAF |
Currency and bunker adjustment factor |
| CAF |
Currency and bunker adjustment factor |
| C/B |
Container Base |
| C&E |
Customs and Excise |
| C&F |
Cost and Freight |
| CFR |
Cost and Freight |
| CFS |
Container Freight Station,also Depot |
| CHIEF |
Customs Handling of Import and Exports Freight |
| CIF |
Cost,Insurance and Freight |
| CIM |
Internation Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Rail |
| CMI |
Comite Martime International |
| CMR |
International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Road |
| COGSA |
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act,U.K. |
| COT |
Customer's Own Transport |
| COU |
Clip on Unite |
| CPT |
Carriage Paid To |
| CRN |
Custom Register Number |
| CSC |
Container Safety Convention |
| CT |
Combined Transport |
| CTD |
Combined Transprotion Document |
| CY |
Container Yard |
| Vienna Convention |
A 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods |
| Waybill |
A bill od lading that acts aas receipt for the goods and evidence of the contract of carriage |
| Certificate of Origin |
A document certifying the ducoment of originof goods |
| Cellular |
A term used to describle the hold configuration of purpose built container ships equippied with cell guides into which the containers fit |
| Closing Date |
Last date for which goods can be accepted for a nominated sailing |
| Conference |
An organisation of a group of shipping lines opersting in one trade who have agreed to operate a common tariff |
| Consortium |
A gtoup of CTO who agree to rationalise sailings in a trade and carry each others cargo |
| DEPS |
Departmental Entry Processing system - the current computerised Customs entry processing system to be replaced by CHIEF |
| DGN |
Dangerous Goods Note |
| DOT |
Department of Trade-governmental department with responsibility for shipping and trade |
| Delivery Order |
A document authorising delivery to a nominated party of goods in the care of a third party |
| Demurrage |
A charge raised for detaining a vessel,cargo or FCL |
| Detention |
A charge raised for detaining cargo,containers or trailers for a longer period than provided for in the tariff |
| Documentary Credit |
The basis of international trade by means of which payment is made against surrender of specified documents |
| Drawback |
Repayment of a duty upon re-exportation of goods previously imported |
| ECU |
European Currency United - a financial unit used for EEC accoounting |
| EDI |
Electronic Date Interchange |
| EDISHIP |
An organisation for exchanging data between carriers and merchants by electronic means |
| EDP |
Electronic Data Processing |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| ESC |
European National Shippers Councils |
| ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
| ETC |
Electronic Data Credits |
| ETD |
Estimated Time od Departure |
| FAK |
Freight All Kind |
| FCL |
Full Container Load |
| FFI |
For Further Instruction |
| FMC |
Federal Maritime Commission,USA |
| FOB |
Free On Board |
| Feeder vessel |
A short-sea vessel used to fetch and carry goods and containers to and from deep-sea port |
| Freight |
The amount of money payable for the carriage for goods.Some-times referred to "cargo" in marine transportation. |
| Freight Ton |
The weight/volume on which freight is charged |
| GA |
General Average |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Trade and Trade - an international multilateral agreement embodying a code of practice for fair trading in international commerce |
| Groupage |
Consolidation of several LCLconsignments into a container |
| H/L |
Heany Lift |
| Hague Rules |
The 1924 International Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea |
| Hague-Visby Rules |
The 1968 Revision of the Hague-Rules |
| Hamburg Rules |
The 19222 UNCTAD revision of the Hauge-Rules |
| House or Door |
A movement starting or finifsh at customer's premises.Thus,"House/House" or "Door/Door" starts at the shippers premises and ends at the consignee's premises |
| IMDG Code |
also Blue Book,International Maritime Dangerous Goods Coge |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organisation-a UN body |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| INCOTERMS |
Those properties of certain goods which lead to their arrival in damaged condition without accident or negligence |
| Inherent vice |
Those propertises of certain goods whivh lead their arrival in damaged condition without accident or negligence |
| L/C |
Letter of Credit |
| LCL |
Less than Container Load |
| L/I |
Letter id Indemnity |
| LLMC |
International Convention on Limitation of Liabilty for Maritime Claims |
| LO-LO |
Lift On Lift Off |
| Liner |
A vessel plying a pattern of a trade on a defined route under a published sailing schedule |
| Liner Terms |
Freight payable which includes the cost of loading and unloading |
| MMO |
Multi Modal Operator |
| Manifest |
List of goods or passenger on a vessel |
| Measurement Ton |
1 cuble metre-one the alternative bases of a freight tariff |
| M/R |
Mate's Receipt |
| NVOC(C) |
Non Vessel Operating (Common) Carrier |
| Notify Party |
The party to whom the ANF is sent |
| NYPE |
The New York Produce Exchange charterparty-the mosst commonly used form of hire contract for vessel |
| O/H |
Overheight |
| OOG |
Out of Gauge |
| O/W |
Overwidth |
| P&I Club |
Protection and Indemnity Association |
| POA |
Place of Acceptance |
| POD |
Place of Delivery |
| Port or Pier |
A movement starting at the vessel's side,as in the times of break bulk cargoes,so that the inland movement prior and subsequent to sea carriage is effected by the merchant |
| Principal Carrier |
The carrier who issues the CTD,regardless of whether or not the goods are carried on his own,a third party's or a consortium member's vessel |
| RN |
Release Note |
| RO-RO |
A ferry type vessel,onto which goods and containers can be driven usually via a ramp |
| Reefer |
A refrigerated vessel or container |
| SDR |
Special Drawing Rights |
| SOB |
ShippedOn Board |
| Shipper |
The person who tenders the goods for the carriage |
| Shut-out |
Goods not carried on the intended vessel |
| Slot |
The space on board a vessel occupied by a container |
| Straight bill of lading |
A peculiar American term for a negotiable bill of lading,like a "Waybill",governed by the US pommerene Act |
| Stuffing/Stripping |
The action performed when packing or unpacking a container |
| TEU |
Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit |
| THC |
Terminal Handling Charge |
| TIR |
Transport International Routiers |
| TTD |
The TTD is a contract of carriage involving more than one carrier |
| TTO |
Through Transport Operator |
| Tariff |
The terms and scale of charge-in the US trade the tariff must be notified in advance to the FMC |
| Terminal |
The port or depot at which containers are laded or unloaded onto or from container vessles,railways or trucks |
| UCP |
Uniform Customs and Practice of Documentaary Credits |
| UNCITRAL |
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UNCON |
Uncontainerable Goods |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference onTrade and Development |
| UNCTAD MMO |
UNCTAD Multi Modal Transport Convention |
