A.B.S (American Bureau of Shipping) A.C.P. (Autoridad del Canal de Panama) A/P (Additional Premium) A/S (After Sight) AA (Always Afloat) AA AA (Always Afloat, Always Accessible) AB (Able Seaman) Abaft Abaft the Beam Abandon Abatement ABC (Activity-Based Costing) Abeam ABI (Automated Broker Interface) Aboard Above-water Hull Abroad Absolute Bearing Absorption Acceptance of Goods Accessorial Charges Accessorial Service Account Party/Accountee Accrual Acknowledgement of Receipt ACOL (After Completion of Loading) Acquiescence ACS / ACE (Automated Commercial System) Act of God Act of Man Actual Weight Ad Hoc Charter Ad Valorem Duty Ad Valorem Freight Add-Ons Address Commission ADN Advice of Shipment Advising Bank Advisory Capacity AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) AES (Automated Export System) AFR (Advance Filing Rule) Afternoon Watch AFTKs (Available Freight Tonne Kilometers) Agency Tariff Aggregate Shipment Agreed Valuation Agreed Weight Air Draft Air Freight Forwarder Airfreight Handling Fees Airline Terminal Fee AIS (Automatic Identification System) AIS Base Station All Commodity Rate All In All Risk All Water All-Inclusive Rate Allotment Also Notify Party Ambient Temperature Amidship AMS (Automated Manifest System) Annual Bond ANSI (American National Standards Institute) ANSI X-12 Anti–Dumping Duty Apparent Good Order Appraisement Appraiser's Stores AQ (Any-Quantity) Arrival Date Arrival Notice AS (Assignment) As fast as the vessel can receive/deliver ASN (Advance Shipment Notification/Notice) Asset-Based Third Party Provider ATA (Actual Time of Arrival) ATC/ATUTC (Actual Time to Count/Actual Time Used To Count) ATD (Actual Time of Departure) ATDNSHINC (Any Time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included) ATF (Approved Transitional Facility) ATS (All time saved) ATSBE (All Time Saved Both Ends) ATSDO (All Time Saved Discharging Only) Average Adjusters Avoirdupois Pound AWB (Air Waybill) AWIWL (Always Within Institute Warranties Limits) Awkward Cargo

B/L or BOL (Bill of Lading) B2B (Business-to-Business) B2C (Business-to-Consumer) BA (Banker's Acceptance) Backhaul BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) Bale Capacity Bank Guarantee BAPLIE (BayPlan Including Empties) Base Port Base Rate Basing Point BBB (Before Breaking Bulk) BC (Bulk Carrier) BCO (Beneficial Cargo Owner) BE (Bill of Entry) Belly Freight Berne Gauge Berth Dues Berth Liner Service Bill of Adventure Bill-to Party Billed Weight Blanket Rate Block Stowage BMPH (Berth Moves Per Hour) BOF (Basic Ocean Freight) Bond Port Bonded Bonded Goods Bonded Warehouse Booking Booking Number Bottom Air Delivery Breakbulk Cargo Bridge Point Broken Stowage BTN (Brussels Tariff Nomenclature) Bulk Cargo / Bulk Freight

Cabotage CAF (Cost, Assurance and Freight) Captive Cargo Port Cargo Bay Cargo Declaration Cargo Insurance Cargo Manifest Carrier's Certificate CBL (Carrier Bill of Lading) CBM (Cubic Metre) Cellular Vessel CFR (Cost and Freight) CFS (Container Freight Station) CFS/CFS CFS/CY Chargeable Weight CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To) Clean On Board CLP (Container Load Plan) CM (Correction Memo) CO (Certificate of Origin) COA (Contract of Affreightment) COC (Carrier-Owned Container) COFC (Container on Flatcar) Combined Transport Bill of Lading Commercial Invoice Consolidation CPT (Carriage Paid To) CQD (Customary Quick Despatch) CTM (Cargo Transfer Manifest) CTM (Cash to Master) Customs Clearance Cut-off time (closing time) CY (Container Yard) CY/CFS CY/CY

DAF (Delivered at Frontier) Dangerous Goods DAP (Delivered at Place) DBA (Doing Business As) DDC (Destination Delivery Charge) DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) DDU (Delivered Duty Unpaid) Demurrage DEQ (Delivered Ex Quay) DES (Delivered Ex Ship) Detention DF (Dead Freight) DHC (Destination Handling Charge) Dimensional Weight DLOSP (Dropping Last Outward Sea Pilot) Door-to-door DOP (Dropping Outward Pilot) DPU (Delivered at Place Unloaded) Dry Port DWAT (Deadweight All Told) DWCC (Deadweight Cargo Capacity) DWT (Deadweight Tonnage)

E-Fulfilment E.L. (Export License) E.S.L. (Ethiopian Shipping Lines) Earnings Before Interest Eastern Mediterranean Economy of Scale ECR (Efficient Consumer Response) EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) EDIFACT (International data interchange standards) EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) EIN (Exporter Identification Number) EIR (Equipment Interchange Receipt) Elevator Empty Pick-up EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) EPS (Equipment Position Surcharges) Equalisation Equipment Number ERD (Expected Receipt Date) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) ETC (Estimated Time of Completion) ETD (Estimated Time of Delivery) ETD (Estimated Time of Departure) EVA (Economic Value Added) Expected Ready to Load Expiry Date Export Declaration Export Packer Express B/L Extra Loader Extreme Breadth EXW (Ex Works)

FAK (Freight All Kinds) FAS (Free Alongside Ship) FB (Freight Bill) FC (Floating Cranes) FCA (Free Carrier) FCC (First Class Charterer) FCL (Full Container Load) FCR (Forwarders Cargo Receipt) FD&D (Freight Demurrage and Defence) Feeder Port Feeder Service Feeder Vessel Fender Piles FEU/FFE (Forty Foot Equivalent Unit) FHC (For-Hire Carriers) FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders) FIFO (First In First Out) FILO (Free In / Liner Out) FILO (Free In/Liner Out) FIO (Free In and Out) FIOS (Free In, Out and Stowed) FIOST (Free In/Out, Stowed, and Trimmed) Firm Indication Firm Offer First Port of Call FIS (Free into Store) Fixed Costs Flat Bed Fleeting FLT (Full Liner Terms) Flush Deck FMC (Federal Maritime Commission) FO (Free Out) FOB (Free on Board) FOC (Flag of Convenience) FONASBA (The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents) Force Majeure Free Despatch Free Time Freight Cashier Freight Forwarder Freight Payable at Destination Freight Release FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone) FTZ (Free Trade Zone) Fuel Oil Fulfillment Full Visible Capacity

G-Baggage (General License Baggage) G-Dest (General destination License ) GAFTA (Grain and Feed Trade Association) Gain Sharing Galley Gam Gammon Iron Gang Gangplank Gangway Gantry Crane Garbling Garboard Garboard planks Gate-In Gate-Out Gateway GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) GDSM (General Department Store Merchandise) General Arrangement General Average General Cargo General Cargo Rate General Export License General Purpose Container Genset (Generator Set) Ghost GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress Safety System) GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) GMV (Gross Merchandise Value ) GO (General Order) Go–Down GOH (Garment-on-Hanger) Going about or tacking Good International Practice Gooseneck Grain Capacity Grain Elevator Green Supply Chain GRI (General Rate Increase) Gross Weight Ground Groundage Grounding Groupage GRT (Gross Register Tonnage) GSP (Generalized System of Preference) GST (Goods and Services Tax) GT (Great Diurnal Range) GT (Gross Tonnage) Gunwale GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) Gybe or jibe

Hague Rules Half-Height Container Halyard or halliard Hamburg Rules Hammock Hand bomber Hand-over Handy billy Handymax Vessel Hank Harbor Harbor Dues (or Port Dues) Harbor Master Harbormaster Hard Hard-Top Container Harden Up Hardtack Hatch Hatch Cover Haul wind Haulage Hawse-hole Hawsepiper Hazardous or Dangerous Cargo HBL (House Bill of Lading) HC (High-cube) Head Head Charterer Head of navigation Headsail Heated Container Heave Heave down Heaving to Heavy Hauler Heavy Lift Heavy Lift Charge Heavy Lift Vessel Heavy–Lift Charge HFO (Heavy fuel oil) HHDWS (Heavy Handy Deadweight Scrap) High Cube High–Density Compression Hitchment HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) Hold Holystone Home Port Hopper Car Horizontal Integration Hostler (or Hustler) House To House Transport House–to–Pier HS (Harmonized System of Codes) HS (Harmonized System) HTS (Harmonized Tariff System) Hull and Machinery Humping Husbanding

IA (Independent Action) IACS (International Association of Classification Societies) IATA (International Air Transport Association) ICB (Inter Company Billing) ICC (International Chamber of Commerce/Interstate Commerce Commission) ICD (Inland Container Depot) Icing ICTF (Intermodal Container Transfer Facility) Idle Time Idlers IE (Immediate Exit) IFF (Institute of Freight Forwarders) IFM (Inward Foreign Manifest) IFO (Intermediate Fuel Oil) IMCO (International Maritime Consultative Organisation) IMCO (International Maritime Consultative Organization) IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code) Immediate Exportation IMO (Internation Maritime Organisation) IMO (International Maritime Organization) Import Import Duty Import License Importer IMX (Intermodal Exchange) In Bond In Gate In Irons In Lieu of Weighting In the offing In Transit In-water survey Inboard Inboard motor Inbound Incentive Rate Incoterms Indemnity Bond Independent Tariff Inducement Inert Gas System Inflation Inglefield Clip Inherent Vice Inland Carrier Inland Port Inspection Certificate Installment Shipments Institute Warranty Limits Insulated Container Insurance, All–risk Insurance, General–Average Insurance, Particular Average Interchange Interchange Agreement Interchange Point Intercoastal Interline Interline Freight Intermediate Point Intermodal Intermodal Shipment Internal Register Invoice IOR (Importer of Record) IPI (Inland Point Intermodal) Irrevocable Letter of Credit ISO (International Organization for Standardization) ISO 9000 ISPS (International Ship and Port Security Code ) Issuing Bank Issuing Carrier IT (In–Transit Entry) ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) IV (Increased Value) IWL (Institute Warranties Limits)

Jacket Jacob's Ladder Jenny Jetsam Jettison Jetty (or Pier) Jib Jigger-mast JIT (Just in time) Joggle Joint Rate Joint Venture Jollies Jones Act Journey Jumboising Junk Jurisprudence

KD (Knocked Down) Keel Keelhauling Kelson Killick Kilometre Ton King Pin King Plank Kissing the gunner's daughter Kitchen Rudder Knee Knot Know the ropes Known Loss Known shipper Kyoto Convention

Label Labor Union Ladder Laden Laden on Board Lading Lagan Laker Land lubber Landbridge Landed Cost Landing Certificate Landing Gear Landlord Port Lanemeter Lanyard Larboard LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) Lash (to) Lashing LAT (Lowest Astronomical Tide) Lateral system Lay Lay-by Laycan or L/C (Laydays Canceling) Laydays LC (Letter of Credit ) LCL (Less than Container Load) Lee Side Legal Weight Lender's Direct Agreement Let go and haul Letter of Marque and Reprisal Licenses Lien Liferaft LIFO (Last In, First Out) LIFO (Liner In / Free Out) Lightening Lighter Lighterage Line Haul Line–Haul Liner Liner Conference Liner Terms Liquidated Damages Liquidation List Liter Lloyds' Register LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) LNGC (LNG Carrier) LO/LO (Lift On-Lift Off) LOA (Length Overall) Load Load Line Load Ratio Loaded Draught (or Draft) Loaded to the gunwales Loaded Vessel Loading Time Local Cargo Lock Loggerhead LOI (Letter of Indemnity) Long Ton Longshoreman Loose Loose cannon Loose footed Low–Boy Lower Deck Lower Hold Lower Main Hold LTL (Less than Truckload) LTS (Despatch-All laytime saved) Lubber's line Luff Luff up Luffing Lump Sum Lump Sum Charter

Main Port Malaccamax Manifest Marine Insurance Marshaling yard Measurement Cargo Measurement Ton Megaports Initiative Memorandum Bill of Lading Meter Mezzanine Financing MFO (Medium Fuel Oil) MGO (Marine Gasoil) MHHW (Mean Higher High Water) MHW (Mean High Water) Microbridge Mile Min Tide (Lowest Observed Tide) Minimum Bill of Lading Minimum Charge Mixed Cargo Mixed Container Load MLB (Mini Landbridge) MLLW (Mean lower low water) MLW (Mean Low Water) MN (Mean Range of Tide) Mobile Crane Modified Atmosphere MOLOO (More or Less Charterer's Option) MOLOO (More or Less in Owner's Option) Moor MR (Mate's Receipt) MS/MV (Motor Ship/Motor Vessel ) MSSIS (Maritime Security and Safety Information System) MT (Metric Ton) MTSA (Maritime Transportation Security Act)

Negotiable Instruments Neo-Bulk Cargo Net Weight Non Reversible Laytime Non–Dumping Certificate NOR (Notice of Readiness) No–show Notify Party NRT (Net Register Tonnage) NT (Net Tonnage) NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier)

OBL (Original Bill of Lading) Ocean B/L (Ocean Bill of Lading) Ocean Carrier Oil Tanker On Board On Deck On-Carriage On-terminal Rail Open Account Open Top Container ORC (Origin Receiving Charges) Overcarriage Overheight Cargo

PADAG (Please Authorize Delivery Against Guarantee) Paired Ports Pallet Panamax Vessel Parcel Receipt Part Cargo Partial Shipments Particular Average Performance Bond Perils of the Sea Pier Pier–to–House Pier–to–Pier Piggyback PL (Packing List) Place of Delivery Place of Receipt POD (Port of Destination) POD (Port of Discharge) POD (Proof of Delivery) Point of Origin POL (Port of Loading) Port Charge Port Disbursement Port of Call Port of Entry Port of Exit Port of Refuge Port of Registry Ppd. (Prepaid) Pre-Carriage Pre–cooling Pro Forma Invoice Project Cargo

Railhead Range Reconsignment Reefer Container Registered Ton Ro/Ro (Roll-on/Roll-off) RT (Revenue Ton) RVNX (Released Value Not Exceeding)

Safety Stock SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code) Sea Waybill Seal Number SHINC (Sundays and holidays included) Shipper Shipping Company Shipside Delivery Short Shipped Shrink Wrap Side Loader Single Entry Bond SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) SO (Shipping Order) SOC (Shipper-Owned Container) Special Delivery Fee Split Shipment ST (Short Ton) STC (Said to Contain) Straddle Carrier Sufferance Wharf

T-floor Tank Container Tare Weight TBN (To Be Nominated) Telex Release Temperature Controlled Cargo Terminal Terminal Charge Terminal Operator TEU (Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit) THC (Terminal Handling Charge) Through Bill of Lading Through Charge Through Rate Throughput Charge TI-HI Tidal Port Time Sheet TIR Carnet TOFC (Trailer on Flatcar) Ton Mile Tonnage Top Off Top Stow Cargo Trade Barriers Tramp Vessel Transit Cargo Transit Port Transit Shed Transloading Transshipment Transshipment Port Transtainer Trucking Wait Fee TTW (Toestemming Tot Wegvoering) Turnaround Time Twist Lock Two-Way Pallet

UFC (Uniform Freight Classification) ULD (Unit Load Device) Ultimate Consignee UN/LOCODE UNCITRAL Unclean Bill of Lading Unit Load Unit Train Unitization Unloading

Vanning Ventilated Container Vessel Manifest Vessel Operator VGM (Verified Gross Mass)

WA (With Average) War Risk Warehouse Warehouse Entry Warehouse Receipt Warehouse-to-Warehouse WB (Waybill) WDEX (Warehouse Withdrawal for Immediate Exportation) WDT (Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation) WDT&E (Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Exportation) Wharf Wharfage Windy Booking WWD (Weather Working Day)

X-Ray Exam

Yard Storage YAS (Yard Surcharges)

Zone Rate