shipping terms

Abaft the beam Abaft Abandon Abatement Abeam Aboard Above-water hull Abroad Absentee Pennant Absolute Bearing Absorption Acceptance of Goods Acceptance Accessorial Charges Accessorial Service Accommodation Ladder Account Party/Accountee Accrual Acknowledgement of Receipt Acquiescence Acquittance Act of God Act of Man Act of Pardon / Act of Grace Actual Weight Ad Hoc Charter Ad Valorem Duty Ad Valorem Freight Ad Valorem Add-Ons Address Commission Admiral Admiralty Court Admiralty Law Admiralty Adrift Advance Against Documents Advance Note Advance Advanced Charge Adventure Advice of Shipment Advice Advising Bank Advisory Capacity Affiliate Afloat Aft Afternoon Watch Agency Agreement Agency Fee Agency Tariff Agent (Agt.) Agent Aggregate Shipment Agreed Valuation Agreed Weight Aground Ahead Ahoy Ahull Aids to Navigation Air Draft Air Freight Forwarder Airfreight Handling Fees Airline Terminal Fee AIS Base Station All commodity rate All Hands All In All Night In All Risk All Water Allision Allotment Allowance All-Risk Clause All-Risk Insurance Aloft Alongside Also Notify Party Alternative Rates Ambient Temperature Amendment Amidship Anchor Ball Anchor Buoy Anchor Chain (or Anchor Cable) Anchor Detail Anchor Light Anchor Rode Anchor Watch Anchor Anchorage Anchor's Aweigh Andrew Anti–Dumping Duty Any Time Apparent Authority Apparent Good Order Apparent Wind Appraisement Appraiser's Stores Apron Arbitrary Arbitration Clause Arc of Visibility Armament Arrest Arrival Date Arrival Notice Articles of War As fast as the vessel can receive/deliver Ashore Asset-Based Third Party Provider Assignment of Proceeds Astern Asylum Harbour Athwart Athwartships Audit Avast - Stop Average Adjusters Average Hold Time Average Inventory Average Avoirdupois Pound Awash Aweigh Awkward Cargo Aye, aye Azimuth Circle Azimuth Compass A.B.S (American Bureau of Shipping) A.C.P. (Autoridad del Canal de Panama) A/P (Additional Premium) A/S (After Sight) AA AA (Always afloat, always accessible) AA (Always Afloat) AAR (Against All Risks) AB (Able Bodied Seamen) AB (Able Seaman) ABC (Activity-Based Costing) ABI (Automated Broker Interface) ABS (American Bureau of Shipping ) ACL (Atlantic Container Line) ACOL (After Completion of Loading) ACS / ACE (Automated Commercial System) ACS (Anglian Container Services) ADN AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) AES (Automated Export System) AFR (Advance Filing Rule) AFTKs (Available Freight Tonne Kilometers) AG (PG) (Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf)) AGW (All Goes/Going Well) AI (All Inclusive Rate) AI (All Inclusive ) AID (Agency for International Development) AIS (Automatic Identification System) ALADI (The Latin American Integration Association) AMS (Automated Manifest System) ANSI X-12 ANSI (American National Standards Institute) AOV (Average Order Value) APS (Arrival Pilot Station) AQ (Any-Quantity) AQI (Agriculture Quarantine Inspection) AS (Assignment ) ASBA (Association of Ship Brokers and Agents) ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee) ASN (Advance Shipment Notification/Notice) ASP (Average Selling Price) ASYCUDA (Automated System for Customs Data) AT (American Terms) ATA Carnet (Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission) ATA (American Trucking Association/Actual Time of Arrival) ATC/ATUTC (Actual Time to Count/Actual Time Used To Count) ATD (Actual Time of Departure) ATD (Artificial Tween Decks) ATDNSHINC (Any Time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included) ATF (Approved Transitional Facility) ATON (Aid to Navigation) ATR-Certificate (ATR-Movement Certificate) ATS (All time saved) ATS (Despatch-All time saved) ATSBE (All Time Saved Both Ends) ATSDO (All Time Saved Discharging Only) AWB (Air Waybill) AWWL (Always Within Institute Warranties Limits)

Back and Fill Backhaul Backstay Baggywrinkle Bale Capacity Ballast Keel Ballast Tank Ballast Bank Guarantee Bank Banyan Bar Pilot Bar Barcode Bareboat Charter Bareboat Barge Barratry Barrelman Barter Base Port Base Rate Basing Point Bay Plan Beaching Beacon Beam ends Beam Bear down or bear away Bear Bearing Beating Beaufort Scale Before the Mast Belay Belaying Pin Belly Freight Benchmarking Bend Bending-moment Beneficiary Bermudan Rig Berne Gauge Berth (Sleeping) Berth Dues Berth Liner Service Berth Terms Berth (mooring) Berth Best Bower Best Practice Bid Bond Bilge Keels Bilge Bilged on her anchor Bill of Exchange Bill of Health Bill of Material Bill of Sale Billed Weight Bill-to Party Bimini Top Binder Binnacle List Binnacle Bitt Bitter End Blanket Bond Blanket Rate Block Stowage Blue Peter Board of Commissioners Board Boat Boat-hook Boatswain (or Bosun) Bobstay Bobtail Bogie Bolero Bollard Bolster Bond Port Bonded Goods Bonded Warehouse - Export Bonded Warehouse - Import Bonded Warehouse Bonded Booby Hatch Booking Number Booking Boom Vang Boom Booms Bottom Air Delivery Bottom Side Rails Bottomry Bow Thruster Bow Bowline Bowsprit Box Car Box Rate Box Boxing the Compass Brackish Water Brail Breakbulk Cargo Breakbulk Bridge Deck Bridge Point Bridge Bring to Broaching-to Broken Stowage Broker Brokerage Licence Brokerage Buffer Stock Buffer Bulk Cargo / Bulk Freight Bulk Freight Container Bulkhead Bull Rings Bulwark Bumboat Bumpkin or Boomkin Bunker Charge Bunker Surcharge Bunker Bunting Tosser Buntline Buoy Buoyancy Bureau Veritas Buyer's Market By and large B/L or BOL (Bill of Lading) B2B (Business-to-Business) B2C (Business-to-Consumer) BA (Banker's Acceptance) BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) BAPLIE (BayPlan Including Empties) BB (Ballast Bonus) BBB (Before Breaking Bulk) BBL (Barrel) BC (Bulk Carrier) BCO (Beneficial Cargo Owner) BDN (Bunker Delivery Note) BE (Bill of Entry) BHP (Brake Horsepower) BIA (Business Impact Analysis) BIIB (Business Idea In Brief) BIMCO (Baltic and international maritime council) BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) Biz (Business) BMPH (Berth Moves Per Hour) BOF (Basic Ocean Freight) BOOT (Build-own-operate-transfer) BOT (Balance of Trade) BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) BP (British Petroleum) BTG (Bulk Trading Group) BTN (Brussels Tariff Nomenclature) BXA (Bureau of Export Administration)

Cabotage Captive Cargo Port Cargo Bay Cargo Declaration Cargo Hatch Cargo Insurance Cargo Manifest Carrier's Certificate Cartage Cell Cellular Vessel CFS/CFS CFS/CY Channels of Distribution Chartering Charterparty/Charter-party Chassis Checker Chock Clean On Board Cleaning in Transit Cleat Clerk Coaming Combined Transport Bill of Lading Commercial Invoice Commodity Common Carrier Common Point Common Tariff Company Guarantee Concession Conference Rate Conference Consignee Consignment Consignor Consolidation Consolidator Consular Invoice Container Crane Container Number Container Pool Container Seals Container Service Charge Container Terminal Container Vessel Container Containerization Contraband Contract Carrier Contract Price Controlled Atmosphere Corps of Engineers Countervailable Subsidy Cross-docking Customhouse Customs Broker Customs Clearance Customs Entries Customs House Broker Cut-off time (closing time) CY Cut-Off CY/CFS CY/CY Cycle Time C&E (Communications & Exceptions) CAF (Cost, Assurance and Freight ) CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) CAL (Client Access Licence) CBL (Carrier bill of Lading) CBM (Cubic Metre) CCL (Container Cleaning Fee) CD or CQD (Customary Despatch or Customary Quick Despatch) CFD (Continuous Flow Distribution) CFR (Cost and Freight) CFROI (Cash flow return on investment) CFS (Certificate of free sales) CFS (Consolidated Freight Station) CFS (Container Freight Station) CHOPT (Charterer's Option) CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To) CL (Contract Logistics) CLP (Container Load Plan) CLR (Container Load Result) CM (Contribution Margin) CM (Correction Memo) CO (Certificate of Origin) COA (Affreightment, Contract of/Contract of Affreightment) COC (Carrier-Owned Container) COD (Cash on Delivery) COD (Change of Destination) COFC (Container on Flat Car) COFL (Collapsible Flat Rack Container) COGSA (Carriage of Goods By Sea Act) CON (Congestion Surcharge) COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality) COW (Crude Oil Washing) CPT (Carriage Paid To) CRP (Continuous Replenishment Program ) CSF (Critical Success Factor) CSL (Container Stuffing List) CSS (Customer Satisfaction Survey) CT (Cross Trade) CTC (Critical to Customer) CTL (Constructive Total Loss) CTM (Cargo Transfer Manifest) CTM (Cash to Master) CTPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorist) CTQ (Critical to Quality) CU.FT (Cubic Foot) cwt. (Hundredweight) CY (Container Yard)

Daggerboard Daily Running Cost Damage Report Damaged Cargo Report Dangerous Goods Declaration Dangerous Goods Data Loggers Date Draft Davy Jones' Locker Day Beacon Dayboard Dead Leg Deadeye Deadhead Deadrise Deadweight Cargo Deadweight Ton Deadwood Debit Note Deck Barge Deck Cargo Deck Hand Deck Supervisor Deckhead Decks Declaration of Origin Declared Value for Carriage Deconsolidation Point Deep Tank Deferred Payment Credit Deferred Rebate Deficit Weight Degroupage Delivery Instructions Delivery Term Delivery Demise Charter Demurrage Density Depot Derrick Destination Control Statement Destination Detention Devanning Deviation Clause Devil Seam Differential Direct Interchange Directional Light Disbursement Discharge Discrepancy Letter of Credit Displacement Hull Displacement Ton Displacement Disrate Distributor Diversion Division DOC Cut-Off Dock (noun) Dock (verb) Dockage Docket Dog watch Doldrums Dolly Dolphin Domestic Carriage Door-to-door Downhaul Draft Bank Draft Date Draft Discounted Draft or Draught Draft Sight Draft Time Draft, Clean Drawback Drawee Dray Drayage Dredge (noun) Dredge (verb) Dredging Dressing Down Driver Driver-mast Drop off Charge Dry Bulk Container Dry Bulk Dry Cargo Container Dry Cargo Dry Docking Dry Freight Dry Port Dumping Dunnage Duty Drawback Duty Free Zone Duty DA (Documents Against Acceptance) DAF (Delivered at Frontier) DAP (Delivered at Place) DAT (Dangerous Articles Tariff) DBA (Doing Business As) DDC (Destination Delivery Charge ) DDP (Delivery Duty Paid) DDU (Delivered Duty Unpaid) DEQ (Delivered Ex Quay) DES (Delivered Ex Ship) DF (Dead Freight) DGR (Dangerous Goods Requirement) DHC (Terminal Handling Service-Destination) DHQ (Mean Diurnal High Water Inequality) DLOSP (Dropping Last Outward Sea Pilot) DLQ (Mean Diurnal Low Water Inequality) DNV (Det Norske Veritas) DOP (Dropping Outward Pilot) DOT (Department of Transportation) DPU (Delivered at Place Unloaded) DR (Dock Receipt) DW (Deadweight) DWAT (Deadweight All Told) DWC (Deadweight for cargo) DWCC (Deadweight Cargo Capacity) DWT (Deadweight Tonnage)

Earnings Before Interest Eastern Mediterranean Economy of Scale E-Fulfilment Elevator Empty Pick-up Equalisation Equipment Number Expected Ready to Load Expiry Date Export Declaration Export Packer Express B/L Extra Loader Extreme Breadth E.L. (Export License) E.S.L. (Ethiopian Shipping Lines) 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) EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) EPS (Equipment Position Surcharges) ERD (Expected Receipt Date) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) ESI (Electronic Shipping Instruction) ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) ETC (Estimated Time of Completion) ETD (Estimated Time of Delivery) ETD (Estimated Time of Departure) EVA (Economic Value Added) EXW (Ex Works)

Feeder Port Feeder Service Feeder Vessel Fender Piles Firm Indication Firm Offer First Port of Call Fixed Costs Flat Bed Fleeting Flush Deck Force Majeure Free Despatch Free Time Freight Cashier Freight Forwarder Freight Payable at Destination Freight Release Fuel Oil Fulfillment Full Visible Capacity 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) FEU/FFE (Forty Foot Equivalent Unit) FHC (For-Hire Carriers) FHEX or FHINC (Fridays and Holidays excluded or Fridays and Holidays included) 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) FIS (Free into Store) FLT (Full Liner Terms) 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) FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone) FTZ (Free Trade Zone)

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

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

Icing Idle Time Idlers Immediate Exportation Import Duty Import License Import Importer In Bond In Gate In Irons In Lieu of Weighting In the offing In Transit Inboard motor Inboard 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 with Average–clause Insurance, All–risk Insurance, General–Average Insurance, Particular Average Interchange Agreement Interchange Point Interchange Intercoastal Interline Freight Interline Intermediate Point Intermodal Shipment Intermodal Internal Register Invoice In-water survey Irrevocable Letter of Credit ISO 9000 Issuing Bank Issuing Carrier I.L.A. (International Longshoremen's Association) I.L.W.U. (International Longshore and Warehouse Union) 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) ICTF (Intermodal Container Transfer Facility) IE (Immediate Exit) IFF (Institute of Freight Forwarders) IFM (Inward Foreign Manifest) IFO (Intermediate Fuel Oil) ILOHC (In Lieu of Hold Cleaning) IMCO (International Maritime Consultative Organisation) IMCO (International Maritime Consultative Organization) IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code) IMO (Internation Maritime Organisation) IMO (International Maritime Organization) IMX (Intermodal Exchange) IOR (Importer of Record) IPI (Inland Point Intermodal) ISO (International Organization for Standardization) ISPS (International Ship and Port Security Code ) IT (In–Transit Entry) ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) IV (Increased Value) IWL (Institute Warranties Limits)

Jacket Jacklines or jack stays Jacob's Ladder Jenny Jetsam Jettison Jetty (or Pier) Jib Jibboom Jigger-mast Joggle Joint Rate Joint Venture Jollies Jones Act Journey Jumboising Junk Jurisprudence J&WO (Jettison and Washing Overboard) JIT (Just in time)

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 KD (Knocked Down)

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

Main Deck Main Port Malaccamax Malpractice Management Contract Mandamu Manifest Marine Insurance Act 1906 Marine Insurance Marine Surveyor Maritime Domain Maritime Marking Marlinespike Marshaling yard Master Inbound Measurement Cargo Measurement Ton Mechanically Ventilated Container Megaports Initiative Memorandum Bill of Lading Meter Mezzanine Financing Microbridge Mile Minimum Bill of Lading Minimum Charge Mixed Cargo Mixed Container Load Mobile Crane Modified Atmosphere Moor Mooring Dolphin MultiTank Container Max Tide (Highest Observed Tide) MDA (Maritime Domain Awareness) MDO (Marine Diesel Oil) MFO (Medium Fuel Oil) MGO (Marine Gasoil) MHHW (Mean Higher High Water) MHW (Mean High Water) Min Tide (Lowest Observed Tide) MLB (Mini Landbridge) MLLW (Mean lower low water) MLW (Mean Low Water) MN (Mean Range of Tide) MOLOO (More or Less Charterer's Option) MOLOO (More or Less in Owner's Option) 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)

National Tidal Datum Epoch Nautical Mile Negotiable Instruments Neo-Bulk Cargo Nested Net Tare Weight Net Weight Neutral Body Nomenclature of the Customs Cooperation Council Non Reversible Laytime Non–Dumping Certificate Non-Recourse Financing Nose No–show Notify Party N/A (Not Applicable) NAABSA (Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground) NCAGS (Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping) NCB (National Cargo Bureau) NK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai ) NOR (Notice of Readiness) NRT (Net Register Tonnage) NT (Net Tonnage) NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier)

Ocean Carrier Oil Tanker On Board On Deck On-Carriage On-Carrier On-dock Rail On-terminal Rail Open Account Open Insurance Policy Open Sea Open Top Container Operating Ratio Optional Cargo Order–Notify (O/N) Origin Out Gate Overcarriage Overcharge Overheight Cargo OBL (Original Bill of Lading) Ocean B/L (Ocean Bill of Lading) OHC (Terminal Handling Service-Origin ) OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line) ORC (Origin Receive Charges) ORFS (Origin Rail Freight Station) OS&D (Over, Short or Damaged)

Paired Ports Pallet Panamax Tanker Panamax Vessel Panamax Paper Ramp Paper Rate Parcel Receipt Part Cargo Partial Shipments Particular Average Payee Payer Per Diem Performance Bond Perils of the Sea Permanent Dunnage Pickup Location Pickup Pier Pier–to–House Pier–to–Pier Piggy Packer Piggyback Pilferage Pilotage Dues Pilotage Place of Delivery Place of Receipt Platform (or Flat) Plimsoll Mark / Load Lines Point of Origin Pontoon Pooling Poop Deck Port Authority Port Charge Port Charterparty Port Disbursement Port Facility Security Plan Port of Call Port of Entry Port of Exit Port of Refuge Port of Registry Port Security Port Port-of-call Pre-Carriage Pre–cooling Preentry Pro Forma Invoice Pro Rata Product Tanker Project Cargo Project Financing Project Rate Promenade Deck Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Insurance Public Service Commission Publishing Agent Pulp Temperature Pup P&I (Protection and Indemnity) PADAG (Please Authorize Delivery Against Guarantee) PL (Packing List) PMO (Passing Muscat Outbound) POD (Place of Delivery) POD (Port of Destination) POD (Port of Discharge) POD (Proof of Delivery) POL (Port of Loading) Ppd. (Prepaid)

Quarantine Quarter Deck Quay Quoin Quota Quotation

Rag Top Rail Division Rail Grounding Railhead Railyard Ramp Ramp–to–Door Ramp–to–Ramp Range Rate Basis Rate of Loading or Discharging Reasonableness Rebate Recapitulation Reconsignment Recourse Red Label Reefer Container Reefer Refrigeration or Reefer Units Registered Ton Related Points Relay Restricted Articles Reversible Ro/Ro Roll Rolling Route Running Days Running Gear RMG (Rail-Mounted Gantry crane) Ro/Ro (Roll-on/Roll-off) ROB (Remaining on Board) RT (Revenue Ton) RTG (Rubber Tyred Gantry crane) RVNX (Released Value Not Exceeding)

Safety Stock Sailing Date Salvage loss Sea waybill Seal (Container) Seal Number Seal record Seals, also Container Seals Seawaybill Segregated Ballast Sell-Through Separation Service Agreement Service contract Set Point Shed Sheddage Ship Chandler Ship From Address (Amazon) Ship owner Shipment Reference Shipment Window Shipped bill of lading Shipped on board Shipper owned container Shipper Packed Shipper Shippers Export Declaration Shipper's Export Declaration Shipping Company Shipping permit Ship's Chandlers Ship's tackle Shipside Delivery Shoal Draught Shoal Shore Short cycling Short Landed Short Shipped Short Term Lease Shortage Short-Shipped Shrink Wrap Shrouds Shunting Shut-out Shuttle Service Sick Bay Side Loader Side-Door Container Siding Sight Draft Siren Sister Ships Site Skeg Skid Skids Skipper Skysail Skyscraper Sling Slop chest Slot Charter Slot Slow Steaming Slush Fund Slush Small Bower (anchor) Snow Son of a gun Sonar Sounding Sou'wester Space Charter Spanker Spanker-mast Spar Special Customs Invoice Special Delivery Fee Special Rate Spindrift Spinnaker pole Spinnaker Splice Split Shipment Split-Charter Spontaneous Ignition Temperature Spotting Spreader Square meal Squared away Squat Effect Stability Stack Car Stack Train Stack Stackcar Stacker Stacking Stacktrain Stanchion Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Standard Industrial Classification Standard Rate Standing Rigging Starboard tack Starboard Starter Station Datum Statute of Limitation Stay Staysail Steamship Agent Steamship Company Steamship Line Steamship Steering oar or steering board Stem Stern chaserStern Tube Stern Sterndrive Stevedore Stevedoring Charges Stonnacky Stop Off Fee Stopper Knot Storage Charge Storage Charges Storage Store-Door Delivery Store-Door Pick-Up Sto-Ro Stowage Factor Stowage Instructions Stowage Plan Stowage Stowaway Straddle Carrier Straight (Consignment) Bill of Lading Straight Bill of Lading Strake Strikes, Riots, and Civil Commotions Stripping (unstuffing) Studding-sails Stuffing Subrogate Sue & Labor Clause Suezmax Sufferance Wharf Supercargo Supply air Supply Chain Surcharge Surcharges Surety Bond Surety Company Switch Bill of Lading SAD (Single Administrative Document) SCA (Suez Canal Authority) SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code) SCD (Supply Chain Development) SCM (Supply Chain Management) SCR (Specific Commodity Rate ) SECA (Sulphur Emissions Control Areas) SED (Standard Export Declaration) SHINC (Sundays and holidays included) SI (Shipping Instruction) SITC (Standard International Trade Classification ) SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) SLA (Service Level agreement) SLI (Shipper's Letter of Instruction ) SMDG (SMDG) SO (Shipping Order) SOC (Shipper-Owned Container) SOLAS (Safety Of Life At Sea ) SSE (Shanghai Shipping Exchange) SSN (Standard Shipping Note) ST (Short Ton) STC (Said to Contain) STC (Standard Trading Terms & Conditions )

Tabernacle Tack Tacking Taffrail Tail Gate Exam Tail Tailshaft Taken aback Taking the wind out of his sails Tally Sheet Tally Tank Barge Tank Container Tanker Tare Weight Tariff Engineering Tariff Quotas | Preferential or Autonomous Tarpaulin Teazer Telex Release Temperature Controlled Cargo Temperature Recorder Tender Tenor Terminal Charge Terminal Operator Terminal Terms of carriage  T-floor Third Party Providers Through Charge Through Rate Through Route Throughput Charge Thwart Tidal Port Tier TI-HI, also Ti-High, Tie-High, or Ti by Hi Tiller Time Charter Time Draft Time Sheet Timoneer TIR Carnet To order of Shipper Toe the line or Toe the mark Toe-rail Togey Ton Mile Ton Tonnage Tontines Top air delivery Top Off Top Stow Cargo Top-Air Delivery Topgallant Toplift Topmast Topsail Topsides Total Average Inventory Total Cost of Distribution Total Quality Management Touch and go Towage Towboat Towing Tracer Tracing Tracking Tractor Trailer Tractor Tractor-trailer Trade Acceptance Trade Barrier Trade Remedy Trade Traffic Separation Scheme Traffic Trailer Tramp Line Tramp Vessel Tramp Transferable Letter of Credit Tranship Transit Cargo Transit Port Transit Shed Transload Transloading Transmittal letter Transom Transport Transportation Transship Transshipment Port Transshipment Transtainer Travellers Trialer on flat car Trice Trick Trim Truck Onboard B/L Trucking Wait Fee Truckload True Bearing True North Trust Receipt Tug Tugboat Tumblehome Turn Turnaround Time Turnaround Turnkey Project Turtling Tween Deck Tweendeck Twist Lock Twist Locks Two-Way Pallet Type of Cargo Type of Equipment Type of Movement Type of Transport T&E entry (Transporation and exportation ) T.I.R. T.O.F.C. TACA (Trans-Atlantic conference agreement) TARIC (The Integrated Tariff of the European Union) TBL (Through bill of lading) TBN (To Be Nominated) TDR TEU (Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit) THC (Terminal Handling Charges) Thru Service (Through Service ) TIR (Transport International par la Route) TMS (Transport Management System) TOFC (Trailer on Flat Car Rail) TOS TRC TRC (Terminal Receiving Charge) Trf. (Tariff ) TSN (Time-Space Network) TTW (Toestemming Tot Wegvoering) TVR (Tiem Volume Rate)

UCC-128 Ullage Ultimate Consignee UN Number Unaccompanied Baggage UNCITRAL Unclean Bill of Lading UNCTAD Under the weather Under way Underwater hull or underwater ship Unit Cost Unit Load Unit Train Unitisation Unitization Unloader Unloading Unmoor Up-behind Upper Deck Upper-yardmen Usufruct Utilisation Rate U.S.M. (Un-manifested Subsequent Movement.) UASC (United Arab Shipping Company ) UASC (United Arab Shipping Company) UCP (Uniform customs and practice for documentary credits) UCP (Uniform Customs and Practice of Documentary Credit.) UCP (Uniform Customs and Practice) UCP500 UFC (Uniform Freight Classification) UKC (Under-keel clearance ) ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) ULCS (Ultra Large Container Ship) ULD (Unit Load Device ) UN (The United Nations) UN/EDIFACT ("United Nations EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport) UN/LOCODE UN-CEFACT  (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaU.N.C.L.O.S.) UNCTAD MMO UND (Unit load device) UNDG (UN Dangerous Goods Number) UN-EDIFACT UPCA (Universal Product Code version A) UPCE0 6-Digit USCBP (United States Customs and Border Protection) USDA (The U.S. Department of Agriculture) UTB (Uitnodiging Tot Betaling)

Vanning Variable Cost Ventilated Container Vessel Manifest Vessel Operator Vessel's Manifest Voyage Direction Voyage Number VCTSN (Virtual Capacity Time-Space Network) VGM (Verified Gross Mass) Vol. VTMS (Vessel Traffic Management System)

Waist Waiting Time Waiver Clause Wake Wales War Risk Insurance War Risk Warehouse Entry Warehouse Receipt Warehouse Warehouse-to-Warehouse Warsaw Convention Wash Watch Watercraft Waterway Waypoint Wear and Tear Wearing ship Weather deck Weather gage Weather side Weatherly Weigh anchor Weight Cargo Weight Charge Weight Legal Weight Load Factor Wells Wharf Wharfage Charge Wharfage Wheel or ship's wheel Wheelhouse Whipstaff White horses or whitecaps Wide berth Windage Windbound Windlass Wind-over-tide Windward Windy Booking Without Recourse Without Reserve World Customs Organisation Worm, serve and parcel W&I W.G. W.I.B.O.N. W/M (Weight or measurement) W/M (Weight/measurement) WA (With Average) WB (Waybill ) WDEX (Warehouse Withdrawal for Immediate Exportation) WDT&E (Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Exportation) WDT (Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation) WIP (Work in Progress) WPA (With Particular Average) WT (Weight) WTO (World Trade Organization) WTS (Working Time Saved ) WWD (Weather Working Day)

X.25 X.400 X.500 X12 ANSI X-Dock Xeric X-Ray Exam XICT (Xiamen International Container Terminals)

Yard Storage Yard Yardarm Yarr Yaw Yawl Yield Bucket Yield Management Yield York-Antwerp Rules YAS (Yard Surcharges) YoY (Year on Year )

Zodiac Zonate Zone Haulage Rate Zone Rate ZN