Commonly used freight terms and explainations
Our comprehensive glossary simplifies and explains common freight terms and acronyms you will encounter in the supply chain process.
Our comprehensive glossary simplifies and explains common freight terms and acronyms you will encounter in the supply chain process.
Account of Charges
Accounting
Accounts Payables and Receivables
Act of God
Actual Cost
Actual Demand
Ad Valorem
Adjuster
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN)
Advice of Shipment
Affreightment
Aggregate Inventory Management
Air Cargo
Air Waybill (AWB)
Airline Terminal Fee (ATF)
All Risks
Anticipated Delay Report
Approved Vendor List
Arrest
Arrival Notice
Assumed Receipt
Audit
Automation
Average Bond
Average Inventory
Cargo
Cargo Agent
Cargo Insurance
Cargo Manifest
Cargo Unit
Cargo Volume
Carriage and Insurance Paid to (CIP)
Carriage Forward
Carriage Paid to (CPT)
Carrier
Cartage
Cash Against Documents (CAD)
Cash on Delivery (COD)
Certificate of Origin (CO)
Certificate of Shipment
Cession
Chamber of Commerce
Charges
Charges Collect
Charter Party
Claim
Clause Paramount
Clearance
Cloud
Code of Practice
Collection
Combined Transport
Combined Transport Operator (CTO)
Commercial Invoice
Commercial Practice
Commercial Value
Commission
Commodities
Commodity Code
Commodity Rate
Common Carrier
Common Market
Competition
Competitor
Complaint
Complete Delivery
Concession
Condition
Conference
Confirmation
Congestion Surcharge
Consignee
Consignment
Consignment Note
Consignor
Consolidation
Consolidation Fee
Consolidator
Consular Invoice
Container Terminal
Container Yard (CY)
Contamination
Contract
Convention
Cost and Freight (CFR)
Cost of Production
Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)
Counterpurchase
Country of Destination
Country of Origin
Cover Note
Crane
Credit Note
Currency
Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)
Customer Portal
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Customs
Customs Authorities
Customs Broker
Customs Clearance
Customs Clearance Fee
Customs Declaration
Customs Duty
Customs Entry
Customs House
Customs Laws
Customs Procedure
Customs Union
Customs Value
Customs Warehousing
Damage Limitation
Damaged Goods
Dangerous Goods
Dangerous Goods Declaration
Dangerous Goods Packing Certificate
Date of Receipt
Date of Shipment
Dead Freight
Deadweight (DWT)
Debit Note
Deck Cargo
Declarant
Declaration of Origin
Deferment
Delivered at Frontier (DAF)
Delivered at Place
Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU)
Delivered at Terminal
Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)
Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)
Delivered Ex Quay (DEQ)
Delivery Fee
Delivery Instructions
Delivery Note
Delivery Period
Delivery Terms
Demise
Demurrage
Deposit
Description of Goods
Destination
Detention Charges
Digital Freight Forwarder
Direct Delivery
Disbursement
Discharge
Disclosure
Discrepancy
Dispatch
Distribution
Dockyard
Documentary Credit
Documentation Against Acceptance (D/A)
Domestic Transport
Domicile
Door to Airport
Door to Door
Draft
Drawback
Drawee
Drawer
Drop off Charge
Dry Dock
Due Date
Dumping
Dunnage
Duplicate
Duty
Duty Free Zone (DFZ)
Endorsement
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
Estimated Time of Completion (ETC)
Estimated Time of Departure (ETD)
Estimated Time of Sailing (ETS)
Ex Works (EXW)
Excess
Exchange Rate
Excise Duties
Exemption from Duty
Exhibition
Expiry Date
Export Declaration
Export Documents
Export License
Exporter
Feeder
Feeder Port
Ferry
Final Consumer
Final Notice
Financial Aid
Firm Offer
Force Majeure
Foreign Currency
Forklift
Forwarder's Certificate of Receipt (FCR)
Forwarder's Certificate of Transport (FCT)
Forwarding
Fourth Party Logistics Provider (4PL)
Fragile
Free Alongside Ship (FAS)
Free Carrier (FCA)
Free Domicile
Free In
Free In and Out (FIO)
Free of Charge
Free on Board (FOB)
Free on Truck (FOT)
Free Out
Freight
Freight All Kinds (FAK)
Freight Carrier
Freight Charges
Freight Collect
Freight Forwarder
Freight Forwarding Software
Freight Operations
Freight Prepaid
Freight Rebate
Freighter
Full Container Load (FCL)
Full Truckload (FTL)
Import Duties
Importer
Incoterms
Inflammable
Information Flow
Inland Clearance Depot (ICD)
Inland Navigation
Inspection Certificate
Insulated Container
Insurance
Insurance Broker
Insurance Policy
Intermodal Freight Transport
Intermodal Freight Transport
Inventory
Invoice
Irrevocable Letter of Credit
Label
Land Bridge
Land Carriage
Landing Charges
Lay Days
Lay Time
Less than Container Load (LCL)
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Letter of Credit
Letter of Credit
Letter of Indemnity (LOI)
Levy
Liability
License
Lien
Lighter
Liner
Liner Terms
Liquid
Load Line
Loading
Logistics
Loose Goods
Loss
Lumpsum Payment
Package
Packaging Charges
Packing
Packing List
Pallet
Parcel Service
Part Load
Particular Average
Payload
Performance Bond
Perishables
Pick up and Delivery
Pick up Date
Place of Destination
Place of Dispatch
Place of Receipt
Port
Port of Discharge
Port of Loading
Postponement
Pre-carriage
Pre-shipment Inspection
Price List
Principal
Pro-forma Invoice
Prohibited Goods
Proof of Delivery (POD)
Rail Consignment Note
Railway Station
Rate and Tariff Management
Re-consignment
Re-exportation
Re-importation
Rebated
Receipt
Received-for-shipment Bill of Lading
Receiver
Receiving Carrier
Receptacle
Redelviery
Reefer Containers (RE)
Repayment
Restricted Articles
Returnable Packing
Revocable Letter of Credit
Revolving Letter of Credit
Risk
Risk Management
Road Haulage
Road Haulier
Roll On- Roll Off (RO-RO)
Round Trip
Royalties
Rummaging
Said to Contain (STC)
Sale
Sales Module
Schedule
Seal
Security
Seller
Semi-trailer
Ship's Papers
Shipbroking
Shipment
Shipment
Shipment Unit
Shipper
Shipping Agent
Shipping Bill
Shipping Company
Shipping Documents
Shipping Marks
Shipping Point
Short Shipped
Shortage
Smuggler
Split Shipment
Spontaneous Combustion
Stack
Standard Gauge
Stevedore
Storage
Stow
Stowage
Stripping
Stuffing
Supplier
Surcharge
Surface Transport
Swap Body
Tank Container
Tank Wagon
Tare Weight
Tariff
Temporary Exportation
Temporary Importation
Terminal
Terminal Handling Charges (THC)
Terms of Payment
Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL)
Through Bill of Lading
Through Rate
Time Charter
Tracking
Trade Compliance
Trader
Trailer
Trailer Truck
Transhipment
Transit Cargo
Transit Time
Truck
Twenty-Foot Container Equivalent Unit (TEU)