"I believe that we are in the actual process of business operations, and freight forwarding deal with will encounter a lot of transport terminology, most of them only an abbreviation, so that people are puzzled, and now Xiaobian summary of these abbreviations, to share with you:
Bill of lading and transport business related
1.Advanced B/L
2.Ante-dated B/L inverted bill of lading
3.AWB (Air Way Bill) air waybill
4.BAF(Bunker Adjustment Factor)
5.B.B. Clause (Both To Blame Collision Clause) ship mutual collision liability clause
6.BEARER B/L (bearer bill of lading)
7.B/L (Bill Of Lading) bill of lading
8.BMF (Board Measurement Foot) log or board volume measurement unit
9.B / N (Booking Note) (shipper to the carrier or its agent) booking list
10.B.S (Bunder Surcharge) the same as BAF
11.B.S.C (French) cargo tracking sheet
12.Bs / L (Bills Of Lading) double bill of lading, joint transport bill of lading
13.B.T (Berth Terms) liner conditions
14.Bulky Charge overweight or overlength charge
15.CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) currency devaluation surcharge
16.CCVO (Combined certificate of value and origin) combined certificate of valuation and origin also known as "customs invoice".
17.CFD Collect (CF destination Collect) freight collected at destination
18.CFS (Container Freight Station) container freight station
19.CFSO (Container Freight Station Original) is the same as CFS.
20.CFSR (Container Freight Station Railway Station) freight charges in the container loaded into the train when received
21.Charter B/L charter bill of lading
22. Clean B/L clean bill of lading
23.C/O (Ceitificate of Origin) certificate of origin
24.c/o (care of) by a company to a company
25.COC (Certificate of Conformity) product conformity certificate
26.Consignee consignee
27.Copy B/L copy bill of lading
28.C.S (Currency Surchaige) and the same CAF
29.CSC (Container Service Charge) container service charge
30.CTN No. (Carton Number) container water number
31.CY (Container Yard) container yard
32.D / D (Door to Door) door to door
33.Demurrage demurrage fee
34.Despatch Money
35.Destination Bills (issued at the destination) destination bill of lading
36.Direct B/L (Direct B/L)
37.D/N (Delivery Note) (issued by the shipper or the seller) delivery details list
38.D / O (Delivery Order) bill of lading, small bills of lading
39.D / R (Dock Receipt) (the seller will ship to the dock warehouse) inventory receipt
40.ECB (Express Cargo Bill) Express Cargo Bill
41.ECTN (Electric Cargo Tracking Note) electronic cargo tracking sheet
42.FCL (Full Container Load) (Container) full container cargo
43.FCR (Forwarders Certificate of Receipt) issued by the freight forwarder of goods received certificate
44.F.I (Free in) the ship does not bear the loading costs
45.F.I.O (Free in and out) ship does not bear the loading and unloading costs
46.F.I.O.S (Free in, out and stowed) The vessel shall not bear the loading and unloading charges and the cost of stowage.
47.F.O (Free out) The vessel does not bear the unloading cost.
48.Foul B/L unclean bill of lading
49.Freight Collect freight on delivery
50.Freight Prepaid freight paid
51. Gross Terms Same as Berth terms
52.HAWB (House Waybill) (in airfreight) sub waybill
53.H.C (Handling Changes) Handling Charges
54.H/H (House to House) House to House
55.H/P (House to Pier) House to Port
56.HBL (House Bill of Lading) bill of lading issued by the freight forwarder
57.H.S. Code (Hormonised System Code) Customs commodity code
58.IEC CODE (Importer Exporter Code) Indian importers and exporters of customs code
59.IRC No. (Import Registration Certificate No.) Import Licence Number
60.KDF Packing (Knock Down Flat Packing) can be folded cartons
61.LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) daughter mother ship
62.Launch Hire (Launch Hire Traffic Boat Hire Fee)
63.L/I (Letter of Indemnity) indemnity bond
64.Lift-off Charges for lifting containers off the trailer at the yard
65.Lift-on Charges Containers in the yard to lift on the trailer charges
66.Line Handing Charges for Cable Unwinding
67.Liner B/L Liner Bill of Lading
68.Liner Terms and Berth terms are the same.
69.Long-form B/L full-form bill of lading
70.MAWB (Master Waybill) (in airfreight)
71.M.L.B (Mini-Land Bridge Service) Small Land Bridge Transportation
72.n/n B/L (Non-negotiable B/L) non-negotiable copy of the transfer of bills of lading
73.Notify Party
74.NOVCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier) non-vessel carrier
75.N.V.D (No Value Declared) (in the air) cargo undeclared value
76.Ocean B/L sea transport bill of lading
77.O.C.P (Overland Common Points) (sea and land transport) land common points
78.O.F (Ocean Freight) Ocean Freight
79.On Board B/L has loaded the ship bill of lading
80.On Deck B/L deck cargo bill of lading
81.Open Order B/L only recorded to order the instructions of the bill of lading
82.Order B/L Instruction Bill of Lading
83.Original B/L original bill of lading
84.O.T.C (Overseas Telex Charges) (in transit) international telecommunication charges
85.P/H (Pier to House) port to household
86.P.O.D(Port of Destination)
87.P.O.L (Port of Loading) Port of Loading
88.P/P (Pier to Pier) port to port
89.P.S (Port congestion Surcharge) port congestion surcharge
90.PSS (Peak Season Surcharge) peak surcharge
91.Received for Shipment B/L B/L for shipments
92.RORO (Roll-on- Roll-off) Roll-on Roll-off vessel
93.Short-form B/L short-form bill of lading
94.Shipping Advice (exporter to the importer's) shipping notice
95.Shipping Note and Booking note the same
96.S / 0 (Shipping Order) (shipping company issued to the shipper) shipping documents
97.Shipper bill of lading on the consignor
98.SHPR and shipper the same
99.Stale B/L expired bill of lading
100.Straight B/L direct bill of lading
101. Switch Bill (with intermediary) convertible bill of lading
102.TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) standard container unit
103.TIN NO (Tax Identification Number) tax certificate number
104.THC(Terminal Handling Charges)
105.Through B/L intermodal bill of lading
106.TF (Tropical Freshwater) Tropical Freshwater Load Line
107.Transhipment B/L Forwarding Bill of Lading
108.Unclean B/L unclean bill of lading
109.VAT NO. (Value-added Tax Number) Value-added tax registration number
110.WNA (Winter North Atlantic) Winter North Atlantic Load Line
111.WWDSHEX (Weather Working Day, Sunday and Holidays Excepted) Sunday and Holiday Fitness for Work
