"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
Advanced B/L?
Ante-dated B/L (Ante-dated Bill of Lading)
AWB (Air Way Bill) air way bill
BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)
B.B. Clause （Both To Blame Collision Clause）Vessel Mutual Collision Liability Clause
BEARER B/L (Bearer Bill of Lading)
B/L (Bill Of Lading) Bill Of Lading
BMF (Board Measurement Foot) the unit of measurement of the volume of logs or boards
B/N (Booking Note) (shipper to the carrier or its agent) booking list
B.S (Bunder Surcharge) the same as BAF
B.S.C (French) Cargo Tracking Certificate
Bs / L (Bills Of Lading) double bill of lading, joint transport bill of lading
B.T (Berth Terms) liner conditions
Bulky Charge overweight or overlength charge
CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) Currency Depreciation Surcharge
CCVO (Combined certificate of value and origin) valuation and origin of the joint certificate also known as "customs invoices"
CFD Collect (CF destination Collect) Freight collected at destination
CFS (Container Freight Station)
CFSO (Container Freight Station Original) is the same as CFS.
CFSR (Container Freight Station Railway Station) Freight is collected when the container is loaded into the train.
Charter B/L
Clean B/L (Clean Bill of Lading)
C/O (Certificate of Origin)
c/o (care of) by a company to a company
COC（Certificate of Conformity）Certificate of Product Conformity
Consignee
Copy B/L copy bill of lading
C.S (Currency Surchaige) is the same as CAF.
CSC (Container Service Charge) Container Service Charge
CTN No. (Carton Number) Container Flow No.
CY (Container Yard) Container Yard
D/D (Door to Door) door to door
Demurrage
Despatch Money
Destination Bills (issued at destination) Destination B/L
Direct B/L (House Bill of Lading) HBL (House Bill of Lading) issued by freight forwarder
H.S. Code (Hormonised System Code) Customs commodity code
IEC CODE (Importer Exporter Code) Indian Importer and Exporter Customs Code
IRC No. (Import Registration Certificate No.) Import Licence No.
KDF Packing（Knock Down Flat Packing）foldable cartons
LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship)
Launch Hire
L/I (Letter of Indemnity) indemnity bond
Lift-off Charges Containers lifted off the trailer at the yard
Lift-on Charges Container lifting on trailer in yard
Line Handing Charges
Liner B/L
