A
Abaft
A point beyond the mid-point of a ship's length, toward the stern relative to an object or point of reference ('abaft the fore hatch').
Abaft the beam
Further aft than the beam: a relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees from the bow: 'two points abaft the port beam'.
Abandon
An action wherein a shipper/consignee seeks authority to abandon all or parts of their cargo.
Abatement
A discount allowed for damage or overcharge in the payment of a bill.
Abeam
On the beam, a relative bearing at right angles to the centerline of the ship's keel.
Able Bodied Seamen
(A.B.)
Some modern references claim that AB stands for able-bodied seaman as well as, or instead of, able seaman. Able seaman was originally entered using the abbreviation AB instead of the more obvious AS in ships' muster books or articles. Such an entry was likely to avoid confusion with ordinary seaman (OS). Later the abbreviation began to be written as A.B., leading to the folk-etymological able-bodied seaman. The correct term, able seaman, remains in use in legal documents, in seaman's papers, and aboard ship.
Able Seaman
(A.B.)
An Able Seaman (also AB) is an unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. An AB may work as a watch-stander, a day worker, or a combination of these roles.
Aboard
On or in a vessel (see also 'close aboard'). Referring to cargo being put, or laden, onto a means of transport.
Above board
On or above the deck, in plain view, not hiding anything.
Above-water hull
The hull section of a vessel above waterline, the visible part of a ship. Also, topsides.
Absentee pennant
This is a special pennant flown to indicate the absence of a commanding officer, admiral, his chief of staff, or officer whose flag is flying (division, squadron, or flotilla commander).
Absolute bearing
The bearing of an object in relation to North. This can be either a true bearing, using the geographical or true North, or magnetic bearing, using magnetic North. For more information see 'bearing' and 'relative bearing'.
Absorption
The assumption that the carrier will cover extraordinary or other special charges without increasing the price to the shipper.
Acceptance
- A time draft (or bill of exchange) which the drawee (the person or organization, typically a bank, who must pay a draft or bill) has accepted and is unconditionally obligated to pay at maturity. Drawee's act in receiving a draft and thus entering into the obligation to pay its value at maturity.
- An agreement to purchase goods under specified terms.
Acceptance of Goods
The process of receiving a consignment from a consignor, usually against the issue of a receipt. As from this moment the carrier bears responsibility for the consignment.
Accessorial
(AC)
Zusatzservice - Von einem Spediteur zusätzlich zu Transportdiensten erbrachte Dienstleistung (z. B. Sortieren, Verpacken, Vorkühlen, Erwärmen und Lagern).
Accessorial Charges
Charges that are applied to the base tariff rate or base contract rate, e.g., bunkers, container, currency or destination/delivery.
Accommodation ladder
A portable flight of steps down a ship's side.
Account Party/Accountee
The purchasing party, the importer, the buyer involved in any transaction.
Acknowledgement of Receipt
A notification relating to the receipt of e.g. goods, messages and documents.
Acquiescence
When a Bill of Lading is accepted or signed by a shipper or shipper's agent without protest, the shipper is said to acquiesce to the terms, giving a silent form of consent.
Act of God
Accidents of a nature beyond human control such as flood, lightning or hurricane, which are usually quoted as 'force majeure'.
Act of Man
In water transportation, the deliberate sacrifice of cargo to make the vessel safe for the remaining cargo. Those sharing in the spared cargo proportionately cover the loss.
Act of Pardon/Act of Grace
A letter from a state or power authorising action by a privateer. For more information see 'Letter of marque.'
Activity Based Costing
(ABS)
Ein Buchhaltungssystem, das die Kosten und die Leistung bestimmter Aktivitäten innerhalb einer Organisation misst. Beispielsweise kann ein ABC-Ansatz die Kosten der Debitorenbuchhaltung bei der Bearbeitung von Abrechnungsfehlern messen, während der herkömmliche Buchungsansatz die Aktivität ignoriert und die Kosten der Debitorenbuchhaltung als Prozentsatz des Umsatzes misst.
Activity Based Costing
(ABC)
An accounting system that measures the cost and performance of specific activities performed within an organisation. For example, an ABC approach might measure the cost incurred by the accounts receivable department in handling calls for billing errors, whereas the traditional accounting approach ignores the activity and measures the cost of the accounts receivable department as a percentage of revenue.
Ad Hoc Charter
A one-off charter operated at the necessity of an airline or charterer.
Ad Valorem
This is a Latin term meaning 'according to value.' Import duty applied as a percentage of the cargo's dutiable value. Ocean Freight can be assessed based on the value of the merchandise as well.
Add-Ons
Additional charges above ocean freight.
Admiral
This is a senior naval officer of Flag rank. In ascending order of seniority: Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral and Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy). The term derives from the Arabic, Amir al-Bahr (ruler of the sea).
Admiralty
A high naval authority in charge of a state's Navy or a major territorial component. In the Royal Navy (UK) the Board of Admiralty, executing the office of the Lord High Admiral, promulgates Naval law in the form of Queen's (or King's) Regulations and Admiralty Instructions.
Admiralty Court
A court which has jurisdiction over maritime questions pertaining to ocean transport, including contracts, charters, collisions, and cargo damages.
Admiralty Law
Admiralty law (also referred to as maritime law) is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offences. It is a body of both domestic law governing maritime activities, and private international law governing the relationships between private entities which operate vessels on the oceans. It deals with matters including marine commerce, marine navigation, shipping, sailors, and the transportation of passengers and goods by sea. Admiralty law also covers many commercial activities, although land-based or occurring wholly on land, that are maritime in character.
Adrift
Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed, but not under way/power. It implies that a vessel is not under control and therefore goes where the wind and current take her (loose from moorings, or out of place). Also refers to any gear not fastened down or put away properly. It can also be used to mean 'absent without leave'.
Advance
To move cargo up-line to a vessel leaving sooner than the one initially booked.
Advance Against Documents
Load made on the security of the documents covering the shipment.
Advance Note
A note for one month's wages issued to sailors on their signing a ship's articles.
Advance Shipment Notification
(ASN)
A document transmitted (email/ EDI) to a consignee in advance of delivery, detailing the contents of a shipment and key information about shipping mode and dates. Within the ANSI X-12 message standards this is known as an 856 message.
Advanced Charge
A charge paid by a carrier to an agent or to another carrier, which the delivering carrier then collects from the consignee. Such charges are usually for agents' forwarding fees and incidental expenses paid out of pocket for account of the shipment by an agent or other carrier.
Adventure
Shipment of goods on shipper's own account. A bill of adventure is a document signed by the master of the ship that carries goods at the owner's risk.
Advice
This document is sent by one party to another to whom a shipment has been sent, on consignment or otherwise. It involves a description of the goods sent, the carrier or other type of transportation being used, the date of departure, and any additional pertinent data. Note: (Bankers use the term letter of advice when notifying interested parties of such actions as the opening of credits, the drawing of drafts and the payment or non-payment of drafts.)
Advice of Shipment
A notice sent to a local or foreign buyer advising that shipment has gone forward and contains details of packing, routing, etc. A copy of the invoice is usually enclosed and sometimes, if desired, a copy of the bill of lading.
Advising Bank
A bank operating in the country of the seller which handles Letters of Credit on behalf of a Foreign Bank.
Advisory Capacity
A term indicating that a shipper's agent or representative is not empowered to make definite decisions or adjustment without the approval of the group or individual represented.
Affiliate
A company that controls, or is controlled by another company, or is one of two or more commonly controlled companies.
Affreightment, Contract of
An agreement made by an ocean carrier to provide cargo space on a vessel at a specified time and for a specified price to accommodate an exporter or importer.
Afloat
The condition of a vessel which is floating freely (not aground or sunk). This is a term more generally used to describe vessels in service e.g. 'the company has 10 ships afloat'.
Aft
Towards the stern (of the vessel).
Afternoon watch
The period of duty/working hours (or 'watch') on board a vessel between 12:00hrs to 16:00hrs.
Against All Risks
(AAR)
An insurance policy which provides coverage against all types of loss or damage as opposed to specific ones.
Agency Agreement
The carrier line appoints the port agent and defines the specific duties and areas of responsibility of that agent.
Agency Fee
This is the fee payable by a ship-owner or ship operator to a port agent.
Agency for International Development
(AID)
This is also known as USAID, an American Federal Agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid.
Agency tariff
A tariff published by an agent on behalf of several carriers.
Agent
A person authorised to transact business for and in the name of another person or company. Types of agents are: brokers, commission merchants, resident buyers, sales agents or manufacturer's representatives.
Aggregate Shipment
Numerous shipments from different shippers to one consignee that are consolidated and treated as a single consignment.
Aggregated Shipments
Numerous shipments from different shippers delivered to one consignee, that are consolidated and treated as a single consignment.
Agreed Valuation
The value of a shipment agreed upon in order to secure a specific freight shipment.
Agreed Weight
The weight prescribed by agreement between carrier and shipper for goods shipped in certain packages or a certain number.
Agriculture Quarantine Inspection
(AQI)
The term applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' A program, administered by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, that inspects incoming passengers, luggage, and cargo at U.S. ports of entry in order to protect U.S. agriculture from foreign animal and plant pests and diseases'.
Aground
Said of a vessel resting on or touching the ground or bottom of a waterway.
Ahead
Forward of the bow.
Ahoy
A cry to draw attention on board. This is usually a term used to hail a boat or a ship, as 'Boat ahoy!'
Ahull
When the boat is lying broadside to the sea. Also to ride out a storm with no sails and helm held to leeward. Also to ride out a storm with no sails and helm held to leeward.
Aid to Navigation
(ATON)
Any device external to a vessel or aircraft specifically intended to assist navigators in determining their position or safe course, or to warn them of dangers or obstructions to navigation.
Air Freight Forwarder
A non-asset based firm that negotiates low shipping rates with airlines, then takes orders at a higher rate in order to make a profit using the airline's assets to move the product.
Air Waybill
(AWB)
Is a non-negotiable document covering transport of cargo from airport to airport. Note the difference between a Master Air Waybill – A shippers contract of carriage with an airline and a House Air Waybill – issued by a freight forwarder such as Damco.
All Hands
The entire ship's company, including officers and enlisted personnel.
All In
The total price to move cargo from its origin to its destination; inclusive of all charges, as opposed to detailed charges of Seafreight + + +.
All Inclusive
(AI)
Alles inklusive
All Inclusive
(AI)
Freight rate includes all costs associated with a particular shipment, no surcharges apply.
All night in
Having no night watches.
All Risk
Extensive insurance coverage of cargo including coverage due to external circumstances, such as fire, collision, pilferage, etc.
All Water
Transport exclusively by water.
Allision
A collision between a moving vessel and a stationary object.
Allotment
A share of the capacity of a means of transport assigned to a certain party, e.g. a carrier or an agent, for the purpose of the booking of cargo for a specific voyage.
All-Risk Clause
An insurance provision that all loss or damage to goods is insured except any that is self-caused. For more information see All-Risk Insurance.
All-Risk Insurance
A clause included in marine insurance policies to cover loss and damage from external causes, such as fire, collision, pilferage, etc. but not against innate flaws in the goods, such as decay, germination, nor against faulty packaging, improper packing/ loading or loss of market, nor against war, strikes, riots and civil commotions. For more information see Marine Cargo Insurance.
Aloft
The point above the ship's uppermost solid structure; overhead or high above.
Alongside
Refers to the side of a ship, used to describe goods delivered to port of embarkation without loading fees (see Incoterms).
Alternative Rates
The privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge.
Always Afloat
(AA)
This is a widely used contract term requiring that a vessel should not rest on the ground. In some ports the ship is aground when approaching or at berth.
Ambient Temperature
The temperature of a surrounding body. The ambient temperature of a container is the atmospheric temperature to which it is exposed.
Amendment
A written notice of a change in the terms of a letter of credit. The amendment becomes an integral part of the original letter of credit.
American Bureau of Shipping
(ABS)
This is one of several classification societies; with a mission to promote the security of life, property and the natural environment, primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities (i.e. vessels). The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), first chartered in the State of New York in 1862 to certify ship captains. It is a classification society, with a mission to promote the security of life, property and the natural environment, primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities. At the end of 2006, ABS was the third largest class society with a classed fleet of over 10,000 commercial vessels and offshore facilities. ABS' core service is the provision of classification services through the development of standards called ABS Rules. These rules form the basis for assessing the design and construction of new vessels and the integrity of existing vessels and marine structures.
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI)
An organization that develops and publishes a set of voluntary product standards, most commonly in relation to electronic communication, unit load and transportation package sizes for containers.
American Terms
(AT)
A (Marine Insurance) term used to differentiate between the conditions of American Policies from those of other nations, principally England.
Amidships
In the middle portion of a ship, along the line of the keel.
Anchor
An object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a ship, attached to the ship by a line or chain; typically a metal, hook-like or plough-like object designed to grip the bottom under the body of water. For more information see 'sea anchor'.
Anchor ball
A round black shape hoisted in the forepart of a vessel to show that it is anchored.
Anchor buoy
A small buoy secured by a light line to the anchor, designed to indicate the position of the anchor on the sea bed.
Anchor Chain or Anchor Cable
The chain connecting the ship to the anchor.
Anchor Detail
A team of men who handle ground tackle when the ship is anchoring or getting underway.
Anchor Light
White light displayed by a ship at anchor. Two such lights are displayed by a ship over 150 feet (46 m) in length.
Anchor Rode
The anchor line, rope or cable connecting the anchor chain to the vessel. For more information see 'Rode'.
Anchor Watch
A consignment of crew tasked with ensuring that the anchor is holding and the vessel is not drifting. It is very important during rough weather and at night. Most marine GPS units boast Anchor Watch alarm capabilities.
Anchorage
A suitable place for a ship to anchor; usually an area of a port or harbour.
Anchor's Aweigh
The term used when an anchor is just clear of the sea bed.
Andrew
Traditional lower-deck slang term for the Royal Navy.
Anglian Container Services
(ACS)
This is the container services business operated by MSC (UK) Ltd, with primary business activities including container storage, cleaning, repairs, conversions, customisations and reefer pre-tripping.
ANSI X-12
the most widely accepted standards for EDI messaging (US developed).
Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee
(ASDIC)
A type of sonar used by the Allies for detecting submarines during the Second World War.
Anti-submarine warfare
(ASW)
Anti-submarine warfare
Any Quantity
(AQ)
Eine Bewertung, die unabhängig vom Gewicht für einen Artikel gilt.
Any Quantity
(AQ)
A rating that applies to an item regardless of weight.
Any Time
A chartering term referring to when a vessel will work.
Any-Quantity
(AQ)
Usually refers to a rating that applies to an article regardless of weight.
Apparent Good Order
When freight appears to be free of damage; so far as a general survey can determine.
Apparent Wind
The combination of the true wind and the headwind caused by the boat's forward motion. For example, it causes a light side wind to appear to come from well ahead of the beam.
Application Programming Interface
(API)
Application Programming Interface. It is an interface that defines interactions between multiple software applications or mixed hardware-software intermediaries
Appraisement
Determination of the dutiable value of imported merchandise by a Customs official who follows procedures outlined in their country's tariff, such as the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930.
Arbitrary
- A fixed amount which a transportation line agrees to accept in a dividing joint rate.
- A fixed amount added to or deducted from one station to make a rate from another station.
- A fixed amount added to or deducted from a rate to one station to make a rate to another station.
- An allowance added to an employee's rate of pay in addition to regular wages, based on provisions included in the union contract.
Arbitration
The process of referring to an agreed person for judgment on issues of a dispute; without requiring the use of courts.
Arbitration Clause
A standard clause to be included in the contracts of exporters and importers, as suggested by the American Arbitration Association. It states that any controversy or claim will be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Arc of Visibility
The portion of the horizon over which a lighted aid to navigation is visible from seaward.
Armament
A ship's weapons.
Arrest
The procedure whereby, in common law jurisdictions, a ship (and sometimes cargo and/or freight) may be seized by an admiralty court at the institution of or during an action 'in rem' - against a thing rather than a person - (infra) to provide pre-judgment security for the plaintiff's maritime claim.
Arrival Date
The date on which goods or a means of transport is due to arrive at the delivery site of the transport.
Arrival Notice
Articles of War
Regulations governing the military and naval forces of UK and USA; read to every ship's company on commissioning and at specified intervals during the commission.
Artificial Tween Decks
(ATD)
Forty feet long, eight feet wide, one foot thick steel platform with hardwood flooring. Equipped with ten bullrings for securing oversized, heavy lift or wheeled cargo.
Artificial Tween Decks
(ATD)
Künstliches Zwischendeck - 40 Fuß lange, 8 Fuß breite, 1 Fuß dicke Stahlplattform mit Hartholzbodenbelag. Ausgestattet mit zehn Metallringen zur Sicherung von übergroßem, schwerem oder rollendem Ladegut.
Ashore
A vessel that is on the beach, shore or land.
Asset-Based, Third Party Provider
A third party provider that owns transportation and/or warehouse assets.
Assignment
(AS)
1. Die Übertragung von eigenen rechtlichen Interessen oder Rechten auf andere. 2. Insbesondere die Übertragung von Vermögensgegenständen, die treuhänderisch gehalten oder zugunsten von Gläubigern verwendet werden sollen. 3. Das Dokument, mit dem ein solches Interesse oder Recht übertragen wird.
Assignment of Proceeds
A stipulation within a letter of credit in which some or all of the proceeds are assigned from the original beneficiary to one or more additional beneficiaries.
Astern
Toward the stern; an object or vessel that is abaft another vessel or object. For more information see Port Side for diagram of all the ship's directions.
Asylum Harbour
A harbour used to provide shelter from a storm.
ATA Carnet
(Customs) ATA is the acronym for the combined French and English words “Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission.” An ATA Carnet is an international Customs document which may be used for the temporary admission of certain goods into 92 participating countries and territories worldwide in lieu of the usual customs documents and without having to pay duties or value-added taxes. The carnet serves as a guarantee against the payment of customs duties and taxes (including VAT), which may become due on goods temporarily imported and not re-exported. Carnets also simplify customs clearance and ensure re-entry into the originating country by acting as a “Certificate of Registration”.
Athwart, athwartships
At right angles to the fore and aft or centerline of a ship; A direction across the width of a vessel.
Atlantic Container Line
(ACL)
A container carrier operating large RORO (Roll-On Roll-off) ships between Europe and North America.
Authorized Economic Operator
(AEO)
A party involved in ther international movement of goods in whatever function that has been approved by or on behlaf of a national Customs administrationas complying with WCO or equipment supply chain security standards
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Automated Broker Interface
(ABI)
This is the U.S. Customs' computer system which brokers use to file importers' entries electronically. An electronic system allowing customhouse brokers and importers to interface via computer with the US Customs Service for transmitting entry and entry summary data on imported merchandise.
Automated Commercial Environment system
(ACE)
The U.S. Customs' master computer system to replace the Automated Commercial System.
Automated Commercial System
(ACS)
This is the U.S. Customs' master computer system, which is being replaced by the Automated Commercial Environment system (ACE).
Automated Manifest System
(AMS)
This is the U.S. Customs' computerized system used to automate the flow of customs-related information among customs brokers, importers, and carriers. A part of Custom's Automated Commercial System (ACS), controls imported merchandise from the time a carrier's cargo manifest is electronically transmitted to Customs until control is relinquished to another segment of the ACS.
Automated System for Customs Data
(ASYCUDA)
The Automated System for Customs Data is a computerised system designed by the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) to administer a country's Customs. Currently there are three different generations of ASYCUDA in use: ASYCUDA 2.7, ASYCUDA++ and ASYCUDA World. All of them were built using different paradigms and solutions available at the time of conception, being ASYCUDA World the most recent one and less used so far (early 2009). UNCTAD's premise was to build a computer system to assist customs authorities (or their local equivalent) all over the world to automate and control their core processes and obtain timely, accurate and valuable information to support government projections and planning.
Automatic Identification System
(AIS)
A short range coastal tracking system used on ships and by Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) for identifying and locating vessels by electronically exchanging data with other nearby ships and VTS stations. Information such as unique identification, position, course, and speed can be displayed on a screen or an ECDIS. AIS is intended to assist the vessel's watch standing officers and allow maritime authorities to track and monitor vessel movements, and integrates a standardized VHF transceiver system such as a LORAN-C or Global Positioning System receiver, with other electronic navigation sensors, such as a gyrocompass or rate of turn indicator. The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) requires AIS to be fitted aboard international voyaging ships with gross tonnage (GT) of 300 or more tons, and all passenger ships regardless of size. It is estimated that more than 40,000 ships currently carry AIS class A equipment.
Autoridad del Canal de Panama
(ACP)
The Panama Canal Authority.
Avast - Stop!
A command to cease or desist from whatever is being done.
Average
A common marine insurance term. An early meaning (c.1500) of the word average is 'damage sustained at sea'. The root is found in Arabic as awar, in Italian as avaria and in French as avarie. Hence an average adjuster is a person who assesses an insurable loss. Marine damage is either particular average, which is borne only by the owner of the damaged property, or general average, where the owner can claim a proportional contribution from all the parties to the marine venture. The type of calculations used in adjusting general average gave rise to the use of 'average' to mean 'arithmetic mean'.
Average Adjusters
In general average affairs average adjusters are entrusted with the task of apportioning the loss and expenditure over the parties interested in the maritime venture and to determine which expenses are to be regarded as average or general average.
Average Inventory
The average inventory level over a period of time.
Average Order Value
(AOV)
Average Order Value measures the average total of every order placed over a defined period of time. AOV is one of the most important metrics for online stores to be aware of, driving key business decisions.
Average Selling Price
(ASP)
The average selling price (ASP) of goods or commodities is the average price at which a particular product or commodity is sold across channels or markets. To calculate the average selling price, all you have to do is divide net sales with the number of products sold.
Avoirdupois Pound
A measure of weight or mass equal to 0.4535924277 kilograms.
Awash
A vessel that is so low in the water that the water is constantly washing across the surface.
Aweigh
The position of an anchor just clear of the bottom.
Aye, aye
The reply to an order or command to indicate that it, firstly, is heard; and, secondly, is understood and will be carried out. ('Aye, aye, sir' to officers). Also 'yarr'.
Azimuth Circle
An instrument used to take bearings of celestial objects.
Azimuth Compass
An instrument employed for ascertaining the position of the sun with respect to magnetic north. The azimuth of an object is its bearing from the observer measured as an angle clockwise from true north.
B
Back and fill
To use the advantage of the tide being with you when the wind is not.
Back haul
- The return movement of a transport vehicle from its original destination to its original point of departure.
The load carried by a transport vehicle, all or part of the way from its original destination to its original point of departure.
Backstays
Long lines or cables, reaching from the rear of the vessel to the mast heads, used to support the mast.
Baggywrinkle
A soft covering for cables (or any other obstructions) that prevents sail chafing from occurring.
Balance of Trade
Materials solely carried to improve the trim and the stability of the vessel. In vessels usually sea water is carried as ballast in tanks, specially conceived for that purpose. (See also Ballast).
Ballast
Materials solely carried to improve the trim and the stability of the vessel. In vessels usually water is carried as ballast in tanks, specially conceived for that purpose.
Ballast bonus
(BB)
Special payment above the chartering price when the ship has to sail a long way on ballast to reach the loading port.
Baltic and international maritime council
(BIMCO)
The world's largest private shipping organisation based in Copenhagen, which has been in operation since 1905. BIMCO promotes proper shipping practices and opposes objectionable and unfair import charges, claims, etc. It claims a worldwide membership of 2720, including ship-owners, managers, brokers, agents and others involved in the shipping industry. BIMCO holds observer status with a number of United Nations (UN) organs.
Bank
A large area of elevated sea floor.
Bank Guarantee
A guarantee issued by a bank to a carrier to be used in lieu of lost or misplaced original negotiable bill of lading.
Banker's Acceptance
A form of financing used in import/export transactions.
Banyan
Traditional Royal Navy term for a day or shorter period of rest and relaxation.
Baplie
An EDI message sent to convey the Bayplan on occupied and empty slots in a certain vessel at a particular time.
Bar
Large mass of sand or earth, formed by the surge of the sea. They are mostly found at the entrances of great rivers or havens, and often render navigation extremely dangerous, but confer tranquility once inside.
Bar pilot
A bar pilot guides ships over the dangerous sandbars at the mouth of rivers and bays.
Barcode
A series of bars and spaces read by a scanning device for translation into a numeric or alphanumeric identification code that represents data in machine-readable or computerised form.
Barcode, 2-D
The PDF 1000 style barcode is used to store up to 1800 characters of text. Designed to allow more information to be stored and retrieved electronically; it has not achieved wide use.
Bareboat
A method of chartering of the ship, leaving the charterer with almost all the responsibilities of the owner.
Bareboat Charter
A charter in which the bare ship is chartered without crew; the charterer, for a stipulated sum taking over the vessel for a stated period of time, with a minimum of restrictions; the charterer appoints the master and the crew and pays all running expenses. For further information see Demise Charter.
Barge
A flat bottomed inland cargo vessel, with or without own propulsion, ideal for transporting goods on canals and rivers.
Barratry
An act committed by the master or mariners of a vessel for some unlawful or fraudulent purpose, contrary to their duty to the owners, whereby the latter sustain injury. It may include negligence, if so gross as to evidence fraud.
Barrel
(BBL)
A term of measure referring to 42 gallons of liquid at 60F.
Barrelman
A sailor stationed in the crow's nest.
Barter
Trade in which merchandise is exchanged directly for other merchandise without use of money. Barter is an important means of trade with countries using currency that is not readily convertible.
Base Port
Ports from which standard tariff rates apply to those normally serviced directly by members.
Base Rate
A tariff term referring to ocean rate less accessorial charges or base tariff rate.
Basic Ocean Freight
(BOF/BAS)
Charges for the service of transportation of cargo from the first port of loading to the last port of discharge. Charges are applied by container.
Basing Points
A point (location) used in construction of through rates between other points.
Bay
Bereich des Schiffes, in dem Container aufbewahrt werden.
Bay Plan
A stowage plan which shows the locations of all the containers on the vessel.
Beaching
Deliberately running a vessel aground, to load and unload (as with landing craft), or sometimes to prevent a damaged vessel sinking.
Beacon
A lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the Earth's surface (lights and daybeacons both constitute beacons.)
Beam
The width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length.
Beam ends
The sides of a ship. 'On her beam ends' may mean the vessel is literally on her side and possibly about to capsize; more often, the phrase means the vessel is listing 45 degrees or more.
Bear
A large squared off stone used for scraping clean the deck of a sailing man-of-war.
Bear down or bear away
Turn away from the wind, often with reference to a transit.
Bearing
The horizontal direction of a line of sight between two objects on the surface of the earth.
For more information see 'absolute bearing' and 'relative bearing'.
Beating
Sailing closer to the wind than about 60° (see also reaching, running and tacking).
Beaufort Scale
The scale describing wind force devised by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort in 1808, in which winds are graded by the effect of their force (originally, the amount of sail that a fully-rigged frigate could carry).
- Beaufort number: 0
- Description: Calm
- Wind speed (km/h): <>
- Wave Height (metres): 0
- Sea Conditions: Flat
- Land conditions: Calm. Smoke rises vertically.
- Beaufort number: 1
- Description: Light air
- Wind speed (km/h): 1.1 - 5.5
- Wave Height (metres): 0 - 0.2
- Sea Conditions: Ripples without crests.
- Land conditions: Wind motion visible in smoke.
- Beaufort number: 2
- Description: Light breeze
- Wind speed (km/h): 5.6 - 11
- Wave Height (metres): 0.2 - 0.5
- Sea Conditions: Small wavelets. Crests of glassy appearance, not breaking.
- Land conditions: Wind felt on exposed skin. Leaves rustle.
- Beaufort number: 3
- Description: Gentle breeze
- Wind speed (km/h): 12 - 19
- Wave Height (metres): 0.5 - 1
- Sea Conditions: Large wavelets. Crests begin to break; scattered whitecaps.
- Land conditions: Leaves and smaller twigs in constant motion.
- Beaufort number: 4
- Description: Moderate breeze
- Wind speed (km/h): 20 - 28
- Wave Height (metres): 1 - 2
- Sea Conditions: Small waves with breaking crests. Fairly frequent white horses.
- Land conditions: Dust and loose paper raised. Small branches begin to move.
- Beaufort number: 5
- Description: Fresh breeze
- Wind speed (km/h): 29 - 38
- Wave Height (metres): 2 - 3
- Sea Conditions: Moderate waves of some length. Many white horses. Small amounts of spray.
- Land conditions: Branches of a moderate size move. Small trees begin to sway.
- Beaufort number: 6
- Description: Strong breeze
- Wind speed (km/h): 39 - 49
- Wave Height (metres): 3 - 4
- Sea Conditions: Long waves begin to form. White foam crests are very frequent. Some airborne spray is present.
- Land conditions: Large branches in motion. Whistling heard in overhead wires. Umbrella use becomes difficult. Empty plastic garbage cans tip over.
- Beaufort number: 7
- Description: High wind, Moderate gale, Near gale
- Wind speed (km/h): 50 - 61
- Wave Height (metres): 4 - 5.5
- Sea Conditions: Sea heaps up. Some foam from breaking waves is blown into streaks along wind direction. Moderate amounts of airborne spray.
- Land conditions: Whole trees in motion. Effort needed to walk against the wind. Swaying of skyscrapers may be felt, especially by people on upper floors.
- Beaufort number: 8
- Description: Gale, Fresh gale
- Wind speed (km/h): 62 - 74
- Wave Height (metres): 5.5 - 7.5
- Sea Conditions: Moderately high waves with breaking crests forming spindrift. Well-marked streaks of foam are blown along wind direction.
- Considerable airborne spray.
- Land conditions: Some twigs broken from trees. Cars veer on road. Progress on foot is seriously impeded.
- Beaufort number: 9
- Description: Strong gale
- Wind speed (km/h): 75 - 88
- Wave Height (metres): 7 - 10
- Sea Conditions: High waves whose crests sometimes roll over. Dense foam is blown along wind direction. Large amounts of airborne spray may begin to reduce visibility.
- Land conditions: Some branches break off trees, and some small trees blow over. Construction/temporary signs and barricades blow over. Damage to circus tents and canopies.
- Beaufort number: 10
- Description: Storm, Whole gale
- Wind speed (km/h): 89 - 102
- Wave Height (metres): 9 - 12.5
- Sea Conditions: Very high waves with overhanging crests. Large patches of foam from wave crests give the sea a white appearance.
- Considerable tumbling of waves with heavy impact. Large amounts of airborne spray reduce visibility.
- Land conditions: Trees are broken off or uprooted, saplings bent and deformed. Poorly attached asphalt shingles and shingles in poor condition peel off roofs.
- Beaufort number: 11
- Description: Violent Storm
- Wind speed (km/h): 103 - 117
- Wave Height (metres): 11.5 - 16
- Sea Conditions: Exceptionally high waves. Very large patches of foam, driven before the wind, cover much of the sea surface. Very large amounts of airborne spray severely reduce visibility.
- Land conditions: Widespread damage to vegetation. Many roofing surfaces are damaged; asphalt tiles that have curled up and/or fractured due to age may break away completely.
- Beaufort number: 12
- Description: Hurricane
- Wind speed (km/h): ≥118
- Wave Height (metres): ≥14
- Sea Conditions: Huge waves. Sea is completely white with foam and spray. Air is filled with driving spray, greatly reducing visibility.
- Land conditions: Very widespread damage to vegetation. Some windows may break; mobile homes and poorly constructed sheds and barns are damaged.
Debris may be hurled about.
Scale now reads up to Force 17 determining varying strengths of hurricane:
- 13 Bft > 72-80 kts
- 14 Bft > 81-89 kts
- 15 Bft > 90-99 kts
- 16 Bft > 100- 108 kts
- 17 Bft > 109- 118 kts
Before the mast
Literally, the area of a ship before the foremast (the forecastle). The term is most often used to describe men whose living quarters are located here, officers being quartered in the stern-most areas of the ship (near the quarterdeck). Officer-trainees lived between the two ends of the ship and become known as 'midshipmen'. Crew members who started out as seamen, then became midshipmen, and later, officers, were said to have gone from 'one end of the ship to the other'.
Belay
To make fast a line around a fitting, usually a cleat or belaying pin.
An order to halt a current activity or countermand an order prior to execution.
Belaying pins
Bars of iron or hard wood to which running rigging may be secured, or belayed.
Belly Cargo
Freight accommodation located below the main deck.
Benchmarking
The process of comparing a firm's performance against the practices of other leading companies - in or outside of an industry - for the purpose of improving performance. Companies also benchmark internally by tracking and comparing past performance.
Bend
A knot used to join two ropes or lines. For more information see hitch.
Bending-moment
It is the result of vertical forces acting on a ship because of local differences between weight and buoyancy. The total of these forces should be zero; otherwise a change of draft will occur. At sea the bending moment will change as a result of wave impact which then periodically changes the buoyancy distribution.
Note: The maximum allowed bending moment of a vessel is restricted by the class bureau to certain limits, which are different under port and sea conditions.
Beneficial cargo owner
(BCO)
Referring to the importer of record, who physically takes possession of cargo at destination and does not act as a third party in the movement of such goods.
Beneficiary
- The entity to whom money is payable.
- The entity to whom a Letter of Credit is issued.
- The seller and the drawer of a draft.
Bermudan rig
A triangular mainsail, without an upper spar, which is hoisted up the mast by a single halyard attached to the head of the sail. This configuration, introduced to Europe about 1920, allows the use of a tall mast, enabling sails to be set higher where wind speed is greater.
Berne Gauge
Railways: the most restrictive loading gauge (standard measure) or the lowest common denominator of loading gauges on the railways of continental Europe.
Berth
(sleeping)
A bed or sleeping accommodation on a boat or ship.
Berth
The place beside a pier, quay, or wharf where a vessel can be loaded or discharged.
Berth
(moorings)
A location in a port or harbour used specifically for mooring vessels while not at sea.
Berth Liner Service
This is a regular scheduled steamship line with regular published schedules (port of call) to and from defined trade areas.
Berth Moves Per Hour
(BMPH)
Focuses on the total number of containers that (ALL) cranes moved on/off a particular vessel each hour, one of the indicators of terminal productivity.
Berth or Liner Terms
This is an expression covering assessment of ocean freight rates generally implying that loading and discharging expenses will be for the ship owner's account, and will usually apply from the end of the ship's tackle in port of loading to the end of the ship's tackle in port of discharge.
Berth Terms
Shipped under a rate that does not include the cost of loading or unloading.
Best Bower
(anchor)
- The larger of two anchors carried in the bow; so named as it was the last, best hope.
- Between the Devil and the deep blue sea.
- For more information see Devil seam.
Best Practice
Also known as competitive benchmarking, the methodology that determines state-of-industry performance or application.
Bilge
The bilge is the compartment at the bottom of the hull of a ship or boat where water collects so that it may be pumped out of the vessel at a later time.
Bilge keels
A pair of keels on either side of the hull, usually slanted outwards. In yachts, they allow the use of a drying mooring, the boat standing upright on the keels (and often a skeg) when the tide is out.
Bilged on her anchor
A ship that has run upon her own anchor, so the anchor cable runs under the hull.
Bill of Exchange
- A signed, written order by one company that instructs another company to pay a third party a specific amount.
- An unconditional written order addressed by one person to another and signed by the person placing it. It requires the person, to whom it is addressed, to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time, a certain sum of money to the order of a specified person or to bearer. The drawee is not liable on it until he has accepted it.
- Usually used in foreign transactions.
Bill of Health
The Bill of Health is the certificate issued by local medical authorities indicating the general health conditions in the port of departure or in the ports of call. The Bill of Health must have been communicated before departure by the Consul of the country of destination.
When a vessel has 'free pratique' (i.e. a clean bill of health), this means that the vessel has a clean Bill of Health certifying that there is no question of contagious disease and that all quarantine regulations have been complied with, so that people may embark and disembark.
Bill of Lading
(BL)
Rechtliches Dokument, das von oder für den Kapitän, Agenten, Schiffseigner oder den (gewöhnlichen) Spediteur ausgestellt wurde. Es ist ein schriftlicher Nachweis des Beförderungsvertrages auf dem Seeweg und/oder dem Landweg. Es ist (1) eine Quittung der Ware (in der Obhut des Inhabers/Spediteurs oder seines Agenten) und (2) eine Vereinbarung, die Ware sicher zu dem vereinbarten Ort zu transportieren und abzuliefern, Gefahren der See ausgenommen, gegen (3) Überlassung des Dokuments, wenn Bestimmungen im Dokument die Lieferung auf Anforderung durch eine benannten Person den Inhaber. (4) Es ist ein Nachweis für die Bedingungen des Beförderungsvertrags.
Bill of Material
- A structured list of all the components required to produce a product.
- A structured list of all the raw materials, ingredients, parts, subassemblies, intermediates and components that go into making a parent assembly or finished product.
Bill of Material
(BOM)
A list of all charges linked to an ISSO/ESSO according to predefined contracts
Bill of Sale
A document that confirms the transfer of ownership of certain goods to another person in return for money paid or loaned.
Bill to Party
Customer designated as party paying for services.
Billed Weight
Weight stated in a waybill and/or (freight) bill of lading.
Bimini top
Open-front canvas top for the cockpit of a boat, usually supported by a metal frame.
Bimmy
A punitive instrument.
Binnacle
The stand on which the ship's compass is mounted.
Binnacle list
A ship's sick list - the list of men unable to report for duty traditionally given to the officer or mate of the watch by the ship's surgeon. The list was kept at the binnacle.
Bitt
A post mounted on the ship's bow, for fastening ropes or cables.
Bitter End
The anchor cable is tied to the bitts, when the cable is fully paid out, the bitter end has been reached. The last part of a rope or cable.
Blanket Bond
A bond covering a group of persons, articles or properties.
Blanket Rates
A rate applicable to or from a group of points. A special rate applicable to several different articles in a single shipment.
Block Stowage
Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary movement.
Blue Peter
A blue and white flag (the flag for the letter "P") hoisted at the foretrucks of ships about to sail. Formerly a white ship on a blue ground
Board
To gain access to a vessel.
Boat
A relatively small, usually open craft or vessel designed to float on, and provide transport over, water. An inland vessel of any size.
Boat-hook
A pole with a hook on the end, used to reach into the water to catch buoys or other floating objects.
Boatswain or bosun
A non-commissioned officer responsible for the sails
Bobstay
A stay (wire/chain) that holds the bowsprit downwards, counteracting the effect of the forestay. This is usually made of wire or chain to eliminate stretch.
Bobtail
A common American term, meaning the movement of a tractor, without trailer over the highway.
Bogie
A set of wheels built specifically as rear wheels under a container.
Bollard
From 'bol' or 'bole', the round trunk of a tree. A substantial vertical pillar to which lines may be made fast. Generally on the quayside rather than the ship.
Bolster
A device fitted on a chassis or rail car to hold and secure the container.
Bona Fide
Latin for in good faith; without dishonesty
Bond Port
Port of initial Customs entry of a vessel to any country (first port of call).
Bonded
Goods stored under Customs bond until the import duties are paid or the goods are re-exported. Customs bond is a guarantee from a company to a government that the importer will faithfully abide by all laws and regulations governing the importation of merchandise into the country.
Bonded Warehouse
Warehouse owned by persons approved by the relevant customs and excise authorities (for example in the USA it is the Treasury Department), and under bond (or guarantee) for the strict observance of the revenue laws. Utilised for storing goods until duties are paid or goods are otherwise properly released.
Bonded Warehouse - Export
A secure building or area, approved by customs, where cargo, for which export clearance has been performed, is stored. Goods are considered foreign and must go out for export. In some countries, a bonded warehouse is defined as a warehouse with customs officials onsite. In others, it is a warehouse in which customs inspect cargo prior to authorising export clearance. Ensure the local definition is established. In some countries, some manufacturers are also granted a licence to operate a bonded warehouse in which they can store manufactured products in anticipation of export and hence suspend payment of local taxes (e.g. on cigarettes).
Bonded Warehouse - Import
A secure building or area, approved by customs, where cargo, for which export clearance has been performed, is stored.
Booby Hatch
A sliding hatch or cover.
Booking
1. Aufzeichnungsverfahren für die Bewegung/Beförderung von Waren durch Schiffe oder andere Transportmittel. 2. Vorweg einen Wunsch nach etwas auszudrücken, um es zu reservieren, z. B. Transport von Waren. 3. Auch als Buchungsanfrage bekannt.
Booking Number
The reservation number used to secure equipment and act as a control number prior to the completion of a bill of lading. It is also the common reference for the carrier, the client and the terminal, truckers, etc..
Boom
A spar attached to the foot of a fore-and-aft sail. During certain sailing maneuvers, the boom moves rapidly from one side of the boat to the other.
Sailors must take care not to obstruct this movement with their head. Failure to do so can give one insight into the origins of the name "boom"...
Boom Vang or Vang
A sail control that lets you apply downward tension on a boom, countering the upward tension provided by the sail. The boom vang adds an element of control to sail shape when the sheet is let out enough that it no longer pulls the boom down. Boom vang tension helps control leech twist, a primary component of sail power.
Booms
Masts or yards, lying on board in reserve.
Bottom Air Delivery
A type of air circulation in a temperature control container. Air is pulled by a fan from the top of the container, passed through the evaporator coil for cooling and then forced through the space under the load and up through the cargo. This type of airflow provides even temperatures.
Bottom Side Rails
Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of a container.
Bottomry
Pledging a ship as security in a financial transaction. Money can be borrowed against a ship, or its equipment, repaid with interest upon the ship's arrival at port, and forfeited should the ship sink.
Bow
The front of a ship.
Bow Thrusters
A small propeller or water-jet at the bow, used for manoeuvring larger vessels at slow speed. This may be mounted externally, or in a tunnel running through the bow from side to side.
Bowline
A type of knot, producing a strong loop of a fixed size, topologically similar to a sheet bend. It is also a rope attached to the side of a sail to pull it towards the bow (for keeping the windward edge of the sail steady).
Bowse
To pull or hoist.
Bowsprit
A spar projecting from the bow used as an anchor for the forestay and other rigging.
Box
A colloquial shipping phrase. A common term for an ocean-going freight container.
Box Car
A closed rail freight car.
Box Rate
A lump sum charged to move cargo in various size containers from origin to destination.
Boxing the compass
To state all 32 points of the compass, starting at north, proceeding clockwise. The phrase is sometimes applied to a wind that is constantly shifting.
Brail
To furl or truss a sail by pulling it in towards the mast, or the ropes used to do so.
Brake
The handle of the pump, by which it is worked.
Brake horsepower
(BHP)
The measure of an engine's horsepower without the loss in power caused by the gearbox, generator, differential, water pump, and other auxiliary components such as alternator, power steering pump, muffled exhaust system, etc. 'Brake' refers to a device which was used to load an engine and hold it at a desired RPM. During testing, the output torque and rotational speed were measured to determine the 'brake horsepower'.
Breakbulk
Palletised packaged goods that are not containerised. To break bulk is to unload and distribute a portion or all of the contents of a rail car
Bridge
A structure above the weather deck, extending the full width of the vessel, which houses a command centre, itself called by association, the bridge.
Bridge Point
An inland location where the cargo is received by the ocean carrier and then moved to a coastal port for loading.
Bridge Port
A port where the cargo is received by the ocean carrier and stuffed into containers and then moved to another coastal port for loading onto a larger vessel.
Bring to
Cause a ship to be stationary by arranging the sails.
Broaching-to
A sudden movement in navigation, when the ship, while scudding before the wind, accidentally turns her leeward side to windward. The term is also used to describe the point when water starts to come over the gunwhale due to this turn.
Broken Stowage
- The loss of space caused by irregularity in the shape of packages.
- Any void or empty space in a container not occupied by cargo.
Broker
An individual or firm that acts as an intermediary, often between a buyer and seller, usually for a commission.
Brokerage
Freight forwarder/broker compensation as specified by the ocean tariff.
Brokerage Licence
Authority granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to persons to engage in the business of arranging for the transportation of persons or property in interstate commerce.
Brussels Tariff Nomenclature
The old Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature for the classification of goods. This has now been replaced by the Harmonised System.
Buffer
The chief bosun's mate (in the Royal Navy), responsible for discipline.
Buffer Stock
(Logistics) Raw materials, component parts or finished goods maintained in inventory specifically in anticipation of unforeseen shortages of materials or component parts or unusual demand for finished goods.
Bulk Cargo / Bulk Freight
Goods that are shipped loose - not in packages or containers (e.g. grain, coal, sulfur).
Bulk Freight Container
Refers to a container with two or three portholes on the top and discharge hatches in the doors; allows the container transport of free-flowing bulk commodities such as grain, iron ore and coal.
Bulkhead
- Upright partition dividing compartments on board a vessel. The functions of bulkheads are: To increase the safety of a vessel by dividing it into compartments; To separate the engine room from the cargo holds. To increase the transverse strength of a vessel; To reduce the risk of spreading fire to other compartments.
- A vertically mounted board to provide front wall protection against shifting cargo and commonly seen on platform trailers (road cargo).
- A partition in a container, providing a plenum chamber and/or air passage for either return or supply air. It may be an integral part of the appliance or a separate construction.
Bull Rings
Cargo-securing devices mounted in a floor of containers that allow lashing and securing of cargo.
Bulwark
The extension of the ship's side above the level of the weather deck.
Bumboat
A private boat selling goods.
Bumpkin or Boomkin
- A spar, similar to a bowsprit, but which projects from the stern. May be used to attach the backstay or mizzen sheets.
- An iron bar (projecting out-board from a ship's side) to which the lower and topsail brace blocks are sometimes hooked.
Bunker
(Tank) spaces on board a vessel to store fuel.
Bunker Adjustment Factor
(BAF)
Adjustment applied by shipping lines to offset the effect of fluctuations in the cost of bunkers. Also known as Bunker Contribution or BUC, and also Fuel Adjustment Factor, or FAF.
Bunker Charge
An extra charge added to an ocean carrier's freight rates. Also known as FAF (Fuel Adjustment Factor).
Bunker Surcharge
Surcharge assessed by carrier which is applied to freight rates to supplement an unexpected rise in fuel costs.
Bunkers
A maritime term referring to fuel used aboard the ship. Bunker fuel is technically any type of fuel oil used aboard ships. It gets its name from the containers on ships and in ports that it is stored in; in the days of steam they were coal bunkers but now they are bunker-fuel tanks. For more information see HFO.
Bunting Tosser
A signalman who prepares and flies flag hoists. He is also known in the American Navy as a skivvy waver.
Buntline
One of the lines tied to the bottom of a square sail and used to haul it up to the yard when furling.
Buoy
A floating object of defined shape and colour, which is anchored at a given position and serves as an aid to navigation.
Buoyancy
The upward force extended by the vertical component of integrated pressure acting on the hull below the waterline; usually calculated as being equal to the weight of the water displaced by the hull.
Buoyed up
Lifted by a buoy, especially a cable that has been lifted to prevent it from trailing on the bottom.
Bureau of Export Administration
(BXA)
The primary U.S. Government export control authority.
Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas S. A. (formerly BVQI, Bureau Veritas Quality International) is an international certification agency. The company started in 1828 in Antwerp as Bureau de Renseignements pour les Assurances Maritimes (Information Office for Maritime Insurance), a classification society. In 1829, the company was renamed Bureau Veritas. By this time it already had 10000 ships in its register. Today, Bureau Veritas is one of the world's largest global Conformity Assessment and Certification organisations.
In addition to certifications, they are a worldwide leading firm in providing HSE expertise (Health, Safety and Environmental).
Today the headquarters are in Neuilly-sur-Seine, nearby La Défense. The company went public on the Paris Bourse in October 2007.
Business Idea In Brief
(BIIB)
A short description of a concept which can be used for commercial purposes. It typically centers on a commodity or service that can be sold for money.
Business Impact Analysis
(BIA)
A process that identifies and evaluates the potential effects (financial, life/safety, regularltory, legal/contractual, reputation etc) of natural and made-made events on business operations.
Business-to-business
(B2B)
Commerce in goods, services, or information that takes place between business enterprises. Contrast to the exchange of goods, services, or information between businesses and private individuals (business-to-consumer or B2C).
Business-to-Consumer
(B2C)
Commerce in goods, services, or information that takes place between business enterprises and private individuals.
Buyer's Market
A 'buyer's market' is considered to exist when goods can easily be secured and when the economic forces of business tend to cause goods to be priced at the purchaser's estimate of value. In other words, a state of trade favourable to the buyer, with relatively large supply and low prices.
By and large
By means into the wind
By the board
Any items to have gone overboard.
C
Cabotage
Trade or transport in coastal waters or between two ports/points within a country especially by parties other than domestic carriers. Many countries, such as the USA, have laws requiring domestic-owned vessels to perform domestic interport water transportation services.
Cargo Bays
Doors in a warehouse where vehicles back up to load/unload cargo.
Cargo Declaration Amendment Fee
(CAM)
Eine Gebühr, die die Wiedervorlage der vom Zoll verlangten erforderlichen Informationen aufgrund eines Änderungswunsches des Kunden umfasst, nachdem der Spediteur die Unterlagen bei den örtlichen Zollbehörden eingereicht hat. Importländer, in denen dies gilt: - Europäische Union - Norwegen - Schweiz - USA - Kanada - Puerto Rico - Mexiko
Cargo Insurance
A subset of marine insurance. Cargo insurance protects international traders against the risk of loss or damage to cargo transported by all types of carriers and methods of shipment including oceangoing vessels, inland waterway vessels, trucks, railcars, and airplanes. An international trader may obtain cargo insurance either directly from an insurance company or through the carrier, freight forwarder, or logistics firm handling the shipment.
Cargo Manifest
(Shipment) A list of a ship’s cargo or passengers, but without a listing of charges.
Cargo Readiness
Carriage and Insurance Paid
(CIP)
For more information see: ICCWBO
Carriage of Goods By Sea Act
(COGSA)
A United States statute governing the rights and responsibilities between shippers of cargo and ship-owners regarding ocean shipments to and from the United States.
Carriage Paid To
(CPT)
For more information see: ICCWBO
Carrier bill of Lading
(CBL)
Bill issued by the carrierline
Carrier's Certificate
A release order used to advise customs of the details of the shipment, its ownership, port of lading, etc. By means of this document the carrier certifies that the firm or individual named in the certificate is the owner or consignee of the cargo. A U.S. Customs form used in lieu of a bill of lading.
Cash flow return on investment
(CFROI)
Return on financial investment measured in cash flow
Cash on Delivery
(COD)
Cash on delivery (COD), sometimes called collect on delivery, is the sale of goods by mail order where payment is made on delivery rather than in advance. If the goods are not paid for, they are returned to the retailer/Fulfilment Centre
Cell
Container slot where container fits into place on vessel.
Certificate of free sales
(CFS)
A document issued by a government entity on behalf of an exporter stating that specified goods comply with the laws of the exporting country for distribution in that country’s commerce. A certificate of free sale provides assurance to the country of import that the imported goods meet the country of export state, provincial and national requirements for sale. Certificates of free sale are typically issued for food products, dietary supplements, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices.
Certificate of Origin
Document issued by a certifying authority stating the country of origin. A certificate origin can be the key document in requesting a special reduced tariff rate for imports from countries listed in programs such as GSP (Generalized System of Preferences) or NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement).
Change of Destination
(COD )
Customer initiated request for a change of the port of discharge. COD happens when a shipment has been received and gated-in at origin port of loading but prior to arrival at final port of discharge.
Chassis
Trailer or wheeled unit on which a container is placed in order to move container over the road.
Claim Tracer
Request for advice concerning the status of a claim.
Clean On Board
A clause inserted in the bill of lading by some shipping/transportation companies, stating that they have not noted or are not familiar with any irregularities or discrepancies in the packing or in the general condition of any part of the goods or its description.
Client Access Licence
(CAL)
A software licence distributed by software companies to allow clients to connect to its server software and use the software's services.
Codabar
Codabar is a variable length barcode that can encode 16 data characters including 0-9, plus the symbols - $ ; / . +. Codabar is used primarily for numeric data.
Code 128
Code 128 is a variable length barcode capable of encoding the entire 128 character ASCII character set. Code 128 allows three subsets, A, B and C.
Code 128A allows all standard upper case alpha-numeric keyboard characters plus control characters.
Code 128B allows all standard upper case alpha-numeric keyboard characters and lower case alpha characters.
Code 128C includes a set of 100 digit pairs from 00 to 99 inclusive. This allows double density numeric digits, two digits per barcoded character.
Furthermore, Code 128 Auto automatically selects the subset that will produce the smallest barcode.
Code 3 of 9
This barcode is an alphanumeric barcode allowing upper case letters and numbers. Each character consists of nine elements. 3 of the nine elements are wide, hence the name "3 of 9". Extended 3 of 9 allows the full 128 ASCII character set to be encoded by printing two barcode characters for each text character.
Code 93
Code 93 is an alpha-numeric barcode allowing upper case letters and numbers. BarCode/VBX will convert lower case letters to upper case before encoding them. Extended Code 93 allows the full 128 character ASCII character set to be encoded.
Collapsible Flat Rack Container
(COFL)
Container type
Combined Transport Bill of Lading
Provides a combined transport by at least two different modes of transportation from a place from which the goods are taken to a place designated for delivery.
Commercial Invoice
Describes the commercial transaction between the buyer and seller. Where involved in Letter of Credit (L/C) shipments the Commercial Invoice must exactly match the details within the letter of credit. L/C Shipments are not common for SCM customers (FCR most common. Where a customer has an L/C flow additional checks should be priced and implemented on documents from the vendors to avoid Disruptions.
Commodity
A specification of goods/product types, e.g. toys, electronics or welding machinery.
Common Point
Point reached by two or more transportation lines.
Common Tariff
Tariff published by or for the account of two or more transportation lines as issuing carriers.
Communications & Exceptions
(C&E)
A web application developed in order to facilitate direct online communication between Damco origins offices and our clients. An exception management tool where each exception is captured/reported as it occurs.
Company Guarantee
A letter of guarantee from a company indemnifying the carrier of responsibility associated with the release of goods in lieu of a bill of lading.
Conference
Defined in the 1984 Shipping Act as: ... an association of ocean common carriers permitted, pursuant to an approved or effective agreement, to engage in concerted activity and to utilise a common tariff; but the term does not include a joint service, consortium, pooling, sailing or transshipment arrangement.
It is basically a group of steamship companies offering equitable freight rates, standardised shipping practices and regularly scheduled services between designated ports. These arrangements are given anti-trust immunity as authorised by the 1984 Shipping Act.
Congestion Surcharge
(CON)
A fee imposed by carriers to customers for shipments through heavily congested ports. The aim is to encourage customers to use alternative ports to ease congestion.
Consignee
The person or firm named in a freight contract to whom goods have been shipped or turned over for care.
Consignor
The individual, company or entity that ships goods, or gives goods to another for care. The consignor is usually the exporter or his agent.
Consolidation
The combining of less than full load (LTL/LCL) shipments of cargo into one shipment at a centrally located point of origin by a freight consolidator, and transporting them as a single shipment to a destination point. Consolidation of cargo often results in reduced shipping rates.
Consular Invoice
Document required by some foreign countries, showing exact information as to consignor, consignee, value description etc. for a shipment.
Container
Weatherproof box designed for the shipment of freight, generally used for overseas shipments. The container is separable from the chassis when loaded onto vessels or rail cars.
Container Cleaning Fee
(CCL)
Diese Gebühr deckt die zusätzlichen Kosten für zusätzliche oder spezielle Reinigung ab und ist anwendbar, wenn der Container die Standardkriterien für Sauberkeit (innen und außen) bei leerer Rückgabe des Kunden nicht erfüllt. Dieser Service der zusätzlichen Reinigung des Containers kann auch durch eine Kundenanforderung ausgelöst werden. Diese Gebühr gilt nicht für Container, die dem Versender gehören.
Container Depot / Container Yard
(CD/CY)
A storage area, where shippers and consignees may pick up or drop off empty containers. A container depot may not be owned or controlled by a shipper or its agent and may not receive loaded containers.
Container Freight Station
(CFS)
A facility where freight shipments are consolidated or de-consolidated and staged between transport legs. A CFS is typically located in proximity to an ocean, port, or airport, where cargo containers are transported to and from.
Container Load Plan
(CLP)
A report showing the orders planned to be loaded per container.
Container Load Result
(CLR)
A report showing the actual orders loaded in a container.
Container on Flat Car
(COFC)
Rail service whereby a container is loaded onto a flat car without chassis, bogies or wheels.
Container Seals
Container seals, or seals for short, are 'one-time door locks' used to secure goods containers. Each seal-lock can be used only once. Seals are numbered for record and security purposes, minimize the risk of unauthorized access and manipulation to the container contents. After a container is stuffed, the seal must be applied and the number documented. Heavy-duty container seals are designed to withstand natural elements and last the entire voyage of the container until it is removed by the customer at the destination. Unbroken seal can be a proof of integrity.
Container Service Charge
The charge assessed by the terminal for the positioning of containers within the terminal/yard.
Container Stuffing List
(CSL)
List showing how cargo is stowed in each container.
Container Yard
(CY)
Area adjacent to the vessel berth where containers are delivered to and received from the vessel or inland carrier.
Continuous Flow Distribution
(CFD)
The streamline pull of products in response to customer requirements while minimising the cost of distribution.
Continuous Replenishment Program
(CRP)
A program that triggers the manufacturing and movement of a product through the supply chain when the identical product is purchased by an end user.
Contract Carrier
For-hire interstate operators which offer transportation services to certain shippers under contracts.
Contract Logistics
(CL)
Mainly a concept of warehousing or other larger contract based agreements.
Contribution Margin
(CM)
- CM1 = Revenue minus variable & fixed costs
- CM2 = Revenue minus variable costs
Control
A unit cost saving that was not included in the original budget
Core Competency
A company's primary function considered essential to its success.
Cost, Assurance and Freight
(CAF)
Also known as Currency Adjustment Factor. Used to adjust ocean freight due to currency fluctuations.
Cost, Insurance and Freight
(CIF)
For more information see: ICCWBO
Cost and Freight
(CFR/CNF/C&F)
A legal term used in contracts for international trade that specifies that the seller of the goods is required to arrange for the carriage of goods by sea to a port of destination and provide the buyer with the documents necessary to obtain the items from the carrier.
Cost of Poor Quality
(COPQ)
The costs incurred due to re-work caused by errors. Also includes the cost of lost opportunity due to lack of resources.
Critical Success Factor
(CSF)
Something that must happen if an IT service/process/plan/project or other activity is to succeed.
Critical to Customer
(CTC)
The critical customer requirements for a project.
Critical to Quality
(CTQ)
The internal critical quality parameters that relate to what's important to the quality of the process or service to ensure that the product/process or service meets the wants and needs of the customer.
Cross Trade
(CT)
Shipment from one country to another where business is not controlled
Cross-border E-Commerce
Cross-border E-Commerce occurs whenever a product is purchased by a customer outside of the merchant's home country
Cross-Docking
Cross-docking is a practice in logistics of unloading materials from a manufacturer or mode of transportation directly to the customer or another mode of transportation, with little or no storage in between.
Cubic Metre
(CBM)
1 cubic metre = 35,314 cubic feet.
Currency Adjustment Factor
(CAF)
Dies ist eine kompensatorische Kostenbeteiligungsmaßnahme, um die mit Währungsschwankungen verbundenen Risiken des Luftfahrtunternehmens zu beseitigen. Eine Übersicht über CAF-Berechnungen finden Sie hier. Die Gebühr gilt für alle Buchungen, die auf diesen Handelswegen vorgenommen werden. Sie ist hauptsächlich, aber nicht ausschließlich, auf europäische Handelsgeschäfte anwendbar, z. B. Europa - Ferner Osten - Mittlerer Osten/Rotes Meer/Indischer Subkontinent USA nach/von Europa
Customer
The party Maersk is contracted with and paying us for our services
Customer Satisfaction Survey
(CSS)
Customer Satisfaction Surveys performed throughout the years to continuously measure how we are performing and how satisfied our customers are with the services we provide. As such, we measure the extent to which – according to our customers – we understand their needs. Customers tell us furthermore how responsive, proactive, cost-competitive, innovative, sustainable, accurate and timely we are, how we handle complaints, how our IT systems perform, what the quality level is of the services we provide, if the scope of our services is broad enough and more.
Customs clearance
The process of declaring and clearing cargoes through customs.
Customs Entries
Consumption Entry Form required by U.S. Customs for importing goods into the United States. The form contains information as to the origin of the cargo, a description of the merchandise and estimated duties applicable to the particular commodity. Estimated duties must be paid at the time the entry is filled.
Immediate Delivery Entry is used to expedite clearance of cargo. It allows up to ten days for the payment of estimated duty and processing of the consumption entry. In addition, it permits the delivery of the cargo prior to payment of the estimated duty and then allows for the subsequent filing of the consumption entry and duty. Also known as an ID entry.
Immediate Transportation Entry allows the cargo to be moved from the pier to an inland destination via a bonded carrier without the payment of duties or finalisation of the entry at the port of arrival. Known as an IT entry.
Transportation and Exportation Entry allows goods coming from or going to a third country, such as Canada or Mexico, to enter the United States for the purpose of transshipment. Known as a T&E entry.
Vessel Repair Entry is the law known as the "Foreign Vessel Repair Statute". It provides that when any repairs in a foreign country are made on a vessel documented under the laws of the United States, an ad valorem duty of 50% is imposed on the cost of repair, including labour and labour costs, when the vessel arrives in the United States. All equipment, parts or materials purchased, and repairs made outside the United States must be declared on Customs Form 226 (CF-226) and filed at the port of first arrival within 5 working days.
Customs House Broker
Independent broker certified by the U.S. Bureau of Customs to act for importers and businessmen in the handling of customs formalities and other details of importing and exporting goods.
Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorist
(CTPAT)
A joint US government-business initiative intended to strengthen overall supply chain and border security.
Cut-Off Time
Last possible time when containers/cargoes may be delivered to a ship or designated point.
Cycle Count
Counting inventory by checking a particular location or set of locations and comparing the physical counts with the system-maintained inventory levels.
Cycle Time
The amount of time it takes to complete a business process. For example, the amount of time from when a service is ordered until it is received by the customer.
Cycle Time Reduction
The process of reducing cycle time, cutting costs and improving customer service.
D
Damco Consolidation Containers
(DCC)
LCL product containers where Damco acts as the consolidator/ co-loader on behalf of customers. Damco offers a DCC service from – to key origins/ destinations.
Damco Project Management Methodology
(DPMM)
A methodology that explains how to initiate, plan, execute and close projects successfully.
Dangerous Cargo Service
Diese Gebühr deckt die zusätzlichen Kosten ab, die dem Spediteur bei der Verbringung von gefährlicher Ladung von oder zu einem Binnenstandort entstehen.
Zusätzliche Kosten bestehen aus Lizenzen, Genehmigungen und der Carrier muss spezialisierte Anbieter mit Zertifizierungen verwenden, die mehr kosten.
Diese Gebühr gilt für gefährliche Buchungen, bei denen der Spediteur den Transport im Inland (Export oder Import) beantragt hat.
Dangerous Goods
(DG)
Substances which can pose a significant risk to health and therefore, require special handling and documentation depending on substance classification, mode and regulatory regime. Rule and guidance for DG shipments by air are produced by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) and IATA (International Air Transport Association), for maritime shipments these regulations are produced by the IMO (International Maritime Organization). The most widely applied regulatory scheme is that for the transportation of dangerous goods. The United Nations Economic and Social Council issues the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, which form the basis for most regional, national, and international regulatory schemes. We have experts with DG knowledge and training who should be consulted when developing proposals to customers with DG requirements.
Dangerous Goods Declaration
(DGD)
Statement of hazordous goods content issues by shipper
Days Payable Outstanding
(DPO)
Efficiency ratio that measures the average number of days a company takes to pay its suppliers.
Days Sales Outstanding
(DSO)
Calculation used by a company to estimate their average collection period
Delivered Ex Ship
(DES)
Nähere Informationen finden Sie unter > www.iccwbo.org
Delivered-at-place
(DAP)
An international trade term used to describe a deal in which a seller agrees to pay all costs and suffer any potential losses of moving goods sold to a specific location.
Delivery
(1) Die physische und rechtliche Übergabe einer Sendung vom Versender zum Beförderer und vom Beförderer zum Empfänger.
(2) Die rechtliche Übertragung des Eigentums an andere, sei es durch die tatsächliche physische Übergabe der Kontrolle des Gegenstands von einer Person auf eine andere oder durch Übertragung auf andere Arten.
Delivery Duty Paid
(DDP)
A delivery agreement whereby the seller assumes all of the responsibility, risk, and costs associated with transporting goods until the buyer receives or transfers them at the destination port.
Delivery Duty Unpaid
(DDU)
Nähere Informationen finden Sie unter > www.iccwbo.org
Delivery Ex Quay
(DEQ)
Nähere Informationen finden Sie unter > www.iccwbo.org
Delivery Order
Ein Auftrag des Empfängers, Versenders oder Frachtinhabers an einen Terminalbetreiber, Spediteur oder ein Lager, die Fracht an eine andere Partei zu liefern. Bei Importen kann es auch als Pier-Release bezeichnet werden.
Ein Dokument, das weder ein Konnossement noch ein Frachtbrief ist, aber eine Vereinbarung enthält, die
(1) wird im Rahmen eines Vertrags über die Seebeförderung von Waren, auf die sich das Dokument bezieht, oder von Waren, die diese Waren umfassen, erteilt; und
(2) eine Zusage des Beförderers an eine im Dokument genannte Person, diese Waren an die Person zu liefern, auf die sich das Dokument bezieht.
Lieferaufträge können vertragliche Ansprüche übertragen. Sie sind jedoch nicht notwendigerweise Urkunden, durch die das Eigentum übertragen werden kann.
Demand Chain
Eine andere Bezeichnung für die Lieferkette mit Betonung der Nachfrage durch Kunden oder andere.
Demurrage
Diese Gebühr fällt an, wenn der Kunde Transportequipment länger als die vereinbarte kostenlose Zeit im Terminal hält.
Sie kann sowohl bei Exporten (vorzeitige Ablieferung) als auch bei Importen (verspätete Abholung) anfallen.
Export: Tage für das Liegegeld werden ab Einfahrt durch das Tor (beladen) bis zum Beladen der Container abzüglich kostenloser Tage gezählt.
Importieren: Tage für das Liegegeld werden ab Entladen der Container bis zur Ausfahrt durch das Tor (beladen) abzüglich kostenloser Tage gezählt.
Anwendbar auf alle Container, die länger als die vereinbarte kostenlose Zeit an einem Terminal verbleiben.
Depth
The depth of the ship is taken as the distance between the undersides of the deck amid ship to the bottom of the keel.
Destination Interchange Terminal
(DIT)
Facility operated by the ocean carrier or his agent at which containers are interchanged with the delivering motor carrier.
Detention
Detention charges occur when the consignee holds onto the carrier’s container outside of the port, terminal, or depot beyond the free time that is allotted. Detention is charged when import containers have been picked up, but the container (regardless if it’s full or empty) is still in the possession of the consignee and has not been returned within the allotted time.
Detention Fee - Export
Diese Gebühr fällt an, wenn der Kunde Transportequipment länger als die vereinbarte kostenlose Zeit hält.
Export: Tage für Verzögerung werden ab Abholung (leer) bis zur Einfahrt durch das Tor (beladen) abzüglich kostenloser Tage gezählt.
Anwendbar auf alle Container, die länger als die vereinbarte kostenlose Zeit im Besitz des Kunden verbleiben.
Gilt nicht für Container, die dem Versender gehören.
*Anwendbare Berechnungsmethoden können je nach Land unterschiedlich sein.
Detention Fee - Import
Diese Gebühr fällt an, wenn der Kunde Transportequipment länger als die vereinbarte kostenlose Zeit hält.
Importieren: Tage für Verzögerung werden ab Ausfahrt durch das Tor (beladen) bis zur Einfahrt durch das Tor (leer) abzüglich kostenloser Tage gezählt.
Anwendbar auf alle Container, die länger als die vereinbarte kostenlose Zeit im Besitz des Kunden verbleiben.
*Anwendbare Berechnungsmethoden können je nach Land unterschiedlich sein.
Detention in Transit Service
Der Spediteur kann Sendungen an Umladehäfen halten, bis weitere Anweisungen vom Kunden eingehen.
Dies bietet den Kunden die Flexibilität, die Frachtankunft zu verzögern, wenn es sie bei ihrem Geschäft unterstützt.
Hinweis: Der Spediteur ist nicht in der Lage, Container länger als 14 Tage zu halten, es sei denn, der Kunde legt dem Spediteur ein schriftliches Entlastungsschreiben vor, das besagt, dass der Spediteur während der zusätzlichen Haltezeit nicht für Schäden haftbar ist.
Die DIT-Gebühr wird auf der Grundlage der Anfrage des Kunden und vorbehaltlich der Annahme durch den Anbieter erhoben.
Devanning
The unloading of cargo from a container, also called stripping.
Differential
Betrag, der auf die Grundgebühr aufgeschlagen oder von ihr abgezogen wird, um eine Gebühr zu oder von einem anderen Punkt oder über eine andere Route zu erstellen.
Dimension
The size of the parcel/shipment
Direct to Consumer
(D2C)
Customers selling through their webstore (URL) directly to the end Consumer. As part of the omni-channel strategy for most Brands, they want to sell through their own website to help provide a seamless experience to its most loyal as well as new customers
Direktförtullning
(DNK)
Swedish customs clearance term
Discharge Port
Discharge Port is a port where cargo is unloaded from the vessel.
Distribution
Der gesamte Umfang an Tätigkeiten und Planungen, die erforderlich sind, um ein Produkt von der Produktionstätte zum Endverbraucher zu bringen.
Distribution Center
(DC)
Used interchangeably with Warehouse. A traditional warehouse only stores inventory (typically on a long-term basis), where a distribution center is a facility that briefly stores inventory until orders get fulfilled and then sent to their next or final destination.
Distribution Requirements Planning
Ein System zur Ermittlung des Bedarfs für eine Bestandsaufnahme in Distributionszentren, das die Bedarfsinformationen rückwärts konsolidiert und als Input für das Produktions- und Materialsystem dient.
Distributor
Intermediary entity between the producer of a product and another entity in the distribution channel or supply chain, such as a retailer, a value-added reseller (VAR) or system integrator (SI). The distributor performs some of the same functions that a wholesaler does but generally takes a more active role
Diversion Charge
Gebühr für die Umleitung der Fracht vom ursprünglichen Zielhafen zu einem neuen Standort.
Dock Receipt
Empfangsbestätigung für eine Sendung, die an einem Pier oder Dock empfangen oder an ein Pier oder Dock geliefert wurde. Wenn die Lieferung einer ausländischen Sendung abgeschlossen ist, wird der Dockbeleg gegen einen Frachtbrief mit der Transportlinie ausgetauscht.
Door-to-Door
Shipping term denoting shipping services from the shipper’s door to the consignee’s door.
Double Stack Car
Eisenbahnwaggon, der zwei übereinander gestapelte Container aufnehmen kann.
Download request
(DLR )
A request to retrieve and verify the data logger information in a Reefer container. This can be done either via Remote Container Management (RCM) or through manual download by reefer technicians in the port. The data-logger information is taken from controller of the container, containing data like temperature settings, supply/return air, humidity etc.
Draft
Schifffahrt: Die Tiefe bis zum tiefsten Punkt eines Schiffes unter Wasser. Eisenbahn: Eine Reihe von aneinander gekuppelten Waggons. Finanzwesen: Ein unterzeichneter, schriftlicher Auftrag einer Partei, die eine andere Partei anweist, einem Dritten einen bestimmten Betrag zu zahlen. Kann auch als Wechsel bezeichnet werden.
Drawback
99 % Erstattung bei importierten oder verzollten Waren, die wiederausgeführt werden sollen.
Drayage
Landtransport von Lieferanten zum Verschiffungshafen und vom Abladehafen bis zum Entpacken des Seecontainers. Rollgeld wird daher für CY- und CFS-Fracht durchgeführt.
Drop-shipping
A fulfilment method where a store doesn't keep the products it sells in stock. Instead, when a store sells a product, it purchases the item from a third party and has it shipped directly to the customer. As a result, the merchant never sees or handles the product
Dry Dock
Wird zum Auflegen von Schiffen zur Reparatur verwendet.
Dunnage
Material, das rund um die Ladung gelegt wird, um eine Beschädigung oder ein Verrutschen der Ladung zu verhindern. Dieses Material wird normalerweise vom Verlader bereitgestellt. Das Gewicht ist in der Gebühr enthalten.
Duty
A tax levied by governments on the import, export or consumption of goods. Usually tax is based on the value of goods (ad valorem) although can be based on weights, quantities, etc.
Duty Drawback
(1) Rückzahlung für wiederausgeführte Fracht oder Messegüter.
(2) Eine Zollrückerstattung für wiederausgeführte Fracht.
Dynamic Under-Keel Clearance
(DUKC)
A method of using multiple prediction and real time factors to determine the draft limitations on ships.
E
EAN 8
EAN-Strichcodes werden verwendet, wenn der Herkunftsland bekannt sein muss. Es gibt 8 Stellen in EAN 8, wobei die ersten beiden Zeichen verwendet werden, um das Ursprungsland anzugeben, die nächsten 5 sind Daten, gefolgt von der Prüfsumme. Sowohl 2- als auch 5-stellige Ergänzungen werden ebenfalls unterstützt.
Earnings
Einkommen nach Steuern und allen anderen Kosten. Auch als Gewinn oder Nettoeinkommen bezeichnet.
Earnings Before Interest
EBITDA is revenue and other income deducting operating cost and other cost
Economic Order Quantity
(EOQ)
The optimum order size that achieves the best possible balance between meeting order needs and minimized ordering and inventory holding costs.
Economic Value Added
(EVA)
A measure of the shareholder value as a company's operating profits after tax, less a charge for the capital used in creating the profits. EVA is a registered trademark of Stern & Co. in the USA.
Economy of Scale
Decrease in unit costs because of increasing Production, so that fixed costs can be spread across more units.
Efficient Consumer Response
(ECR)
A consumer-driven system of replenishment in which high-quality products and accurate information flow through a paperless (EDI) system between all distribution points from the manufacturing line to the retail checkout counter.
E-Fulfilment
The process of receiving, packaging, and shipping orders. Any company selling products directly to consumers through the internet must deal with fulfilment
EIR
Ausrüstungsaustauschbeleg. Ein Dokument, das zum Empfang oder zur Lieferung eines vollen oder leeren Containers/Chassis an einem Terminal oder in einem Containerpool/Depot verwendet wird.
Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI)
The automated exchange of any predefined and structured data for business among information systems of two or more organisations.
EDI message is an approved, published and maintained formal description of how to structure the data required to perform a specific business function in such a way as to allow for the transfer and handling of this data by electronic means.
Electronic Funds Transfer
(EFT)
Payment for goods or services via exchanges of electronic authorisations against bank accounts. Authorisation is sent to an automated clearing house (usually a bank), which verifies the source of the transaction as having control over the accounts, and performs the fund transfer.
Electronic Shipping Instruction
(ESI)
Shipper instruction on ocean shipment for creation of BL
Electronic Standard Operating Procedures
(ESOP)
A web -based system that supports the creation of client SOPs and links the SOP to required internal/external operational procedures.
Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP)
A resource planning approach that integrates all aspects of forecasting, planning and manufacturing for the purposes of efficiently planning resources. Often also used as a term to describe the systems platforms used to support an enterprise. Some of the largest ERP providers include SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and Infor. Many of our customers use these platforms. We have the knowledge and experience to support integration (EDI messaging) with these platforms.
Equalisation
- Monetary allowance to a customer for picking up or delivering cargo to or from a point which is not the origin/destination shown on the B/L.
- Compensation for additional charges incurred by the shipper for delivering cargo to port designated by the carrier other than the closest port to the supplier.
Equipment Interchange Receipt
(EIR)
A document transferring the responsibility of a container from one party to another; to be signed off by both parties. A new document is necessary at each stop where there is such a transfer of responsibility.
Error List
(EL)
Bericht über Diskrepanzen (Fehler) bei der Dateneingabe.
Estimated Time of Arrival
Estimated times for shipment Arrival and Departure.
Ex works
(EXW)
The buyer receives the cargo directly from the factory and thereafter arranges shipment, insurance and other related services themselves.
For more information see: ICCWBO
Expected Receipt Date
(ERD)
Expected Receipt Date in MODS is the day the customer/supplier plan to hand the cargo over to Damco CFS.
Export Declaration
Document required of the exporter by the export authority of the country the goods are being exported from specifying the shipment.
Export License
A document prepared by a government authority granting the right to export certain materials at a specified quantity to a specified country. License requirements vary by country and ship-to.
Exporter Identification Number
(EIN)
A number for required for the exporter on the Shippers Export declaration.
Express B/L
Sea Waybill, this B/L cannot be negotiated or transferred to a 3rd Party.
Extra Loader
Additional vessel brought into schedule to cope with exceptionally strong market conditions.
F
Federal Maritime Commission
(FMC)
U.S. Government agency responsible for overseeing regulatory aspects of the Shipping Act.
Feeder
(F)
Transportschiff, das verwendet wird, um Fracht vom Mutterschiff zum endgültigen Bestimmungsort oder vom ersten Anbkunftshafen zum Mutterschiff weiterzuleiten.
Feeder Ports
Feeder Ports are smaller ports as compared to base ports, where mother vessels cannot berth, but smaller vessels can.
Feeder Vessel
A vessel used to connect with a mother vessel to service a port not called at by the mother or line vessel.
First In First Out
(FIFO)
Inventory concept to describe that the first received goods are the goods dispatched first, this is particularly important with perishable items.
Flat Bed
Truck designed to haul heavy or oversized non-containerisable cargo.
Floating Cranes
(FC)
Schwerlastkrane, die in der Lage sind, außergewöhnlich schwere Ladung zu transportieren, wenn keine herkömmlichen Portalkräne verwendet werden können.
Force Majeure
A state of emergency or condition that permits a company to depart from the strict terms of contract because of an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled, i.e: beyond human control (French superior or irresistible force). Compare: ACT OF GOD, INEVITABLE ACCIDENT, VIS MAJOR.
For-Hire Carriers
(FHC)
Personen oder Firmen, die Güter oder Passagiere gegen Entgelt befördern. Klassifiziert in zwei allgemeine Kategorien, spezialisierte und allgemeine Frachtspditeure.
Forty Foot Equivalent Unit
(FEU/FFE)
Used to describe the size of a forty-foot container (= 2 TEU).
Forwarders Cargo Receipt
(FCR)
The FCR is a proof of delivery of goods in good order and condition for shipment. The document is issued by us to the shipper and serves as proof to another party that payment to the vendor can take place according to agreed terms. The FCR is not a document to title or evidence of carriage. Under an FCR we are only responsible for goods while they are in our custody, if goods are lost or damaged during transit, the client must file a claim against the ocean carrier.
Free Along Side
(FAS)
For more information see: ICCWBO
Free Carrier
(FCA)
For more information see: ICCWBO
Free In/Liner Out
(FILO)
A freight shipping rate of the loading goods into the ship in the logistics terms that includes the freight rate of cargo and the cost of offloading as per the customs of a port, but the loading of the cargo on the shipboard is not included in the freight rate.
Free On Board
(FOB)
A term in international commercial law specifying at what point respective obligations, costs, and risk involved in the delivery of goods shift from the seller to the buyer under the Incoterms standard published by the International Chamber of Commerce.
Free on board indicates whether the seller or the buyer is liable for goods that are damaged or destroyed during shipping. When used with an identified physical location, the designation determines which party has responsibility for the payment of the freight charges and at what point title for the shipment passes from the seller to the buyer.
In international shipping, for example, “FOB [name of originating port]” means that the seller (consignor) is responsible for transportation of the goods to the port of shipment and the cost of loading. The buyer (consignee) pays the costs of ocean freight, insurance, unloading, and transportation from the arrival port to the final destination. The seller passes the risk to the buyer when the goods are loaded at the originating port.
Free Time
The time allowed for loading/ unloading containers/ equipment before demurrage or detention charges apply.
Free Trade Zone
(FTZ)
Is a special commercial zone often near ports/airports where foreign and domestic merchandise and materials may be brought in without the payment of duties. Goods can be transformed/ stored within zones until exit where duties then become liable for payment. We operate several facilities and operations in FTZ locations.
Freight All Kinds
(FAK)
Usually refers to consolidated cargo.
Freight Bill
(FB)
Ziel (Sammel) Frachtbrief: Vorbezahlter Frachtbrief. (1) Rechnung, das von einer Transportlinie an den Empfänger ausgestellt wird und die Bezeichnung des Spediteurnamens, den Herkunftsort und die Gewichtsgebühren enthält (falls nicht vorausbezahlt). (2) Rechnung, die von einer Transportlinie an den Transportkunden ausgestellt wurde und eine Beschreibung der Fracht-, Empfänger-, Bestimmungs- und Gewichtsgebühren enthält.
Freight Cashier
Responsible for collections of freight/charges/release of cargo/release of bills of ladings.
Freight Forwarder
(FF)
(1) Person, die sich mit dem Zusammenstellen, Sammeln, Konsolidieren des Versands und dem Verteilen von Fracht beschäftigt, die weniger als eine Anhängerladung umfasst. (2) Auch eine Person, die als Agent beim Umladen von Fracht in das oder aus dem Ausland und beim Löschen von Fracht durch den Zoll handelt.
Freight Release
Evidence that the freight charges for the cargo have been paid. If in writing, it may be presented at the pier to obtain release of the cargo. Normally, once the freight is paid, freight releases are arranged without additional documentation. Also known as freight bill receipt.
Fulfillment
Fulfillment logistics is the part of the supply chain that involves transporting customer orders and shipments, storing inventory in an ecommerce warehouse, packing boxes, and delivering orders on time.
A fulfillment center is the hub for all of the logistics processes required to get a seller's product to their customer.
Full Container Load
(FCL)
Containers are charged a specific rate for ocean transit regardless of their (lack of) contents. A full container will thus offer a better price per unit shipped than will a LCL.
Full Visible Capacity
The trailer is loaded as full as the nature of the freight and other conditions permit, so that no more of the same type of freight can be loaded, consistent with safety and damage precautions.
G
Gain Sharing
A relationship between two parties where both share the benefits of value created, originating from the agreement. For example, if in a gain share agreement, we can reduce shipping costs through better equipment utilization, a portion of this value created would flow to our company.
Gangway
An opening in the bulwark of the ship allowing passengers to board or leave the ship.
Gantry Crane
(G)
Portalkran. Der Hafenkran, der zum Laden und Entladen von Containern aus Schiffen verwendet wird, kann auf Schienen bewegt werden.
Garment-on-Hanger
(GOH)
Method of storing apparel in containers for garments that should not be folded.
Gate-In
Gate-in is a term used to describe when a container enters the terminal. The shipper must have made a booking with the shipping line before the container is allowed to enter the area.
Gate-Out
Gate-out is the term used to describe when a container leaves the terminal after the container has been released by the shipping line and by Customs.
General Average
General Average is defined in the York-Antwerp rules as: There is a General Average act when, and only when, any extraordinary sacrifice expenditure is intentionally and reasonably made or incurred for the common safety for the purpose of preserving from peril the property involved in a common maritime adventure. When a cargo ship encounte a serious accident at sea, e.g. a grounding, the vessel owners may ha to incur additional costs to salvage the ship and its cargo, and may resort to declaring General Average.
General Average requires that all parties with an interest in saving ship, the cargo, etc. share proportionately the cost of saving the common adventure . This means that cargo owners would be responsible a proportion of the costs equal to the proportion of the value of the cargo to the common adventure. General Average is applied according to an internationally acknowledged set of rules, the York-Antwerp rules.
General Rate Increase
(GRI)
Generalized System of Preference
(GSP)
A program providing for free/ reduced rates of duty for merchandise from beneficiary developing independent countries and territories to encourage their growth.
Genset
Generator sets which supply power to refrigerated containers when no external source is available. It is used to regulate the temperature in a reefer container. It can use its own power or plugs provided on the pier/vessel.
Globalization
The internationalization of international business, communications and culture.
Green Supply Chain
The evaluation and modification of an organization’s entire supply chain from design, planning, purchasing, sourcing, production, shipping and returns to minimize the environmental impact of the supply chain, often resulting in cost savings. We have several capabilities and initiatives to support green supply chain development with key customers.
Gross Merchandise Value
(GMV)
Gross Merchandise Value is a term used in online retailing to indicate a total sales dollar value for merchandise sold through a particular marketplace over a certain time frame. There are a few ways to calculate GMV. The most simple explanation for a retailer is that GMV is the sales price charged to the customer, multiplied by the number of items sold
Gross Register Tonnage
(GRT)
A ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 m3). Gross register tonnage uses the total permanently enclosed capacity of the vessel as its basis for volume, it is not a measure of the ship's weight or displacement and should not be confused with terms such as deadweight tonnage or displacement. Typically this is used for dockage fees, canal transit fees, and similar purposes where it is appropriate to charge based on the size of the entire vessel.
Gross Weight
Weight of goods including packaging.
H
Hague Rules
A set of rules designed to resolve the problem of ship owners excluding themselves from all liabilities related to loss or damage of cargo under their control. Carrier must demonstrate “reasonable care” in the handling of cargo.
Handling Costs
Die Kosten für die Übertragung, Vorbereitung und anderweitige Beschaffung von Inventar.
Hangertainer
Spezialcontainer mit Kleiderbügeln zum Verstauen von Kleidungsstücken auf Kleiderbügeln.
Harmless Chemicals
Eine in sich widerspruchvolle Frachtbezeichnung. Eine Chemikalie ist eine Substanz und ob sie harmlos ist oder nicht, hängt vom Kontext ab, in dem die Substanz auftritt oder verwendet wird. Maersk akzeptiert nicht „harmlose Chemikalien“ als gültige Frachtbezeichnung auf den Versandpapieren.
Harmonized System
(HS)
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products. It came into effect in 1988 and has since been developed and maintained by the World Customs Organization (WCO). Under the HS Convention, the contracting parties are obliged to base their tariff schedules on the HS nomenclature, although parties set their own rates of duty.
Harmonized Tariff System
(HTS)
An organized listing of goods and their duty rates which is primarily used by Customs as the basis for classifying imported products and therefore, establishing the applicable duties.
Haulage
The local transport of goods also used interchangeably with cartage/ drayage. More common in Europe as a way of describing road transportation.
Hazardous or Dangerous Cargo
A type of cargo that includes substances capable of posing unreasonable risk to the personnel, vessel and marine environment. Such goods are classified under the IMDG code which gives detailed information about the risk and nature of the individual substances as well as guidance on special handling.
Heavy Lift Charge
Charge for cargo which is too heavy to be lifted by standard cranes or ship's tackle.
High Cube Non-Functioning reefer container
(HNOR)
Equipment type used when a reefer is supplied in the place of a DRY/HIGH container.
High-cube
(HC)
High-cube 40 foot-long or 45-foot-long container with additional height
Hitchment
Marrying 2 or more portions of one shipment that originate at different geographical locations, moving under one bill of lading, from one shipper to one consignee. Authority for this service must be granted by tariff publication.
Holds
Section of vessel in which containers are stored.
Horizontal Integration
The expansion, acquisition or merger of firms in similar industries/ segments. E.g. supermarket chain merging with another.
House B/L / House Airway Bill
A House Bill of Lading is issued by a Freight Forwarder (e.g. Damco). This allows the freight forwarder to procure and essentially resell the transport whilst holding cargo until payment by the customer via the Master BL/ Master Sea Waybill. The HBL should always be issued on a back to back basis with a MBL, which means that the HBL should be an EXACT replica of the MBL issued by the actual Shipping line, in respect of all details except the shipper, consignee and notify party details which will be different in the HBL and MBL.
Hub
A centralized location, can refer to the center of an airline, trucking or maritime network that connects many routes (spokes) in the network. By most optimally locating hubs, companies can maximize transport efficiencies and access to markets.
Hustler
Tractor that pulls containers around the pier for positioning. Also known as a yard hustler.
I
IMCO Classification
Klassifizierung der Internationalen Seeschifffahrtsorganisation für gefährliche Güter.
IMDG
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, see Dangerous Goods.
Import Cargo Manifest
(ICM )
Import Cargo Manifest can be defined as a declaration by the carrier to the Customs about all Containers and their content loaded on a particular vessel. It is also referred to as the Import General Manifest or IGM.
Import Duty
Tax on imported goods and services from abroad.
Import License
A document required to import certain goods and services.
Importer Security Filing
(ISF)
See 10+2 Rule.
Imports
Waren und Dienstleistungen, die die Einwohner eines Landes kaufen und aus einem anderen Land in ihr eigenes Land transportieren.
Inbound
Importversand
Incoterms®
(INCOTERMS)
Incoterms 2000 ist die neueste Version der Standardhandelsdefinitionen von ICC, auch als INCO-Bedingungen bekannt. Die Bedingungen bestehen aus 13 Regeln, die für den internationalen Handel von grundlegender Bedeutung sind und die wichtigsten Verantwortlichkeiten von Käufern und Verkäufern in internationalen Kaufverträgen definieren. Incoterms sind eine grundlegende Referenz für Kaufverträge, die von Zollbehörden und Gerichten überall als internationaler Standard anerkannt werden. Incoterms – ein markenrechtlich geschütztes ICC-Produkt – wurde seit der erstmaligen Veröffentlichung im Jahr 1936 sechs Mal aktualisiert. Nähere Informationen finden Sie unter www.iccwbo.org
Independent Action
(IA)
Eine gesonderte Maßnahme eines einzelnen Mitglieds einer Konferenzvereinbarung zur Änderung von Raten oder Beförderungsbedingungen gemäß den Konferenzvereinbarungen.
Independent Carrier
Spediteur, der nicht Mitglied einer Schiffahrtskonferenz ist.
Inflation
A quantitative measure of the rate at which the average price level of a basket of selected goods and services in an economy increases over a period. Often expressed as a percentage, inflation indicates a decrease in the purchasing power of a nation's currency.
Inland Carrier
Transportunternehmen, das Importe oder Exporte zwischen Häfen und Inlandspunkten befödert.
Inspection certificate
A document issued by an inspection authority, indicating that goods have been inspected according to certain regulatory, customer or industry standards.
Insurance Certificate
Dokument, das dem Empfänger versichert, dass eine Versicherung zur Deckung des Verlusts oder der Beschädigung der Fracht während des Transports vorhanden ist. Eine von einem Versicherer an einen Versender (oder eine andere Partei) ausgestellte Bescheinigung als Nachweis dafür, dass eine Sendung von Waren Gegenstand einer Seeversicherung ist.
Integrated Carriers
Spediteure, die sowohl Luft- als auch Bodenfahrzeuge oder andere Kombinationen haben, wie z. B. See-, Schienen- und Landfahrzeuge. In der Regel bearbeiten sie tausende von kleinen Paketen pro Stunde.
Inter Company Billing
(ICB)
A company arranges direct delivery of the goods to the customer from the stocks of another company belonging to the same corporate group.
Interational Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
(FIATA)
A non-governmental membership-based organization representing freight forwarders and logistics providers in some 150 countries
Interleaved 2 of 5
Dies ist ein numerischer Strichcode. Jedes codierte Zeichen besteht aus fünf Elementen, zwei sind breit und drei sind schmal. Die Anzahl der zu druckenden Zeichen muss eine gerade Anzahl sein. Wenn die Anzahl der zu druckenden Zeichen ungerade ist, wird an den Anfang des Codes eine Null angehängt.
Intermodal
Koordinierter Transport von Fracht, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit relativ langen Streckenbewegungen, unter Verwendung einer beliebigen Kombination von Speditionen, Huckepacktransport, Containern, Luftfracht, Schiene und Straße.
Intermodal Marketing Company
(IMC)
Konsolidiert Containerladungen oder Huckepack-Anhänger von mehreren Versendern und Verträge mit Eisenbahnen für Volumenraum.
Intermodal Transport
The coordination of freight transport using a combination of transport modes e.g. barge and truck.
International Air Transport Association
(IATA)
Trade association serving airlines, passengers and shippers, defines key rules for transport of cargo, maintains a global list of airport codes.
International Federation of Freight Forwarders
(FIATA)
Trade association representing freight forwarders worldwide to promote industry interests, uniform documentation and terms for forwarding activities.
International Freight Forwarders
Spediteure, die Buchungen, Papiere und die Konsolidierung von Exporten erledigen.
International Maritime Control Organisation
(IMCO)
Internationalen Seeschifffahrtsorganisation. Siehe IMO.
International Ship and Port Facility Security
(ISPS)
An amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea Convestion on minimum security arrangements for ships, ports and government agencies. It prescribes responsibilities to governments, shipping companies, shipboard personelle and port/facility personal to detect security threats and take preventative meausres against security incidents affecting ships or port facilities used in international trade.
Inventory
The value or listing of raw materials, work in progress and finished goods on-hand at any point of time within the supply chain.
Inventory Carrying Costs
Im Allgemeinen umfassen die Kosten für den Transport oder die Lagerung alle mit der Lagerung von Waren verbundenen Kosten. Dazugehlren Kosten für Lagerbestände, Lagerhaltung, Veralterung, Verschlechterung, Verderb und Lohnkosten sowie Versicherungen und Steuern.
Inventory Turnover
Die Kosten der verkauften Waren, dividiert durch den durchschnittlichen Lagerbestand. Das Verhältnis misst, wie oft ein Lagerbestand eines Unternehmens im Laufe des Jahres verkauft wurde.
Inventory Velocity
Die Geschwindigkeit, mit der Produkte vom Empfangsdock zum Versanddock gelangen.
Invoice
See Commercial Invoice.
IPI
Inländischer Punkt Intermodal. Fracht bewegt sich über Land von/zu einem Inland Point. Siehe auch Micro Bridge.
ISA
Informationssystem-Abkommen Führende Organisation von Reedereien, die Lösungen für den elektronischen Handel für die maritime Industrie entwickelt, fördert und implementiert.
IT
(1) Immediate Transportation Entry (sofortiger Transporteingang): bezieht sich auf einen IT-Eingang (U.S. Zoll). Die Fracht darf dann über den Ankunftshafen hinaus zu dem Zollbezirk des Zielorts gebracht werden, z. B. Fracht, die über Los Angeles für Chicago in die USA einfährt, kann vor einer Zollkontrolle nach Chicago gebracht werden. (2) Informationstechnologie: Ein allgemeiner Begriff für Personen oder Systeme, die auf eine Verbesserung des Geschäfts hinarbeiten.
ITIGG
Internationale Leitlinien für die Umsetzung von Transportmaßnahmen. ITIGG ist eine internationale Expertengruppe, die sich mit der Entwicklung und Umsetzung von UN/EDIFACT-Standardnachrichten für den elektronischen Handel in der Transportbranche beschäftigt. ITIGG ist eine Untergruppe von D4, der UN/EDIFACT Message Development Group für Transport. ITIGG entwickelt Empfehlungen, die Softwareentwicklern eine Reihe von einfachen und unkomplizierten Werkzeugen zur Verfügung stellen, die bei der Entwicklung von Anwendungen helfen, die für den elektronischen Handel in der ganzen Welt verwendet werden können, und die Absichten der Entwickler von wichtigen UN/EDIFACT-Nachrichten klären.
J
Joint Rate
Eine Gebühr für den Transport von einem Punkt auf einer Transportlinie zu einem Punkt auf einer anderen Transportlinie, die in einem einzigen Tarif veröffentlicht wird.
Jones Act
Abschnitt 27 des Merchant Marine Act von 1920, wonach alle Transporte auf dem Wasser zwischen Häfen in den USA (einschließlich Puerto Rico) von Schiffen unter US-Flagge befördert werden müssen, die in den USA gebaut und mit US-Besatzung besetzt sein müssen.
Journal of Commerce
(JOC)
Journal of Commerce. Eine Fachpublikation. Fachzeitschrift für das Transportwesen.
Just-In-Time
(JIT)
Bei dieser Methode der Bestandskontrolle ist eine Zwischenlagerung minimal oder nicht vorhanden; der Container ist das bewegliche Lager und muss zeitgerecht („just in time“) eintreffen, also nicht zu früh und nicht zu spät.
K
Kaizen
A Japanese word meaning improvement. Specifically used in continuous improvement approaches: small, ongoing positive changes can reap major improvements.
L
Label Cargo
Fracht einschließlich aller Waren, für die ein Etikett gemäß den Bestimmungen des Internationalen Codes für gefährliche Güter auf See erforderlich ist.
Lading
The act of loading cargo.
Land Bridge
Container, die mit einem Schiff von einem fremden Land kommen und dann per Landtransport (Bahn oder Lkw) zu einem Inlandpunkt in den USA oder anderswo verschickt werden. Siehe auch MLB.
Landed Cost
The total cost of a shipment delivered to a named location, specifically the cost of goods plus all associated shipping costs.
Last In First Out
(LIFO)
Inventory concept to describe that the last received goods are the goods dispatched first.
Less Than Container Load
(LCL)
Allgemeiner Begriff für eine Menge von Waren, die versendet werden sollen und die nicht einen ganzen Container füllen. Seegebühren für LCL sind in der Regel pro Einheit höher als für eine volle Containerladung. So kann die Konsolidierung mehrerer LCL-Ladungen von verschiedenen Orten oder Verladern in einen vollen Container Kosten sparen.
Less Than Trailer Load
(LTL)
Siehe „Less Than Container Load“ (LCL), hier auf Anhänger bezogen.
Letter of Credit
(LC)
(1) Ein von einer Bank ausgestelltes Dokument, das bestätigt, dass ein ausländischer Käufer einen Kreditrahmen zugunsten des Verkäufers eingerichtet hat und dass die Zahlung für Waren bei Vorlage bestimmter Dokumente erfolgt, die mit den Bedingungen des Akkreditivs übereinstimmen. (2) Ein Schreiben einer Bank an einen Korrespondenten, das bescheinigt, dass eine darin genannte Person berechtigt ist, bis zu einem bestimmten Betrag auf die Bank oder ihren Kredit zuzugreifen. (3) Ein Schreiben einer Bank an eine Person, an die ein Kredit vergeben wird, die sie ermächtigt, bis zu einem bestimmten Betrag bei der ausstellenden Bank oder einer Bank in seinem Land Beträge abzurufen und die Annahme solcher Abbuchungen garantiert, sofern diese ordnungsgemäß erfolgt sind. Handelsakkreditiv, bestätigter Kredit oder bestätigtes Akkreditiv. Akkreditive können verschiedene Formen haben, von verschiedene Unternehmen für verschiedene Zwecke verwendet werden und unterschiedlichen Bedingungen unterliegen.
Letter of indemnity
(LOI)
A document which the shipper indemnifies the shipping company against the implications of claims that may arise from the issue of a clean Bill of Lading when the goods were not loaded in accordance with the description in the Bill of Lading.
There are two different letters of indemnity: letters of indemnity for quantitative clauses and letters of indemnity for non-quantitative clauses. When the Bill of Lading forms the basis of a documentary credit, the bank demands a clean Bill of Lading. This is a Bill of Lading without reservations by the captain.
If for one reason or another, the goods were not loaded as prescribed, the captain may want to put reservations on the Bill of Lading. By doing so, the Bill of Lading is no longer clean and the bank will not give documentary credit. In order to remedy this, it is custom to put the reservations not on the Bill of Lading, but on the mates receipt and to draw up a letter of indemnity which the shipper indemnifies the captain (the shipping company) against the potential implications thereof.
Lift-on/lift-off
(LoLo)
LoLo ships are cargo ships with on-board cranes to load and unload cargo.
Line Haul
Seeanteil der Route eines Schiffes, der die größte Entfernung umfasst, üblicherweise über einen Ozean (z. B. Singapur-Los Angeles).
Liner In/Free Out
(LIFO)
A freight shipping rate of the loading goods into the ship in the logistics terms that includes in the freight rate, whereas unloading is not.
LNG Carrier
Frachter für Flüssigerdgas.
Loading
Physical placement of cargo within a container, truck or on a vessel/ aircraft or other means of transport.
Localization
Term used to describe modification and preparation/ translation of products to serve the needs of a specific market.
Logistics
Die Verwaltung von Fracht und Informationen entlang der gesamten Lieferkette von der ursprünglichen Rohstoffquelle bis zum Endverbraucher des Endprodukts, einschließlich Fabriken, Montage- und Verpackungsbetrieben, Lagerhallen, Distributionszentren und Einzelhandelsgeschäften.
Longshoreman
Auch bekannt als Stauer. Arbeiter, der ein Schiff belädt und entlädt. Terminalbetreiber, der den Betrieb von Be- und Entladungsschiffen sowie andere Terminalaktivitäten erleichtern soll.
LT
„Lange Tonne“, abgekürzt tn. l.1 tn. l. = 2.240 lb. (angloamerikanische Pfund)
M
Maersk Customs Services
(MCS)
Customs clearance
Main-line Operator
(MLO)
A carrier employing vessel(s) in the main or principal routes in a trade but not participating within a consortium.
Manifest
Vollständige Auflistung aller Fracht an Bord eines Schiffes, wie von den zuständigen lokalen Behörden gefordert, z. B. dem Zoll. Das Gleiche wie Cargo Manifest.
Marks and Numbers
Die Daten zur Identifizierung eines Paket oder die tatsächlichen Zeichen, die auf den Paketen erscheinen.
Master B/L
A contract of carriage between the carrier and customer issued by the Shipping Line (carrier) to the NVOCC Operator, Freight Forwarder, or customer. The MBL is a document of title.
Material Safety Data Sheet
(MSDS)
A document prepared by a supplier/ shipper of hazardous materials that details safety information and procedures for handling or using the product or material. MSDS sheets typically contain a listing of hazardous ingredients, handling procedures, first aid procedures and precautions.
Materials Management
Die Beschaffung, Bewegung und Verwaltung von Materialien und Produkten von der Beschaffung bis zur Produktion.
Merchant Haulage Service
Service zur Koordination von Logistikdienstleistungen Dritter (Merchant Haulage Arrangements) im Auftrag des Kunden. Dieser Service wird basierend auf der Anfrage des Kunden angewendet, dass der Spediteur den Landtransport auf einem Frachtbrief des Handelsunternehmens koordiniert. Der Kunde hat den Vertrag mit dem Spediteur. Der Carrier kann die Erbringung dieser Dienstleistung verweigern.
Metric Ton
(MT)
Metrische Tonne, abgekürzt t. 1 t = 2.204,62 lbs oder 35,314 cft.
Milestone
A scheduled event that marks the completion of a defined phase within a project or flow of goods.
Milk Run
A Milk Run is a delivery method used to transport mixed loads from various suppliers to one customer. Instead of each supplier sending a truck every week to meet the needs of one customer, one truck (or vehicle) visits the suppliers to pick up the loads for that customer. This method of transport got its name from the dairy industry practice, where one tanker used to collect milk from several dairy farms for delivery to a milk processing company.
Mixed Shipment
Versand, der aus Artikeln besteht, die in zwei oder mehr Tarifpositionen innerhalb eines Tarifs beschrieben und bewertet werden.
MLB
Eine Abkürzung für Mini Land Bridge. Container, die mit einem Schiff von einem fremden Land kommen und dann per Landtransport (Bahn oder Lkw) zu einem Inlandpunkt in den USA oder anderswo verschickt werden. Siehe auch Land Bridge.
Mother Vessel
Hauptschiff in einem Liniendienst, das dazu bestimmt ist, Container von festgelegten Ursprungspunkten zu bewegen, um Zielhäfen/-punkte regelmäßig anzulaufen.
MSI Plessey
Dieser Strichcode ist ein Strichcode mit variabler Länge, der bis zu 15 numerische Zeichen codieren kann. Die Prüfsummenerzeugung ist abhängig vom Wert des Prüfsummenparameters. In der folgenden Tabelle werden der Wert der Prüfsummeneigenschaft und der Typ der Prüfsumme angegeben. Einstellung, Beschreibung, 0, 1 Modulo 10 Prüfsumme, 1, 2 Modulo 10 Prüfsummen, 2, 1 Modulo 11 Prüfsumme/1 Modulo 10 Prüfsumme.
Multi Country Consolidation
Damco program where cargo, from multiple individual countries, is shipped to a single location for consolidation into larger shipments to destination, thus minimizing shipping costs whilst maintaining security and reliability within the supply chain.
Multimodal
Use of multiple modes of transport to move products from origin to destination.
N
Near Sourcing
Outsourcing of production/ sourcing that is in a country close to the domestic market of the contracting company.
Negotiable Bill of Lading
Etwas, das ausgehandelt, übertragen oder von einer Person an eine andere Person übertragen werden kann, im Gegenzug für einen gleichwertigen Wert, indem es entweder mit Indossament (wie bei einem Instrument zur Bestellung) oder ohne Billigung (ab einem Inhaberinstrument) geliefert wird, so dass der Titel an der Erwerber, der in seinen Rechten nicht durch einen Mangel oder einen Mangel im Titel früherer Parteien oder durch persönliche Einreden benachteiligt ist, die den vorherigen Parteien untereinander zur Verfügung stehen, vorausgesetzt in beiden Fällen, dass der Erwerber ein gutgläubiger Inhaber ist, z. B. Konnossemente, Wechsel, Schuldscheine und Schecks, die auf Inhaber oder auf Bestellung zu zahlen sind, sind übertragbare Instrumente, wie auch in einigen Rechtsordnungen einige andere Instrumente (wie Anleihen, einige Formen von Aktien), d. h. handelbare Papiere/handelbare Wertpapiere. „Negotiable“ wird für „übertragbar“ verwendet - siehe auch Negotiability/Transferability.
Negotiating Bank
Bank, in der ein Versender Dokumente aushandelt oder Dokumente vorgelegt werden, in der Regel im Herkunftsland. Auch oft als beratende Bank bezeichnet.
Nested
Drei oder mehr verschiedene Größen des gleichen Gegenstands oder der gleichen Ware, die eingeschlossen werden müssen, jedes kleinere Stück innerhalb des nächstgrößeren Stücks oder drei oder mehr der Gegenstände müssen so ineinander gelegt werden, dass das obere Stück nicht über das untere Stück um mehr als 1/3 seiner Höhe herausragt. Geschachteltes Gut: Drei oder mehr Gegenstände müssen auf oder in die andere gelegt werden, so dass die äußeren Seitenflächen des oberen Gegenstands mit den inneren Seitenflächen des Gegenstands unten in Kontakt stehen und der obere Gegenstand nicht über den nächstniedrigeren Gegenstand hinausragt, indem mehr als 1/2 Zoll.
Net Promoter Score
(NPS)
A leading indicator of future growth and is measured via a very simple but highly relevant question: “Based on your experience with Maersk, how likely are you to recommend Maersk to a business associate or colleague?
Customers are invited to score us on the above-mentioned question on a scale ranging from 0 to 10. Those who give us a score 9-10 are considered to be our Promoters. They are loyal to Maersk and will keep buying from us and refer others to us, fueling growth. Passives (score 7-8) are satisfied but unenthusiastic Maersk-customers who are vulnerable to competitive offerings. Detractors (score 0-6) are unhappy customers who can hamper growth through negative word-of-mouth. Subtracting the percentage of Detractors from the percentage of Promoters gives the Net Promoter Score. The NPS can range from -100 (every customer is a Detractor) to +100 (every customer is a Promoter).
Net Weight
The weight of goods without packaging.
Neutral Body
Untersuchungsstelle, die von Konferenzspditeuren bestimmt wird, um sicherzustellen, dass alle Vorschriften und Regeln eingehalten werden.
Non-Asset-Based Third Party Providers
Drittanbieter, die in der Regel keine eigenen Vermögenswerte besitzen, wie z. B. Transport- und/oder Lagerausrüstung.
Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading
Ein Dokument, das nicht als Bestellung ausgestellt wurde, sondern eine Quittung und ein Beleg für den Beförderungsvertrag ist, aber kein Nachweis des Titels ist, z. B. ein Frachtbrief und in einigen Ländern (wie den USA) ein (direktes) Konnossement.
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier
(NVOCC)
Spedoteuer, der nicht selbst Schiffe betreibt. Der Spediteur bietet einen internationalen Frachttransportdienst durch die Verwendung von anderen Frachtunternehmen und gemäß ihrer eigenen Tarifstruktur in Übereinstimmung mit den Gebühren, die bei der Federal Maritime Commission in Washington D.C. hinterlegt sind.
Noridsk Speditörsförbunds Allmänna Bestämmelser 2000
(NSAB)
A set of rules development by the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders, including the freight forwarders liability under various transport law conventions, such as SIM, CMR, the Hague-Visby Rules and the Warsaw Convention. The Norid Association of Freight Forwarders is a coaltion of unions in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and is in turn a part of FIATA, the international Freight forwarder organisation
Not Otherwise Enumerated
(NOE)
Sonst nicht aufgezählt
Not Otherwise Stated
(NOS)
Sonst nicht anders angegeben.
Notify Party
Unternehmen/Person, die auf dem Konnossement oder Frachtbrief erscheint, um benachrichtigt zu werden, wenn die Fracht am Bestimmungsort ankommt. Könnte vom Empfänger abweichen, ist aber oft der eigentliche Empfänger der Ware. Eine benachrichtigte Partei hat keine besonderen Rechte (über die Mitteilung hinaus) unter dem Konnossement oder Frachtbrief.
O
Ocean Transport Intermediary
(OTI)
Used in our Operating System to denote freight forwarding shipments; used more generally to describe an ocean freight forwarder/ NVOCC.
Origin Motor Terminal, Origin Rail Terminal, Destination Motor Terminal
(OMT, ORT, DMT)
Ursprungs-Lkw-Terminal. Ursprungs-Bahnterminal. Ziel-Lkw-Terminal. Ort, der von einem Lkw-/Bahnspediteur am Ursprungs-/Bestimmungsorten bestimmt wird, an denen der Spediteur oder sein Bevollmächtigter die Container und Fahrgestelle eines Seespediteurs zusammenstellt, hält oder lagert; wenn beladene Container von Verladern oder ihren Agenten empfangen werden; wo leere Container an Verlader oder ihre Agenten geliefert werden.
On Deck Stowage
Auf dem Deck des Schiffes verstautet Fracht.
On-Carriage
Service für die Lieferung von Inlandsimporten zu unseren Kunden vom Entladehafen aus. Dies bietet dem Kunden Flexibilität beim Transport von Tür zu Tür. Dieser Service ist anwendbar, wenn der Spediteur auf Verlangen des Kunden den Inlandstransport zum gewünschten Binnenstandort anbietet.
On-Time Performance
Der Anteil der Zeit, den ein Transitsystem an seinen veröffentlichten Zeitplanzeiten innerhalb der angegebenen Toleranzen hält.
Open Issues List
(OIL)
During the course of any project questions will arise. Keep a working list of open issues and identified problems which must be solved. Update the status of each issue as it is addressed.
Open Rates
Für jeden einzelnen Spediteur festgelegte Preise. Diese Preise sind in einer Tarifliste aufgeführt, können jedoch je nach Spediteur unterschiedlich sein.
Operations Info Portal
(OIP)
A News solution on Connect enabling quick and efficent sharing of information relating to daily operations. Possible to subscribe to customizable alerts.
Opportunity Management Evaluation Board
(OMEB)
The sales opportunities where we want regional support from the solution engineers and building blocks team need to be passed through the OMEB and approved before assistance is provided
Order Cycle
Dies umfasst die Zeit und den Prozess von der Bestellung bis zum Empfang der Sendung. Es umfasst die folgenden Prozesse: MItteilung der Bestellung, Auftragsabwicklung, Transport der Sendung.
Order Management System
(OMS)
Order Management System. It is any tool or platform that tracks sales, orders, inventory, and fulfillment as well as enables the people, processes, and partnerships necessary for products to find their way to the customers who bought them
Order Processing
Process or work-flow associated with the picking, packing and delivery of the packed items to a shipping carrier
Origin Charge Catalogue
(OCC)
The OCC is a document containing Damco’s standard charges for origin related activities. Charges are assessed annually and adjusted subject to cost inflation, market development and profitability objectives.
Original Bill of Lading
(OBL)
Originalkonnossement. Siehe auch Negotiable Bill of Lading.
Original Equipment Manufacturer
(OEM)
A company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.
Out of Gauge Service
Der Service besteht darin, Fracht zu handhaben und zu versenden, die „übergroß“ ist. Dadurch soll die Möglichkeit geschaffen werden, Fracht zu befördern, die die Abmessungen von Standardcontainern in Bezug auf Länge, Breite, Höhe und/oder Gewicht überschreitet, die jedoch für den Spediteur weiterhin als „containerisierte Fracht“ handhabbar ist. Diese Gebühr gilt für Sendungen außerhalb des Messbereichs.
Outbound
Exportsendungen.
Out-of-Gauge Cargo
(OOG )
Out-of-Gauge Cargo describes break bulk cargo, which is not suitable for stuffing into a standard container due to the cargo dimensions and which requires the use of special equipment like flat racks, platforms- or open top containers.
Outport
Zielport, abgesehen von einem Basishafen, für den Tarife gelten, die jedoch zusätzlichen Outport-Vereinbarungen unterliegen können.
Outsource
Um einen Drittanbieter zu beauftragen, Aufgaben wahrzunehmen, die zuvor intern durchgeführt wurden.
Over Landed
(1) Frachtvolumen zählt mehr als ursprünglich ausgeliefert. (2) Fracht über den ursprünglichen Entladehafen hinaus.
Overland Common Port
(OCP)
Eine besondere Zollkonzession von Schifffahrtslinien, Eisenbahnunternehmen und Lkw-Unternehmen, die die USA bedienen Westküste für Export- und Importverkehr, der Spediteuren und Importeuren im Mittleren Westen durch Ausgleichszölle zu und von anderen Küstengebieten zugutekommen soll und diesen Mittelwestfirmen eine vergleichbare Alternative bietet. Die Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaften senken ihre Tarife und die Inlandfluggesellschaften übernehmen die Terminalgebühren, die aus Abfertigungsgebühren, Hafengebühren und Gebühren für das Be- oder Entladen von Fahrzeugen bestehen. OCP-Tarife gelten für Fracht, die aus oder von den Staaten North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico und allen Staaten östlich davon versendet werden. OCP-Tarife in Kanada gelten für die Provinzen: Manitoba, Ontario und Quebec.
Origin/Destination Booking Services
(OBK/DBK)
Booking Services at Origin or Destination, a single point of contact provided with accurate and timely freight bookings.
P
1PL
Logistics handled internally by a company.
2PL
Basic domestic and international transport handled for a company by an outside provider e.g. a shipping line.
3PL
The integration and management of all logistics services of a complex supply chain usually involving several sub-contractors managed by a logistics company on behalf of a customer.
4PL
Trademark term (Accenture 1996) “an integrator that assembles the resources, capabilities and technology of its own organization and other organizations to design build and run comprehensive supply chain services”.
Packing List
Liste der Pakete für jede Sendung mit individueller Aufschlüsselung der Gewichte/Maße und Menge.
Pallet
Holzkonstruktion, die verwendet wird, um Fracht zu stützen und Bewegung durch Gabelstapler zu erleichtern.
Pareto Principle
Also known as the 80-20 rule, postulates that 20% of the effort leads to 80% of results.
Partlow Chart
Ein Diagramm, das die Temperaturanzeige in einem Kühlcontainer angibt.
Partnerships and Alliances
Verlader und Anbieter, die Vereinbarungen zum Nutzen beider Parteien abschließen.
Per Diem
Täglich.
Physical Distribution
Alle logistischen Aktivitäten von der Produktionslinie bis zum Endverbraucher, einschließlich Verkehr, Verpackung, Materialhandhabung, Lagerhaltung, Auftragseingabe, Kundendienst, Bestandskontrolle usw.
Pick & Pack
Picking a piece of inventory out from a warehouse and packing it for shipment
Pier
Eine Struktur, die vom Land weg gebaut wurde und sich in einiger Entfernung über das Wasser erstreckt und oft zum Andocken von Booten verwendet wird. Auch bekannt als Kai.
Piggyback
Der Transport von Straßenanhängern oder abnehmbaren Aufliegern auf speziell ausgerüsteten Schienenfahrzeugen.
Pilferage
Aus dem Container, Lager oder Terminal gestohlene Fracht.
Plimsoll Mark
Tiefe, bis zu der ein Schiff sicher laden kann. Er wird durch einen Kreis auf der Schiffsseite mit einer vertikalen Linie und einigen kleinen horizontalen Linien gekennzeichnet, die die maximale Tiefe für Sommer und Winter zeigen.
Point of Sale
(POS)
Point of sale refers to the time at which a cardholder and a merchant complete a transaction. This is present in online purchases, Door Deliveries and transactions carried out in traditional brick and mortar stores. The point of sale (or POS) in retail industries uses a combination of software as well as hardware
Port & Terminal Service Charge [PTSC]
South Europe Conference [SEAC] charge incurred when the shipper is not able to deliver cargo directly alongside the vessel. The carrier may assess its expenses in moving cargo from the shipper's point of delivery to the vessel.
Port of Discharge
(POD)
A port where cargoes and containers are unloaded from a vessel.
Port of Loading
(POL)
A port where cargoes or containers are loaded onto a vessel.
Positioning
Der Umzug leerer Geräte von überschüssigen Gebieten in defizitäre Gebiete.
Post Implementation Review
(PIR)
An assessment and review of the completed project/solution. It should be performed after a period of live running, some time after the project is completed. The purpose is to ascertain the degree of success from the porject, the efficacy of the solution to see if further improvements can be made and to learn lessons from the project which may benefit future projects for the team members/organization.
POSTNET
Der POSTNET-Strichcode wird auf Briefumschlägen und Postkarten verwendet, die über die USA versendet werden. Postdienst. Dieser Strichcode befindet sich in der unteren rechten Ecke des Umschlags.
Pre-Carriage
(PRE - CARRIAGE)
Service für die Lieferung von Inlands-Exporttransport vom Standort des Kunden zum Verladehafen. Dies bietet dem Kunden Flexibilität beim Transport von Tür zu Tür. Dieser Service ist anwendbar, wenn der Spediteur auf Verlangen des Kunden den Inlandstransport zum gewünschten Binnenstandort anbietet.
Pre-Trip Inspection Service
Eine vom Spediteur arrangierte Serviceleistung, mit der ein Techniker eine zusätzliche Kontrolle der temperaturgesteuerten Container durchführen kann, um sicherzustellen, dass die Einheit funktionstüchtig und bereit ist, Waren mit den erforderlichen Temperatureinstellungen zu transportieren. Die Inspektion wird vor der Freigabe des leeren Containers durchgeführt. Diese Dienstleistung wird auf Verlangen des Kunden und/oder für bestimmte Arten von Waren angewendet, wo es obligatorisch ist, um den Transport der Sendung zu ermöglichen.
Pricing and Quoting
(PNQ)
Commonly used abbreviation when contacting the Finance GSC team handling late ICB creation (for example emails to: PNQGSCPNFICB@maersk.com)
Primage
A charge paid by shippers to ship agents for services provided by the agent in Turkish and Greek ports, generally for loading activities conducted by port stevedores. It is not an actual contractual term so the obligation to pay does not depend on its inclusion in the bill of lading.
Turkey: 3% on Total Ocean Freight including all surcharges and intermodal charges.
Greece: 3% Piraeus, 5% Salonika (except on cargo originating in Bulgaria).
Proforma
An informal preliminary document (usually invoice) sent to buyers describing a shipment of goods in advance of their delivery.
Proof Of Delivery
(POD)
Documentation signed by the receiver of goods to evidence the completion of the shipment of goods.
Protection & Indemnity
(P&I )
Maersk Line’s liability insurance. It protects us for ordinary losses (damage to cargo, pollution, personal injury etc) but NOT for risks that arise out of bad business practices (Ad valorem BL, knowing mis-description of cargo etc).
Protection and Indemnity Insurance
(P&I)
A form of mutual maritime insurance provided by a P&I Clubm. A P&I Club provides cover for open-ended risks that traditional insurers are reluctant to insure. Typical P&I cover includes: a carrier's thrid party risks for damaged caused to cargo during carriage; war risks; and risks of environmental dmage such as oil spills and pollution.
Pull Strategy
A production and distribution strategy based upon specific customer demand. In a pure pull strategy, only goods and services that are ordered by a customer are produced and shipped, e.g. the historical DELL model of PC production to order.
Purchase Order
Gemeinsame Gruppierung von Aufträgen für Waren/Dienstleistungen. Mehrere SKU-Kategorien können in einer Bestellung aufgeführt sein. Die meisten Kunden gruppieren ihre Bestellungen auf eine bestimmte Weise, um den Vertrieb am anderen Ende zu erleichtern. Zum Beispiel kann eine Bestellung für einen Bekleidungsimporteur 2 Dutzend grüne Pullover und 2 Dutzend rote Pullover umfassen. Wenn diese P.O.s aus demselben Geschäft stammen, ist es für das Geschäft einfacher, alle Artikel unter diesen P.O. auf den richtigen Lkw zu verladen.
Push Strategy
A production and distribution strategy based upon forecasts rather than actual demand, essentially product is produced towards forecast and stored in inventory until required.
Q
Quality Control
Die systematische Planung, Messung und Kontrolle einer Kombination von Personen, Materialien, Metrologie und Maschinen mit dem Ziel, ein Produkt herzustellen, das der Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit des Unternehmens gerecht wird.
Quarterly Business Review
(QBR)
A quarterly meeting with a key customer to discuss operational and business improvements and ways forward. (30% looking backward, 70% looking forward).
Quay
Eine Anlegestelle, ein Kai oder eine andere Konstruktion, die entlang eines Ufers gebaut wurde, um mit Booten oder Schiffen anzulegen und diese zu be- oder entladen.
Quick Reference Guide
(QRG)
Manual / SOP / description of how a task is done
Quick Response
(QR)
Ein verbraucherorientiertes Nachschubsystem, bei dem qualitativ hochwertige Produkte und genaue Informationen über ein papierloses System (EDI) zwischen allen Verteilungspunkten von der Produktionslinie bis zur Kasse gehen. Distributoren, Spediteurer und Lieferanten agieren als Handelspartner und konzentrieren sich auf die Verbesserung des gesamten Versorgungssystems.
Quitclaim
Ein Rechtsinstrument, das verwendet wird, um das Recht, den Titel oder das Interesse einer Person an einem anderen zu lösen, ohne eine Garantie oder eine Eigentumsgarantie zu geben.
R
10 + 2 Rule
Officially the Importer Security Filing (ISF) for US bound cargo; the importer or their agent must supply the Customs & Border Protection (CBP) with the ISF filing containing 10 data elements (importer: Manufacturers Name & Address, Seller/Owner Name & Address, Ship To, Stuffing location, Consolidator, Importer of record, Consignee numbers, Country of Origin, HTS Code) + 2 (Carrier: Vessel stow plan, Container status messages) 24 hours prior to vessel loading in a foreign port.
Railhead
Standort zum Be- und Entladen von Containern am Bahnterminal.
Rate Agreement
Gruppe von Spediteuren, die Gebürhen und häufige Probleme mit Optionen diskutieren, um unabhängige Tarife einzureichen.
Received for Shipment Bill of Lading
Kann auf dem tatsächlichen Beleg des Spediteurens ausgestellt werden oder die Verwahrung von Waren übernehmen, wenn die verlangten Waren noch nicht notwendigerweise an Bord eines Schiffes oder einer anderen Beförderung geladen werden. Diese Form des Frachtbriefs würde normalerweise auf ein an Bord befindliches Konnossement umgeschaltet oder als eine an Bord befindliche Notation bei der tatsächlichen Verladung von Waren an Bord eines Schiffes oder eines anderen Transports hinzugefügt werden.
Reefer
Refers to a refrigerated container.
Re-engineering
Ein Ansatz zur Verbesserung des Geschäftsbetriebs durch Neuerfindung, Neubewertung, Neugestaltung und Wiederholung.
Register Ton
Eine Einheit der inneren Kapazität von Schiffen. 1 Registertonne = 100 Kubikfuß oder 2.832 Kubikmeter. Auch bekannt als Schiffstonne.
Relay
Seetransport, der nach dem Versand an einen Zwischenpunkt an seinen endgültigen Zielhafen übergeben wird.
Release
Cargo is released from the carrier to the consignee/ agent.
Replenishment
Der Prozess des Verschiebens des Inventars eines Artikels von einem Reservespeicherort zum primären Kommissionierplatz oder in einen anderen Speichermodus, in dem das Kommissionieren durchgeführt wird.
Request For Quote/Information/Price
(RFQ/RFI/RFP)
A formal request by a company or customer for information or prices on products/ services or a defined quotation to support customer needs.
Restow
A restow is a move where a container is off loaded from on board the ship and put back onto the ship either at the same stow position or a different stow position. This could be due to incorrect stowage of a container or a change of destination was requested at a later stage
Return Cargo
Die Fracht muss an die ursprüngliche Empfangsstelle zurückgegeben werden.
Revenue Ton
Anzahl der Tonnen, für die die Fracht pro Tonne bezahlt wird.
Reverse Logistics
Reverse Logistics ist ein eher allgemeiner Begriff. Im weitesten Sinne steht die Umkehrlogistik für alle Tätigkeiten im Zusammenhang mit der Wiederverwendung von Produkten und Materialien. Die Verwaltung dieser Vorgänge kann als Product Recovery Management (PRM) bezeichnet werden. PRM befasst sich mit der Pflege von Produkten und Materialien nach ihrer Verwendung. Einige dieser Aktivitäten ähneln in gewissem Maße denen, die bei internen Rücksendungen fehlerhafter Artikel aufgrund unzuverlässiger Produktionsprozesse auftreten. Umgekehrte Logistik bezieht sich jedoch auf alle logistischen Aktivitäten der Sammlung, Demontage und Verarbeitung von gebrauchten Produkten, Produktteilen und/oder Materialien, um eine nachhaltige (umweltfreundliche) Verwertung zu gewährleisten.
Roll-on/Roll-off
(RoRo)
RoRo ships typically come with ramps or slips that allow workers to drive wheeled cargo on and off them.
Ro-Ro
Roll on/Roll off Schiff zum Transport von Pkw und leichten Nutzfahrzeugen. Fahrzeuge werden an- und ausgefahren und nicht mit Kränen oder anderen externen Geräten beladen.
S
Safety Of Life At Sea
(SOLAS)
See IMO, recent updates to SOLAS, effective July 2016, require that the shipper (or a third party under the shipper’s responsibility) is required to weigh the packed container or all of its contents, depending on the selected method. The weighing equipment that is used must meet national certification and calibration requirements. The SOLAS amendments demand that the weight verification must be ‘signed’: a specific person must be named and identified as having verified the accuracy of the weight calculation on behalf of the shipper. A carrier may rely on this signed weight verification as being accurate.
Safety Stock
The average volume of inventory on hand when a new order is received, safety stock is put in place usually to cope with demand and supply volatility and is a factor of volatility, product value, customer needs and product complexity. Safety stock on many occasions is a high cost for organizations. Our SCD teams can review inventory management practices for key customers and suggest improvements.
Seals, also Container Seals
Seals are 'one-time door locks' used to secure goods containers. Each seal-lock can be used only once. Seals are numbered for record and security purposes, minimize the risk of unauthorized access and manipulation to the container contents. After a container is stuffed, the seal must be applied and the number documented. Heavy-duty container seals are designed to withstand natural elements and last the entire voyage of the container until it is removed by the customer at the destination. Unbroken seal can be a proof of integrity.
Seawaybill
Eine Art Frachtbrief, der für die Beförderung von Hafen zu Hafen oder kombinierten Transport verwendet wird. Ein Frachtbrief ist identisch mit einem verhandelbaren Frachtbrief, außer dass es kein Dokument des Titels ist. Es werden keine Originale für diese Art von Dokument ausgegeben. In einigen Ländern, wie den USA, gilt ein Frachtbrief als Gegenstück zu einem (direkt) versandten Frachtbrief. Siehe auch Waybill.
Sell-Through
Sell through rate is a calculation, commonly represented as a percentage, comparing the amount of inventory a retailer receives from a manufacturer or supplier against what is actually sold to the customer
Service Agreement
Private Verträge zwischen einem oder mehreren Spediteuren und einem oder mehreren Verladern zum Transport von Fracht zwischen bestimmten Punkten unter den vereinbarten und im Vertrag aufgeführten Beförderungsbedingungen. Erlaubt häufig bestimmte Gebühren auf der Grundlage des Volumens über einen bestimmten Zeitraum. Auch allgemein als Servicevertrag bekannt.
Service Level agreement
(SLA)
A contract or addendum between the client and service provider that specifies in measurable terms the type, quantity and quality of the services the service provider will provide.
Set Point
Spezifische Temperatur, die ein Kühlcontainer halten soll. Idealerweise sollten der Sollwert und die tatsächliche Temperatur während der gesamten Reise identisch sein.
Shanghai Shipping Exchange
(SSE)
Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE), jointly founded by the Ministry of Transport and Shanghai Municipal People’s Government on November 28 1996 under the approval of the State Council, is the first state-level shipping exchange in China and the founding of the SSE represents a major step taken by the Chinese government to promote and invigorateChina’s shipping market and match the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center.
Shipment
A delivery of a parcel
Shipment Window
A date range set by the buyer, during which time the supplier must ship the cargo. The buyer decides on the dates based on when he will need the stock. If the buyer chooses a date that is too early, he may not have space for the stock. If he chooses a date that is too late, he may not have the stock in time for a sale.
Shipped On Board
(SOB )
Shipped on Board is a definite statement that the goods are actually on-board the vessel. This is the most satisfactory type of receipt and the shippers prefer such a B/L as there is no doubt about the goods being on-board.
Shipper
1) Person, die etwas liefert (z. B. die Waren einer einzelnen Sendung). 2) JUstische oder natürliche Person, die auf dem Frachtbrief oder Frachtbrief als Verlader angegeben ist und/oder in deren Namen oder in deren Auftrag ein Beförderungsvertrag mit einem Frachtführer geschlossen wurde. Auch als Versender bekannt.
Shipper Packed
Inhalt von Containern, wie geladen (gestopft), verstaut (verpackt/verstrebt), gewogen und/oder gezählt von oder für den Versender, üblicherweise eine CY-Ladung.
Shippers Export Declaration
A form required by export authorities of many countries to document the export of goods.
Shipping Instruction
(SI)
Shipper instruction on ocean shipment for creation of BL
Shipping Order
Buchungsäquivalent und Beförderungsvertrag zum Nachweis der Beförderung von Waren.
Ship's Chandlers
Lieferanten von verschiedenen Gegenständen zum Schiff.
Short Landed
Frachtvolumenzählung (am Lieferort) weniger als ursprünglich ausgeliefert.
Short Shipped
Es fehlt ein Schiff, für das es ursprünglich bestimmt war.
Shunting
The act of moving the cargo (vehicles) within the terminal/port or from one terminal to another in the same port on its own wheels. In rail it is the process of sorting items of rolling stock into complete train sets or consists, or the reverse.
Slot Charter
Charterung von Slots/Spaces durch einen Carrier auf den Schiffen anderer Carrier.
SMDG
Benutzergruppe für Versandlinien und Containerterminals. SMDG entwickelt und fördert UN/EDIFACT EDI Nachrichten für die maritime Industrie und ist eine offizielle, vom UN/EDIFACT Board anerkannte Pan European User Group.
Special Customs Invoice
Ein offizielles Formular, das normalerweise von den USA benötigt wird. Zoll, wenn der Zollsatz auf dem Wert basiert und der Wert der Sendung USD 500 übersteigt. Dieses Dokument wird normalerweise vom ausländischen Exporteur oder seinem Spediteur erstellt und vom Zoll bei der Bestimmung des Wertes der Sendung verwendet. Der Ausführer oder sein Vertreter müssen die Echtheit der übermittelten Daten bestätigen.
Special Rate
Rate für eine bestimmte Ware für einen bestimmten Zeitraum festgelegt.
SS
Dampfer.
ST
„Kurze Tonne“ 1 short ton = 2 000 lbs. (Pfund)
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
(SCAC)
The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers. It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records.
Standard Trading Terms & Conditions
(STC)
Reference to Standard Trading Terms which outline the general position of our company regarding the conduct of its services and limitations of liabilities in specific circumstances.
STC
Abkürzung für Said To Contain.
Stern
The rear part of a ship, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter to the taffrail.
Stevedore
Terminalbetreiber, der den Betrieb von Lade- und EntladeContainern und verschiedenen Terminalaktivitäten erleichtern soll. Auch bekannt als Hafenarbeiter.
Stock Keeping Unit
(SKU)
Kleinste Einheitengruppierung für Waren, die normalerweise einen Einzelhandelsartikel angibt. In der Regel stehen mehrere SKUs unter einer Bestellung.
Storage Charge
Die Gebühr für Waren, die sich in einer Lagervereinbarung für bestimmte Zeiträume befinden und nicht in einer anderen Vereinbarung enthalten sind.
Store-Door Delivery
Service für die Lieferung von Inlandsimporten zu unseren Kunden vom Entladehafen aus. Dies bietet dem Kunden Flexibilität beim Transport von Tür zu Tür. Dieser Service ist anwendbar, wenn der Spediteur auf Verlangen des Kunden den Inlandstransport zum gewünschten Binnenstandort anbietet.
Stripping
Ein Service, der dem Kunden angeboten wird, in dem der Spediteur die Entladung (Ladungentladung) oder Füllung (Frachtladung) des Kundencontainers im Hafengebiet durchführt. Dieser Service wird basierend auf der Kundenanforderung angewendet.
Stuffing
Ein Service, der dem Kunden angeboten wird, in dem der Spediteur die Entladung (Ladungentladung) oder Füllung (Frachtladung) des Kundencontainers im Hafengebiet durchführt. Dieser Service wird basierend auf der Kundenanforderung angewendet.
Sulphur Emissions Control Areas
(SECA)
Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) or Emission Control Areas (ECAs) are sea areas in which stricter controls were established to minimize airborne emissions (SOx, NOx, ODS, VOC) from ships as defined by Annex VI of the 1997 MARPOL Protocol which came into effect in May 2005. Annex VI contains provisions for two sets of emission and fuel quality requirements regarding SOx and PM, or NOx, a global requirement and more stringent controls in special Emission Control Areas (ECA). These regulations stemmed from concerns about the contribution of the shipping industry to ""local and global air pollution and environmental problems."" By July 2010 a revised more stringent Annex VI was enforced with significantly tightened emissions limits.
Supply Chain
Die Bewegung von Materialien und Informationen durch den Logistikprozess von der Rohstoffbeschaffung bis zur Lieferung an den Endverbraucher. Die Lieferkette umfasst alle Lieferanten, Dienstleister und Kunden.
Supply Chain Development
(SCD)
Backed by extensive experience in supply chain and project management, our SCD teams use proven methods and analytical tools to implement solutions that help customers to maximize the value they gain from their supply chain.
Supply Chain Management
Die Verwaltung und Kontrolle aller Materialien und Informationen im Logistikprozess von der Rohstoffbeschaffung bis zur Lieferung an den Endverbraucher.
Surcharges
Zusätzliche Gebühren über Seefracht. Siehe auch Add-Ons.
SWIFT
Gesellschaft für weltweite Interbanken-Finanzkommunikation Eine nach belgischem Recht organisierte Genossenschaft, die den teilnehmenden Finanzinstituten folgende Dienstleistungen anbietet: Akkreditive (Eröffnung und Übermittlung), Geldüberweisungen, Zahlungssicherheitsabrechnungen. Andere an SWIFT beteiligte Unternehmen sind: Wertpapiermakler und Delater, Clearing- und Depotstellen, Wertpapierbörsen und Emittenten von Reiseschecks.
Switch Bill of Lading
Dieser Dienst wird vom Spediteur bereitgestellt, um Transportdokumente (B/Ls) zu "wechseln", um neue Parteien anzuzeigen, indem ein zweiter Satz von Dokumenten ausgegeben wird. Ein "Schalter" verhindert, dass der Versender für den Käufer sichtbar wird und schützt die Interessen des Frachtmittlers. Der Dienst ist auf die Anfrage des Kunden für diesen Dienst anwendbar.
T
Tare Weight
Gewicht eines leeren Containers. Bruttogewicht = Nettogewicht + Leergewicht.
Tariff
Liste der veröffentlichten Tarife, Regeln und Vorschriften für den Warentransport in bestimmten Handelswegen oder zwischen zwei Gebieten.
Telex release
An electronic message transmitted from an agent or shipping line at the port of loading (POL) to the agent at the port of discharge (POD). This message signifies that the shipper has surrendered the original Bill of Lading (OBL).
Terminal Handling Service-Destination
(DHC)
Dieser Service deckt die Kosten für die Handhabung eines Containers am Zielhafen oder Terminal ab. Dieser Service ist auf alle Sendungen anwendbar.
Terminal Handling Service-Origin
(OHC)
Dieser Service deckt die Kosten für die Handhabung eines Containers am Ursprungshafen oder Terminal ab. Dieser Service ist auf alle Sendungen anwendbar.
Terminal Receiving Charge
(TRC)
Vom Terminal zu entrichtende Gebühr für zu exportierende Fracht.
Terms of carriage
The terms of carriage are printed on the first page of every Bill of Lading and are available via the homepage of the individual carrier. They document the contractual general terms and conditions under the shipping contract. http://terms.maerskline.com/ http://terms.safmarine.com/ http://terms.seagoline.com/
Terms of Sale
(TOS)
Verkaufsbedingungen (d.h. FOB/CIF/FAS).
TEU
Zwanzig-Fuß-Äquivalentmaßeinheit. Ein Maß für die von einigen Unternehmen noch verwendete Containerkapazität 1 FFE = 2 TEU
Third Party Providers
Unternehmen, die beauftragt werden können, um Aufgaben zu übernehmen, die zuvor vom Kunden selbst durchgeführt wurden.
Through Rates
Ein vom Ursprung bis zum Bestimmungsort geltender Gebührensatz. Er kann entweder eine gemeinsame Gebühr oder eine Kombination von zwei oder mehr Gebühren sein.
TI-HI, also Ti-High, Tie-High, or Ti by Hi
It refers to the number of boxes/cartons stored on a layer, or tier, (the TI) and the number of layers high that these will be stacked on the pallet (the HI).[1] It can also be used in reference to the stacking pattern used to load a pallet in order to generate a relatively stable stack. These measurements will usually be asked for following the Cube (cubic feet) of a Master Carton.
TIR Carnet
Ein Dokument, das ausgestellt werden kann, um Grenzübergänge in Europa zu erleichtern. Der Zoll an einem europäischen Standort versiegelt einen Container und gibt das Carnet TIR aus. Das Dokument und das Siegel ermöglichen es dem Container, Grenzen ohne Kontrolle an die Tür des Empfängers zu überschreiten, wo der Bestimmungszoll dann die Fracht inspizieren wird.
To order of Shipper
Der Versender erlaubt durch Vermerk und Weitergabe des Dokuments eine Übertragung der Rechte, um die Lieferung der Waren in dem Dokument entgegenzunehmen, z. ein Konnossement.
Total Average Inventory
(1) Die Summe der durchschnittlichen Bestellmenge (eine Hälfte der Bestellmenge) plus Sicherheitsbestand. Sicherheitsbestand ist der Betrag, der nach der Ankunft der Bestellung vorhanden ist. (2) Außerdem der durchschnittliche Normalgebrauchsbestand plus der durchschnittliche Bleibestand plus Sicherheitsbestand.
Total Cost of Distribution
Die Summe aus Einkaufs-, Transport- und Lagerkosten bei der Bewegung von Fertigprodukten über den Postproduktionskanal.
Total Quality Management
Ein Ansatz zur Unternehmensführung, der sich auf Qualität konzentriert und typischerweise eine starke Kundenorientierung, ein umfassendes Engagement, Messsysteme, systematische Unterstützung und kontinuierliche Verbesserung aufweist.
Tracer
Eine Anforderung auf einer Transportlinie, um eine Sendung zum Zwecke der Beschleunigung ihrer Bewegung oder der Erstellung der Lieferung zurückzuverfolgen. Die allgemeine Verwendung dieses Begriffs wurde vereinfacht, um alle Anforderungen für den Status einer Sendung zu umfassen.
Trailer on Flat Car Rail
(TOFC)
Anhänger auf Flat Car Rail Service, bei dem ein Container mit Fahrgestellen, Drehgestellen oder Rädern auf einen Bahnwaggon geladen wird.
Transload
The process of transferring a shipment from one mode of transport to another.
Transloading
Überführung von Containern von einem Schiff in ein anderes. Gleichbedeutend mit Transshipments.
Transmittal Letter
Liste der Daten der Sendung und eine Aufzeichnung der übermittelten Dokumente sowie Anweisungen für die Übermittlung von Dokumenten.
Transport Management System
(TMS)
Transport Management System assists in the planning and coordination of shipping tracking and delivering freight from one place to another. It also tracks processes and delivers customized shipping solutions that save time and money
Transship
The shipment of freight to an intermediate destination and from there to another destination.
U
UCC-128
Dieser Strichcode ist eine speziell definierte Untergruppe von Code 128, die hauptsächlich für Versandcontainer verwendet wird. Es ist nur numerisch und hat eine feste Länge von 19 Stellen.
Ullage
Free space above a liquid contained in a tank, drum or tank-container, expressed as a percentage of the total capacity. Ullage is often used to leave room for possible expansion of the liquid.
Ultimate Consignee
The party who has been designated on the invoice or packing list as the final recipient of the stated merchandise.
Ultra Large Container Ship
(ULCS)
A container carrier with a minimum capacity of 12,500 TEUs.
Ultra Large Crude Carrier
(ULCC)
A tanker vessel with a minimum capacity of 320,000 dwt.
UN Dangerous Goods Number
(UNDG)
The four-digit number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods to classify a substance or a particular groups of substances. Note: The prefix 'UN' must always be used in conjunction with these numbers.
UN Number
The same as UNDG. An identification number referring to hazardous cargoes as classified by the I.M.O.
Unaccompanied Baggage
A term mostly used in aircraft. Ocean Shipping uses instead 'Household Goods' or 'Personal Effects.'
UN-CEFACT
(UN/CEFACT)
Zentrum der Vereinten Nationen für Handelserleichterung und elektronisches Geschäft. Die weltweite Erleichterung von internationalen Transaktionen durch die Vereinfachung und Harmonisierung von Verfahren und Informationsflüssen.
UNCITRAL
Acronym for the 'United Nations Commission on International Trade Law,' established by a United Nations General Assembly Resolution in 1966.
The aim of UNCITRAL is to harmonise and unify international trade law. It was instrumental in the preparation of the Hamburg Rules, 1978, and prepared the United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade, 1991.
In addition, UNCITRAL has been active in the area of international commercial arbitration and has prepared the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, 1985, the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation, 2002, the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules, and the UNCITRAL Notes on Organising Arbitral Proceedings.
Unclean Bill of Lading
A bill containing reservations as to the good order and condition of the goods, or the packaging, or both - for example, 'bags torn;' 'drums leaking;' 'one case damaged' or 'rolls chafed.'
Under the weather
Serving a watch on the weather side of the ship, exposed to wind and spray.
Under way
A vessel that is moving under control: that is, neither at anchor, made fast to the shore, aground nor adrift.
Under-keel clearance
(UKC)
Commonly used to define the distance between the lowest point on the ship's keel (or hull) and the highest point on the channel bottom beneath the ship.
Underwater hull or underwater ship
The underwater section of a vessel beneath the waterline, normally not visible except when in drydock.
UN-EDIFACT
(UN/EDIFACT)
Elektronischer Datenaustausch der Vereinten Nationen für Verwaltung, Handel und Verkehr.
Uniform Customs and Practice
(UCP)
An internationally recognized codification of rules unifying banking practice regarding documentary credits (L/C’s) and should be referenced within L/C’s. The UCP was co-developed with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Uniform Freight Classification
(UFC)
Uniform Freight Classification
Unit Cost
Die mit einer einzelnen Produkteinheit verbundenen Kosten; es wird als die Gesamtkosten für die Herstellung eines Produkts oder einer Dienstleistung dividiert durch die Anzahl der Einheiten im Durchlauf oder Los berechnet.
Unit Load
Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.
Unit load device
(UND)
A pallet.
Unit Load Device
(ULD)
A pallet or container used to load many items including freight on wide-body aircraft and specific narrow-body aircraft.
Unit Train
A train of a specified number of railcars, perhaps 100, which remain as a unit for a designated destination or until a change in routing is made.
United Arab Shipping Company
(UASC)
Established in July 1976; jointly by the six shareholding states from the Persian Gulf (Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE). The head office is located in the State of Kuwait. UASC is the largest ocean carrier of dry cargo to the Middle East.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
Established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues.
The organisation's goals are to 'maximise the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis.'
The creation of the conference was based on concerns of developing countries over the international market, multi-national corporations, and great disparity between developed nations and developing nations. In the 1970s and 1980s, UNCTAD was closely associated with the idea of a New International Economic Order (NIEO).
Currently, UNCTAD has 194 member States and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(UNCLOS)
Also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place from 1973 through 1982. The Law of the Sea Convention defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources.
Unitization
The consolidation of a quantity of individual items into one large shipping unit for easier and faster handling through methods such as palletizing, stripping, slinging and containerization.
Unloader
Port equipment employed to unload ships carrying dry bulk cargo. (Note: Small movable and hoistable unloaders are sometimes referred to as “vacuvators.”).
Unloading
The removal of a shipment from a container to a platform or warehouse.
UN/LOCODE
United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by the UNECE. Assigns codes to lcoations uses in trade and transport.
Unmoor
To remove the ropes that attach a ship to the shore.
Up-behind
Slack off quickly and run slack to a belaying point. This order is given when a line or wire has been stopped off or falls have been four-in-hand and the hauling part is to be belayed.
UPCA
UPC (Universal Product Code) Version A wird verwendet, um eine 11-stellige Zahl zu codieren. Die erste Ziffer ist die Systemnummer und der Rest sind Datenzeichen. Sowohl 2- als auch 5-stellige Ergänzungen werden ebenfalls unterstützt.
UPCE 11-Digit
UPCE ist eine nicht unterdrückte Version des UPCA-Strichcodes. Diese Version erlaubt es, 11 Ziffern zu codieren. Die erste Ziffer muss Null sein. Sowohl 2- als auch 5-stellige Ergänzungen werden ebenfalls unterstützt.
UPCE0 6-Digit
UPCE ist eine nicht unterdrückte Version des UPCA-Strichcodes. Diese Version erlaubt es, 6 Ziffern zu codieren. Die erste Ziffer muss Null sein. Sowohl 2- als auch 5-stellige Ergänzungen werden ebenfalls unterstützt.
UPCE1 6-Digit
UPCE ist eine nicht unterdrückte Version des UPCA-Strichcodes. Diese Version erlaubt es, 6 Ziffern zu codieren. Die erste Ziffer muss Null sein. Sowohl 2- als auch 5-stellige Ergänzungen werden ebenfalls unterstützt.
Upper-yardmen
Specially selected personnel destined for high office.
USCBP
United States Customs and Border Protection Agency Customs authority for the USA
Usufruct
Das gesetzliche Recht, die Gewinne einer anderen Partei zu nutzen und zu genießen.
Utilisation Rate
The quotient of used capacity and available capacity.
V
Validated Export License
A document required for commodities deemed important to national security, foreign-policy objectives, or protecting domestic supplies of strategic materials. The license constitutes permission to export a specific product to a specific party. The exporter applies for the license, which must be returned to an Export Administration after completing the specified shipments.
Valuable Cargo
A consignment which contains one or more valuable articles.
Valuation Charge
Transport charges for certain goods, based on the value declared for the carriage of such goods (also: 'Ad Valorem').
Value Added Tax
(VAT)
A form of indirect sales tax paid on products and services at each stage of production or distribution, based on the value added at that stage and included in the cost to the ultimate customer.
Value Chain
Variation on supply chain. The term is used to communicate the value each member, contributor or participant adds to the value of the final delivered product.
Value Proposition
A statement of the unique value add an organization offers its customers in differentiating itself from its competition.
Vang
A rope leading from the gaff to either side of the deck; used to prevent the gaff from sagging. For more information see boom vang.
Vanishing angle
The maximum degree of heel after which a vessel becomes unable to return to an upright position.
Vanning
A term for stowing cargo in a container.
Variable cost
Costs that vary directly with the level of activity within a short time. Examples include costs of moving cargo inland on trains or trucks, stevedoring in some ports, and short-term equipment leases.
Vendor
Externer Lieferant von Waren.
Ventilated Container
A container designed with openings in the side and/or end walls to permit the ingress of outside air when the doors are closed.
Verified Copy of Bill of Lading
(VC )
Verified Copy (VC) is a draft of Bill of Lading (B/L) issued by the carrier to the shipper who gave his final approval that all inserted Information in this draft are correct.
Verified Gross Mass
(VGM)
Today, the weight of containers provided by the shippers is not always accurate, leading to accidents and posing a huge risk for the personnel, on the roads, inside the terminal, to cargo and equipment. Indeed, there were often discrepancies observed between the declared gross mass and the actual gross mass of a packed container.
In May 2014, the International Maritime Organization adopted an amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regarding a mandatory container weight verification requirement on shippers. This convention applies to all containers shipments to which SOLAS amendments apply.
From 1st July 2016, shippers will be required to provide the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of each shipment to their ocean carrier. The responsibility is with the shipper to confirm the VGM before the carrier’s load list cut-off date.
The new SOLAS amendments introduce two main new requirements:
The shipper is responsible for providing the verified weight by stating it in the shipping document and submitting it to the master or his representative and to the terminal representative sufficiently in advance to be used in the preparation of the ship stowage plan;
The verified gross mass is a condition for loading a packed container onto a ship.
If not confirmed, the container will not be loaded on board (potential increased charges).
Please consult our FAQs to know more about VGM.
More information can be found as well at IMO (International Maritime Organization).
Vertical Integration
The expansion, acquisition or merger of firms in the same value chain e.g. a supermarket buying a dairy producer that provides milk to the supermarket.
Vessel
A floating structure designed for the transport of cargo and/or passengers.
Vessel Manifest
The international carrier is obligated to make declarations of the ship's crew and contents at both the port of departure and arrival. The vessel manifest lists various details about each shipment by bill of lading number. Obviously, the bill of lading serves as the core source from which the manifest is created.
Vessel operating common carrier
(VOCC)
A carrier defined by maritime law, offering an international cargo transport service operating their own vessels under their own rate structure in accordance with tariffs filed with the Federal Maritime Commission.
Vessel Sharing Agreement
(VSA)
Eine Laufzeitvereinbarung zwischen zwei oder mehr Trägern, bei der eine Anzahl von Containerpositionen ("Slots") im Raum gleich sind, sind für jeden der Teilnehmer auf bestimmten Schiffen reserviert. Die Anzahl der Slots (Raum) auf verschiedenen Schiffen auf der gleichen Route kann je nach Schiffstyp und -richtung variieren, kann aber auch als Kapazität der Schiffe der jeweils beteiligten Schiffe ausgedrückt werden.
Vessel Supplies for Immediate Exportation
(VSIE)
Allows equipment and supplies arriving at one port to be loaded on a vessel, aircraft, etc., for its exclusive use and to be exported from the same port.
Vessel Ton
Eine Einheit der inneren Kapazität von Schiffen entspricht 100 Kubikfuß oder 2.832 Kubikmeter; Registertonne.
V-hull
The shape of a boat or ship which sees the shape of the hull comes to a straight line to the keel.
Visby Rules
The Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading, signed at Brussels on 25th August, 1924.
These amendments to the Hague Rules, adopted in Brussels on February 23rd, 1968, came into force on June 23rd, 1977, for ten nations and since then for many more.
The Visby Rules were the result of the CMI Conference of 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden, which formally adopted the Rules in the ancient town of Visby after the Conference.
The Hague/Visby Rules are the Hague Rules as amended by the Visby Rules. A further Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on August 25th, 1924 as Amended by Protocol of February 23rd, 1968, was adopted on December 21st, 1979 and entered into force on February 14th, 1984.
Most nations which have adopted Visby have adopted this Protocol, which is called the 'Visby S.D.R. Protocol'.
Viz
Used in tariffs to specify commodities.
VODKA
Vessel Operation Deployment Key Account
VODKA
Volatility
Measure of relative deviation in a system.
Voltri Terminal Europa
(VTE)
A Genoa-based container operator.
Volume charge
A charge for the carriage of goods based on their volume (by units of one cubic metre or 40 cubic feet).
Volume Rate
In Verbindung mit einem bestimmten Volumen (Gewicht) der Fracht anwendbarer Tarif.
Voyage
The journey of cargo consignment from its origin to final destination.
Voyage Charter
A contract under which the shipowner agrees to carry an agreed quantity of cargo from a specified port or ports to another port or ports for a remuneration called freight, which is calculated according to the quantity of cargo loaded, or sometimes at a lump sum freight.
Voyage Number
The reference number assigned by the carrier or his agent to the voyage of the vessel.
W
Waist
The central deck of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck.
Waiting Time
A trucking tariff term referring to any period of time beyond the allocated Free Time that a driver has to wait while the customer loads or unloads a container. Until the Free Time period has expired a driver can wait without the customer incurring extra expenses. Waiting Time, however, is chargeable to the client.
In the event the necessary Waiting Time would be too costly, shippers may opt for a 'drag-and-drop' solution, whereas the trucker would drop the container and immediately leave. They will return to pick up the container once laden. This option is more costly than a straight load but may be a lot cheaper than paying for Waiting Time.
Waiver
Dokument, das verwendet wird, um die Beförderung von Waren durch Schiffe unter anderen Flaggen als der des ursprünglichen Ziellands zuzulassen. Auch für Ladungen von staatlichen Stellen, die nicht von Schiffen unter bestimmten Flaggen transportiert werden dürfen.
Waiver Clause
A clause in a marine insurance policy stating that no acts of the insurer or insured in recovering, saving or preserving the property insured, shall be considered a dismissal from or acceptance of abandonment.
Wake
The turbulence behind a vessel; not to be confused with wash.
Wales
A number of strong and thick planks running length-wise along the ship, covering the lower part of the ship's side.
War Risk
(WR)
Marine insurance coverage for the loss of goods resulting from an act of war. Each time there is a 'hot spot' of unrest near a shipping port or shipping lane, tariffs will be raised because the cargo owners and vessel operators' insurance premiums are increased due to a 'War Risk Clause.'
War Risk Insurance
Insurance issued by marine underwriters against war-like operations specifically described in the policy. In former times, war risk insurance was taken out only in times of war, but currently many exporters cover most of their shipments with war risk insurance as a protection against losses from derelict torpedoes and floating mines placed during former wars, and also as a safeguard against unforeseen warlike developments.
In the US, war risk insurance is written in a separate policy from the ordinary marine insurance; it is desirable to take out both policies with the same underwriter in order to avoid the ill effects of a possible dispute between underwriters as to the cause (marine peril or war peril) of a given loss.
Warehouse
A secured facility for the storage of cargo; numerous types exist and are usually designed to the specific supply chain processes they support. Warehouses can be bonded and/or non-bonded, they can be shared user (multi-customer) or client dedicated.
Warehouse Entry
The document that identifies goods imported when placed in a bonded warehouse. The duty is not imposed on the products when stored in the warehouse but will be collected when they are withdrawn for delivery or consumption.
Warehouse Receipt
(W/R)
A receipt of commodities deposited in a warehouse, identifying the commodities deposited. It is non-negotiable if delivery is only permitted to a specified person or firm, but it is negotiable if made out to the order of a person or firm or to a bearer.
Endorsement (without endorsement if made out to bearer) and delivery of a negotiable warehouse receipt serves to transfer the property covered by the receipt and serves to transfer the property covered by the receipt. Warehouse receipts are common documents in international banking.
Warehouse Withdrawal for Immediate Exportation
(WDEX)
An agreement allowing merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one US port to be exported from the same port without paying duty.
Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation
(WDT)
An agreement allowing merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one port to be transported in bond to another port, where a superseding entry will be filed.
Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Exportation
(WDT&E)
An agreement allowing merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one port - to be transported in bond through the US - to be exported from another port, without paying duty.
Warehouse-to-Warehouse
A clause in marine insurance policy whereby the underwriter agrees to cover the goods while in transit between the initial point of shipment and the point of destination, with certain limitations, and also subject to the law of insurable interest. When it was first introduced, the warehouse-to-warehouse clause was extremely important, but now its importance is diminished by the marine extension clauses, which override its provisions.
Warehousing
The storing of goods/cargo.
Warehousing and Distribution
(WND)
Warehousing and distribution are the two supply chain activities that often require the largest proportion of a supply chain operation’s budgets. See Warehousing and Distribution Center (DC).
Warsaw Convention
The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw, 12 October 1929, or that Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol, 1955, stipulating obligations or parties and limitations and/or exonerations of carriers.
Wash
The waves created by a vessel; not to be confused with wake.
Watch
A period of time during which a part of the crew is on duty. Changes of watch are marked by strokes on the ship's bell.
Watercraft
Water transport vessels. Ships, boats, personal water craft etc.
Waterway
A strake of timber laid against the frames or bulwark stanchions at the margin of a laid wooden deck, usually about twice the thickness of the deck plank.
Waybill
(WB)
A document prepared by a transportation line at the point of a shipment; shows the point of origin, destination, route, consignor, consignee, description of shipment and amount charged for the transportation service. A waybill is forwarded with the shipment or sent by mail to the agent at the transfer point or waybill destination. Unlike a bill of lading, a waybill is not a document of title.
Waybill
Siehe Seawaybill.
Waypoint
A location defined by navigational coordinates, especially as part of a planned route.
Wear and Tear
The loss or deterioration of an item resulting from ordinary use.
Wearing ship
Tacking away from the wind in a square-rigged vessel. For more information see Gybe.
Weather deck
Whichever deck is that exposed to the weather - usually either the main deck or, in larger vessels, the upper deck.
Weather gage
A favourable position over another sailing vessel to with respect to the wind.
Weather side
The side of a ship exposed to the wind.
Weather working days
(WWD)
Some ports might not work with strong winds presenting dangerous conditions on the cranes, some others on the handling equipment, or again on the vertical stacks of containers.
Weatherly
A ship that is easily sailed and manoeuvred; makes little leeway when sailing to windward.
Weigh anchor
To heave up (an anchor) - a preparatory task before setting sail.
Weight
Gross - The weight of the goods including packing, wrappers, or containers, internal and external. The total weight as shipped.
Net - The weight of the goods themselves without the inclusion of any wrapper.
Tare - The weight of the packaging or container.
Weight/Measurement Ton - In many cases, a rate is shown per weight/measurement ton, carrier's option. This means that the rate will be assessed on either a weight ton or measurement ton basis, whichever will yield the carrier the greater revenue. As example, the rate may be quoted on the basis of 2,240 pounds or 40 cubic feet or of one metric ton or one cubic metre.
Weight Ton - There are three types of weight ton; the short ton, weighing 2,000 pounds; the long ton, weighing 2,240 pounds; and the metric ton weight 2,204.68 pounds. The last is frequently quoted for cargo being exported from Europe.
Weight, Legal
Net weight of goods, plus inside packing.
Weight Cargo
A cargo on which the transportation charge is assessed on the basis of weight.
Weight Charge
A charge for the carriage of goods based on their weight.
Weight Load Factor
Payload achieved as against available, expressed as a percentage. Cargo is frequently limited by volume rather than weight; load factors of 100% are rarely achieved.
Weight or measurement
(W/M)
The basis for assessing freight charges used in breakbulk shipments. Also known as 'worm.'
In a Bill of Lading, the term signify that the master and the carrier are unaware of the nature or quantity of the contents of e.g. a carton, crate, container or bundle and are relying on the abbreviation for Weight and/or measurement.
This is also a possible method to assess a freight rate to a shipment. In ocean freight, the W/M is per metric ton or per cubic meter - whichever is greater. In air freight, the W/M is per kilogram or per cubic foot - whichever is greater.
Weights
Brutto/lange Tonne: 2.240 lbs (1016 kg) Netto / kurze Tonne: 2.000 lbs (907,19 kg) Metrische Tonne: 2.204,6 Pfund (1.000 kg)
Wells
Places in the ship's hold for the pumps.
Wharf
Eine an einem Ufer und oft im Wasser errichtete Kosntruktion, an der Schiffe anlegen und beladen oder entladen werden können, auch bekannt als Pier oder Kai.
Wharfage
Diese Gebühr wird von einer Hafenbehörde oder einem Hafenbetreiber dem Spediteur für die Nutzung der Anlegestelle eines Hafens berechnet. Die Gebühr wird dann dem Kunden zurückerstattet, um Transparenz zu schaffen und die Kosten zu teilen. Diese Gebühr gilt für Sendungen, die zu / von Hafenterminals umgeladen werden, die Kautionen verlangen.
Wheel or ship's wheel
The usual steering device on larger vessels, a wheel connected by cables to the rudder.
Wheelhouse
The location on a ship where the steering wheel is located; often interchanged with pilothouse and bridge.
Whether in berth or not
(WIBON)
This expression refers to the time when a notice of readiness can be tendered by the master. It converts a “berth charter” into a “port charter”, whereby a ship becomes an “arrived ship” and can tender notice of readiness, thus triggering off laytime, if the berth is unavailable and the charterparty expressly states that notice can be given whether the vessel has arrived in the berth or not.
Whipstaff
A vertical lever connected to the tiller, used for steering on larger ships before the development of the ship's wheel.
White horses or whitecaps
Foam or spray on wave tops caused by stronger winds (usually above Force 4).
Wide berth
To leave room between two ships moored (berthed) allowing space for manoeuvre.
Windage
The wind resistance of a boat.
Windbound
A condition wherein the ship is detained in one particular station by contrary winds.
Windlass
A winch mechanism, usually with a horizontal axis. It is used where the mechanical advantage is greater than that obtainable by block and tackle (such as raising the anchor on small ships).
Wind-over-tide
Sea conditions with a tidal current and a wind in opposite directions, leading to short, heavy seas.
Windward
In the direction that the wind is coming from.
Windy Booking
A freight booking made by a shipper or freight forwarder to reserve space but not actually having a specific cargo at the time the booking is made. Carriers often overbook a vessel by 10 to 20 percent in recognition that 'windy booking' cargo will not actually ship.
With Average
(WA)
A marine insurance term meaning that shipment is protected for partial damage whenever the damage exceeds a stated percentage.
With Particular Average
(WPA)
An insurance term meaning that the partial loss or damage of goods is insured. The damage must generally be caused by sea water. Many have a minimum percentage of damage before payment. It can also be extended to cover loss by theft, pilferage, delivery, leakage, and breakage.
Without Recourse
A phrase preceding the signature of a drawer or endorser of a negotiable instrument; it signifies that the instrument is passed onto subsequent holders without any liability to the endorser in the event of non-payment or non-delivery.
Without Reserve
A term indicating a shipper's agent or representative is empowered to make definitive decisions and adjustments abroad without the approval of the group or individual represented. For more information see advisory capacity.
Work in Progress
(WIP)
All materials, and partly finished products that are at various stages of the production process. Excludes inventory of raw materials at the start of the production cycle and finished products inventory at the end of the production cycle.
World Customs Organisation
World Trade Organization
(WTO)
An organisation that supervises international trade, seeking to deal with global rules of trade between nations through several rounds of successive trade negotiations to promote the free and fair flow of goods and services between nations.
Worm, serve and parcel
To protect a section of rope from chafing by: laying yarns (worming), wrapping marline or other small stuff (serving) around it, and stitching a covering of canvas (parceling) over all.
X
X12 ANSI
Standard für den branchenübergreifenden elektronischen Austausch von Geschäftsvorgängen.
X.25
International standard of the CCITT for packet switching of electronic data transmission.
X.400
A CCITT recommendation designed to facilitate international message and information exchange between subscribers of computer based store-and-forward services and office information systems in association with public and private data networks.
X.500
A series of computer networking standards regarding electronic directory services.
X-Dock
The movement of cargo from one transport unit directly onto another, with minimal or no warehousing. In practice, crossdocking operations may utilize staging areas where inbound materials are sorted, consolidated, and stored until the outbound shipment is complete and ready to ship.
Xeric
Benötigt eine winzige Menge an Feuchtigkeit.
Xiamen International Container Terminals
(XICT)
Xiamen International Container Terminals
Y
Yard
- The horizontal spar from which a square sail is suspended.
Fenced off, outdoor storage and repair area.
Yardarm
The very end of a yard; often mistaken for a "yard"
Yarr
The acknowledgement of an order, or agreement.For more information see aye, aye.
Yaw
A vessel's rotational motion about the vertical axis, causing the fore and aft ends to swing from side to side repetitively. For more information see Pitch.
Yawl
- A vessel's small boat moved by one oar.
A small sailboat rigged fore-and-aft, with a short mizzenmast astern of the cockpit - distinguished from ketch.
Year on Year
(YoY)
Year on Year of figures/prices as compared with the corresponding ones from one year earlier.
Year To Date
(YTD)
Jahr bis heute
Yield
Revenue, not necessarily profitable, per unit of traffic.
Yield Bucket
The remaining slot capacity for a trade/voyage in a certain port of loading after deduction of the allowance for specific contracts.
Yield Management
The process of maximising the contribution of every slot, vessel, trade and network. Basically it should be seen as the process of allocating the right type of capacity to the right kind of customer at the right price as to maximise revenue or yield. The concept should be used in combination with load factor management.
York-Antwerp Rules
A code of rules adopted by an international convention in 1890
Z
ZN
Abkürzung für: Azimut, Zink.
Zodiac
A rubber dinghy. An inflatable craft for the transport of people.
Zonate
Mit oder markiert in Zonen.
Zone Haulage Rate
The rate for which the carrier will undertake the haulage of goods or containers between either the place of delivery and the carrier's appropriate terminal. Such haulage will be undertaken only subject to the terms and conditions of the tariff and of the carrier's Combined Transport Bill of Lading.
