BAF: Bunker Adjustment Factor
B/L: Bill Of Lading
BREAK BULK CARGO: Goods shipped loose in the vessel's hold and not in a container
CABAF: Currency And Bunker Adjustment Factor
CAF: Currency Adjustment Factor
CCC: Customs Cooperation Council
C&D: Collection And Delivery
C&E: Customs And Excise
C&F: Cost And Freight
CFS: Container Freight Station
CFR: Cost And Freight
CIF: Cost Insurance Freight
CMI: Comite Maritime International
COT: Customer's Own Transport
CSC: Container Safety Convention
CT: Combined Transport
CWE: Cleared Without Examination
CY: Container Yard
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN: Document certifying the country of origin of goods which is normally issued or signed by a chamber of commerce or embassy
DAF: Delivery At Frontier
DDP: Delivered Duty Paid
DOT: Department Of Transportation
DOC. CREDIT: Documentary Credit
EUC: European Currency Units
EDP: Electronic Data Processing
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
ETA: Estimated Time Of Arrival
ETD: Estimated Time Of Departure
FAK: Freight All Kinds
FCL: Full Container Load
FMC: Federal Maritime Commission
FOB: Free On Board
GROUPAGE: Consolidation of several LCL consignments into a container
GROUPAGE AGENT: One who consolidates LCL consignments to offer to a container as an FCLH/L: Heavy Lift
ICD: Inland Clearance Depot
IMDG: Int'l Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
L/C: Letter Of Credit
LCL: Less Than Container Load
MT: Empty Container
MMO: Multi Modal Operator
MANIFEST: List of goods (or persons) on a vessel
NVOCC: Non Vessel-owning/Operating (Common) CarrierNOTIFY PARTY: Party to whom ANF is sent

O: (Ocean) port
POD: Port Of Delivery
P TO P: Port to port/pier to pier port service charge (see THC)
R: Rail
RFS: Received For Shipment
RN: Release NoteRO-RO: Roll On -
Roll Off
REEFER: Refrigerated
SCAR: Straight Consignment Automatic Release
SOB: Shipped On Board
STC: Said To Contain straight bill of lading: a term for a non negotiable bill of lading
STUFFING/STRIPPING: The action of packing/unpacking a container
THC: Terminal Handling Charge
TARIFF: Terms, Conditions And Scale Of Charges
TERMINAL: Port at which containers are loaded/unloaded onto/from container vessels
WAYBILL: Acts as a receipt for the goods and evidence of the contract of carriage, but is not a document of title

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