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This glossary of maritime terms is offered as an aid to better understanding what is meant by those who make their living from ports and ships.
- BAF Bunker adjustment factor
- BKO Booking Office
- B/L Bill of lading
- CAF Currency adjustment factor
- C and F Cost and Freight
- CBR Commodity Box Rate
- CFS Container Freight Station
- CIF Cost Insurance Freight
- CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid To
- CKD Completely Knocked Down
- C/L Container Load
- COD Change of destination
- CPT Carriage Paid to
- CSP Container Service Port
- CST Container Service Tariff
- CT Conference Terms
- CTB Combined Transport Bill of lading
- CY Container Yard
- DAF Delivered at Frontier
- DDP Delivered Duty Paid
- DES Delivered Ex Ship
- DEQ Delivered Ex Quay
- DGR Dangerous Goods Request
- DIC Delivery in Charges
- D/O Delivery Order
- DS Department Store
- ECD Empty Container Depot
- EDI Electronic Data Interchange
- EIF Equipment Investor Factor
- EQR Equipment Request
- ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
- ETD Estimated Time of Departure
- EXW Ex Work
- EZC European ZOne Charge
- FAK Freight All Kinds
- FCA Free Carrier
- FCL Full Container Load
- FEU Forty Foot Equivalent Unit
- FIO Free In and Out
- FILO Free In lIner Out
- FOB Freignt On Board
- GSCR General Special Cargo Request
- IMO InterGovernmental Maritime Consultant Organization
- ISO International Standard Organization
- L/C Letter of Credit
- LCL Less than Container Load
- LIFO Liner in Free Out
- M Measuremnet
- MCBR Mixed Commodity Box Rates
- NAI Net All In
- NNW Non Negotiable Waybill
- NOE Not Otherwise Enumerated
- NTA Non Tariff Agreement
- NTR Non Tariff Rate
- OH Over Height
- OL Over Length
- OOG Out Of Gauge
- OW Over Width
- PLOA Place of Acceptance
- PLOD/POD Place of Delivery
- PLOR Place of Receipt
- POL Place of Loading
- RCR Reefer Cargo Request
- SCQ Special Commodity Quotation
- SITC Standard International Trade Classification
- SISCQ Sundry Items Special Commodity Quotation
- TCSP Trough Container Service Port
- TEU Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
- THC Terminal Handling Charge
- T/S Transshipment
- W Weight
- W/M Weight / Measurement