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A

ABB
General conditions of passengers and luggage carriage

ABC
"World Airways Guide" and "Air Cargo Guide"
Timetables and routings of major passenger and cargo airlines

ADR
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by road
(European agreement on international dangerous goods road shipments)

ad. val.
(lat.) ad valorem, of (good's) value

AE
Export declaration

AG
Export licence

AGF
Long-haul freight trucking association

AGK
General terms of road haulage

AGN
Short-haul freight trucking association

AGNB
General conditions of short-haul freight trucking

AHStatGes
Act on statistics of international cargo shipments

AIST
Association for the promotion and development of cross-border road haulage

Air Waybill AWB
Accompanying document for air shipments

AKB
General road haulage insurance clauses

AKM
Statistical export control report

ACP-States
African, Carribean and Pacific states, having signed a preferential agreement with the European Community

Acquisition
Cargo procurement and brokerage

ALFA
Automated procedure applied for import air cargo shipments

AMÖ
Federal association of removal operators

A.R.A.-ports
Ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam

Association agreements
Agreements of non-EC states with the European Community Union on the granting of customs preferences

AT
Preferential tariff

ATA
Customs admission booklet for cargo's temporary export or import

ATP
Agreement on transports of perishable goods and on special means of transport to be used for such shipments

Advise
Notification to consignee on cargo's arrival or despatch

Average
Damage sustained by a ship or its cargo as a result of marine accident

AWB
Air Waybill


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B

BAF
Bunker adjustment factor applied in marine traffic

BAG
Federal office for goods transports; Federal Labour Court

Barge
Cargo riverboat, lighter

BIC
Bureau International des Containers - International Container Bureau

Bill of lading, B/L
Legal document issued by the forwarder stating his obligations related to cargo's delivery to the B/L's legitimate holder, serving as security

BMV
Federal minister of transport

Bordero
Cargo manifest issued by the consolidator to inform the deconsolidator about details of the individual shipments

Break bulk
Cargo shipped neither in containers nor on pallets

BRT
Gross register ton - unit of measurement of a vessel's entire space to indicate a ship's loading capacity,

BRVS
Rail cartage insurance policy

BRZ
Gross space figure - Figure indicating a ship's hold

BSchG / BSchVG
Act on inland shipping

BSK
Experts group for heavy duty shipments and craning of the federal forwarding and logistics association

BSL
Federal forwarding and logistics association

Bulk Carrier
Vessel for shipments of bulk goods (e.g. ore, grain etc.)

BWE
Federal short-haul road transport and waste disposal association

BWV
Federal association of works forwarders and loaders

BZG
Federal central road traffic cooperation


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C


Cabotage
Operating inland shipments outside one's country of registration

CAF
Currency adjustment factor applied in ocean shipping

Carnet-A.T.A.
Customs booklet admitting cargo's temporary import or export issued for international road hauliers

Carnet-T.I-R.
Customs booklet admitting free transit passage issued for international road hauliers

Carrier
A person or firm engaged in the carriage of passengers or goods

Cartage
Expression for the rate charged for picking up goods from sender or for house delivery of general cargo and groupage cargo formerly used when this was done by cart

CEMT
(Conférence Européenne des Ministres des Transports) Permanent conference of European traffic ministers

CEP-services
Courier, express and parcel services

Cession
Legally passing on something someone is entitled to to another legal entity

CFR
Incoterm Cost and freight

CFS
Container Freight Station (Container stuffing station)

CH
Carrier´s haulage (container's road haulage to be done by shipowner)

Charter contract
Sea carriage contract. A vessel is entirely or partly leased for a voyage or for a period

CIF
Incoterm Cost, insurance, freight

CIM
(Convention Internationale concernant le Transport de Marchandises par Chemin de Fer)
International Convention concerning the carriage of goods by rail

Clarification
Operations linked to a ship's calling at a port, sailing and berting

C.L.E.C.A.T.
Comité de Liaison Européen des Commissionaires et Auxilliaires de Transports du Marché Commun (Alliance of forwarders of EU countries in Brussels)

CMR
(Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route)
Convention on the contract of carriage in international road traffic

COD
Payment term Cash on delivery

Collico
Reusable rail-owned collapsible boxes made of steel or light metal sheets

Compliance Office
IATA office monitoring compliance with IATA resolutions

Conditional booking
Provisional, non-binding reservation of a ship's freight capacity

Congestion Surcharge
Amount charged additionally due to port's congestion

Connex right of lien
Right of lien which can be exercised only for cargo directly related to the claim

CONNI price system
Transfracht price system applied for national container shipments

Consignee
Receiver of goods

COTIF
(Convention relative aux transports internationaux ferroviaires) Convention on international rail traffic

C/P
Charter Party (contract of carriage in tramp navigation)

CPT
Incoterm Carriage paid

Cross-Trader
Vessels operating international regular navigation services without calling at a port of the country
of their registration

CSC
Container Service Charge

CSP
Container Service Port (port offering inward and outward bound FCL and LCL container services only
by liner vessels)

CST
Container Service Tariff

CT B/L
Combined Transport Bill of Lading (B/L issued for all shipments shipped in containers in compliance of container service tariffs)

CTO
Combined Transport Operator (Forwarder rendering combined traffic and operating as carrier, see MTO)

CY
Container yard (container depot)


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D


D/A
Payment term Documents against acceptance

DAF
Incoterm Delivered at frontier

DDP
Incoterm...Delivered duty paid

DDU
Incoterm...Delivered duty unpaid

Decade
Period of ten days

Declare
Making a full statement of dutiable cargo

Delivery order
Stipulations on cargo's delivery

DES
Incoterm...Delivered ex ship

DEQ
Incoterm...Delivered ex quai

DFK
Duisburg freight convention (signed in the city of Duisburg)

DFÜ
Remote data transfer

DgebrZT
German Customs tariff

DGR
(Air traffic) Dangerous Goods Regulations

Dispache
Statement listing damages and determining a fair division of loss between insurers both of ship and cargo costs in the event of general average

Dispacheur
Expert adjusting general average

Disposable jurisdiction
Flexible jurisdiction (amendable by contract)

Distribution
Delivery

D/P
Documents against payment

dwcc
Deadweight cargo carrying capacity



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E


EE
Import declaration

EFTA
European Free Trade Association

EG/EU
European Community / European Union

EG
Import licence

EKM
Statistical import control report

Endorsement
Signature on the back of order papers as a mark of transmission

ERA
Unified directions on use of document l/c's

ESTA
European society for heavy duty shipments automobile cranes

EUROP
European freight car union

EUSt
Turnover tax on imports

EV
Supplementary contract

EVO
Rail traffic regulations

EWG
European Economic Community

EXW
Incoterm Ex works

EZC
European Zone Charge (Tariff as basis for shipowners to calculate containers's haulage when Carrier´s Haulage has been agreed)

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F


FAK Rates
Freight all kinds (flat-rate tariff irrespective of kind of cargo)

FAS
Incoterm Free alongside ship

Fault freight, dead freight
Freight rate charterer has to pay in the event of withdrawal from the contract prior to despatch

FBL
FIATA Combined Transport Bill of Lading
(FIATA-B/L for combined traffic Forwarders, Through Bill of Lading)

FCA
Incoterm Free carrier

FCL
Full Container Load

FCR
Forwarders Certificate of Receipt

FCT
Forwarders Certificate of Transport (Forwarders through shipping document)

Feeder service
Additional service rendered to deliver / pick up cargo to and from ports / regions not directly called by the shipping lines' container ships

FIATA
Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transporteurs et Assimilés
(International Forwarders Association)

Flat
Container size platform with fixed front walls as cargo support

FOB
Incoterm Free on board

Freight contract
(1) Under a freight contract, haulier is obliged to ship cargo to its destination and to deliver it to consignee
(2) Under a freight contract, sender is obliged to pay agreed freight charges.

Franchise
Limit beyond which an insurance company does not come up for partial loss

Frankatur
Prepayment Note

FTB
Freight rates and tariffs of inland navigation

FWR
FIATA Warehouse Receipt


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G

GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GbV
Ordinance on the appointment and instruction of dangerous goods advisers in companies (Appointment of dangerous goods advisers ordinance)

GGVBinSch
Ordinance concerning the carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways

GGVE
Ordinance concerning the carriage of dangerous goods by rail

GGVS
Ordinance concerning the carriage of dangerous goods by road

Greyhound system
Reduced rates of duty are granted each applicant until an overall quota has been exhausted

GüKG
Road haulage act

GüKUMT
Long and short haul tariff for removals and merchandise furniture shipments in furniture transporters

GVB
Society for traffic administration and logistics

gVV
Standardized export procedure applied by EU member states


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H

Haulage
Pre- and Oncarriage

H.L.
Heavy lift (Additional amount charged by ocean shippers )

HZA
Chief customs office


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I

IATA
International Air Transport Association (Umbrella organization of air cargo operators)

ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization

ICC
Institute Cargo Clauses (Transport insurance clauses)

ICC
International Chamber of Commerce

ICH
IATA Clearing House (Central accounting board of IATA member states)

Id-Nr.
Identification number for charging turnover tax

Igloo
Air cargo loading appliances

IMCO
International Maritime Consultative Organization (United Nations organisation)

IMDG-Code
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (International code for dangerous goods sea shipments)

IMO
International Maritime Organization (IMCO follow-up organisation founded 1982)

Incoterms
International Commercial Terms expressing the sharing of costs and risks between buyer and seller

Inkonnex right of lien
Right of lien which can be exercised for all claims (contractual right of lien which supersedes the legal right of lien)

Integrator
Forwarder rendering door-to-door shipments including forwarder's service

Interline agreement
Agreement concluded among airline operators on the mutual acknowledgement of transport documents and for standardizing mutual accounting

INTRASTAT
Statistics on the goods flow among EU countries

IRU
International Road Transport Union

ISO
International Standardization Organization

IWF
IMF International Monetary Fund


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J

JIT
Just in time (delivery) at the precise moment


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K

Obligation to contract
Legal obligation to conclude a carriage contract (i.g. for the national railways company)

KVO
Road haulage regulations

KWZ
Low water surcharge (Freight surcharge for cargo shipped on inland waterways
at exceptionally low water levels)


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L

Label
Tag marking cargo, is essential for air cargo shipments. Each place has to be marked by labels indicating AWB number, airport of destination, marking and consignee

LASH carrier
Lighter Aboard Ship carrier

L/C Letter of credit
Warranty of buyer's bank to effect payment in favour of seller (creditor = beneficiary) provided the latter implements his obligations from the sales contract

LCL
Less than Container Load (Part load of a container stuffed in port)

Liner Terms
Transport terms of a shipping line

L.L.
Length lift (Ocean shipping surcharge)

LNGT
Tariff of air cargo accessory charges

Loading time
Maximal permissable period for loading or unloading cargo

Loading weight
Loading capacity, loading weight

Loco-Cargo
Consignee of Groupage cargo shipment is located at seat of deconsolidator. So cargo does not have
to be shipped beyond local place (lat. locus)

LVG
Civil aviation act


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M

Manifest
Register of all consignments loaded aboard a ship / plane

Margin
Scope between minimal and maximal limits

Margin tariff
Tariff not providing for fixed charges, but for freight charges within a certain margin

MAWB
Master air waybill (Air waybill applied for consolidation cargo)

MH
Merchant´s haulage (Container's trucking done by sender or forwarder)

MTO
Multimodal Transport Operator (Freight forwarder operating combined shipments and thus acting as carrier), see CTO

Multimodal shipment
Multistage shipment operated by several carriers. Combined international shipment

MWM
Unit of measurement to indicate a removal vehicle's capacity (1 MWM = 5 m³)


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N

Neutralise
Removing signs of origin

NL
Carrying capacity, payload

Notify-Adress
Adress stated in the order B/L to be contacted by shipping line to advice ship's arrival

NRT
Net register ton

NRZ
Net space figure: Proportinal figure indicating a ship's commercial space (Cargo hold, passengers' cabins etc.)

NRZZ
Nomenclature of the Council for customs cooperation

NVOCC
Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (Freight forwarder operating as shipowner without running own ships)

NVP
Local traffic price list


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O

ÖTV
Trade union of Public servants and the transport and traffic sector

ORKB
Upper Rhine conditions of B/L

Outsider
Shipowner operating a line without entering into a conference

OZL
Bonded warehouse


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P

Police
Insurance certificate

Pool agreement
Alliance of companies to share profit from joint (pool) operations under a certain ratio formula
Freight pools are common among shipowners



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R

Refund / rebate
Supplementary reduction of freight charges

RFS
Road Feeder Service (Cargo haulage from and to airports)

RGST
Guidelines for wide-body and heavy-lift shipments

RICo
Regulations on international container rail shipments

RID
Réglement internationale concernant le transport des marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer
(Regulations on international dangerous goods shipments by rail)

RIEx
International express rail cargo shipments

RIP
Regulations on international rail shipments by private waggons

RIV
Regolamento Internazionale Veicoli (Regulations on the multilateral use of rolling stock in international traffic) - short: International Wagon Union

Ro/Ro
Roll on/Roll off (Technology used for loading and unloading trucks and other "rolling" cargo onto and from ships

Road Railer
Trailer train. Semi truck trailers loaded on a siding on bogie wagons and composed into a full train

Roadstead port
Port with shallow water, so that ships anchor in some distance from the shore ("in the roads")
for loading and unloading which is handled by lighters or via pipelines

Rolling road
Special form of combined rail - road - shipments with whole truck trailers or semi-trailer trucks being transported on low-bed rail waggons

RVS
Cartage insurance certificate


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S


Shipping Company
Group of persons jointly owning a ship and using it to gain profit from commercial marine shipments
for joint account

Shipowner
Owner of a ship used to gain profit from commercial marine shipments

Ship register
District court's register listing a port's entire fleet of ships

SDR
Special Drawing Rights with the IMF - fictitious money as a calculation basis
(e.g. for maximal liability under CMR)

SDT
Shipper´s Declaration for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods

SGKV
Society for studies into combined traffic

Single administrative document
Standardized customs document used in all EU countries

Slot
Segment of a container ship's cell into which a container is loaded

SLVS
Freight forwarder's-logistics-and-warehousing insurance policy

SMGS
Soglaschenije Meshdunarodnyh Grusowyh Ssoobschtschenii (International rail traffic agreement
of Eastern European states)

SOLAS
International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea

Split-Charter
Charter with acquired capacity split for use among several clients

Splitting
Applied by Road hauliers to split the maximal permitted loading weight under one concession into permissions for several trucks of max. 30 tons

SST
Sea port forwarder's tariff

Stripping
Unloading cargo out of container

Stuffing
Loading cargo into container

StVG
Road traffic act

StVO
Road traffic regulations

StVZO
Road traffic registration regulations

Surcharge
Amount charged to settle additional costs in ocean shipping

SVG
Road hauliers' cooperative

SVS/RVS
Freight forwarder's insurance policy / cartage insurance policy

SZR
Special Drawing Rights - see SDR

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T

TACT
The Air Cargo Tariff

Tally company
Company measuring sea cargo and monitoring cargo's loading onto ship

TBL
Through Bill of Lading

tdw
Deadweight all told (vessel's loading capacity)

TC
(IATA's) Traffic Conference

Terminal
Berth at which a container ship is loaded or unloaded

TEU
Twenty foot equivalent unit (Measure of container's loading capacity, converted into 20 feet units)

TFG
Transfracht Deutsche Transportgesellschaft GmbH - German container carrier

THC
Terminal Handling Charges - charged for container's lifting from quay to ship / from ship to quay

Three-Letter-Code
Three-letter-Code indicating airports and airlines

Tidal port
Port navigable only during high tide

TIR
Transport International des Marchandises par la Route
(Preferential forwarding procedure for the truck haulage of bonded goods)

TKF
Tariff commission on long distance haulage

TKM
Tariff commission on furniture shipments

tkm
Indicator of vehicles or forwarding company's performance - figure expressing proportion of tonnage moved per kilometer

Trade Terms
National commercial terms

Trailer
Non self-propelled vehicle coupled on a motor tractor

Traject
Trainferry

Transaction value
Invoice amount as basis for determination of customs value

Transshipment
Reloading

Transit
Passage

TRG
Act on the reform of transport law

TVG
Act on collective agreement on union wage rates


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U

UIC
(Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer) - International railway union

UIRR
International union of pick-a-back service providers

UKV
Transshipment company operating combined shipments

ULCC
Ultra Large Crude Carrier (Tank vessel with min. capacity of 320 000 tdw)

ULD
Unit Load Device (Loading unit, i.e. one pallet)

ULD-Rates
Air shipment container rates

ÜLG
Overseas countries and areas

USL
Forwarding and warehousing consultant

Uz
Declaration of origin


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V

VAE
Export declaration

VAD
Value added tax

Valorizes-insurance
Insurance of valuables

VBGL
Conditions of contract for road haulage and logistics operators (registered with the Federal road haulage, disposal and logistics association)

Visby Rules
International agreement on the contract of sea carriage, stipulating, among others, conditions of liability


VLCC
Very Large Crude Carrier (Large tank vessel with min. capacity of 160 000 tdw)


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W

WA (or WAK)
Warsaw agreement on the standardization of conditions of passengers' and luggage carriage in international air traffic

Waiver clause
Client's statement to refrain from insurance coverage on cargo damages for national shipments

Warehouse receipt
Receipt issued by warehouse manager on cargo's acceptance for storage

WGT
Economic goods tariff

WPA
With particular average (former cover of Institute Cargo Clauses, since 1983 replaced by clause B)

WTO
World Trade Organization

WVB
Movement certificate guaranteeing preferential customs clearance


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Y

York-Antwerp-Rules
International rules on general average


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Z


ZG
Customs act

ZK
Customs code

ZK-DVO
Ordinance on the implementing of the Customs code

ZnA
Customs clearance by documents

ZnG
Customs clearance after being exempted from obligation to present cargo before customs officers

ZnV
Customs clearance by simplified customs declaration

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