Glossary

• AES (Automated Export System)
• AMS (Automated Manifest System)
• Anti-Dumping Duties
• Bonded Warehouse
• Break-Bulk Cargo
• Bulk Cargo
• CAIN (Customs Assigned Importer Number)
• Carrier
• Cargo Insurance
• CBM (Cubic Meter)
• CES (Centralized Examination Station)
• CFS (Container Freight Station)
• Chassis
• CoO (Certificate of Origin)
• CoC (Contract of Carriage)
• Co-Loader
• Commercial Invoice
• Consignee
• Consigner
• Consolidation
• Container
• Customs Broker
• Customs Bond & Continuous Customs Bond
• Declared Value Coverage
• Deconsolidation
• Delivery Order
• Demurrage
• Detention
• Drayage
• Duty
• EIN (Employer Identification Number)
• ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)
• ETD (Estimated Time of Departure)
• FCL (Full Container Load)
• Forklift
• Freight Broker
• Freight Forwarder
• FEU (Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit)
• Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF)
• High Cube Container (HC)
• Import Duty Tax
• Import of Record (IR)
• Importer of Record
• In Gate Date
• ISF (Importer Security Filing)
• LCL (Less than Container Load)
• Liftgate
• LTL (Less than Truckload)
• NVOCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier)
• Packing List
• POA (Power of Attorney), FPOA (Foreign Power of Attorney)
• Ship Date
• Shipper
• Shipper's Letter of Instruction (SLI)
• Telex Release
• TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)