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)

Common Fees and Charges

• Chassis Split Fee
• Chassis Fee
• CFS Fee (Container Freight Station Fee)
• Liftgate Fee
• Residential Delivery Fee
• Special Delivery Fee
• Stop-Off Fee
• Storage Charges
• Trucking Wait Fee

Types of Bills

• Air Waybill
• BoL (Bill of Lading)
• House Bill of Lading
• Freight Bill of Lading
• Waybill

Incoterms

• Incoterms
• Incoterm: CFR (Cost & Freight)
• Incoterm: CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight)
• Incoterm: CIP (Carriage Insurance Paid to)
• Incoterm: CPT (Carriage Paid To)
• Incoterm: DAP (Delivered at Place)
• Incoterm: DAT (Delivered at Terminal)
• Incoterm: DDP (Delivered Duty Paid)
• Incoterm: Ex-Work
• Incoterm: FAS (Free Alongside Ship)
• Incoterm: FCA (Free Carrier)
• Incoterm: FOB (Free on Board)