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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
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
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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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
H Haulage Pre- and Oncarriage H.L. Heavy lift (Additional amount charged by ocean shippers ) HZA Chief customs office
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
J JIT Just in time (delivery) at the precise moment
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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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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
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
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)
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
Y York-Antwerp-Rules International rules on general average
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