Glossary
We are an industry who loves acronyms which we're aware can be very confusing, we're hoping this glossary will make things a little easier...
- 3rd Party Logistic (3PL)
- Actual Time of Arrival (ATA)
- Actual Time of Departure (ATD)
- Advanced Shipment Notification (ASN)
- Airway Bill (AWB)
- Bill of Lading (B/L)
- Bonded Goods (B/G)
- Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)
- Buyers Consolidation (BCN)
- C88 Form
- Cash on Delivery (COD)
- Certificate of Origin (COO)
- CHIEF
- Commercial Invoice (CI)
- Container Freight Station (CFS)
- Container Yard (CY)
- COVID-19
- Cubic Meters (CBM)
- Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)
- Debit Note (D/N)
- Delivery Order (D/O)
- Distribution Center (DC)
- Entry Summary Declaration (ENS)
- Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
- Estimated Time of Departure (ETD)
- Forty Foot Equivalent Unit (FEU)
- Forwarder's Cargo Receipt (FCR)
- Freight (FRT)
- Freight All Kinds (FAK)
- Full Container Load (FCL)