20 Standard Twenty Foot Long shipping container
40 Standard Forty Foot Long shipping container
40 HC Forty Foot High Cube shipping container
ACS Australian Customs Service
APSC Australian Port Service Charges
AQIS Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
AVE Abbreviation for Aircraft container
BAF Bunker Adjustment Factor charged by shipping companies to alleviate fluctuating bunkering costs (Ships fuel)
B/L Bill of Lading: a document that establishes the terms of contract between the shipper and transportation company. It serves as a document of title, contract of carriage and receipt of goods.
BSRA Basic Service Rate Additional usually a unpacking charge
C&F Cost and Freight: Seller is responsible for cost of goods, transport to vessel and ocean freight to named destination
C.I.F Cost, Insurance and Freight (named port): Seller is responsible for all costs as in C&F plus marine insurance of the cargo.
CAF Currency Adjustment Factor: charged by shipping companies to alleviate exchange rate deficiencies
CBM/M3 Cubic Metre
CFS Container Freight Station: usually applies LCL cargo where cargo is packed and then despatched overseas and then has to be unpacked at destination before delivery to consignee
COLLECTION FEE Charges related to converting foreign currency to Australian dollars
CU FT Cubic Feet 33.315 cubic feet = 1 cubic metre
CY Container Yard usually shown as CY/CY
D.O Delivery Order: a cargo release document given in exchange for an original Bill of Lading. Issued by Shipping companies and Freight Forwarders to enable consignees to collect cargo/ containers ex wharf or depot
DDP Delivery Duty Paid: The seller is obliged to deliver the goods on the quay at the port of destination cleared for importation. The seller must pay unloading costs but not provide import clearance. The buyer must take delivery of goods at the country of importation and must cover any duties, such as import licenses, pay duties, taxes and fees.
ECN Export Clearance Number: permit required for all exports
over the value.
EFAF Emergency Fuel Adjustment Factor: Fuel Surcharge
charge by U.S.A origin ports.
ERA Export Receival Advice: mandatory documentation for receival of Full container loads into export terminal/wharf
Ex Works Buyer bears all costs of transport from sellers premises to buyers premises
FAK Freight of All Kinds: mixed cargoes packed in one container. Mostly used by Freight Forwarders consolidating a number of LCL shipments to form FCL.
FCL Full Container Load
FEU Forty Foot Equivalent Units
F.I.S Free Into Store: Sellers responsibility for all costs as in CIF/C&F plus Customs Duty, Landing costs and all transport charges delivered into buyers store
F.O.B Free On Board: Seller is responsible for all costs up to Free on Board ship at named port
HAWB House Airway Bill: is the freight document issued by the forwarder. Although similar to the Bill of Lading it does not confer title in goods and therefore does not have legal standing of Bill of Lading
HBL House Bill of Lading: Bill of Lading issued by the Freight Forwarder
ITF/IDF Air Cargo Charges: International Terminal Fee/International Documentation Fee
LCL Less than container load
LETTER OF CREDIT Commercial document for organising payments-some forms offer security and minimise risk, Available through bank
LO/LO Lift On Lift Off- charges levied by Terminal Operators
MAWB Master Airway Bill: is the Airway Bill issued by the airline or principal carrier
MBL Master Bill of Lading: is the Bill of Lading issued by the
shipping line or principal carrier
OBL Ocean Bill of Lading: Issued by the shipping line/owners
PSC Port Service Charges
SHIPPERS LETTER
LETTER OF
INSTRUCTION (SLI) Forwarding Instructions to Air Carrier
TEU Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
THC Terminal Handling Charge- levied by shipping companies
and reflects the local port costs of stevedoring
