CAD
Terms of payment: if the buyer of goods pays for the
goods against transfer of the documents, entitling him
to obtain delivery of the goods from the carrier.
CAF
Adjustment applied by P&O Nedlloyd lines or liner
conferences on freight rates to offset losses or gains
for carriers resulting from fluctuations in exchange
rates of tariff currencies.
CENSA
Council of European and Japanese National Shipowner's
Associations.
Cabotage
- Transport of goods between two ports or places
located in the same country
- Transport of cargo in a country other than the
country where the vehicle is registered
road-cargo)
- The carriage of a container from a surplus area
to an area specified by the Owner of that
container, in exchange of which and during
which the operator can use this container
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Call
The visit of a vessel to a port.
Call Sign
A code published by the International Telecommunication
Union in its annual List of Ships' Stations to be
used for the information interchange between vessels,
port authorities and other relevant participants in
international trade.
Note: The code structure is based
on a three digit designation series assigned by the
ITU and a one digit assigned by the country of registration.
Capacity
- The ability, in a given time, of a resource measured
in quality and quantity
- The quantity of goods which can be stored in
or loaded into a warehouse, store and/or
loaded into a means of transport at a particular
time
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Cargo
- Goods transported or to be transported, all goods
carried on a ship covered by a B/L.
- Any goods, wares, merchandise, and articles of
every kind whatsoever carried on a ship,
other than mail, ship's stores, ship's spare
parts, ship's equipment, stowage material,
crew's effects and passengers' accompanied
baggage (IMO)
- Any property carried on an aircraft, other than
mail, stores and accompanied or mishandled
baggage Also referred to as 'goods' (ICAO)
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Cargo Handling
All procedures necessary to enable the physical handling
of goods.
Cargo Tracer
A document sent by the agent to all relevant parties,
stating that certain cargo is either missing or over-landed.
Cargo Unit
A vehicle, container, pallet, flat, portable tank
or any other entity or any part thereof which belongs
to the ship but is not permanently attached to that
ship.
Carriage
The process of transporting (conveying) cargo, from
one point to another.
Carriage Paid To
(...named place of destination)
Abbreviation: CPT
Carriage and Insurance Paid To
(...named place of destination)
Abbreviation: CIP
Carrier
The party undertaking transport of goods from one
point to another.
Carrier Haulage
The inland transport service, which is performed by
the sea-carrier under the terms and conditions of
the tariff and of the relevant transport document.
Carriers Bill of Lading
Ports
Terminal, Pre-terminal port or Post-terminal Port
as per tariff, indicated on the Bill of Lading and
which is not the port physically called at by Carriers'
ocean vessels.
Note: Under normal circumstances
in the B/L only ports should be mentioned which are
actually called at.
Carriers Lien
When the shipper ships goods 'collect', the carrier
has a possessory claim on these goods, which means
that the carrier can retain possession of the goods
as security for the charges due.
Cartage
Abbreviation: CAD
Terms of payment: if the buyer of goods pays for the
goods against transfer of the documents, entitling
him to obtain delivery of the goods from the carrier.
Cash On Delivery
Abbreviation: COD
Terms of payment: if the carrier collects a payment
from the consignee and remits the amount to the shipper
(air cargo).
Caveat Emptor
Let the buyer beware, purchaser must ascertain the
condition of the goods to be purchased prior to the
purchase.
Cellular Vessel
A vessel, specially designed and equipped for the
carriage of containers.
Certificate of Classification
A certificate, issued by the classification society
and stating the class under which a vessel is registered.
Certificate of Origin
A certificate, showing the country of original production
of goods. Frequently used by customs in ascertaining
duties under preferential tariff programmes or in
connection with regulating imports from specific sources.
Charge
An amount to be paid for carriage of goods based on
the applicable rate of such carriage, or an amount
to be paid for a special or incidental service in
connection with the carriage of goods.
Charge Type
A separate, identifiable element of charges to be
used in the pricing/rating of common services rendered
to customers.
Charter Party
- A contract in which the shipowner agrees to place
his vessel or a part of it at the disposal
of a third party, the charterer, for the
carriage of goods for which he receives
a freight per ton cargo, or to let his vessel
for a definite period or trip for which
a hire is paid
- synonym: Charter Contract
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Charterer
The legal person who has signed a charter party with
the owner of a vessel or an aircraft and thus hires
or leases a vessel or an aircraft or a part of the
capacity thereof.
Chassis
- A wheeled carriage onto which an ocean container
is mounted for inland conveyance
- The part of a motor vehicle that includes the
engine, the frame, suspension system, wheels,
steering mechanism etc., but not the body
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Claim
A charge made against a carrier for loss, damage or
delay.
Classification
Arrangement according to a systematic division of
a number of objects into groups, based on some likeness
or some common traits.
Classification Society
An Organisation, whose main function is to carry out
surveys of vessels, its purpose being to set and maintain
standards of construction and upkeep for vessels,
their engines and their safety equipment. A classification
society also inspects and approves the construction
of containers.
Clean Bill of Lading
A Bill of Lading which does not contain any qualification
about the apparent order and condition of the goods
to be transported (it bears no stamped clauses on
the front of the B/L). It bears no superimposed clauses
expressly declaring a defective condition of the goods
or packaging (resolution of the ICS 1951).
Clean on Board
When goods are loaded on board and the document issued
in respect to these goods is clean.
Note: Through the usage of the UCP
500 rules the term has now become superfluous.
Client
A party with which a company has a commercial relationship
concerning the transport of e.g. cargo or concerning
certain services of the company concerned, either
directly or through an agent.
Co-loading
The loading, on the way, of cargo from another shipper,
having the same final destination as the cargo loaded
earlier.
Combined Transport
Intermodal transport where the major part of the journey
is by one mode such as rail, inland waterway or sea
and any initial and/or final leg carried out by another
mode such as road.
Combined Transport Document
Abbreviation: CTD
Negotiable or non-negotiable document evidencing a
contract for the performance and/or procurement of
performance of combined transport of goods.
Thus a combined transport document is a document issued
by a Carrier who contracts as a principal with the
Merchant to effect a combined transport often on a
door-to-door basis.
Combined Transport Operator
Abbreviation: CTO
A party who undertakes to carry goods with different
modes of transport.
Commercial Invoice
A document showing commercial values of the transaction
between the buyer and seller.
Commodity
Indication of the type of goods. Commodities are coded
according to the harmonised system.
Conditions
- Anything called for as requirements before the
performance or completion of something else
- Contractual stipulations which are printed on
a document or provided separately
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Conditions of Carriage
The general terms and conditions established by a
carrier in respect of the carriage (air cargo).
Conditions of Contract
Terms and conditions shown on the Air Waybill (air
cargo).
Conference
Accumulation of vessels at a port to the extent that
vessels arriving to load or discharge are obliged
to wait for a vacant berth.
Consignee
The party such as mentioned in the transport document
by whom the goods, cargo or containers are to be received.
Consignment
A separate identifiable number of goods (available
to be) transported from one consignor to one consignee
via one or more than one modes of transport and specified
in one single transport document.
Consignment Instructions
Instructions from either the seller/consignor or the
buyer/consignee to a freight forwarder, carrier or
his agent, or other provider of a service, enabling
the movement of goods and associated activities. The
following functions can be covered:
- Movement and handling of goods (shipping, forwarding
and stowage)
- Customs formalities
- Distribution of documents
- Allocation of documents (freight and charges
for the connected operations)
- Special instructions (insurance, dangerous
goods, goods release, additional documents
required)
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Consignment Note
A document prepared by the shipper and comprising
a transport contract. It contains details of the consignment
to be carried to the port of loading and it is signed
by the inland carrier as proof of receipt.
Consignor
To group and stuff several shipments together in one
container.
Consolidated Container
Container stuffed with several shipments (consignments)
from different shippers for delivery to one or more
consignees.
Consolidation
The grouping together of smaller consignments of goods
into a large consignment for carriage as a larger
unit in order to obtain a reduced rate.
Consolidation Point
Location where consolidation of consignments takes
place.
Consolidator
A firm or company which consolidates cargo.
Consortium
Consortium is a form of co-operation between two or
more carriers to operate in a particular trade.
Container
An item of equipment as defined by the International
Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) for transport
purposes. It must be of:
- a permanent character and accordingly strong
enough to be suitable for repeated use
- specially designed to facilitate the carriage
of goods, by one or more modes of transport
without intermediate reloading
- fitted with devices permitting its ready handling,
particularly from one mode of transport
to another
- so designed as to be easy to fill and empty
- having an internal volume of 1 m3 or more
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The
term container includes neither vehicles nor conventional
packing.
Container Check Digit
The 7th digit of the serial number of a container
used to check whether prefix and serial number are
correct.
Container Depot
Storage area for empty containers.
Container Freight Station
Abbreviation: CFS
A facility at which (export) LCL cargo is received
from merchants for loading (stuffing) into containers
or at which (import) LCL cargo is unloaded (stripped)
from containers and delivered to merchants.
Container Lease
The contract by which the owner of containers (lessor)
gives the use of containers to a lessee for a specified
period of time and for fixed payments.
Container Load Plan (CLP)
A list of items loaded in a specific container and
where appropriate their sequence of loading.
Container Manifest
The document specifying the contents of particular
freight containers or other transport units, prepared
by the party responsible for their loading into the
container or unit.
Container Number
Identification number of a container consisting of
prefix and serial number and check digit. (e.g. KNLU
123456-7)
Container Prefix
A four letter code that forms the first part of a
container identification number indicating the owner
of a container.
Container Size Code
An indication of 2 digits of the nominal length and
nominal height.
Container Terminal
Place where loaded and/or empty containers are loaded
or discharged into or from a means of transport.
Container Yard
Abbreviation: CY
A facility at which FCL traffic and empty containers
are received from or delivered to the Merchant by
or on behalf of the Carrier.
Note: Often this yard is used to
receive goods on behalf of the merchant and pack these
in containers for FCL traffic.
Containerised
Indication that goods have been stowed in a container.
Contraband
Goods forbidden by national law to be imported or
exported.
Contract
An agreement enforceable by law between two or more
parties stipulating their rights and obligations which
are required by one or both parties to acts or forbearance
by the other or both.
Conventional Cargo
General cargo conventionally stowed as opposed to
unitised, containerised and Roll On-Roll Off cargo.
Cost and Freight
(...named port of destination)
Abbreviation: CFR
Cost, Insurance and Freight
(...named port of destination)
Abbreviation: CIF
Crew Member
Any person actually employed for duties on board during
a voyage in the working or service of a ship and included
in the crew list (IMO).
Cruise Ship
A ship on an international voyage carrying passengers
participating in a group program and accommodated
on board, for the purpose of making scheduled temporary
tourist visits at one or more different ports, and
which during the voyage does not normally: (a) embark
or disembark any other passengers; (b) load or discharge
any cargo.
Currency Adjustment Factor
Abbreviation: CAF
Adjustment applied by lines or liner conferences on
freight rates to offset losses or gains for carriers
resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates of tariff
currencies.
Customs
The department of the Civil Service that deals with
the levying of duties and taxes on imported goods
from foreign countries and the control over the export
and import of goods e.g. allowed quota prohibited
goods.
Customs Broker
An authorised agent specialised in customs clearance
procedures on account of importers/exporters.
Customs Clearance Agent
Customs broker or other agent of the consignee designated
to perform customs clearance services for the consignee.
Customs Invoice
Document required by the customs in an importing country
in which an exporter states the invoice or other price
(e.g. selling price, price of identical goods), and
specifies costs for freight, insurance and packing
etc., terms of delivery and payment, for the purpose
of determining the customs value in the importing
country of goods consigned to that country.
Customs Value
The worth of an item or group of items expressed in
a monetary amount, within a consignment declared to
Customs for duty and statistical reasons.
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