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Termes	Définition
Activity Based Costing (ABC)
Advanced Commercial Information (ACI)	A major part of the Customs Action Plan, introduces more effective risk management processes and tools to identify threats to people's health, safety, and security prior to the arrival of cargo and conveyances in Canada
Alameda Corridor Surcharge (ACS)
Alameda Corridor Charge (ACC)
Arbitrary Charge (ARB)
Automated Manifest System Charge (AMS)
Automatic Equipment Identifier (AEI)	Built-in transponder that transmits information about a container to a shipping database for automatic updating
Barge	Used for the transportation of freight in rivers or canales, it is a flat bottomed vessel that is towed or pushed by another vessel.
BOL	A transportation document that is the contact of carriage containing the terms and conditions between the shipper and the carrier
BOM	Bill of Material
Brazil Destination Charges (CAP)
Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)
Bunker cost Recovery (BCR)
Bunker Surcharge (BCS)
CARRIAGE PAID TO    (CPT)	The seller pays the freight for the carriage of the goods to the named destination. The risk of loss of or damage to the goods, as well as any additional costs due to events occurring after the time the goods have been delivered to the carrier is transferred from the seller to the buyer when the goods have been delivered to the carrier.
Cargo Data Declaration Charge (CDDC)
Carrier	Company that transports people or goods
Carrier Security Fee (CAS)
Carrier Security Fee (CSF)
Cartage Company	Company that provides local pickup and delivery
COST AND FREIGHT (CFR)	The seller must pay the costs and freight necessary to bring the goods to the named port of destination but the risk and loss of or damage to the goods, as well as any additional costs due to events occurring after the time the goods have been delivered on board the vessel is transferred from the seller to the buyer when the goods pass the ship's rail in the port of shipment.
Chassis Usage Charge (CUS)
COST, INSURANCE AND FREIGHT (CIF)	The seller has the same obligations as under CFR but with the addition that he has to procure marine insurance against the buyer's risk of loss or damage to the goods during carriage
Common Carrier	Freight transportation company which serves the public.
Consign	To entrust something to another for care
Consignee	The person to whom merchandise is given over
Consigner	The person who commits or entrusts the merchandise
Consigning	The act of intrusting something to another for care
Container Service Charge (CSC)
Container Yard Receiving Charge (CYRC)
Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF)
DELIVERED AT FRONTIER (DAF)	The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available, cleared for export, at the named point and place at the frontier, but before the customs border of the adjoining, country.
DELIVERY DUTY PAID (DDP)	The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available at the named place in the country of importation. The seller has to bear the risks and costs, including duties, taxes and other charges of delivering the goods thereto, cleared for importation
DELIVERED DUTY UNPAID (DDU)	The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available at the named place in the country of importation. The seller has to bear the costs and risks involving in bringing the goods thereto, (excluding duties, taxes and other official charges payable upon importation) as well as the costs and risks of carrying out the customs formalities.
DELIVERY EX QUAY (DEQ)	The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when he has made the goods available to the buyer on the quay (wharf) at the named port of destination, cleared for importation. The seller has to bear all risks and costs including duties, taxes and other charges of delivering the goods thereto.
DELIVERED EX SI-IIP (DES)	DELIVERED EX SI-IIP; The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available to the buyer on board the ship un-cleared for import at the named port of destination. The seller has to bear all the costs and risks involved in bringing the goods to the named port of destination.
Destination Delivery Charge (DDC)
Destination Documentation Fee (DDF)
Destination Terminal Handling Charge (DTHC)
Destination Terminal Security Charge (DTSC)
Destination Value Added Surcharge (DVAS)
Documentation Charge Inbound (DCI)
Documentation Fee (DCF)
Domestic Fuel Surcharge (DFS)
Double -Bottom	Combination of two individual load carrying units working by power unit.
Duty Free Zone	A designated area, where merchandise may be brought into a country for further processing. Duty is paid only on the items brought in, normally at a lower rate than for finished goods, and paid only at the time of sale
Emergency Bunker Adj Factor (EBAF)
Emergency Bunker Surcharge (EBS)
Emergency Fuel Adjustment Factor (EFAF)
Emergency Fuel Surcharge (EFS)
Equipment Handover Charge at Destination (EHD)
Equipment Imbalance Surcharge (EIS)
Equipment Inland Recovery Charge (EIR)
Equipment Investment Factor (EIF)
Equipment Repositioning Charge (ERC)
European Binding Tariff Information (EBTI)	Part of CADDIA
European Network of Ocean Stations (ENOS)	A COST project
European River Ocean System (EROS 2000)	A MAST project
Excess Mileage	Difference between the mileage from point of origin through points of diversion and re-consignment to final destination and the mileage from point of origin to final destination.
Exempt Carrier	Company which transports commodities exempted from Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) economic regulation
EXW	EX VVORKS...(NAMED PLACE); The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when he has made the goods available at his premises to the buyer.
FAS	FREE ALONGSIDE SHIP...(NAMED PORT OF SHIPMENT); The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have been placed alongside the vessel on the quay or in lighters at the named port of shipment.
FCA	FREE CARRIER ... (NAMED PLACE); The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when he has handed over the goods, cleared for export, into the charge of the carrier named by the buyer at the named place or point.
FOB Destination	Titles passes at origin, and buyer has total responsibility over the goods while in shipment.
FOB Origin	Title passes at destination, and seller has total responsibility until shipment is delivered
For-Hire Carrier	Company that transports freight belonging to others
Free On Board (FOB)	Free on Board; The seller fulfills his obligation to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship's rail at the named port of shipment
FTL	Full Truck Load
Fuel Adjustment Factor (FAF)
Fuel Escalation Surcharge (FES)
Fuel Recovery  Surcharge (FRS)
Gross Tonnage	Total carrying capacity of a vessel in units of 100 cubic feet.
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating	Total weight a vehicle is rated to carry
Guatemala Terminal Handling charge (GTHC)
Hazardous Cargo Surcharge (HAZ)
HAZMAT	Hazardous materials, as categorized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Hub	A reference for a transportation network as in “hub and spoke” common in the airline and trucking industry. The hub is the focal point for the origin and destination of long-distance trip where the cargo from outlying areas are fed into the hub and then loaded onto the next carrier for delivery to its final destination
Incoterms	International terms developed by the international Chamber of Commerce to define sellers and buyers responsibilities.
In-Land Charge (INL)
Interim Fuel Assessment (IFA)
Interim Fuel Participation Factor (IFPF)
Interior Point Intermodal   (IPI)
Intermodal Surcharge (IMS)
Intermodal Transport	Shipment of goods utilizing more than one mode of transport (Air, Ocean, Ground, Rail)
Intl Security Port Surcharge (ISPS)
Interim Fuel Participation (IFP)
Kuwait Congestion Surcharges (KCS)
Kuwait Port Additional Charge (KPA)
LCL	Less than Container Load
Less than truck load (LTL)	Trucking companies that consolidate and transport smaller (less then truckload) shipments of freight by utilizing a network of terminals and relay points
Load	Includes accessorial and line-haul charges.
Miami  Dray Charge (MDY)
New Bunker Charge (NBC)
Nigerian Congestion Surcharge (NCS)
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)
On Wheels Charge (OWC)
On-Carriage Charge (ONC)
Origin Receiving Charge (ORC)
Origin Terminal Handling Charge (OTHC)
Panama Canal Charge (PCC)
Panama Canal Surcharge (PCS)
Panama Canal Transit Fee (PCTF)
Peak Season Surcharge (PSS)
Piggyback Trailer on Flatcar	A specialized form of containerization in which rail and motor transport are coordinating
Port Security at Destination(PSD)
Port Security at Loading Port (PSL)
Port Service Charge(PSF)
Pre-Carriage Charge(PREC)
Proof of Delivery (POD)	Information supplied by the carrier containing the name of the person who signed for the shipment, the time and the date of delivery, and other shipment delivery related information. POD is also sometimes used to refer to the process of printing materials just prior to shipment (Print on Demand)
Rate Increase Surcharge(RIS)
Reverse Interior Point Intermodal
River Plate Toll (RPT)
Security Maintenance Doc Fee (SMDC)
Security Surcharge (SEC)
Shanghai Port Surcharge (SPS)
Shipper Owned Container (SOC)
Single-Bottom	Single load carrying unit using one power unit.
Special Equipment Surcharge (SEQ)
Suez Canal Fee (SCF)
Terminal Handling Charge   (THC)
Terminal Handling Charge for Named Country (LTHC)
Terminal Port Congestion Foreign (TPCSF)
Terminal Port Congestion Surcharge (TPCS)
Terminal Port Security Surcharge (TPSS)
Terminal Security Surcharge (TSA)
Terminal Security Surcharge (TSS)
Theft Risk Surcharge (TRS)
U.S. Terminal Handling Charge (USTHC)
U.S. Terminal Port Security Surcharge (USTPSS)
US Customs Transmission Fee(SUS)
US Documentation Fee (USDCF)
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Vessel Operating Cost Surcharge (VUS)
War Risk Surcharge (WRS)
Wharfage (WFG)