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Glossary of Shipping Terms.

Glossary of all freight and LTL freight related terms, explaining everything from accessorial charges to waybills.

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Terms listing

A

Accessorial charges Air freight forwarder Air Waybill Articles of Extraordinary Value

B

Bill of lading (BOL or B/L)Bill of lading exceptions Bonded carrier Break bulk Breakbulk terminal Broker

C

Cargo Claim Carmack Cartage agent COD Commodity Common carrier Concealed loss Consignee

D

Deck trailers Delivery receipt Dispatch Dock Dolly Doubles Drayage

E

Electronic data interchange (EDI)Exceptions Exclusive use Exempt product

F

FOB destination FOB origin Free along side (FAS)Free on board (FOB)Freight Freight bill Freight broker Freight forwarder

G

Gross vehicle weight (GVW)

H

Hazardous material

I

In bond Intermodal

J

L

Less-than-truckload (LTL)Linehaul

M

Minimum charge Multimodal transportation

N

National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)Non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC)

O

Order notify Origin Overage Overcharge/Undercharge Claim Overcharge claims

P

Payment terms Pickup and delivery (P&D)PRO

R

S

Shipper’s agent Shipping documents Shortage

T

Tariff Terminal Third party Truck tonnage Truckload (TL)

U

W

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U W

Terms total # 67

Permanent link Shipping - Creation date 2020-07-13