Abbreviations in Transport

Abbreviations in Transport

A

• ADR Agreement on Dangerous Goods by Road – Europe
• AETR (Accord Européen sur les Transports Routiers) European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport
• A/R All Risks (mentioned in insurance conditions)
• ATA Actual Time of Arrival
• ATD Actual Time of Departure
• ATP (Accord Transport Perissable) Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs
• AWB Air Waybill

B

• BAF Bunker Adjustment Factor
• b/c Bulk Cargo
• B/E Bill of Exchange
• B/G Bonded Goods
• B/L Bill of Loading

C

• C.B.D. Cash Before Delivery
• CAF Currency Adjustment Factor
• cbm Cubic Metre
• CEMT (Conférence Européenne des Ministres des Transports) European Conference of Ministers of Transport
• CFR Cost and Freight (agreed port of destination)
• CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight (agreed port of destination)
• CIM (Contrat de Transport International Ferroviaire des Marchandises) International Convention concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail
• CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid to (agreed place of destination)
• cft Cubic Feet (1 cft = 0.0283 cbm)
• CMR (Convention Marchandise Routière) Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road
• COTIF (Convention Relative Aux Transports Internationaux Ferroviaires) Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail
• C/P Charter Party
• CPT Carriage Paid to (agreed place of destination)
• CTD Combined Transport Document

Č

• ČESMAD Bohemia Association of Road Transport Carriers in the Czech Republic

D

• DAF Delivered at Frontier (agreed place)
• DAP Delivered at Place
• DAT Delivered at Terminal
• DCH (Deklarace celní hodnoty) Declaration of Customs Value
• DCHd (Deklarace celní hodnoty doplňková) Additional Declaration of Customs Value
• DDP Delivered Duty Paid (agreed place of destination)
• DDU Delivered Duty Unpaid (agreed place of destination)
• DEQ Delivered ex Quay (agreed port of destination)
• DES Delivered ex Ship (agreed port of destination)
• DF Dead Freight
• D/P Documents Against Payment
• d.t. Delivery Time
• DWCC Dead Weight Cargo Capacity
• DWT Dead Weight Tonnage

E

• EDI Electronic Data Interchange
• ETA Expected Time of Arrival
• ETC Expected Time of Completion (of loading/unloading)
• ETD Expected Time of Departure
• ex. B/L Exchange Bill of Loading
• EXW Ex Works (agreed place)

F

• f.a.c. Fast As Can (during loading/unloading)
• FAK Freight All Kinds
• FAS Free Alongside Ship (agreed port of shipment)
• FCA Free Carrier (agreed place)
• FCL Full Container Load
• FCO Franco
• FD Free Discharge
• FEU Forty-foot Equivalent Unit
• FIATA (Federation Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimiles) International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
• FIATA FCR FIATA Forwarder’s Certificate of Receipt
• FIO Free In and Out
• FIOS Free In and Out Stowed
• FIOT Free In and Out Trimmed
• FOB Free On Board (agreed port of shipment)
• FRT Freight
• FRT ppd. Freight Prepaid
• FTL Full Truck Load

G

• GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GRT Gross Registered Tonnage/Tons

I

• IATA International Air Transport Association
• ICC International Chamber of Commerce
• INCOTERMS International Commercial Terms
• IRU International Road Transport Union
• ISO International Organization for Standardization

J

• JCD (Jednotná celní deklarace) Unified Customs Declaration
• JCDd (Jednotná celní deklarace doplňková) Additional Unified Customs Declaration
• JIT Just In Time
• JPP (Jednotné právní předpisy) Uniform Legislation

K

• Karnet TIR (Carnet TIR) Customs Transit Document Used for an International Transit Operation of Goods (TIR Convention)
• KEB (Kurýrní, expresní a balíkové služby) Courier, Express and Parcel Services
• Kolli (Colli) Any Loaded Unit, e.g. Pallet, Crate, Carton, Parcel, etc.

L

• L/A Letter of Advice
• Laydays Number of Days Agreed for Ship Loading/Unloading
• L/C Letter of Credit
• LCL Less than Container Load
• Lo/Lo Lift On/Lift Off
• lps Lumpsum
• Ltd. Limited
• LTL Less than Truck Load

M

• M/R Mate’s Receipt
• M/S Motor Ship
• M/V Motor Vessel
• M/W Measurement/Weight

N

• NCTS New Computerised Transit System
• NCV No Commercial Value
• NHM (Nomenclature Harmonisée Marchandises) Harmonized Commodity Code
• nt.wt. Net Weight

O

• OR Owner’s Risk
• OT Open Top
• o.w.t. Ordinary Working Time

P

• pc Piece
• pcl Parcel
• pkg Package
• PLM (Překročená ložná míra) Exceeded Gauge Loading
• ppd Prepaid

R

• Rec Receipt
• Rec’d Received
• RID Regulations Concerning the International Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail
• ROLA (Rollende Landstrasse) Railway Transport of Trucks
• Ro/Ro Roll-On/Roll-Off

S

• shtg Shortage
• SMGS (Соглашение о международном железнодорожном грузовом сообщении/Soglašenie o meždunarodnom železnodorožnom gruzovom soobščenii) Agreement on International Goods Transport by Rail

T

• TACT The Air Cargo Tariff
• T/C Time Charter
• T-C Trans-container
• TBA To Be Announced
• TCP Transit Customs Declaration
• TEU Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
• TIR (Transport International de Marchandises par la Route) International Transport of Goods by Road

U

• U.S. Under Seal

V

• Val Value, Valued, Valuable
• VAT Value Added Tax
• v.c. Valuable Cargo

W

• Wd. Warranted
• W/M Weight/Measurement
• w.p. Weather Permitting
• W/R Warehouse Receipt
• wt. Weight
• WTO World Trade Organization

X

• X.Heavy Extra Heavy

Z

• ZIP Code Zone Improvement Plan Code