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[English] B/L terms and common phrases in Chinese and English

I believe that everyone will encounter a lot of transportation professional terms in the actual business operation process. Most of them only have abbreviations, which is confusing. Now the editor summarizes these abbreviations and shares them with you:

Bill of lading and transportation business related

  1. Advanced B/L Advance Bill of Lading

  2. Ante-dated B/L Ante-dated bill of lading

  3. AWB (Air Way Bill) air waybill

  4. BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) fuel surcharge

  5. BB Clause (Both To Blame Collision Clause) ship collision liability clause

  6. Bearter B/L Bearer Bill of Lading

  7. B/L (Bill Of Lading)

  8. BMF (Board Measurement Foot) is a unit of measurement for the volume of logs or planks.

  9. B/N (Booking Note) (given by the shipper to the carrier or its agent) booking note

  10. BS (Bunder Surcharge) is the same as BAF

  11. BSC (French) cargo tracking sheet

  12. Bs/L (Bills Of Lading) double bill of lading, combined transport bill of lading

  13. BT (Berth Terms) Liner Conditions

  14. Bulky Charge Overweight or overlength charges

  15. CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) currency depreciation surcharge

  16. CCVO (Combined certificate of value and origin) valuation and joint certificate of origin is also called "customs invoice"

  17. CFD Collect (CF destination Collect) freight is collected at the destination

  18. CFS (Container Freight Station) container freight station

  19. CFSO (Container Freight Station Original) is the same as CFS

  20. CFSR (Container Freight Station Railway Station) freight is collected when the container is loaded into the train

  21. Charter B/L

  22. Clean B/L clean bill of lading

  23. C/O (Ceitificate of Origin) certificate of origin

  24. c/o (care of) transferred from a certain company to a certain company

  25. COC (Certificate of Conformity) Product Conformity Certificate

  26. Consignee

  27. Copy B/L copy bill of lading

  28. CS (Currency Surchaige) is the same as CAF

  29. CSC (Container Service Charge) container service charge

  30. CTN No. (Carton Number) Carton serial number

  31. CY (Container Yard) container yard

  32. D/D(Door to Door)door to door

  33. Demurrage

  34. Despatch MoneyDespatch Money

  35. Destination Bills (issued at destination) Destination bill of lading

  36. Direct B/L direct shipping bill of lading

  37. D/N (Delivery Note) (issued by the shipper or seller) delivery note

  38. D/O (Delivery Order) bill of lading, small bill of lading

  39. D/R (Dock Receipt) (after the seller delivers the goods to the dock warehouse) inventory receipt

  40. ECB (Express Cargo Bill) express bill

  41. ECTN (Electric Cargo Tracking Note) electronic cargo tracking note

  42. FCL (Full Container Load) (full container)

  43. FCR (Forwarders Certificate of Receipt) certificate of receipt of goods issued by the freight forwarder

  44. FI (Free in) The ship does not bear the shipping costs

  45. FIO (Free in and out) the ship does not bear loading and unloading costs

  46. FIOS (Free in, out and stowed) the ship does not bear the loading, unloading and stowed charges.

  47. FO (Free out) The ship does not bear the unloading costs

  48. Foul B/L unclean bill of lading

  49. Freight Collect freight collect

  50. Freight Prepaid Freight is paid

  51. Gross Terms are the same as Berth terms

  52. HAWB (House Waybill) (in air transport) sub-waybill

  53. HC (Handling Changes) handling fee

  54. H/H (House to House)

  55. H/P (House to Pier) to Hong Kong

  56. Bill of lading issued by HBL (House Bill of Lading) freight forwarder

  57. HSCode (Hormonized System Code) customs commodity code

  58. IEC CODE (Importer Exporter Code) Customs code for Indian importers and exporters

  59. IRC No. (Import Registration Certificate No.) Import license number

  60. KDF Packing (Knock Down Flat Packing) Foldable Carton

  61. LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship)

  62. Launch Hire transport boat rental fee

  63. L/I (Letter of Indemnity) Indemnity Guarantee

  64. Lift-off ChargesThe cost of lifting a container off a trailer at the yard

  65. Lift-on Charges The cost of lifting a container onto a trailer at the yard

  66. Line Handing fee

  67. Liner B/L liner bill of lading

  68. Liner terms are the same as Berth terms

  69. Long-form B/L bill of lading

  70. MAWB (Master Waybill) (in air transport) master waybill

  71. MLB (Mini-Land Bridge Service) small land bridge transportation

  72. n/n B/L (Non-negotiable B/L) non-negotiable copy of bill of lading

  73. Notify Party Notified Person

  74. NOVCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier) NVOCC

  75. NVD (No Value Declared) (in air transport) the value of the goods is not declared

  76. Ocean B/L ocean bill of lading

  77. OCP (Overland Common Points) (overland common points in land and sea transport)

  78. OF (Ocean Freight) sea freight

  79. On Board B/L shipped bill of lading

  80. On Deck B/L deck cargo bill of lading

  81. Open Order B/L only records the instruction bill of lading to order

  82. Order B/L instruction bill of lading

  83. Original B/L

  84. OTC (Overseas Telex Charges) (during transportation) international telecommunications charges

  85. P/H (Pier to House)

  86. POD (Port of Destination) port of destination

  87. POL (Port of Loading) loading port

  88. P/P (Pier to Pier) port to port

  89. PS (Port congestion Surcharge) port congestion surcharge

  90. PSS (Peak Season Surcharge) peak surcharge

  91. Received for Shipment B/L Bill of Lading

  92. RORO (Roll-on Roll-off) Ro-Ro ship

  93. Short-form B/L simple bill of lading

  94. Shipping Advice (issued by the exporter to the importer)

  95. Shipping note is the same as Booking note

  96. S/0 (Shipping Order) (issued by the shipping company to the shipper) shipping order

  97. Shipper The consignor on the bill of lading

  98. SHPR is the same as shipper

  99. Stale B/L expired bill of lading

  100. Straight B/L direct shipping bill of lading

  101. Switch Bill (with middleman) convertible bill of lading

  102. TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) standard container unit

  103. TIN NO(Tax Identification Number)Tax Identification Number

  104. THC (Terminal Handling Charges) terminal handling charges

  105. Through B/L combined transport bill of lading

  106. TF (Tropical Freshwater) tropical freshwater load line

  107. Transportation B/L bill of lading

  108. Unclean B/L unclean bill of lading

  109. VAT NO. (Value-added Tax Number) tax registration number for value-added tax

  110. WNA (Winter North Atlantic) Winter North Atlantic load line

  111. WWDSHEX (Weather Working Day, Sunday and Holidays Excepted) suitable working days on Sundays and holidays

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