Metric to U.S. / U.S. to Metric
10
Jul
| 0-9 | ||
| 3PL | 3rd Party Logistics | ????? |
| 4PL | 4th Party Logistics | ????? |
| 4SC | 4-High Straddle Carrier | ???????? |
| A | ||
| AMS | Automated Manifest System | ???????? |
| API | Application Programming Interface | ?????? |
| AS/RS | Automated Storage and Retrieval System | ??????? |
| AWB | Air Waybill | ???? |
| B | ||
| B2B | Business to Business | ?????????? |
| B2C | Business to Customer | ?????????? |
| BAF | Bunker Adjustment Factor | ????? |
| B/B | Break Bulk | ???? |
| BCO | Beneficial Cargo Owner | ??????? |
| BIMCO | The Baltic and International Maritime Council | ?????????? |
| B/L | Bill of Lading | ???? |
| BPO | Business Process Outsourcing | ?????? |
| C | ||
| CAF | Currency Adjustment Factor | ????? |
| CBM | Cubic Metre | ??? |
| CC | Carbon Copy | ?? |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access | ?????? |
| CEP | Courier, Express, Parcel | ?????? |
| CEPA | Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement | ????????? |
| C&F | Cost and Freight | ????? |
| CFS | Container Freight Station | ???????? |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface | CGI ?? |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance and Freight | ?????????? |
| CILT | The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport | ?????????? |
| CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing | ???????? |
| CIP | Carriage and Insurance Paid To | ?????????? |
| CLP | Container Load Plan | ???/????? |
| C/O | Certificate of Origin | ????? |
| C.O.C. | Carrier’s Own Container | ??????? |
| C.O.D. | Cash On Delivery | ???? |
| COFC | Container-on-flatcar | ????? |
| CPT | Carriage Paid To | ?????? |
| CSC | International Convention for Safe Container | ?????????? |
| CSI | Container Securtiy Intiative | ??????? |
| CY | Container Yard | ????? |
| D | ||
| D/A | Document Against Acceptance | ???? |
| DAF | Delivered at Frontier | ???? |
| DDC | Destination Delivery Charge | ?????? |
| DDP | Delivered Duty Paid | ????? |
| DDU | Delivered Duty Unpaid | ????? |
| DEQ | Delivered Ex-Quay | ???????? |
| DES | Delivered Ex-Ship | ???????? |
| D.G. | Dangerous Goods | ????? |
| D/O | Delivery Order | ??? |
| D/P | Document Against Payment | ???? |
| DPP | Damage Protection Plan | ??????? |
| D/R | Dock Receipt | ???? |
| DRP | Distribution Resources Planning | ?????? |
| E | ||
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange | ?????? |
| E.&O.E. | Errors and Omissions Excepted | ????????? |
| ERM | Enterprise Resources Management | ?????? |
| ERP | Enterprise Resources Planning | ?????? |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival | ?????? |
| ETD | Estimated Time of Departure | ?????? |
| EXW | Ex-Works | ???? |
| F | ||
| FAF | Fuel Adjustment Factor | ????? |
| FAK | Freight All Kinds | ???? |
| FAS | Free Alongside Ship | ???? |
| FB/L | FIATA Combined Transport Bill of Lading | ??????????? |
| FCL | Full Container Load | ???? |
| FCR | Forwarder’s Cargo Receipt | ???????? |
| FEU | Forty Feet Equivalent Unit | 40??????????? |
| F.I. | Free In | ???????? |
| FIATA | International Federation of Forwarding Agent Associations | ??????????? |
| FIFO | First-in, First-out | ???????????? |
| F.I.O. | Free In and Out | ???????? |
| FIOST | Free In, Out, Stowed & Trimmed | ?????????????????? |
| FMC | Federal Maritime Commission | ????????? |
| F.O. | Free Out | ????????? |
| FOB | Free On Board | ???? |
| F.O.R. | Free On Rail | ????? |
| F.O.T. | Free On Truck | ????? |
| F/R | Flat Rack Container | ????? |
| FRC | Fuel Recovery Charge | ????? |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol | ?????? |
| FTZ | Free Trade Zones | ????? |
| G | ||
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product | ?????? |
| GRI | General Rate Increase | ?????? |
| GSA | General Sales Agent | ????? |
| GSC | Global Supply Chain | ????? |
| G.WT . | Gross Weight | ?? |
| H | ||
| HAFFA | HAFFAHong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics Ltd. | ????????????? |
| HAWB | House Air Waybill | ??????? |
| H/H | Half Height Container | ????? |
| I | ||
| IADA | Intra Asia Discussion Agreement | ??????????? |
| I.A. Rates | Independent Action Rates | ?????? |
| IATA | International Air Transport Association | ???????? |
| IBC | Intermediate Bulk Container | ??????? |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization | ???????? |
| ICC | International Chamber of Commerce | ???? |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology | ??????? |
| IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code | ????????? |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization | ?????? |
| Incoterms | International Commercial Terms | ?????? |
| IP | Internet Protocol | ??????? |
| IPI | Interior Point Intermodal | ?????????? |
| IRA | Informal Rate Agreement | ??????? |
| ISDN | Integrated Server Digital Network | ???????????? |
| ISO | International Standard Organization | ??????? |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider | ????? |
| ISPS | International Ship and Port Facility Security | ????????????? |
| J | ||
| K | ||
| L | ||
| LAN | Local Area Networking | ????? |
| LASH | Ligther Aboard Ship | ?????? |
| L/C | Letter of Credit | ??? |
| LCL | Less (than) Container Load | ???? |
| L/G | Letter of Guarantee | ?? |
| L.I. | Liner Inward | ???? |
| LILO | Last-In, Last-Out | ???????????? |
| L.I.O. | Liner In and Out | ???????,?????? |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas | ????? |
| L.O.A. | Length Overall | ?? |
| Lo-Lo ship | Lift-on Lift-off Ship | ??? |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas | ????? |
| LT | (Lead Time) Time between placing and receiving an order | ???????? |
| LTL | Less-Than-Truckload | ???? |
| M | ||
| MAWB | Master Air Waybill | ???? |
| MLO | Main Line Operators | ????? |
| MRP | Material Requirements Planning | ?????? |
| M/S | Motor Ship | ?? |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet | ??????? |
| MTO | Multimode Transport Operator | ??? |
| N | ||
| N/A | Not Applicable/Not Available | ??????? |
| NAP | Network Access Point | ????? |
| N.O.E. | Not Otherwise Enumerated | ?????? |
| N.O.S. | Not Otherwise Specified | ?????? |
| NVOCC | Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier | ???????? |
| O | ||
| OCP | Overland Common Point | ??????? |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer | ??? |
| O/H | Over Height | ?????? |
| ORC | Origin Receiving Charge | ?????? |
| O/S | Open Side Container | ????? |
| O/T | Open Top Container | ????? |
| O/W | Over Width | ?????? |
| P | ||
| PCS | Port Congestion Surcharge | ??????? |
| P & I Club | Protection and Indemnity Club | ??????? |
| POD | Port of Discharge | ??? |
| POL | Port of Loading | ??? |
| POP | Point of Presence | ???? |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol | ?????? |
| PRD | Pearl River Delta | ????? |
| PSS | Peak Season Surcharge | ????? |
| Q | ||
| R | ||
| RF | Reefer Container | ????? |
| RFP | Request for Proposal | ?????? |
| RFQ | Request for Quotation | ?????? |
| RFRC | Rail Fuel Recovery Charge | ???????? |
| Ro-Ro ship | Roll-on Roll-off Ship | ??? |
| RRS | Rate Restoration Surcharge | ??????? |
| R/T | Revenue Tons | ??? |
| S | ||
| SAN | Storage Area Network | ???? |
| SET | Secure Electronic Transaction | ?????? |
| SKU | Stock Keeping Unit | ?????? |
| SME | Small and Medium-size Enterprises | ?????? |
| S/O / S/I | Shipping Order / Shipping Instruction | ????? / ??? |
| S.O.C. | Shipper’s Own Container | ??????? |
| SQL | Structure Query Language | ????? |
| S/S | Steamship | ??;?? |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer | ????? |
| S.T.C. | Said To Contain | ???? |
| T | ||
| TACA | Transatlantic Conference Agreement | ???????? |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol | ?????? |
| TEU | Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit | 20??????????? |
| T.H.C. | Terminal Handling Charge | ????? |
| TMS | Transportation Management System | ?????? |
| TOFC | Trailer-On-Flatcar | ??????? |
| TQC | Total Quality Control | ?????? |
| TQM | Total Quality Management | ?????? |
| T.R.S. | Terminal Receiving Station | ????? |
| TSA | Transpacific Stabilization Agreement | ???????? |
| TT | Telegraphic Transfer | ?? |
| TVC | Time Volume Contract | ?????? |
| TWRA | Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement | ?????????? |
| U | ||
| UCP500 | Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits | ???????????? |
| ULCC | Ultra Large Crude Carrier | 50???? |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference of Trade and Development | ??????? |
| V | ||
| V.A.T. | Value Added Tax | ??? |
| VLCC | Very Large Crude Carrier | 20???? |
| VMI | Vendor Managed Inventory | ?????????? |
| VOC | Vessel Operating Carrier | ????? |
| V.O.W. | Vehicle On Wheel | ?????? |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network | ???? |
| VSL | Vessel | ?? |
| W | ||
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol | ???????? |
| WCS | Wireless Communications Service | ?????? |
| WMS | Warehouse Management System | ?????? |
| W.R. | War Risks | ?? |
| WTO | World Trade Organization | ?????? |
| W.W. | Warehouse Warrant | ?? |
| X | ||
| Y | ||
| YAS | Yen Appreciate Surcharge | ????? |
| Z | ||