夜光海运词汇表

海运词汇表

Accessorial

service

Accrual

A service in addition to usual liner service, normally with an added cost.

Such kind of services include packing, loading, storage, etc.

An accounting concept. It is a

gradual increase by addition

over a period

of

time and is a way of recognising that an expense (or revenue) and the

related liability (or asset) can increase over time

and not

as

signalled by

an

explicit cash transaction.

Acquiescence

When a bill of lading is accepted or signed by a shipper or shipper's agent

without protest, the shipper is said to acquiesce to the terms, giving a

silent form of consent.

Ad Valorem

Ad Valorem

Duty

Ad Valorem

Freight

Advice of

Shipment

Bill of lading freight charged on goods of very high value at so much

percent on the declared value of the goods.

A notice sent to a local or foreign buyer advising that shipment has gone

forward and containing details of packing, routing, etc. A copy of the

invoice is usually enclosed and sometimes, if desired, a copy of the bill of

lading.

Advising bank

The bank

which advises the

seller that

a letter of credit has

been opened in

his favour by the buyer, however, the advising bank does not necessarily

guarantee payment.

Affreight

To hire, as a ship, to transport freight.

According to value.

A custom

s duty which is a percentage made upon the value of goods.

Affreightment,

An agreement by a steamship line to provide cargo space on a vessel at a

Contract of

specified time and for a spe

cified price to accommodate an exporter or importer.

Agent (Agt.)

A person authorized to transact business for and in the name of another

person or company.

Air Freight

Forwarder

Air waybill

A type of freight forwarder who specializes in air cargo. Refer to Freight

Forwarder or Forwarder.

The air waybill (also called air consignment note) is the forwarding

agreement or carrying agreem

ent between shipper and air carrier and is

obtained from the airline used to ship the goods in question. Air waybills

are issued only in nonnegotiable form.

All commodity

rate

All inclusive

A freight rate applying, with certain restrictions, to any and all

commodities.

Freight rate that is inclusive of all charges.

rate (AI)

Allowance

A sum granted as a reimbursement or repayment; a deduction from the

gross weight or value of goods.

Also Notify

Party

Apparent

Authority

A second notify party to whom carrier sends its arrival notice advising of

goods coming forward for delivery.

Also known as estoppel, it is the authority of an agent

which is deem

ed to

apply in law, perhaps by inference from the principal's present or previous

conduct.

Apparent Good

When freight appears to be free of dam

age so far as a general survey can

Order

Arbitrary

determine.

A stated amount over a fixed rate to one point to make a rate to another

point.

Arbitration

A procedure under which a neutral third party hears both the union’s and

the employer’s side in a dispute and issues an award that is binding upon

both; also, the final step of a grievance process.

Arrival notice

Advice that carrier sends to consignee advising of goods coming forward

for delivery. Pertinent information such as BL number, container number

and total charges due from consignee, etc are included and sent to

consignee prior to vessel arrival. This is done gratuitously by carrier to

ensure smooth delivery but there is no obligation by carrier to do so and

the responsibility to monitor transit and present himself to take timely

delivery still rest with the consignee.

Awkward cargo

Cargo of irregular size that either be containerised (packed in container)

or uncontainerised (without equipment associated with) in the transport.

They require prior approval on case by case basis before confirmation of

booking.

B/L Master

A document provided by the shipper after handing over the cargo to the

carrier, tells the carrier how the B/L should be raised. Also known as B/L

instruction or shipping instruction.

Bank

guarantee

Bareboat

Charter Party

Guarantee issued by a bank to a carrier to release cargo in lieu of original

bill of lading.

A charter party under which the shipowner provides vessel only and the

charterer provides crew and cargo, normally for a period of years. Also

known as demise charter.

Basic freight

Bdl.

Berth term

Ocean freight excludes all charges.

Bundle. A kind of customary packaging unit.

Shipped under rate that does not include cost of loading or unloading

carrier.

Bill of lading

(B/L)

Official legal document representing ownership of cargo; negotiable

docum

ent to receive cargo; contract for cargo between shipper and

carrier.

Bill of lading

Ton

Black powder

content

An IMCO standard information requirement for explosive dangerous

goods.

See check

Blanket waybill

A waybill covering two or more consignm

ents of freight.

Blocked train

Railcars grouped in

a train by

destination

so that

segm

ents (blocks) can

be

uncoupled

and routed to different destinations

as the train moves through

various junctions. Eliminates the need to break up a train and sort

individual railcars at each junction.

Blocking or

bracing

Bls.

Bobtail

Bona fide

Bond

Bond port

Bales. A kind of customary packing unit.

Movem

ent of a tractor, without trailer, over the highway.

In good faith.

Shipments moving under a country Customs bonds.

Port of initial entry of a vessel to any country per custom's regulations.

Also known as First Port of Call.

Wood or metal supports to keep shipments in place in or on railcars.

Bonded

Logistics Park

(Center)

It Improves logistics between free trade zones and ports when free trade

zones are isolated from the ports.

Within a bonded logistics park, there are bonded warehousing, allotment

and distribution, information processing, import and export trade,

customs check and maintenance, commodities

exhibition, and centralized

Customs declaration.

Import, export and distribution of the cargo do not undergo Customs

check procedures of both the ports and the free trade zones. The custom

s

process in bonded logistics parks significantly achieves the advantages of

the country’s preferential policies for both t

he FTZ and ports.

Bonded freight

Freight moving under a bond to U.S. Customs or to the Internal Revenue

Service, and to be delivered only under stated conditions.

Bonded

A certificate filed with a carrier, relieving it from liability to which it would