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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AES Automated Export System FAF Fuel Adjustment

BAF Bunker Adjustment Factor FCL Full Container Load

BSC: Bunker Surcharge. FEU Forty Foot Equivalent Unit B/L FF/OFF Ocean C/ . FPP Freight Prepaid CAF: Currency Adjustment Factor GO General Order CBM/CM Cubic Meter (35.314 CFT= 1 CBM). GRI General Rate Increase CBF/CF/CFT Cubic Feet HBL: House Bill of Lading CFS Container Freight Station HHG: Household Goods COD: Collect on Delivery IMO: International Maritime Organization COL: Collect Charges. IPI: Inland Point Intermodal CSC: Container Service Charge. ITN: Internal Transaction Number C/Y Container Yard L/C Letter Of Credit D/O Delivery Order LCL Less Than Container Load DOC Documentation Fee KT: Kilo ton (1,000 kilograms). DDC Destination Delivery Charge L/B: Land Bridge. DGD: Dangerous Goods Declaration L/C: Letter of Credit. DTD: Door To Door. LRD Last Receiving Date. DTP: Door to Port. LT: Long Ton (2,249 Pounds). EBS Emergency Bunker Surcharge LTL: Less than Trailer Load. ECSA: East Coast South America M/N: Marks and Numbers. EEI: Electronic Export Information M3: Cubic Meters. EPS Equipment Position Surcharge MLB: Mini‐Land Bridge. ERD: Earliest Receiving Date N/ Notify Party. ERT: Export Routed Transaction NCSA: North Coast South America ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival. NVOCC Non-Vessel Operating ETD: Estimated Time of Departure O/F Ocean Freight

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

O/B: Onboard Vessel SLI: Shipper’s Letters of Instructions

OFR: Ocean SSL: Steam Ship Line

OOG: Out of Gauge STC: Said to Contain.

PBA: Paid By Agent ST: Short Ton (2,000 pounds).

PCC Panama Canal Charge STC Said To Contain

PCS Port Congestion Surcharge OR Pieces TEU Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit

POD: Port of Discharge, also . THC Terminal Handling Charge

POL: Port of Landing TRC: Terminal Receiving Charge.

PPD: Prepaid Charges. VACIS Vehicle And Inspection System (Customs Exam) PRS Piracy Risk Surcharge VAT Value Added Tax PSF Port Security Fee VOCC Vessel Operating Common Carrier PSS Peak Season Surcharge W/M Weight Or Measure PTP: Port to Port. WCSA: West Coast South America SLAC: Shipper Load and Count. WT: Weight or Weight Ton. SCAC: Standard Carrier Alpha Code

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