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0.4Pg

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1 over x

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1.8g

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150kn

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1A

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1AA

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1AAA

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1AX

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1B

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1BB

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1BBB

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1BX

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1C

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1CC

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1CX

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1D

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1DX

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1EE

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1EEE

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2R

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53ft domestic container

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AAR (Association of American Railroads)

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Above (on) deck

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ACEP (Approved Continuous Examination Process)

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Actual gross weight (gross weight)

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Actual net weight (actual payload / payload)

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Actual payload (actual net weight / payload)

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Aft

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AGV (automatic guided vehicle / auto-guided vehicle)

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Airtightness

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Allowable stacking load

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Ambient temperature

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American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

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ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

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Approved Continuous Examination Process (ACEP)

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ASC (automatic stacking crane)

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Association of American Railroads (AAR)

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Authorised control officers

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Auto-guided vehicle (AGV / automatic guided vehicle)

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Automatic guided vehicle (AGV / auto-guided vehicle)

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Automatic stacking crane (ASC)

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Backreach

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Bar

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Barge quay crane

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Bay

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Beam

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Below (under) deck

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Between the legs

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Bi-modal crane

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BIC (International Container Bureau)

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BIC code (owner code)

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Block [1]

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Block stowage [1]

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Bobtail

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Bombcart (terminal chassis / terminal trailer)

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Boom

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Boom down

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Boom up

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Bottom (side) rails

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Breakbulk cargo

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Bundle

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C2H4 (ethylene)

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Cab (cabin)

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Cabin (cab)

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Cantilever beam

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Cantilever rail mounted gantry crane (cRMG)

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Carbon dioxide (CO2)

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Cargo movement

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Cargo Securing Manual (CSM)

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Cargo survey

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Cargo weight distribution

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Cell guide

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CEN (European Committee for Standardization)

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CFS (container freight station)

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Chain lashing

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Chassis (trailer)

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Chassis system

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Check digit

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Chilled

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Citrus

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Classification society

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Climacteric fruit

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Closed container

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Cloverleaf socket (star lashing fitting)

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CO2 (carbon dioxide)

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Coil carrier container

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Cold (reefer) supply chain

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Cold treatment

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Competent person

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Con-air (port hole) container

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Cone (cone fitting / stacking cone)

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Cone fitting (cone / stacking cone)

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ConRo

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Container attachment (side lift spreader)

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Container back

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Container frame

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Container freight station (CFS)

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Container front

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Container inspection

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Container left

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Container number

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Container right

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Container status

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Container washing

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Container yard (yard)

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Controlled atmosphere shipping

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Convention for Safe Containers (CSC)

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Corner casting (fitting)

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Corner fitting (casting)

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Counterweight

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Country code

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Crane outrigger (outrigger)

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Crane tower (tower)

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cRMG (cantilever rail mounted gantry crane)

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Cryogenic liquids

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CSC (Convention for safe containers)

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CSC examination

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CSC plate (Safety Approval Plate)

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Cubic capacity

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Customs

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Dead (static) load

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Decal

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Deep sea

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Deformation (strain)

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Dehydration

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Delivery

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Direct delivery

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Direct receipt

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Direct transhipment

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Double stacked train

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Dry bulk

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Dumb barge

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Dunnage

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Dynamic (live) load

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EDI (electronic data interchange)

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Electronic data interchange (EDI)

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Empties (empty container)

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Empty container (empties)

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Empty handler

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Empty stack

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EN 13044-1

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End frame

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End-of-life

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Engineering

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Environmental load

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Equipment type code

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Ethylene (C2H4)

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European Committee for Standarization (CEN)

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Exponent

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Export containers

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External dimension

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External truck (road truck)

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Fifth wheel

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First examination date

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Flange connection

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Floor

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FLT (forklift truck / heavy lift forklift truck)

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Folding (hinged) hatch cover

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Fore

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Forklift pocket

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Forklift truck (FLT / heavy lift forklift truck)

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Forks

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Forward

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Frozen

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Full container

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Full stacking strength

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Fully cellular container ship

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Fumigation

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Gate complex (facility)

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Gate facility (complex)

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Gear bins (ships gear bins)

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Geared cellular container ship

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Geared ship

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Gearless ship

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Generator container

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Genset

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Gooseneck attachment

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Gooseneck container

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Gooseneck pocket

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Grapple arms

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Gravity

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Gross weight (actual gross weight)

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Gypsum

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Half height container

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Hatch (hatchway)

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Hatch cover

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Hatchway (hatch)

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Hazardous stack

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Heavy lift (project) cargo

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Heavy lift forklift truck (FLT / forklift truck)

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High cube containers

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Hinged (folding) hatch cover

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Hoist rope (hoist wire)

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Hoist wire (hoist rope)

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Hoisting trolley (trolley)

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Hold [1]

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Housekeeping move

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Humidity

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ILU (intermodal loading units)

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ILU code

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IMO (International Maritime Organization)

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Import containers

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Inbound container

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Insulated container

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Integrated reefer container

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Interchange area (grid / pad)

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Interchange frame

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Interchange grid (area / pad)

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Interchange pad (area / grid)

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Intermodal loading units (ILU)

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International Container Bureau (BIC)

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International Maritime Organization (IMO)

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International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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International Union of Combined Road-Rail Transport Companies (UIRR)

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ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

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ISO 10368

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ISO 10374

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ISO 1161

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ISO 14829

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ISO 1496 Part 1

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ISO 1496 Part 2

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ISO 1496 Part 3

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ISO 1496 Part 4

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ISO 1496 Part 5

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ISO 17712

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ISO 18185

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ISO 18186

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ISO 2716 (1972)

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ISO 3874

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ISO 6346

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ISO 668

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ISO 790

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ISO 830

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ISO 9669

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ISO 9711

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ISO 9897

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ISO container

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ISO container designates

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ISO Publicly Available Specification (ISO/PAS)

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ISO Published Amendment (Amd)

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ISO Standard

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ISO TC 104

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ISO TC 110

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ISO TC 111

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ISO TC 122

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ISO TC 154

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ISO TC 20

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ISO TC 204

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ISO TC 34

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ISO TC 51

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ISO TC 8

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ISO Technical Committees (TC)

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ISO Technical Corrigendum (Cor)

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ISO Technical Reports (ISO/TR)

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ISO Technical Specification (ISO/TS)

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ISO/TR 15069

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ISO/TR 15070

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ISO/TS 10891

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Kmax

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kPa

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Lashing (securing)

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Lashing bridge

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Lashing cage (man cage / gondola)

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Lashing plan

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Lashing rods

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Lift AGV

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Lift-away hatch cover

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Lift-on lift-off (LoLo)

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Live (dynamic) load

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Load bearing strength

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Load weight

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Loading bay

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Loading hatch

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Lock on

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LoLo (lift-on lift-off)

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Longitudinal

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Longitudinal racking

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Lorry (truck)

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M&R (maintenance & repair)

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MAFI (roll trailer)

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MAIB (Marine Accident Investigation Branch)

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Main stack

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Maintenance & repair (M&R)

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Man cage (lashing cage / gondola)

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Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)

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Mass

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Mass payload

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Mast [1]

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Maximum gross mass (rating)

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Maximum gross weight

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Maximum load limit

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Maximum net weight (maximum payload)

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Maximum payload (maximum net weight)

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Maximum weight

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Microbial decay

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Microbial growth

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Mixed stacking

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Mobile harbour crane

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Modal split (share)

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Mold (mould)

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Motorised (powered / self-propelled) barge

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Mould (mold)

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Multi-trailer

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Multipurpose ship

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N2 (nitrogen)

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National Defence Transportation Association (NDTA)

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NDTA (National Defence Transportation Association)

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NED (Next Examination Date)

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Newton

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Next Examination Date (NED)

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Nitrogen (N2)

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Nominal container length

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Non-climateric fruit

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Non-ISO container

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Non-locking cone

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Non-pressurised container

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O2 (oxygen)

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OCR (Optical character recognition)

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Offshore container

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On (above) deck

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One door-off

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OOG (out-of-gauge)

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OOG (out-of-gauge) stack

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Optical character recognition (OCR)

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Organic

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Out-of-date containers

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Out-of-gauge (OOG)

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Out-of-gauge (OOG) stack

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Outbound container

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Outreach

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Outrigger (crane outrigger)

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Over height frame

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Owner code (BIC code)

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Oxygen (O2)

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Palletised cargo

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Palletwide container

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Passive vents

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Payload (actual net weight / actual payload)

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Periodic Examination Scheme (PES)

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PES (Periodic Examination Scheme)

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Pg

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Phytosanitary

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Pin lock cone

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Pitching (pitch)

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Pneumatic (un)loading

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Port Authority

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Port health

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Port hole (con-air) container

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Posts

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Powered (motorised / self-propelled) barge

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Pressurised containers

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Project (heavy lift) cargo

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Pull barge

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Punctured (ripped) container

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Push barge

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Push knee fender

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Push tug

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Pyramid stacking

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Quay (apron / quayside)

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Quay transfer operation

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Quayside (apron / quay)

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Racking

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Rail depot (rail terminal / railhead)

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Rail mounted gantry crane (RMG)

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Rail terminal (railhead / rail depot)

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Railhead (rail terminal / rail depot)

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Rated capacity

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Rated load value

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Ratified

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Rating (maximum gross mass)

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Raw materials (primary products)

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Reach stacker

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Receipt

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Reduced stacking strength

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Reefer (cold) supply chain

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Reefer (refrigerated) ship

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Reefer (thermal) container

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Reefer plugs

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Reefer stack

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Refrigerated (reefer) ship

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Refrigerated cargo

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Remain onboard (ROB)

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Respiration

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Restow

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Restraint

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Restuff

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Resulting safe working load

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Rigidity

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Ripening

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Ripped (punctured) container

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RMG (rail mounted gantry crane)

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Road chassis (road trailer)

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Road tractor

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Road trailer (road chassis)

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Road truck (external truck)

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ROB (remain onboard)

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Roll trailer (MAFI)

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Roll wheel

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Roll-on roll-off (RoRo)

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Rolling (roll)

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RoRo (roll-on roll-off)

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Rotary (rotating) spreader

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Rotating (rotary) spreader

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Rotating hoist trolley (rotating trolley)

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Rotating trolley (rotating hoist trolley)

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RTG (rubber tyred gantry crane)

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Rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG)

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Safe working load (SWL)

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Safety Approval Plate (SAP / CSC plate)

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Safety margin

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SAP (Safety Approval Plate / CSC plate)

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Seal

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Segregation

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Self-propelled (powered / motorised) barge

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Semi-processed (semi-finished) goods

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Semi-trailer

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Series 1 freight container

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Series 2 freight container

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Series 3 freight container

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Shelf life

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Shift

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Ship movement

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Ship-to-shore (STS) gantry crane

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Ship’s bridge / Bridge [2]

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Ships gear bins (gear bins)

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Short sea

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Shunter (terminal tractor / tug)

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Shuttle carrier

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Side & end wall profile

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Side guides

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Side rolling hatch covers

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Sightline

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Sill Beam

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Size code

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Size type code

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Size type code (1984)

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Size type code (1984) digit 1

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Size type code (1984) digit 2

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Size type code (1984) digits 3 & 4

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Size type code (1995)

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Size type code (1995) digit 1

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Size type code (1995) digit 2

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Size type code (1995) digits 3 & 4

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Size type code (2012 amendment)

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Size type code (2012 amendment) digit 1

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Size type code (2012 amendment) digit 2

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Size type code (2012 amendment) digits 3 & 4

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Slot

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Span

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Spreader

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Stack height

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Stacking cone (cone / cone fitting)

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Stacking density

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Stacking fittings and cones

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Stacking hatch covers

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Stacking strength

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Star lashing fitting (cloverleaf socket)

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Static (dead) load

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Stern

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Stowage

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Strad (straddle carrier / van)

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Straddle carrier (strad / van)

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Strain (deformation)

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Stress

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Structural failure

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Stuffing

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Superimposed mass

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Swapbody (demountable)

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SWL (safe working load)

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Tank container

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Tare weight (tare)

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Tarpaulin (sheeted)

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Telescopic boom

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Telescopic spreader

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Temperate zone

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Temperature abuse

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Terminal chassis (bombcart / terminal trailer)

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Terminal operator

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Terminal tractor (shunter / tug)

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Terminal tractor trailer (terminal truck)

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Terminal trailer (bombcart / terminal chassis)

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Terminal truck (terminal tractor trailer )

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Tilting spreader

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Time abuse

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Tonne bags

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Top pick

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Top side rails

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Total journey time

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Tower (crane tower)

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Tractor

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Trailer (chassis)

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Transhipment [1]

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Transhipment container

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Transit containers

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Transpiration

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Transport mode

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Transverse

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Transverse racking

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Tri-modal crane

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Trolley (hoisting trolley)

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Tropical (tropics)

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Truck (lorry)

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Tug (shunter / terminal tractor)

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Tweendecker ship

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Twin lift

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Twist lock

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Type code

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UIRR (International Union of Combined Road-Rail Transport Companies)

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Unaccompanied trailer

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Under (below) deck

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Unit load

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Unproductive move

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Unsafe container

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Unstuffing (devanning / outturn / stripping)

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Van (straddle carrier / strad)

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Ventilated container

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Ventilation

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Vertical tandem lifts

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WCO (World Customs Organization)

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Weather deck

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Weatherproof

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Weight

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Wheel load weight

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WLL (working load limit)

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Working load limit (WLL)

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World Customs Organization (WCO)

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Yard (container yard)

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10 + 2 (import security filing)

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1PL (first party logistics)

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2PL (second party logistics)

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3PL (third party logistics)

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4PL (fourth party logistics)

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4th party logistics provider (lead logistics provider / LLP)

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5PL (fifth party logistics)

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Accounts receivable finance

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ACS (Alameda corridor surcharge)

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Act of god

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Actual time of arrival (ATA)

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Actual time of departure (ATD)

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Actual total loss

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Ad valorem

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Advanced manifest filing fee

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AEO (Authorised Economic Operator)

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Air waybill

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Alameda corridor surcharge (ACS)

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All-in freight rate

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Anti-trust

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ATA (actual time of arrival)

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ATD (actual time of departure)

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Attach generator fee

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Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)

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B/L (bill of lading)

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BAF (bunker adjustment factor) / fuel adjustment factor (FAF) / fuel surcharge

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BCO (beneficial cargo owner)

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Bearer bill of lading

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Beneficial cargo owner (BCO)

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Berth (dock) dues

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Berthing (mooring) fee

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Bilateral trade (countertrade)

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Bill of exchange (documentary credit / documentary collection)

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Bill of lading (B/L)

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Bill of lading amendment fee

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Bill of lading fee

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Booking cancellation fee

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Bundling fee

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Bunker adjustment factor (BAF) / fuel adjustment factor (FAF) / fuel surcharge

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Cabotage

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CAF (currency adjustment factor)

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Calcutta Conference (1875)

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Cargo (freight) insurance

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Cargo (wharfage) dues

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Cargo inspection

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Cargo supervision company

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Carriage and insurance paid to (CIP)

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Carriage paid to (CPT)

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Carrier

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Carrier haulage

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Cash in advance

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CBER (consortia block exemption regulation)

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CCFI (China Export Containerized Freight Index)

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Ceiling and floor service contract

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Certificate of analysis (inspection / quality)

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Certificate of free sale

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Certificate of inspection (analysis / quality)

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Certificate of origin

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Certificate of quality (analysis / inspection)

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Certified invoice

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CFR (cost and freight)

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Charter party bill of lading

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Chassis usage (utilization) fee

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Chassis utilization (usage) fee

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China Export Containerized Freight Index (CCFI)

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CIF (cost insurance and freight)

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CIM / SMGS consignment note

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CIM consignment note

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CIP (carriage and insurance paid to)

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Claused (dirty / foul / unclean) bill of lading

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Clean bill of lading

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CMNI transport document

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CMR (road consignment) note

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Combined transport (multimodal) bill of lading

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Commercial invoice

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Common (public) carrier

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Concession fee

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Congestion (port congestion) surcharge

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Conservancy dues

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Consignee

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Consignment

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Consignment finance

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Consignor

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Consolidation (groupage)

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Consortia

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Consortia block exemption regulation (CBER)

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Constructive total loss

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Consular invoice

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Container bill of lading

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Container cleaning (sweeping) fee

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Container fumigation fee

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Container manifest

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Container packing certificate

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Container seal fee

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Container sweeping (cleaning) fee

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Contract of carriage

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Corrosive

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Cost and freight (CFR)

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Cost insurance and freight (CIF)

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Countertrade (bilateral trade)

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Courier waybill

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CPT (carriage paid to)

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Currency adjustment factor (CAF)

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Customs (ship) manifest

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Customs Authority

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Customs broker (customs clearance agent / customs house agent)

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Customs clearance

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Customs clearance agent (customs broker / customs house agent)

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Customs clearance fee

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Customs control

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Customs duty

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Customs house agent (customs broker / customs clearance agent)

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Customs invoice

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Customs processing fee

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Cut-off time

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D/O (delivery order)

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Dangerous goods declaration (DGD) / Dangerous goods note (DGN)

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Dangerous goods note (DGN) / Dangerous goods declaration (DGD)

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DAP (delivered at place)

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DAT (delivered at terminal)

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DDP (delivered duty paid)

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Deferred loyalty (rebate) system

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Deferred rebate (loyalty) system

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Delivered at place (DAP)

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Delivered at terminal (DAT)

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Delivered duty paid (DDP)

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Delivery (on-carriage) fee

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Delivery order (D/O)

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Despatch advice

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Devanning (outturn / stripping / unstuffing)

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DGD (dangerous goods declaration) / DGN (dangerous goods note)

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DGN (dangerous goods note) / DGD (dangerous goods declaration)

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Direct bill of lading

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Dirty (claused / foul / unclean) bill of lading

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Discharge list

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Discharge report

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Dock (berth) dues

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Dock (warehouse) receipt

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Documentary collection (bill of exchange / documentary credit)

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Documentary credit (bill of exchange / documentary collection)

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Documentation fee

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Driver waiting time (vehicle detention) fee

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EBS (emergency bunker surcharge)

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EDI (telex) release fee

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EIR (equipment interchange receipt)

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EIS (equipment imbalance surcharge)

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Emergency bunker surcharge (EBS)

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Emergency rate restoration (ERR)

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Emergency risk surcharge (ERS) [1]

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End use certificate

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ENS (entry summary declaration)

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Entry summary declaration (ENS)

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Environmental surcharge

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Equipment imbalance surcharge (EIS)

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Equipment interchange receipt (EIR)

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Equipment repositioning surcharge (ERS) [2]

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ERR (emergency rate restoration)

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ERS (emergency risk surcharge) [1]

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ERS (equipment repositioning surcharge) [2]

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Estimated time of arrival (ETA)

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Estimated time of departure (ETD)

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ETA (estimated time of arrival)

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ETD (estimated time of departure)

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Export credit insurance

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Export declaration

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Export documentation fee

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Export forms

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Export licence

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Exporter

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Factoring

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FAF (fuel adjustment factor) / bunker adjustment factor (BAF) / fuel surcharge

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FAK (freight all kinds)

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FAS (free alongside ship)

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FCA (free carrier)

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FCL (full container load)

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Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

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Fifth party logistics (5PL)

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First party logistics (1PL)

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FMC (Federal Maritime Commission)

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FOB (free on board)

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Foul (claused / dirty / unclean) bill of lading

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Fourth party logistics (4PL)

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Free alongside ship (FAS)

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Free carrier (FCA)

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Free on board (FOB)

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Free time

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Freight (cargo) insurance

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Freight all kinds (FAK)

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Freight forwarder

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Freight forwarder (house) bill of lading

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Freight surcharge

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Fuel adjustment factor (FAF) / bunker adjustment factor (BAF) / fuel surcharge

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Full container load (FCL)

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Fumigation certificate

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GAS (Gulf of Aden surcharge)

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General average

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General rate increase (GRI)

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Genset fee

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Global alliance

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GRI (general rate increase)

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Groupage (consolidation)

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Gulf of Aden surcharge (GAS)

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Hague Rules (1924)

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Hague-Visby Rules (1968)

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Hamburg Rules (1978)

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Harbour maintenance fee (HMF)

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Harmonized commodity description & coding system (HS code / harmonized system)

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Harmonized system (harmonized commodity description & coding system / HS code)

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HAZ (hazardous / IMO) surcharge

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Hazardous (HAZ / IMO) surcharge

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Headspace (ullage)

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Health certificate

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Heavy weight surcharge (HWS) / overweight surcharge (OWS)

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HMF (harbour maintenance fee)

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Homeward bill of lading

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House (freight forwarder) bill of lading

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HS code (harmonized commodity description & coding system / harmonized system)

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HWS (heavy weight surcharge) / OWS (overweight surcharge)

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Hygroscopic

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ICC (International Chamber of Commerce)

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IMO (HAZ / hazardous) surcharge

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Import declaration

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Import documentation fee

---

Import forms

---

Import licence

---

Import security filing (10 + 2)

---

Importer

---

INCOTERMS

---

Index-linked service contracts

---

Inherent vice

---

Inland (intermodal) fuel surcharge

---

Intermodal (inland) fuel surcharge

---

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

---

Inventory (stock) control

---

Invoice

---

Inward manifest

---

Irrevocable letter of credit

---

ISPS (port security) fee

---

Knocking down ends fee

---

L/C (letter of credit)

---

LCL (less than container load)

---

Lead logistics provider (4th party logistics provider / LLP)

---

Less than container load (LCL)

---

Letter of credit (L/C)

---

Liner bill of lading

---

Liner conference (shipping conference)

---

LLP (4th party logistics provider / lead logistics provider)

---

Load lash and secure fee

---

Load list

---

Load report

---

Logistics management

---

Low sulphur fuel surcharge (LSF)

---

Low water surcharge (LWR)

---

LSF (low sulphur fuel surcharge)

---

LWR (low water surcharge)

---

Marine insurance

---

Marine pollutant

---

Master bill of lading

---

MDGF (multimodal dangerous goods form)

---

Merchant haulage

---

Mis-declaration fee

---

Mooring (berthing) fee

---

Multimodal (combined transport) bill of lading

---

Multimodal dangerous goods form (MDGF)

---

Negotiable bill of lading

---

Negotiable document of title

---

Non-negotiable bill of lading

---

Non-negotiable document of title

---

Non-vessel owning common carrier (NVOCC)

---

Notify party

---

NVOCC (non-vessel owning common carrier)

---

Ocean (port to port) bill of lading

---

On-carriage

---

On-carriage (delivery) fee

---

Onboard (shipped) bill of lading

---

Open account

---

Open bill of lading

---

Order bill of lading

---

Out-of-gauge surcharge

---

Outward bill of lading

---

Outward manifest

---

Overstowed

---

Overweight surcharge (OWS) / heavy weight surcharge (HWS)

---

OWS (overweight surcharge) / HWS (heavy weight surcharge)

---

Packing fee

---

Packing list (note)

---

Packing note (list)

---

Panama Canal surcharge (PCS)

---

Partial loss

---

Particular average

---

PCS (Panama Canal surcharge)

---

PDM (physical distribution management)

---

Peak season surcharge (PSS)

---

Physical distribution management (PDM)

---

Phytosanitary certificate

---

Pickup (pre-carriage) fee

---

Pier pass fee

---

Pilotage dues

---

Piracy surcharge

---

Placard fee

---

Placard removal fee

---

Port (ship) dues

---

Port congestion (congestion) surcharge

---

Port infrastructure fee

---

Port security (ISPS) fee

---

Port to port (ocean) bill of lading

---

Power supply fee

---

Pre-carriage

---

Pre-carriage (pickup) fee

---

Pre-trip inspection (PTI) fee

---

Price (rate) fixing

---

Pro-forma invoice

---

PSS (peak season surcharge)

---

PTI (pre-trip inspection) fee

---

Public (common) carrier

---

Rate (price) fixing

---

Real time indexed service contract

---

Received bill of lading

---

Removing dunnage fee

---

Revocable letter of credit

---

Road consignment (CMR) note

---

Rotterdam Rules (2008)

---

Safety of life at sea (SOLAS) convention

---

Sales contract

---

Santos emergency dredging surcharge (SED)

---

SCFI (Shanghai Export Containerized Freight Index)

---

SCM (supply chain management)

---

SCS (Suez Canal surcharge / STF)

---

Sea waybill

---

Second party logistics (2PL)

---

SED (Santos emergency dredging surcharge)

---

Self-heating

---

Service contract

---

SES (special equipment surcharge)

---

Set temperature fee

---

Shanghai Export Containerized Freight Index (SCFI)

---

Shifting fee

---

Ship (customs) manifest

---

Ship (port) dues

---

Ship’s rail to ship’s rail

---

Shipped (onboard) bill of lading

---

Shipper

---

Shippers export declaration

---

Shipping advice

---

Shipping conference (liner conference)

---

Shipping instructions

---

Shipping line alliance

---

Slot charter

---

SMGS consignment note

---

SOLAS (safety of life at sea) convention

---

Special equipment surcharge (SES)

---

Spot freight rate

---

Stale bill of lading

---

Stevedoring fee

---

STF (SCS / Suez Canal surcharge)

---

Stock (inventory) control

---

Stock throughput insurance

---

Stripping (devanning / outturn / unstuffing)

---

Suez Canal surcharge (SCS / STF)

---

Supply chain

---

Supply chain management (SCM)

---

Supply chain network

---

Switch bill of lading

---

Taint

---

Tally

---

Telex (EDI) release fee

---

Temperature history fee

---

Terminal handing charge (THC)

---

THC (terminal handing charge)

---

Third party logistics (3PL)

---

Through bill of lading

---

Time-lag indexed service contract

---

Tonnage centre

---

Total loss (write-off)

---

Towage fee

---

UCP (Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits)

---

Ullage (headspace)

---

Unberthing (unmooring) fee

---

Unclean (claused / dirty / foul) bill of lading

---

Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP)

---

Unmooring (unberthing) fee

---

Vehicle appointment fee

---

Vehicle detention (driver waiting time) fee

---

Venting fee

---

Verified gross mass (VGM)

---

Verified gross mass (VGM) declaration

---

Vessel owning common carrier (VOCC)

---

Vessel sharing agreement (VSA)

---

Veterinary certificate

---

VGM (verified gross mass)

---

VGM (verified gross mass) declaration

---

VOCC (vessel owning common carrier)

---

VSA (vessel sharing agreement)

---

War risks surcharge (WRS)

---

Warehouse (dock) receipt

---

Warehouse fee

---

Warehouse-to-warehouse clause

---

Wharfage (cargo) dues

---

Winter surcharge

---

Wire lift fee

---

Write-off (total loss)

---

WRS (war risks surcharge)

---

York-Antwerp rules

---

Above (on) deck

---

Aft

---

Bay

---

Below (under) deck

---

Breakbulk cargo

---

Cell guide

---

ConRo

---

Container yard (yard)

---

Deep sea

---

Dumb barge

---

Dunnage

---

Folding (hinged) hatch cover

---

Fore

---

Forward

---

Fully cellular container ship

---

Geared cellular container ship

---

Geared ship

---

Gearless ship

---

Hatch cover

---

Heavy lift (project) cargo

---

Hinged (folding) hatch cover

---

Lashing (securing)

---

Lashing bridge

---

Lashing cage (man cage / gondola)

---

Lashing rods

---

Lift-away hatch cover

---

Lift-on lift-off (LoLo)

---

LoLo (lift-on lift-off)

---

MAFI (roll trailer)

---

Man cage (lashing cage / gondola)

---

Mobile harbour crane

---

Motorised (powered / self-propelled) barge

---

Multipurpose ship

---

On (above) deck

---

Palletised cargo

---

Powered (motorised / self-propelled) barge

---

Project (heavy lift) cargo

---

Pull barge

---

Push barge

---

Push knee fender

---

Push tug

---

Reefer (refrigerated) ship

---

Reefer (thermal) container

---

Reefer container

---

Refrigerated (reefer) ship

---

Refrigerated cargo

---

Roll trailer (MAFI)

---

Roll-on roll-off (RoRo)

---

RoRo (roll-on roll-off)

---

Self-propelled (powered / motorised) barge

---

Ship-to-shore (STS) gantry crane

---

Ship’s bridge / Bridge [2]

---

Side rolling hatch covers

---

Spreader

---

Stacking hatch covers

---

Stern

---

Stowage

---

STS (ship-to-shore) gantry crane

---

Thermal container

---

Tonne bags

---

Tweendecker ship

---

Twin lift

---

Twist lock

---

Under (below) deck

---

Weather deck

---

Yard (container yard)

---

0.4Pg

---

0.6Pg

---

2R

---

Actual gross weight (gross weight)

---

Actual net weight (actual payload / payload)

---

Actual payload (actual net weight / payload)

---

Airtightness

---

Bottom (side) rails

---

Cargo movement

---

Cargo weight distribution

---

Container back

---

Container frame

---

Container front

---

Container left

---

Container right

---

Dead (static) load

---

Deformation (strain)

---

Dunnage

---

Dynamic (live) load

---

End frame

---

Environmental load

---

Floor

---

Forklift pocket

---

Gross weight (actual gross weight)

---

Live (dynamic) load

---

Load bearing strength

---

Load weight

---

Longitudinal

---

Longitudinal racking

---

MAIB (Marine Accident Investigation Branch)

---

Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)

---

Maximum gross weight

---

Maximum net weight (maximum payload)

---

Maximum payload (maximum net weight)

---

Payload (actual net weight / actual payload)

---

Pg

---

Pitching (pitch)

---

Posts

---

Punctured (ripped) container

---

Racking

---

Restraint

---

Rigidity

---

Ripped (punctured) container

---

Rolling (roll)

---

Safety margin

---

Ship movement

---

Side & end wall profile

---

Stack height

---

Stacking strength

---

Static (dead) load

---

Strain (deformation)

---

Stress

---

Structural failure

---

Tare weight (tare)

---

Top side rails

---

Transverse

---

Transverse racking

---

Weatherproof

---

AAR (Association of American Railroads)

---

Association of American Railroads (AAR)

---

BIC (International Container Bureau)

---

BIC code (owner code)

---

CEN (European Committee for Standardization)

---

Check digit

---

Container number

---

EDI (electronic data interchange)

---

Electronic data interchange (EDI)

---

EN 13044-1

---

Equipment type code

---

European Committee for Standarization (CEN)

---

Exponent

---

Genset

---

ILU (intermodal loading units)

---

ILU code

---

Intermodal loading units (ILU)

---

International Container Bureau (BIC)

---

International Union of Combined Road-Rail Transport Companies (UIRR)

---

ISO 2716 (1972)

---

ISO 6346

---

ISO 668

---

ISO 790

---

Loading bay

---

OCR (Optical character recognition)

---

Optical character recognition (OCR)

---

Owner code (BIC code)

---

Semi-trailer

---

Size type code

---

Swapbody (demountable)

---

UIRR (International Union of Combined Road-Rail Transport Companies)

---

WCO (World Customs Organization)

---

World Customs Organization (WCO)

---

Apron (quay / quayside)

---

Cargo survey

---

CFS (container freight station)

---

Container freight station (CFS)

---

Container inspection

---

Container status

---

Container washing

---

Container yard (yard)

---

Customs

---

Deep sea

---

Delivery

---

Direct delivery

---

Direct receipt

---

Direct transhipment

---

Empties (empty container)

---

Empty container (empties)

---

Empty stack

---

Engineering

---

Export containers

---

Full container

---

Fumigation

---

Gate complex (facility)

---

Gate facility (complex)

---

Hazardous stack

---

Housekeeping move

---

Import containers

---

Inbound container

---

M&R (maintenance & repair)

---

Main stack

---

Maintenance & repair (M&R)

---

OOG (out-of-gauge) stack

---

Out-of-gauge (OOG) stack

---

Outbound container

---

Outturn (devanning (stripping / unstuffing)

---

Port health

---

Quay (apron / quayside)

---

Quay transfer operation

---

Quayside (apron / quay)

---

Rail depot (rail terminal / railhead)

---

Rail terminal (railhead / rail depot)

---

Railhead (rail terminal / rail depot)

---

Raw materials (primary products)

---

Receipt

---

Reefer stack

---

Remain onboard (ROB)

---

Repositioning move

---

Restow

---

Restuff

---

ROB (remain onboard)

---

Seal

---

Semi-processed (semi-finished) goods

---

Shift

---

Short sea

---

Stuffing

---

Tier

---

Total journey time

---

Transhipment [1]

---

Transhipment container

---

Transit containers

---

Transport mode

---

Unproductive move

---

Unstuffing (devanning / outturn / stripping)

---

Yard (container yard)

---

Axle load (axle weight)

---

Axle weight (axle load)

---

Beam overall (BOA)

---

BOA (beam overall)

---

Breaking power

---

Bunker (fuel) tanks

---

Bunker (marine) fuel

---

Class 1 - explosives

---

Class 2 - gasses

---

Class 3 - flammable liquids

---

Class 4 - flammable solids

---

Class 5 – oxidizing substances & organic peroxides

---

Class 6 – toxic & infectious substances

---

Class 7 – radioactive material

---

Class 8 – corrosive substances

---

Class 9 – miscellaneous dangerous substances & articles

---

Classification (marshalling) yard

---

Dangerous goods list

---

Deadweight tonnage (DWT)

---

Door-to-door

---

Draft (draught)

---

Draught (draft)

---

DWT (deadweight tonnage)

---

Feeder ship

---

FEU (forty foot equivalent unit)

---

Forty foot equivalent unit (FEU)

---

Fuel (bunker) tanks

---

Hazardous container

---

High tide

---

IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code)

---

IMO (International Maritime Organization)

---

Intermodalism [1] / intermodal transport [1]

---

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)

---

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

---

Keel-to-mast height

---

Length overall (LOA)

---

LOA (length overall)

---

Mainline service

---

Marine (bunker) fuel

---

Marshalling (classification) yard

---

Maximum axle load (maximum axle weight)

---

Maximum axle weight (maximum axle load)

---

Maximum truck weight

---

Nominal measurement

---

Placard

---

POD (port of discharge)

---

POL (port of loading)

---

Port of discharge (POD)

---

Port of loading (POL)

---

Port pair

---

Port throughput (throughput)

---

Proper Shipping Name (PSN)

---

PSN (proper shipping name)

---

Pulling power

---

River terminal

---

Ship (stowage) planning

---

Standardisation

---

TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit)

---

TEU capacity

---

Throughput (port throughput)

---

Train set (train)

---

Twenty foot equivalent unit (TEU)

---

ULCS (ultra large container ship) / vessel (ULCV)

---

ULCV (ultra large container vessel) / ship (ULCS)

---

Ultra large container ship (ULCS) / vessel (ULCV)

---

Ultra large container vessel (ULCV) / ship (ULCS)

---

UN Number

---

Unit load

---

Unitisation

---

Water depth

---

Above (on) deck

---

Below (under) deck

---

Breakbulk cargo

---

Bundle

---

Cold (reefer) supply chain

---

Corner casting (fitting)

---

Corner fitting (casting)

---

Double stacked train

---

Dry bulk

---

End-of-life

---

Genset

---

Gypsum

---

Lashing (securing)

---

Loading hatch

---

Non-pressurised container

---

On (above) deck

---

OOG (out-of-gauge)

---

Out-of-gauge (OOG)

---

Over height frame

---

Payload (actual net weight / actual payload)

---

Pneumatic (un)loading

---

Pressurised containers

---

Reefer (cold) supply chain

---

Reefer container

---

Reefer plugs

---

Segregation

---

Sheeted (tarpaulin)

---

Spreader

---

Tarpaulin (sheeted)

---

Thermal container

---

Tonne bags

---

Under (below) deck

---

1.8g

---

150kn

---

ACEP (Approved Continuous Examination Process)

---

Actual gross weight (gross weight)

---

Allowable stacking load

---

Approved Continuous Examination Process (ACEP)

---

Authorised control officers

---

BIC (International Container Bureau)

---

Block stowage [1]

---

Cargo Securing Manual (CSM)

---

Classification society

---

Competent person

---

CSC examination

---

CSC plate (Safety Approval Plate)

---

CSM (cargo securing manual)

---

Decal

---

First examination date

---

Full stacking strength

---

Gear bins (ships gear bins)

---

Gravity

---

Gross weight (actual gross weight)

---

Housekeeping move

---

IMO (International Maritime Organization)

---

International Container Bureau (BIC)

---

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

---

Lashing plan

---

Mass

---

Mass payload

---

Maximum gross mass (rating)

---

Mixed stacking

---

NED (Next Examination Date)

---

Newton

---

Next Examination Date (NED)

---

Offshore container

---

One door-off

---

Out-of-date containers

---

Payload (actual net weight / actual payload)

---

Periodic Examination Scheme (PES)

---

PES (Periodic Examination Scheme)

---

Pg

---

Pyramid stacking

---

Ratified

---

Rating (maximum gross mass)

---

Reduced stacking strength

---

Safety Approval Plate (SAP / CSC plate)

---

SAP (Safety Approval Plate / CSC plate)

---

Ships gear bins (gear bins)

---

Stacking density

---

Stacking strength

---

Superimposed mass

---

Unproductive move

---

Unsafe container

---

Weight

---

Wheel load weight

---

APERAK (application error & acknowledgement message)

---

Application error & acknowledgement message (APERAK)

---

Arrival notice message (IFTMAN)

---

BAPLIE (bay plan message)

---

BAPLTE (bay plan or stowage plan total numbers message)

---

Bay plan message (BAPLIE)

---

Bay plan or stowage plan total numbers message (BAPLTE)

---

BERMAN (berth management message)

---

Berth management message (BERMAN)

---

Booking confirmation message (IFTMBC)

---

CALINF (call information (vessel) message)

---

Call information (vessel) message (CALINF)

---

COARRI (container discharge or load report message)

---

CODECO (container gate in or gate out report message)

---

COEDOR (container stock report message)

---

COHAOR (special handling order message)

---

Container announcement message (COPARN)

---

Container discharge or load report message (COARRI)

---

Container discharge or loading order message (COPRAR)

---

Container gate in or gate out report message (CODECO)

---

Container pre-notification message (COPINO)

---

Container release order message (COREOR )

---

Container stock report message (COEDOR)

---

COPARN (container announcement message)

---

COPINO (container pre-notification message)

---

COPRAR (container discharge or loading order message)

---

COREOR (container release order message)

---

COSTCO (stuffing or stripping confirmation message)

---

COSTOR (stuffing or stripping order message)

---

CUSCAR (customs cargo report message)

---

CUSDEC (customs declaration message)

---

CUSEXP (customs express consignment declaration message)

---

CUSPED (periodic customs declaration message)

---

CUSREP (customs conveyance report message)

---

CUSRES (customs response message)

---

Customs cargo report message (CUSCAR)

---

Customs conveyance report message (CUSREP)

---

Customs declaration message (CUSDEC)

---

Customs express consignment declaration message (CUSEXP)

---

Customs response message (CUSRES)

---

Dangerous cargo list message (IFTIAG)

---

Dangerous goods notification message (IFTDGN)

---

DESTIM (equipment damage or repair estimate message)

---

Equipment damage or repair estimate message (DESTIM)

---

Firm booking message (IFTMBF)

---

Forwarding & consolidation summary message (IFCSUM)

---

Forwarding & transport schedule & availability information message (IFTSAI)

---

Freight statement message (IFTFCA)

---

IFCSUM (forwarding & consolidation summary message)

---

IFTDGN (dangerous goods notification message)

---

IFTFCA (freight statement message)

---

IFTFCC (international transport freight costs & other charges message)

---

IFTIAG (dangerous cargo list message)

---

IFTMAN (arrival notice message)

---

IFTMBC (booking confirmation message)

---

IFTMBF (firm booking message)

---

IFTMBP (provisional booking message)

---

IFTMCS (instruction contract message)

---

IFTMIN (instruction message)

---

IFTSAI (forwarding & transport schedule & availability information message)

---

IFTSTA (international multimodal status message)

---

Instruction contract message (IFTMCS)

---

Instruction message (IFTMIN)

---

International multimodal status message (IFTSTA)

---

International transport freight costs & other charges message (IFTFCC)

---

Move instruction message (MOVINS)

---

MOVINS (move instruction message)

---

Periodic customs declaration message (CUSPED)

---

Provisional booking message (IFTMBP)

---

Special handling order message (COHAOR)

---

Stuffing or stripping confirmation message (COSTCO)

---

Stuffing or stripping order message (COSTOR)

---

Tank contents, stores and other non-cargo items message (TANSTA)

---

TANSTA (tank contents, stores and other non-cargo items message)

---

Terminal performance report message (TPFREP)

---

TPFREP (terminal performance report message)

---

UN/EDIFACT (United Nations / Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport)

---

United Nations / Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT )

---

Verified gross mass message (VERMAS)

---

VERMAS (verified gross mass message)

---

VESDEP (vessel departure message)

---

Vessel departure message (VESDEP)

---

WASDIS (waste disposal information message)

---

Waste disposal information message (WASDIS)

---

1A

---

1AA

---

1AAA

---

1AX

---

1B

---

1BB

---

1BBB

---

1BX

---

1C

---

1CC

---

1CX

---

1D

---

1DX

---

1EE

---

1EEE

---

53ft domestic container

---

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

---

ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

---

Cell guide

---

Container frame

---

External dimension

---

Half height container

---

High cube containers

---

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

---

ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

---

ISO 668

---

ISO container

---

ISO container designates

---

National Defence Transportation Association (NDTA)

---

NDTA (National Defence Transportation Association)

---

Nominal container length

---

Non-ISO container

---

Palletwide container

---

Segregation

---

Series 1 freight container

---

Size type code

---

Slot

---

Stack height

---

Stowage

---

Swapbody (demountable)

---

Tank container

---

Telescopic spreader

---

Twin lift

---

1 over x

---

ASC (automatic stacking crane)

---

Automatic stacking crane (ASC)

---

Backreach

---

Beam

---

Between the legs

---

Bi-modal crane

---

Block [1]

---

Boom

---

Boom down

---

Boom up

---

Cab (cabin)

---

Cabin (cab)

---

Cantilever beam

---

Cantilever rail mounted gantry crane (cRMG)

---

Crane outrigger (outrigger)

---

Crane tower (tower)

---

cRMG (cantilever rail mounted gantry crane)

---

Hatch (hatchway)

---

Hatchway (hatch)

---

Hoist rope (hoist wire)

---

Hoist wire (hoist rope)

---

Hoisting trolley (trolley)

---

Interchange area (grid / pad)

---

Interchange grid (area / pad)

---

Interchange pad (area / grid)

---

Mobile harbour crane

---

Modal split (share)

---

Outreach

---

Outrigger (crane outrigger)

---

Port Authority

---

Rail mounted gantry crane (RMG)

---

RMG (rail mounted gantry crane)

---

Rotating hoist trolley (rotating trolley)

---

Rotating trolley (rotating hoist trolley)

---

RTG (rubber tyred gantry crane)

---

Rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG)

---

Ship-to-shore (STS) gantry crane

---

Sill Beam

---

Span

---

Stacking density

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Strad (straddle carrier / van)

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Straddle carrier (strad / van)

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Terminal operator

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Tower (crane tower)

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Tri-modal crane

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Trolley (hoisting trolley)

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Unit load

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Van (straddle carrier / strad)

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AGV (automatic guided vehicle / auto-guided vehicle)

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Auto-guided vehicle (AGV / automatic guided vehicle)

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Automatic guided vehicle (AGV / auto-guided vehicle)

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Barge quay crane

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Bobtail

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Bombcart (terminal chassis / terminal trailer)

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Chain lashing

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Chassis (trailer)

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Chassis system

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Cloverleaf socket (star lashing fitting)

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Cone (cone fitting / stacking cone)

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Cone fitting (cone / stacking cone)

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Container attachment (side lift spreader)

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Counterweight

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Empty handler

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External truck (road truck)

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Fifth wheel

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FLT (forklift truck / heavy lift forklift truck)

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Forklift pocket

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Forklift truck (FLT / heavy lift forklift truck)

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Forks

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Gooseneck attachment

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Gooseneck pocket

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Grapple arms

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Heavy lift forklift truck (FLT / forklift truck)

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Interchange frame

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Lift AGV

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Lock on

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Lorry (truck)

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MAFI (roll trailer)

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Mast [1]

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Maximum load limit

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Multi-trailer

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Non-locking cone

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Pin lock cone

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Rated capacity

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Rated load value

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Reach stacker

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Resulting safe working load

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Road chassis (road trailer)

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Road tractor

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Road trailer (road chassis)

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Road truck (external truck)

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Roll trailer (MAFI)

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Roll wheel

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Rotary (rotating) spreader

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Rotating (rotary) spreader

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Safe working load (SWL)

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Shunter (terminal tractor / tug)

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Shuttle carrier

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Side guides

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Side lift spreader (container attachment)

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Sightline

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Stacking cone (cone / cone fitting)

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Star lashing fitting (cloverleaf socket)

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SWL (safe working load)

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Telescopic boom

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Terminal chassis (bombcart / terminal trailer)

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Terminal tractor (shunter / tug)

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Terminal tractor trailer (terminal truck)

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Terminal trailer (bombcart / terminal chassis)

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Terminal truck (terminal tractor trailer )

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Tilting spreader

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Top pick

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Tractor

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Trailer (chassis)

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Truck (lorry)

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Tug (shunter / terminal tractor)

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Unaccompanied trailer

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WLL (working load limit)

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Working load limit (WLL)

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British Standards Institute (BSI)

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BSI (British Standards Institute)

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BSI/PAS 1008:2016

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CCIA (China Container Industry Association)

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China Container Industry Association (CCIA)

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COA (Container Owners Association)

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Container number

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Container Owners Association (COA)

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Corner casting (fitting)

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Corner fitting (casting)

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Cubic capacity

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Flange connection

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Flexitank

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Full stacking strength

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Gross weight (actual gross weight)

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ICHCA (International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association)

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ILO (International Labour Organization)

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International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (ICHCA)

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International Labour Organization (ILO)

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International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

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ISO 10368

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ISO 10374

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ISO 1161

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ISO 14829

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ISO 1496 Part 1

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ISO 1496 Part 2

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ISO 1496 Part 3

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ISO 1496 Part 4

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ISO 1496 Part 5

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ISO 17712

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ISO 18185

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ISO 18186

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ISO 3874

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ISO 6346

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ISO 668

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ISO 830

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ISO 9669

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ISO 9711

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ISO 9897

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ISO Publicly Available Specification (ISO/PAS)

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ISO Published Amendment (Amd)

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ISO Standard

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ISO TC (Technical Committees)

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ISO TC 104

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ISO TC 110

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ISO TC 111

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ISO TC 122

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ISO TC 154

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ISO TC 20

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ISO TC 204

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ISO TC 34

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ISO TC 51

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ISO TC 8

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ISO Technical Committees (TC)

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ISO Technical Corrigendum (Cor)

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ISO Technical Reports (ISO/TR)

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ISO Technical Specification (ISO/TS)

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ISO/TR 15069

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ISO/TR 15070

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ISO/TS 10891

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ISO/TS 18625

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Maximum weight

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National Standards Organisation

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Payload (actual net weight / actual payload)

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Reduced stacking strength

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Series 1 freight container

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Series 2 freight container

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Series 3 freight container

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Size type code

---

Stacking fittings and cones

---

Stowage

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Tare (tare weight)

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Tare weight (tare)

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Twist lock

---

Vertical tandem lifts

---

45ft container

---

AC (average cost)

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ADC (ambient distribution centre)

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Air draft

---

Ambient distribution centre (ADC)

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Average cost (AC)

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Axle

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Bay plan

---

Blank (skipped / void) sailing (voyage)

---

Blank (skipped / void) voyage (sailing)

---

Block train

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Bolt cutters

---

Bonded warehouse

---

Bottom end rail

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Bottom-end

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CDC (chilled distribution centre)

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Chilled distribution centre (CDC)

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Control tower

---

Cross (transverse) member

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Cross-docking

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Dangerous (hazardous) cargo

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DC (distribution centre)

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Diseconomies of scale

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Distillate fuel oil / marine gas oil (MGO) / gas oil

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Distribution centre (DC)

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Drayage

---

Dry bulk container

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Dry port (ICD / inland container depot / inland clearance depot)

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East-West trade

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Economies of scale

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Empty depot

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End-to-end rotation (service)

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End-to-end service (rotation)

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Extra-loader ship (voyage)

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Extra-loader voyage (ship)

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FDC (frozen distribution centre)

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Feeder port

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Fighting ship

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First mile

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Flat rack (platform container)

---

Force majeure

---

Foreign trade zone (free trade zone / FTZ)

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Free trade zone (foreign trade zone / FTZ)

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Frozen distribution centre (FDC)

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FTZ (foreign trade zone / free trade zone)

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Fuel (furnace / heavy / marine) oil

---

Fulfilment centre

---

Furnace (fuel / heavy / marine) oil

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Gas oil / distillate fuel oil / marine gas oil (MGO)

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Gate in

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Gate out

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GDP (gross domestic product)

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General merchandise

---

General purpose container

---

Great circle

---

Gross domestic product (GDP)

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Gross registered tonnage (GRT)

---

GRT (gross registered tonnage)

---

Hazardous (dangerous) cargo

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Heavy (fuel / furnace / marine) oil

---

Heavy fuel oil (HFO / No. 6 fuel oil / residual fuel oil)

---

HFO (heavy fuel oil / No. 6 fuel oil / residual fuel oil)

---

High sulphur fuel oil (HSFO)

---

Hopper

---

HSFO (high sulphur fuel oil)

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Hub (major) port / transhipment hub

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IBC (intermediate bulk container)

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ICD (dry port / inland container depot / inland clearance depot)

---

IFO380

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IICL (Institute of International Container Lessors)

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Inland container depot (ICD / dry port / inland clearance depot)

---

Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL)

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Interlining

---

Intermediate bulk container (IBC)

---

Intermodal terminal (depot)

---

International Ship & Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code)

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ISPS Code (International Ship & Port Facility Security Code)

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Joint tonnage centre

---

Jones Act (1920)

---

Keel

---

Last mile

---

Liquid bulk

---

Livestock

---

Low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO)

---

LSFO (low sulphur fuel oil)

---

Marine (fuel / furnace / heavy) oil

---

Marine gas oil (MGO) / distillate fuel oil / gas oil

---

Mast [2]

---

Mechanical seal

---

MGO (marine gas oil / distillate fuel oil / gas oil

---

Multimodalism [1] / multimodal transport [1]

---

National distribution centre (NDC)

---

NDC (national distribution centre)

---

NGO (non-governmental organisation)

---

No. 6 fuel oil (heavy fuel oil / HFO / residual fuel oil)

---

Non-governmental organisation (NGO)

---

North-South trade

---

Northern Sea Route

---

Off-dock

---

Open top container

---

Outturn report

---

Overhead bridging crane

---

Pendulum rotation (service)

---

Pendulum service (rotation)

---

Pilot

---

Pilotage

---

Platform container (flat rack)

---

Port [1] / seaport

---

Pre-trip inspection (PTI)

---

PTI (pre-trip inspection)

---

Put-away

---

Radio frequency identification (RFID)

---

RDC (regional distribution centre)

---

Re-handle

---

Re-route

---

Regional distribution centre (RDC)

---

Regulatory inspection

---

Remote condition monitoring

---

Residual oil (heavy fuel oil / HFO / No. 6 fuel oil)

---

Resin

---

RFID (radio frequency identification)

---

Roof panel

---

Round-the-world rotation (service)

---

Round-the-world service (rotation)

---

Skipped (blank / void) sailing (voyage)

---

Skipped (blank / void) voyage (sailing)

---

SMDG

---

South-South trade

---

Stevedore

---

Tamper proof

---

Tank top

---

TC (total cost)

---

TEU km

---

Tide

---

Total cost (TC)

---

Towage

---

Trade lane (route)

---

Trade route (lane)

---

Transloading

---

Tug (tugboat)

---

Tugboat (tug)

---

UK Navigation Act (1651)

---

ULSFO (ultra-low sulphur fuel oil)

---

Ultra-low sulphur fuel oil (ULSFO)

---

UNCON (Uncontainerisable cargo)

---

Uncontainerisable cargo (uncon)

---

Vessel traffic system (VTS)

---

Void (blank / skipped) sailing (voyage)

---

Void (blank / skipped) voyage (sailing)

---

Voyage number

---

VTS (vessel traffic system)

---

Ambient temperature

---

C2H4 (ethylene)

---

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

---

Chilled

---

Citrus

---

Climacteric fruit

---

CO2 (carbon dioxide)

---

Cold (reefer) supply chain

---

Cold treatment

---

Con-air (port hole) container

---

Controlled atmosphere shipping

---

Dehydration

---

Ethylene (C2H4)

---

Frozen

---

Fumigation

---

Hold [1]

---

Humidity

---

Integrated reefer container

---

Microbial decay

---

Microbial growth

---

Mold (mould)

---

Mould (mold)

---

N2 (nitrogen)

---

Nitrogen (N2)

---

Non-climateric fruit

---

O2 (oxygen)

---

Organic

---

Oxygen (O2)

---

Phytosanitary

---

Port hole (con-air) container

---

Reefer (cold) supply chain

---

Reefer (refrigerated) ship

---

Reefer (thermal) container

---

Reefer container

---

Respiration

---

Ripening

---

Shelf life

---

Temperate zone

---

Temperature abuse

---

Time abuse

---

Transpiration

---

Tropical (tropics)

---

Ventilation

---

Bar

---

Closed container

---

Coil carrier container

---

Container number

---

Convention for Safe Containers (CSC)

---

Country code

---

Cryogenic liquids

---

CSC (Convention for safe containers)

---

Full stacking strength

---

Generator container

---

Gooseneck container

---

High cube containers

---

Insulated container

---

Integrated reefer container

---

Kmax

---

kPa

---

Non-ISO container

---

Non-pressurised container

---

Passive vents

---

Pressurised containers

---

Reduced stacking strength

---

Size code

---

Size type code

---

Size type code (1984)

---

Size type code (1984) digit 1

---

Size type code (1984) digit 2

---

Size type code (1984) digits 3 & 4

---

Size type code (1995)

---

Size type code (1995) digit 1

---

Size type code (1995) digit 2

---

Size type code (1995) digits 3 & 4

---

Size type code (2012 amendment)

---

Size type code (2012 amendment) digit 1

---

Size type code (2012 amendment) digit 2

---

Size type code (2012 amendment) digits 3 & 4

---

Swapbody (demountable)

---

Type code

---

Ventilated container

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