Online Glossary

Includes all key terms from all units and additional related vocabulary.

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Tropical (tropics)

Truck (lorry)

Tug (shunter / terminal tractor)

Tweendecker ship

Twin lift

Twist lock

Type code

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

Unaccompanied trailer

Under (below) deck

Unit load

Unproductive move

Unsafe container

Unstuffing (devanning / outturn / stripping)

Van (straddle carrier / strad)

Ventilated container

Ventilation

Vertical tandem lifts

WCO (World Customs Organization)

Weather deck

Weatherproof

Weight

Wheel load weight

WLL (working load limit)

Working load limit (WLL)

World Customs Organization (WCO)

Yard (container yard)

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10 + 2 (import security filing)

1PL (first party logistics)

2PL (second party logistics)

3PL (third party logistics)

4PL (fourth party logistics)

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

5PL (fifth party logistics)

Accounts receivable finance

ACS (Alameda corridor surcharge)

Act of god

Actual time of arrival (ATA)

Actual time of departure (ATD)

Actual total loss

Ad valorem

Advanced manifest filing fee

AEO (Authorised Economic Operator)

Air waybill

Alameda corridor surcharge (ACS)

All-in freight rate

Anti-trust

ATA (actual time of arrival)

ATD (actual time of departure)

Attach generator fee