- Industry: Government
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The place to which a shipment is consigned.– The place where carrier actually turns over cargo to consignee or his agent.
Industry:Transportation
A published rate that is never assessed because no freight moves under it.
Industry:Transportation
In the United States, commonly known as a “Draft.” However, bill of exchange is the correct term.
Industry:Transportation
The front rails of the chassis that raise above the plane of the chassis and engage in the tunnel of a container leading to the connexion to tractor.
Industry:Transportation
Short Sea Shipping means the movement of cargo by sea between ports situated in geographical Europe or between those ports situated in non-European countries having a coastline on the enclosed seas bordering Europe (Baltic, Mediterranean and Black). It is a successful mode of transport in Europe.
Industry:Transportation
Various statements that the U.S. government requires to be displayed on export shipments. The statements specify the authorised destinations.
Industry:Transportation
An arrangement whereby a steamship company, under rules and regulations established in the freight tariff of a given trade, accepts small packages at rates below the minimum bill of lading, and issues a parcel receipt instead of a bill of lading.
Industry:Transportation
A document that establishes the terms of a contract between a shipper and a transportation company. It serves as a document of title, a contract of carriage and a receipt for goods.
Industry:Transportation
Used to describe an across–the–board tariff rate increase implemented by conference members and applied to base rates.
Industry:Transportation
