A summary of business English shipping terminology
2018/3/6 15:25:15
Main trade terms:
(1) FCA (Free Carrier) delivery carrier
(2) FAS (Free Alongside Ship) FAS
(3) FOB (Free on Board) shipboard shipment at the port of shipment
(4) CFR (Cost and Freight) CFR
(5) CIF (Cost Insurance, and Freight) cost, insurance and freight
(6) CPT (Carriage Paid To) freight paid to the destination
(7) CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To) freight, insurance premium paid to the destination
(8) DAF (Delivered At Frontier) border delivery
(9) DES (Delivered Ex Ship) shipping on port of destination
(10) DEQ (Delivered Ex Quay) port of destination delivery
(11) DDU (Delivered Duty Unpaid) unpaid delivery
(12) DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) delivery after tax delivery
The terminology of major shipping Works:
(1) ORC (Origen Recevie Charges) local delivery cost (Guangdong province)
(2) THC (Terminal Handling Charges) terminal operation fee (Hongkong Collection)
(3) BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) fuel surcharge
(4) CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) devaluation surcharge
(5) YAS (Yard Surcharges) dock surcharge
(6) EPS (Equipment Position Surcharges) equipment location surcharge
(7) DDC (Destination Delivery Charges) port of destination
(8) PSS (Peak Season Sucharges) peak season surcharge
(9) PCS (Port Congestion Surcharge) port congestion surcharge
(10) DOC (DOcument charges) file fee
(11) O/F (Ocean Freight) shipping fee
(12) B/L (Bill of Lading) shipping bill of lading
(13) MB/L (Master Bill of Lading) ship Dongdan
(14) MTD (Multimodal Transport Document) multimodal transport documents
(15) L/C (Letter of Credit) letter of credit
(16) C/O (Certificate of Origin) certificate of origin
(17) S/C (Sales Confirmation) sales confirmation (Sales Contract) sales contract
(18) S/O (Shipping Order) loading instructions
(19) W/T (Weight Ton) weight tons (that is, charging for goods by weight)
(20) M/T (Measurement Ton) metric tons (that is, charging for goods by size)
(21) W/M (Weight or Measurement ton) is charged by a ton of weight or a size ton.
(22) CY (Container Yard) container yard
(23) FCL (Full Container Load) FCL
(24) LCL (Less than Container Load) cartons (bulk cargo)
(25) CFS (Container Freight Station) container freight station
(26) TEU (Twenty-feet Equivalent Units) 20 ft conversion unit (used to calculate the quantity of containers)
(27) A/W (All Water) all waterways (mainly means of transportation from the West Bank of the United States to the east bank or inland point)
(28) MLB (Mini Land Bridge) Mini Continental Bridge (mainly refers to the way of transportation from the West Bank of the United States to the east bank or inland point)
(29) NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier) NVOCC
Freight terms in English and Chinese:
The goods | | freight | | cargo goods
Transport transportation | | transit | | conveyance
To transport to carry | transport | | | to convey
Transport transportation business forwarding business | | | | carrying trade
Transport agent a forwarding agent
The a freight agent a carrier | |
Shipping agent a shipping agent
Land transport transportation by land
Maritime transport transportation by sea
Goods traffic freight | cargo | traffic | | carriage of freights carriage of goods | |
Ship cargo boat freighter cargo steamer | | | | | | cargo carrier
Train goods-train | | freight-train
Goods-van goods wagon | truck | | | freight car | | truck
Freight office goods-office | | freight-department
The freight rate of freight | | freight rates | | goods rate
Carriage charges shipping expenses | freight | | | express charges
The fare cartage | | Portage
Freight prepaid carriage prepaid | | carriage paid
To pay the freight carriage forward | | freight collect
Carriage || free carriage free
Conference freight | | freight agreement freight rate
Freight list freight account
The single Way-Bill | | invoice
Shipping contract contract for carriage
The shipment of shipment | | loading
Motorship to ship | | to load to take on a ship | |
The shipping fee of shipping charges shipping Commission | |
Bill of lading || manifest shipping invoice
Shipping documents shipping documents
Mate 's receipt
Shipping list shipping order
Bill of lading delivery order /td>
Shipping notice shipping advice
Package receipt parcel receipt
Shipping permit
Charter party charter party
Charterer charterer
Voyage charter voyage charter || voyage charter
Time charter time charter
Lay days | allowed laytime | laying days
Working day working days
Running days | | consecutive days consecutive days
Demurrage demurrage
Delay time demurrage days
Despatch money
Air cabin fee dead freight
Short shipment goods short | it | shipped | | goods shut out | | shut-outs
Letter of indemnity (trust receipt) letter of indemnity trust receipt | |
Loading loading
Unloading discharging | | | | discharge landing
装运重量 shipping weight | | in-take-weight
Unloading weight landing weight
Ballast ballasting
Ballast in ballast
Manifest manifest
Ship s certificate 's certificate of registry of registry
Nautical diary ship 's log
Crew roster muster-roll
(crew, passengers) health certificate bill of health
Clean clean bill
Unclean bill of lading foul bill
There is a questionable bill of lading suspected bill
(1) FCA (Free Carrier) delivery carrier
(2) FAS (Free Alongside Ship) FAS
(3) FOB (Free on Board) shipboard shipment at the port of shipment
(4) CFR (Cost and Freight) CFR
(5) CIF (Cost Insurance, and Freight) cost, insurance and freight
(6) CPT (Carriage Paid To) freight paid to the destination
(7) CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To) freight, insurance premium paid to the destination
(8) DAF (Delivered At Frontier) border delivery
(9) DES (Delivered Ex Ship) shipping on port of destination
(10) DEQ (Delivered Ex Quay) port of destination delivery
(11) DDU (Delivered Duty Unpaid) unpaid delivery
(12) DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) delivery after tax delivery
The terminology of major shipping Works:
(1) ORC (Origen Recevie Charges) local delivery cost (Guangdong province)
(2) THC (Terminal Handling Charges) terminal operation fee (Hongkong Collection)
(3) BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) fuel surcharge
(4) CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) devaluation surcharge
(5) YAS (Yard Surcharges) dock surcharge
(6) EPS (Equipment Position Surcharges) equipment location surcharge
(7) DDC (Destination Delivery Charges) port of destination
(8) PSS (Peak Season Sucharges) peak season surcharge
(9) PCS (Port Congestion Surcharge) port congestion surcharge
(10) DOC (DOcument charges) file fee
(11) O/F (Ocean Freight) shipping fee
(12) B/L (Bill of Lading) shipping bill of lading
(13) MB/L (Master Bill of Lading) ship Dongdan
(14) MTD (Multimodal Transport Document) multimodal transport documents
(15) L/C (Letter of Credit) letter of credit
(16) C/O (Certificate of Origin) certificate of origin
(17) S/C (Sales Confirmation) sales confirmation (Sales Contract) sales contract
(18) S/O (Shipping Order) loading instructions
(19) W/T (Weight Ton) weight tons (that is, charging for goods by weight)
(20) M/T (Measurement Ton) metric tons (that is, charging for goods by size)
(21) W/M (Weight or Measurement ton) is charged by a ton of weight or a size ton.
(22) CY (Container Yard) container yard
(23) FCL (Full Container Load) FCL
(24) LCL (Less than Container Load) cartons (bulk cargo)
(25) CFS (Container Freight Station) container freight station
(26) TEU (Twenty-feet Equivalent Units) 20 ft conversion unit (used to calculate the quantity of containers)
(27) A/W (All Water) all waterways (mainly means of transportation from the West Bank of the United States to the east bank or inland point)
(28) MLB (Mini Land Bridge) Mini Continental Bridge (mainly refers to the way of transportation from the West Bank of the United States to the east bank or inland point)
(29) NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier) NVOCC
Freight terms in English and Chinese:
The goods | | freight | | cargo goods
Transport transportation | | transit | | conveyance
To transport to carry | transport | | | to convey
Transport transportation business forwarding business | | | | carrying trade
Transport agent a forwarding agent
The a freight agent a carrier | |
Shipping agent a shipping agent
Land transport transportation by land
Maritime transport transportation by sea
Goods traffic freight | cargo | traffic | | carriage of freights carriage of goods | |
Ship cargo boat freighter cargo steamer | | | | | | cargo carrier
Train goods-train | | freight-train
Goods-van goods wagon | truck | | | freight car | | truck
Freight office goods-office | | freight-department
The freight rate of freight | | freight rates | | goods rate
Carriage charges shipping expenses | freight | | | express charges
The fare cartage | | Portage
Freight prepaid carriage prepaid | | carriage paid
To pay the freight carriage forward | | freight collect
Carriage || free carriage free
Conference freight | | freight agreement freight rate
Freight list freight account
The single Way-Bill | | invoice
Shipping contract contract for carriage
The shipment of shipment | | loading
Motorship to ship | | to load to take on a ship | |
The shipping fee of shipping charges shipping Commission | |
Bill of lading || manifest shipping invoice
Shipping documents shipping documents
Mate 's receipt
Shipping list shipping order
Bill of lading delivery order /td>
Shipping notice shipping advice
Package receipt parcel receipt
Shipping permit
Charter party charter party
Charterer charterer
Voyage charter voyage charter || voyage charter
Time charter time charter
Lay days | allowed laytime | laying days
Working day working days
Running days | | consecutive days consecutive days
Demurrage demurrage
Delay time demurrage days
Despatch money
Air cabin fee dead freight
Short shipment goods short | it | shipped | | goods shut out | | shut-outs
Letter of indemnity (trust receipt) letter of indemnity trust receipt | |
Loading loading
Unloading discharging | | | | discharge landing
装运重量 shipping weight | | in-take-weight
Unloading weight landing weight
Ballast ballasting
Ballast in ballast
Manifest manifest
Ship s certificate 's certificate of registry of registry
Nautical diary ship 's log
Crew roster muster-roll
(crew, passengers) health certificate bill of health
Clean clean bill
Unclean bill of lading foul bill
There is a questionable bill of lading suspected bill