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3G |
3rd Generation
Networks |
3PL |
3rd Party Logistics
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4PL |
4th Party Logistics
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5-S |
Seiri, Seiton,
Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke |
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A
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API |
Application Programming
Interface |
ARENA |
Asia North America
Eastbound Rate Agreement |
ASME |
American Society
of Mechanical Engineers |
ASP |
Active Sever Page
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AS/RS |
Automated Storage
and Retrieval System |
AWB |
Air Waybill |
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B
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B2B |
Business to Business
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B2C |
Business to Customer
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BAF |
Bunker Adjustment
Factor |
B/B |
Break Bulk |
BCC |
Blind Carbon Copy
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BCO |
Beneficial Cargo
Owner |
BIMCO |
The Baltic and
International Maritime Council |
B/L |
Bill of Lading
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BPO |
Business Process
Outsourcing |
BSP |
British Standard
Pipe Tread |
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C
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CAF |
Currency Adjustment
Factor |
CBM |
Cubic Metre |
C&F |
Cost and Freight
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CC |
Carbon Copy |
CDMA |
Code Division
Multiple Address |
CEPA |
Closer Economic
Partnership Arrangement |
CFM |
Cubic Feet per
Minute |
CFR |
Cost and Freight
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CFS |
Container Freight
Station |
CGI |
Common Gateway
Interface |
CIF |
Cost, Insurance
and Freight |
CILT |
The Chartered
Institute of Marketing |
CIM |
The Chartered
Institute of Marketing |
CIS |
Commonwealth of
Independent States |
CLM |
The Council of
Logistics Management |
CIP |
Carriage and Insurance
Paid To |
CLP |
Container Load
Plan |
CNOOC |
China National
Offshore Oil Corp. |
C/O |
Certificate of
Origin |
C.O.C. |
Carrier's Own
Container |
C..D. |
Cash On Delivery
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COFC |
Container-on-flatcar
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COSCO |
China Ocean Shipping
Company |
COSL |
China Oilfield
Services Limited |
CPFR |
Collaborative
Planning Forecasting and Replenishment |
CPT |
Carriage Paid
To |
CRM |
Customer Relationship
Management |
CSC |
International
Convention for Safe Container |
CY |
Container Yard
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D
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D/A |
Document Against
Acceptance |
DAF |
Delivered at Frontier
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DDC |
Destination Delivery
Charge |
DDP |
Delivered Duty
Paid |
DDU |
Delivered Duty
Unpaid |
DES |
Delivered Ex-Ship
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DEQ |
Delivered ex-Quay
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D.G. |
Dangerous Goods
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DNS |
Domain Name System
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D/O |
Delivery Order
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DOS |
Disk Operating
System |
D/P |
Document Against
Payment |
DPP |
Damage Protection
Plan |
DRP |
Distribution Resources
Planning |
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E
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ECR |
Efficient Customer
Response |
EDI |
Electronic Data
Interchange |
E.&O.E. |
Errors and Omissions
Excepted |
ERM |
Enterprise Resources
Management |
ERP |
Enterprise Resources
Planning |
ETA |
Estimated Time
of Arrival |
ETD |
Estimated Time
of Departure |
EXW |
Ex-Works |
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F
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FAF |
Fuel Adjustment
Factor |
FAK |
Freight All Kinds
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FAQ |
Frequently Asked
Question |
FAS |
Free Alongside
Ship |
FB/L |
FIATA Combined
Transport Bill of Lading |
FCA |
Free Carrier |
FCL |
Full Container
Load |
FCR |
Forwarder's Cargo
Receipt |
FEFC |
Far East Freight
Conference |
FEU |
Forty Feet Equivalent
Unit |
F.I. |
Free In |
FIATA |
International
Federation of Forwarding Agent Associations
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FIFO |
First-in, First-out
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F.I.O. |
Free In and Out
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FIOST |
Free In, Out,
Stowed & Trimmed |
FMC |
Federal Maritime
Commission |
F.O. |
Free Out |
FOA |
Fire Defence Agency
(Japanese) |
FOB |
Free On Board
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F.O.R. |
Free On Rail |
F.O.T. |
Free On Truck
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F/R |
Flat Rack Container
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FRC |
Fuel Recovery
Charge |
FTP |
File Transfer
Protocol |
FTZ |
Free Trade Zones
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G |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic
Product |
GIF |
Graphics Interchange
Format |
GPRS |
General Packet
Radio Service |
GRI |
General Rate Increasing
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GSA |
Global System
for Mobile Communications |
GSC |
Global Supply
Chain |
GSM |
General Sales
Agent |
GWT |
Gross Weight |
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H
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HAFFA |
Hong Kong Association
of Freight Forwarding and Logistics Ltd. |
HAWB |
House Air Waybill
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H/H |
Half Height Container
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HKIM |
Hong Kong Institute
of Marketing |
HTML |
Hypertext Mark-up
Language |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer
Protocol |
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I
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IADA |
Intra Asia Discussion
Agreement |
I.A.Rates |
Independent Action
rates |
IATA |
International
Air Transport Association |
IBC |
Intermediate Bulk
Container |
ICAO |
International
Civil Aviation Organization |
ICC |
International
Chamber of Commerce |
ICP |
Internet Content
provider |
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Intranet |
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Extranet |
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Internet |
ICT |
Information and
Communications Technology |
IEEE |
the Institute
of Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
IICL |
Institute of International
Container Lessors |
IMDG |
International
Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
IMO |
International
Maritime Organization |
Incoterms |
International
Commercial terms |
IP |
Internet Protocol
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IPI |
Interior Point
Intermodal |
IPO |
Initial Public
Offering |
IRA |
Informal Rate
Agreement |
ISAPI |
Internet Server
Application Programming Interface |
ISDN |
Integrated Server
Digital Network |
ISO |
International
Standard Organization |
ISP |
Internet Service
Provider |
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J
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JIT |
Just In Time |
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K
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Kbps |
Kilobits per second
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K/T |
Kilo Tons |
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L
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LASH |
Ligther Aboard
Ship |
LAN |
Local Area Networking
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L/C |
Letter of Credit
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LCL |
Less (than) container
Load |
L/G |
Letter of Guarantee
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L.I. |
Liner Inward |
LILO |
Last-in, Last-out
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L.I.O. |
Liner In and Out
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L.O.A. |
Lenght Overall
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Lo-Lo ship |
Lift-on Lift-off
ship |
LNG |
Liquefied Natural
Gas |
LPG |
Liquefied Petroleum
Gas |
LTL |
Less-than-truckload
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M
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MAWB |
Master Air Waybill
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MB |
Megabyte |
MBO |
Management By
Objective |
Mbps |
Millions of bits
per second |
MIS |
Management Information
System |
MLB |
Mainland Bridge
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MLO |
Main Line Operators
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MMS |
Multimedia Messaging
Services |
MPEG |
Motion Picture
Experts Group |
MQC |
Minimum Quantity
Commitment |
MRP |
Material Requirements
Planning |
M/S |
Motor Ship |
MSDS |
Material Safety
Data Sheet |
MTO |
Multimode Transport
Operator |
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N
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N/A |
Not Applicable/Not
Available |
NAP |
Network Access
Point |
N.O.E. |
Not Otherwise
Enumerated |
N.O.S. |
Not Otherwise
Specified |
NVOCC |
Non Vessel Operating
Common Carrier |
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O
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OCP |
Overland Common
Point |
QDII |
Qualified Domestic
Institutional Investors |
OEM |
Original Equipment
Manufacturer |
QFII |
Qualified Foreign
Institutional Investors |
O/H |
Over Height |
OPM |
Other People's
Money |
ORC |
Origin Receiving
Charge |
O/S |
Open Side Container
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O/T |
Open Top Container
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O/W |
Over Width |
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P
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P2P |
Path to Profit
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PCD |
Pitch Circle Diameter
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PCS |
Port Congestion
Surcharge |
PDA |
Personal Digital
Assistant |
PDF |
Portable Document
Format |
PENAVICO |
China Ocean Shipping
Company |
P&I Club |
Protection and
Indemnity Club |
PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure
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POD |
Port of Discharge
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POL |
Port of Loading
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POP |
Point of Presence
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PPP |
Point-to-Point
Protocol |
PSS |
Peak Season Surcharge
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PSTN |
Public Switched
Telephone Network |
PTO |
Please Turn Overleaf
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PWS |
Personal Web Server
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R
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RAM |
Random Access
Memory |
RF |
Reefer Container
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RFP |
Request For proposal
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RFQ |
Request For Quotation
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RFRC |
Rail Fuel Recovery
Charge |
RMB |
Renminbi |
Ro-Ro ship |
Roll-on Roll-off
ship |
ROA |
Return On Assets
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ROI |
Return On Investment
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R/T |
Revenue Tons |
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S
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SAN |
Storage Area Network
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SET |
Secure Electronic
Transaction |
S/C |
Service Contract
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SCM |
Supply Chain Management
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S.G. |
Specific Gravity
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SKU |
Stock Keeping
Unit |
SINOTRANS |
China National
Foreign trade and Transportation Corporation
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SNMP |
Simple Network
Management Protocol |
SME |
Small and Medium-size
Enterprises |
SMS |
Short Message
Services |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transport
Protocol |
S/O |
Shipping Order
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S.O.C. |
Shipper's Own
Container |
SQL |
Structure Query
Language |
S/S |
Steamship |
SSL |
Secure Socket
Layer |
S.T.C. |
Said To Contain
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T
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TACA |
Transatlantic
Conference Agreement |
TCP |
Transmission Control
Protocol |
TEU |
Twenty-foot Equivalent
Unit |
T.H.C. |
Terminal Handling
Charge |
TMS |
Transportation
Management System |
TOFC |
Trailer-on-Flatcar
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TQC |
Total Quality
Control |
TQM |
Total Quality
Management |
T.R.S. |
Terminal Receiving
Station |
TSA |
Transpacific Stabilization
Agreement |
TSR |
Trans Siberian
Railway |
T/T |
Telegraphic Transfer
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TVC |
Time Volume Contract
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TWRA |
Transpacific Westbound
Rate Agreement |
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U
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UCP500 |
Uniform Customs
and practice for Documentary Credits |
UHF |
Ultra High frequency
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ULCC |
Ultra Large Crude
Carrier |
ULD |
Unit Load Device
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UNCTAD |
United Nations
Conference of Trade and Development |
URL |
Uniform Resource
Locator |
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V
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V.A.T |
Value Added Tax
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VHF |
Very High Frequency
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VLCC |
Very Large Crude
Carrier |
VMI |
Vendor Managed
Inventory |
VOC |
Vessel Operating
Carrier |
V.O.W. |
Vehicle On Wheel
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VPN |
Virtual Private
Network |
VSL |
Vessel |
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W
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WAP |
Wireless Appreciation
Protocol |
WCS |
Wireless Communications
Service |
WMS |
Warehouse Management
System |
W.R. |
War Risks |
W.W. |
Warehouse Warrant
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WWW |
World Wide Web
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X
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XML |
Extensible Mark-up
Language |
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Y
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YAS |
Yen Appreciate
Surcharge |
