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- Cancel
- Normally this term is used as a button or command. It means
to stop or halt the current action, sequence of actions, current
processing, or transfer of data without saving any changes that
may have been made. It may or may not close the current window.
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- Canceled B/L
- Bill of lading status; used to cancel a processed bill of lading;
usually per shipper's request; different from a voided bill of
lading.
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Car
delayed or held
- Equipment delayed or held.
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- Cargo
available date
- The date the cargo will be ready for shipment.
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- Cargo
destination facility
- First facility in the outbound move where the cargo is received.
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Cargo manifest
- See Manifest.
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- Cargo nature
- The classification of cargo based on the commodity to be loaded
for special stowage arrangement. The cargo nature can be general,
awkward, reefer,
or dangerous.
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Cargo
receiving facility
- Last facility in the inbound move where the cargo is received.
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- Cargo weight
- The total weight (lbs, kgs or tons) of all cargo in all container
size and types. This excludes the weight of the container.
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- Carrier
- Any individual, company, or corporation engaged in transporting
goods.
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- Carrier
office region
- The Carrier Office Region is the geographical region from which
the carrier has prepared and issued the invoice. All of the invoices
selected for inclusion in one payment instruction must be from
the same Carrier Office Region.
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- CBF (CF or Cu. Ft.)
- See Cubic foot.
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- CBM (CM)
- See Cubic meter.
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- Certified true copy (CTC)
- An official copy of the original invoice document provided by
the carrier. This copy has the same legal validity as the original
invoice, and may be used by the customer to settle outstanding
charges.
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- CFS
- See Container
freight station.
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- CFS/CFS
- A classification of movement of cargo. The cargo is delivered
loose by the carrier to the consolidation point and loaded into
containers by the carrier. Once the cargo is transported to the
destination, it is unpacked from the container by the carrier
and ultimately picked up loose by the customer. See Container
freight station.
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- CFS/CY
- A classification of movement of cargo. The cargo is delivered
loose by the carrier to the consolidation point, loaded in a container
by carrier, and then delivered intact to the final destination.
See Container freight station,
Container yard.
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- Charge
- The cost of a specific service within a tariff item. For example,
a tariff item for local truck transportation could include a charge
for delivery between a specific location and facility.
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- Chassis
- A frame with wheels and container locking devices in order to
secure the container for movement.
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Claim
- A demand made upon a transportation line for payment on account
of a loss sustained through its negligence.
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Clean B/L
- A bill of lading which bears no superimposed clause or notation
which declares a defective condition of the goods and/or the packaging.
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Client
- The client part of client-server architecture. Typically, a
client is an application that runs on a personal computer or workstation
and relies on a server to perform some operations.
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- Clip-on genset
- Refrigeration equipment attachable to an insulated container
that does not have its own refrigeration unit.
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- Close
- To dismiss or dispose of the selected window.
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- CM
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Cubic Meter (Also C.B.M) |
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Correction Memo |
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- CO2
- Carbon dioxide. Used in the atmospheric setting for reefer containers.
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- Collect
- One of the payment options where freight and charges are required
to be paid by the consignee before the cargo is released to them
except for shipment under credit arrangement.
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- Commodity
- An economic good; a cargo type.
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- Commodity
rate
- Rates of freight applied individually to articles which move
regularly and in large quantities.
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- Common carrier
- A transportation company operating under a Certificate of Convenience
and Necessity; provides service to the general public at published
rates.
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- Compliance
checking
- A checking process that is used to ensure that a transmission
complies with ANSI X12 syntax rules.
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- Conditional (C)
- A data requirement designator that indicates that the presence
of a specified data element is dependent on the value or presence
of other data elements in the segment. The condition must be stated
and must be able to be processed by a computer.
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- Confirmed
- A booking confirmation status that indicates the booking is
acknowledged with a firm acceptance.
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- Confirmed
letter of credit
- A letter of credit, issued by a foreign bank, whose validity
has been confirmed by a domestic bank. An exporter with a confirmed
letter of credit is assured of payment even if the foreign buyer
or the foreign bank defaults.
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- Consignee
- The person or company named in a freight contract to whom goods
have been consigned.
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- Consignor
- See Shipper.
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- Constructive
placement
- The container is grounded at the final destination rail yard.
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- Container
- An ISO standard reusable metal unit in which merchandise is
packed and shipped by vessel, truck, or rail. See Container
type for further information.
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- Container capacity/weight
- Total internal cubic volume (LxWxD) or weight limitation. The
weight capacity is identified in the container specifications
as the payload. This is the container's maximum structural capacity.
The cubic volume is identified in the container's specifications
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- Container
freight station (CFS)
- The location where LCL
cargos from different bookings and customers are consolidated
into or discharged from containers.
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- Container load plan (CLP)
- A document prepared to show all details of cargo loaded in a
container, eg. weight (individual and total), measurement, markings,
shippers, consignees, the origin & destination of goods, and
location of cargo within the container.
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- Container
number
- The unique identification of a container.
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- Container seal
number
- The number of high security seal provided by carrier.
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- Container
service charge
- See Terminal handling charge.
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- Container
size
- The length of a container, such as 20, 40, or 45 feet.
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- Container
status
- The movement status of a particular container in a shipment.
It refers to where the container is. The status can be:
| Booked |
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booked for the shipment. |
| Issued |
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issued to the customer. |
| Received |
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returned from the customer. |
| Loaded |
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loaded on the vessel. |
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- Container
terminal
- A facility that receives full export containers from one shipper
to loading to a vessel and delivers full import containers to
the consignee after it is the same location where ocean vessels
are loaded & unloaded. Also known as Container Yard (CY).
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- Container type
- Container classifications that adhere to ISO standards. For
example, Flat-rack, General Purpose, and Reefer are container
types.
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- Container
yard (CY)
- A terminal operated by ocean carriers to receive and deliver
FCL cargo.
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- Contract
carrier
- Any person not a common carrier who, under special and individual
contracts or agreements, transports passengers or property for
compensation.
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- Contract
number
- A reference number for the contract.
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- Controlled
atmosphere (CA)
- A condition required for some cargos shipped in reefer containers,
in which the oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen concentrations,
as well as the temperature and humidity, are precisely regulated
to aid in the preservation of the cargo.
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- Control segment
- A segment that has the same structure as a data segment but
is used for transferring control information for grouping data
segments.
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- Control validation
- Confirmation that information within the control segment is
correct.
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- Copy bill of lading
(Copy B/L)
- A non-negotiable duplicate of the Original bill of lading.
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- Copy
freighted collect
- A Copy bill of lading that has the collect
freight information.
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- Copy
freighted prepaid
- A Copy bill of lading that has the prepaid
freight information.
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- Copy
freighted prepaid and collect
- A Copy bill of lading that has the prepaid
and collect freight information.
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- Copy non-freighted
- A Copy bill of lading that has no freight
information.
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- Corrected B/L
- A bill of lading requiring any changes which results in money
or other financially related changes.
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- Credit
- An arrangement for deferred payment of a loan or purchase given
to a customer.
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- Credit agreement
- Agreement between carrier and shipper for release of cargo with
promise to pay ocean freight within specific time.
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- Cubic (Cu.)
- A unit of volume measurement.
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- Cubic meter
- Approximately 35.31 cubic feet. The capacity of a standard 40'
container is approximately 67.6 cubic meters or 2,387 cubic feet.
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- Cubic foot
- 1,728 cubic inches.
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- Cubic measurement
- The actual measurement of the dangerous cargo inside each package
or receptacle (cubic meters or cubic feet).
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- Custom house
- A country Treasury Department office where duties, etc., on
foreign shipments are handled.
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- Customs invoice
- A form requiring all data in a commercial invoice along with
a certificate of value and/or a certificate of origin Required
in a few countries (usually former British territories) and usually
serves as a seller's commercial invoice.
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- Customer
- Also known as an Importer, Exporter, Freight Forwarder, Shipper,
Consignee, and Notify Party. (In the Carrier Customer Service
Center, customer may refer to CargoSmart users.)
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- Customer
registration
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The act of a CargoSmart user creating a relationship with
a carrier through CargoSmart. The process by which a CargoSmart
user's company is associated with a Carrier. |
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A request to create a Customer-Carrier Association by
either a CargoSmart user or a Carrier user. |
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- Customer
registration status
- The milestone notifications received by CargoSmart and the Carrier
user when a new request for an association through Customer Registration
has been submitted.
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- Customs
status information
- A reference number for the customs status.
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- Cut
- To remove an object from a document or form and place it in
a buffer. In word processing, for example, cut means to move a
section of text from a document to a temporary buffer. This is
one way to delete text. However, because the text is transferred
to a buffer, it is not lost forever. You can copy the buffer somewhere
else in the document or in another document, which is called pasting.
To move a section of text from one place to another, therefore,
you need to first cut it and then paste it. This is often called
cut-and-paste.
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- Cut-off time
- Latest possible time cargo may be delivered to vessel or designated
point.
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- CWT
- Hundredweight (U.S.A., 100 pounds; United Kingdom, 112 pounds).
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- CY
- See Container yard.
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- CY/CFS
- A classification of movement of cargo. Cargo is loaded in a
full container by a shipper at the origin point, delivered to
a pier facility or inland container depot (ICD) at the destination,
and then unpacked by the carrier for loose pick up.
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- CY/CY
- A classification of movement of cargo. Cargo is loaded by a
shipper in a full container at the origin point and delivered
to carrier's terminal or inland container depot (ICD) for pickup
by a consignee.
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