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ICC
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Interstate Commerce Commission
The U. S. governmental body to regulate interstate trade |
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International Chamber of Commerce
A Paris-based international forum that aims to facilitate
trade. |
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Institute Cargo Clauses
The institute of London Underwriters standard clauses for
cargo insurance. |
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- IMCO
- International Maritime Consultative Organization. A forum in
which most major maritime nations participate and through which
recommendations for the carriage of dangerous goods, bulk commodities,
and maritime regulations become internationally acceptable.
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- IMDG
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods.
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- IMDG class
- The IMCO classification for dangerous cargo.
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- IMDG code
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. The IMO
recommendations for the carriage of dangerous goods by sea.
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- Import
- Shipment of goods from a foreign country.
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- Import license
- A document required and issued by some national governments
authorizing the importation of goods into their individual countries.
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- Import permit
- Usually required for items that might affect the public health,
morals, animal life, vegetation, etc. Examples include foodstuffs,
feedstuffs, pharmaceuticals (human and veterinary), medical equipment,
seeds, plants, and various written material (including tapes,
cassettes, movies, TV tapes or TV movies). In some countries an
import permit is the same as an import license.
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- In transit
- In transit, or in passage.
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- Inbound
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Inward bound |
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Direction of vessel or cargo going to port of discharge
or final destination. |
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- Incoterms
- Incoterms are a set of uniform rules codifying the interpretation
of trade terms defining the rights and obligation of both buyer
and seller in an international transaction, thereby enabling anotherwise
complex basis for a sale contract to be accomplished in three
letters.Incoterms are drafted by the Internaitional Chamber of
Commerce.
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- Information System Agreement
(ISA)
- An organization of ocean carriers that leads the industry in
establishing standards, terms and conditions for the transfer
of ocean transport data. Please visit ISA's
website.
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- Inland
clearance depot
- A CFS with Customs Clearance Facilities.
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- Inquiry (Query)
- Search criteria to yield a list of search results or a report
of findings.
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- Insulated
container
- A container insulated on the walls, roof, floor, and doors,
to reduce the effect of external temperatures on the cargo.
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- Insulated
tank container
- The frame of a container constructed to hold one or more thermally
insulated tanks for liquids.
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- Intended
arrival date
- The estimated vessel arrival date at last Port of Discharge
specified by the customer.
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- Intended
sailing date
- The estimated vessel departure date at first Port of Load specified
by the customer.
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- Interchange
- Transfer of a container from one party to another.
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- Interchange Control Segments (ISA/IEF)
- These segments identify a unique interchange being sent from
one sender to one receiver (see electronic envelope).
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- Interchange
points
- A terminal at which freight in the course of transportation
is delivered by one transportation line to another.
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- Intercoastal
- Water service between two coasts; usually refers to water service
between point on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts.
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- Intermodal
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Used to denote movements of cargo or container between
motor, rail, or water carriers. |
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A bill of lading covering cargo moving via multimodal
means. Also known as Combined Transport B/L, or Multimodal
B/L. |
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- Intermodal
transport
- Moving ocean freight containers by various transportation modes.
The fact that the containers are of the same size and have common
handling characteristics permits them to be transferred from truck
to railroad, to air carrier, to ocean carrier.
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- International Maritime
Organization (IMO)
- IMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is responsible
for measures to improve the safety of international shipping and
to prevent marine pollution from ships. In addition, IMO is involved
in legal matters, including liability, and compensation issues
and the facilitation of international maritime traffic.
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- International Organization
for Standardization (ISO)
- ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from
some 130 countries, one from each country. It is a non-governmental
organization established in 1947 to promote the development of
standardization facilitating the international trade. ISO''s work
results in international agreements which are published as International
Standards.
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- Invoiced
company
- This is the company that is responsible for settling the invoice
charges. This is the company name that appears in the "Invoice
To" block on the invoice.
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- Invoice status
- This is the invoice settlement status for search purposes. The
valid statues are:
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Settled |
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Outstanding |
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Outstanding and credits |
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- IOC
- Initial Operational Capability.
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- ISO 9000 series
standards
- A set of five individual but related international standards
on quality management and quality assurance developed to help
companies effectively document the quality system elements to
be implemented to maintain an efficient quality system. The standards,
initially published in 1987, are not specific to any particular
industry, product, or service. The standards were developed by
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). See
International Organization
for Standardization.
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- ISA
- Interchange header identifier for ANSI X12 EDI transactions.
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- Issuing bank
- The bank that has issued or opened a letter of credit. Also
known as Opening Bank.
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