[English] B/L terms and common phrases in Chinese and English

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I believe that everyone will encounter a lot of transportation professional terms in the actual business operation process. Most of them only have abbreviations, which is confusing. Now the editor summarizes these abbreviations and shares them with you:
Bill of lading and transportation business related
  1. Advanced B/L Advance Bill of Lading
  2. Ante-dated B/L Ante-dated bill of lading
  3. AWB (Air Way Bill) air waybill
  4. BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) fuel surcharge
  5. BB Clause (Both To Blame Collision Clause) ship collision liability clause
  6. Bearter B/L Bearer Bill of Lading
  7. B/L (Bill Of Lading)
  8. BMF (Board Measurement Foot) is a unit of measurement for the volume of logs or planks.
  9. B/N (Booking Note) (given by the shipper to the carrier or its agent) booking note
  10. BS (Bunder Surcharge) is the same as BAF
  11. BSC (French) cargo tracking sheet
  12. Bs/L (Bills Of Lading) double bill of lading, combined transport bill of lading
  13. BT (Berth Terms) Liner Conditions
  14. Bulky Charge Overweight or overlength charges
  15. CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor) currency depreciation surcharge
  16. CCVO (Combined certificate of value and origin) valuation and joint certificate of origin is also called "customs invoice"
  17. CFD Collect (CF destination Collect) freight is collected at the destination
  18. CFS (Container Freight Station) container freight station
  19. CFSO (Container Freight Station Original) is the same as CFS
  20. CFSR (Container Freight Station Railway Station) freight is collected when the container is loaded into the train
  21. Charter B/L
  22. Clean B/L clean bill of lading
  23. C/O (Ceitificate of Origin) certificate of origin
  24. c/o (care of) transferred from a certain company to a certain company
  25. COC (Certificate of Conformity) Product Conformity Certificate
  26. Consignee
  27. Copy B/L copy bill of lading
  28. CS (Currency Surchaige) is the same as CAF
  29. CSC (Container Service Charge) container service charge
  30. CTN No. (Carton Number) Carton serial number
  31. CY (Container Yard) container yard
  32. D/D(Door to Door)door to door
  33. Demurrage
  34. Despatch MoneyDespatch Money
  35. Destination Bills (issued at destination) Destination bill of lading
  36. Direct B/L direct shipping bill of lading
  37. D/N (Delivery Note) (issued by the shipper or seller) delivery note
  38. D/O (Delivery Order) bill of lading, small bill of lading
  39. D/R (Dock Receipt) (after the seller delivers the goods to the dock warehouse) inventory receipt
  40. ECB (Express Cargo Bill) express bill
  41. ECTN (Electric Cargo Tracking Note) electronic cargo tracking note
  42. FCL (Full Container Load) (full container)
  43. FCR (Forwarders Certificate of Receipt) certificate of receipt of goods issued by the freight forwarder
  44. FI (Free in) The ship does not bear the shipping costs
  45. FIO (Free in and out) the ship does not bear loading and unloading costs
  46. FIOS (Free in, out and stowed) the ship does not bear the loading, unloading and stowed charges.
  47. FO (Free out) The ship does not bear the unloading costs
  48. Foul B/L unclean bill of lading
  49. Freight Collect freight collect
  50. Freight Prepaid Freight is paid
  51. Gross Terms are the same as Berth terms
  52. HAWB (House Waybill) (in air transport) sub-waybill
  53. HC (Handling Changes) handling fee
  54. H/H (House to House)
  55. H/P (House to Pier) to Hong Kong
  56. Bill of lading issued by HBL (House Bill of Lading) freight forwarder
  57. HSCode (Hormonized System Code) customs commodity code
  58. IEC CODE (Importer Exporter Code) Customs code for Indian importers and exporters
  59. IRC No. (Import Registration Certificate No.) Import license number
  60. KDF Packing (Knock Down Flat Packing) Foldable Carton
  61. LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship)
  62. Launch Hire transport boat rental fee
  63. L/I (Letter of Indemnity) Indemnity Guarantee
  64. Lift-off ChargesThe cost of lifting a container off a trailer at the yard
  65. Lift-on Charges The cost of lifting a container onto a trailer at the yard
  66. Line Handing fee
  67. Liner B/L liner bill of lading
  68. Liner terms are the same as Berth terms
  69. Long-form B/L bill of lading
  70. MAWB (Master Waybill) (in air transport) master waybill
  71. MLB (Mini-Land Bridge Service) small land bridge transportation
  72. n/n B/L (Non-negotiable B/L) non-negotiable copy of bill of lading
  73. Notify Party Notified Person
  74. NOVCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier) NVOCC
  75. NVD (No Value Declared) (in air transport) the value of the goods is not declared
  76. Ocean B/L ocean bill of lading
  77. OCP (Overland Common Points) (overland common points in land and sea transport)
  78. OF (Ocean Freight) sea freight
  79. On Board B/L shipped bill of lading
  80. On Deck B/L deck cargo bill of lading
  81. Open Order B/L only records the instruction bill of lading to order
  82. Order B/L instruction bill of lading
  83. Original B/L
  84. OTC (Overseas Telex Charges) (during transportation) international telecommunications charges
  85. P/H (Pier to House)
  86. POD (Port of Destination) port of destination
  87. POL (Port of Loading) loading port
  88. P/P (Pier to Pier) port to port
  89. PS (Port congestion Surcharge) port congestion surcharge
  90. PSS (Peak Season Surcharge) peak surcharge
  91. Received for Shipment B/L Bill of Lading
  92. RORO (Roll-on Roll-off) Ro-Ro ship
  93. Short-form B/L simple bill of lading
  94. Shipping Advice (issued by the exporter to the importer)
  95. Shipping note is the same as Booking note
  96. S/0 (Shipping Order) (issued by the shipping company to the shipper) shipping order
  97. Shipper The consignor on the bill of lading
  98. SHPR is the same as shipper
  99. Stale B/L expired bill of lading
  100. Straight B/L direct shipping bill of lading
  101. Switch Bill (with middleman) convertible bill of lading
  102. TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) standard container unit
  103. TIN NO(Tax Identification Number)Tax Identification Number
  104. THC (Terminal Handling Charges) terminal handling charges
  105. Through B/L combined transport bill of lading
  106. TF (Tropical Freshwater) tropical freshwater load line
  107. Transportation B/L bill of lading
  108. Unclean B/L unclean bill of lading
  109. VAT NO. (Value-added Tax Number) tax registration number for value-added tax
  110. WNA (Winter North Atlantic) Winter North Atlantic load line
  111. WWDSHEX (Weather Working Day, Sunday and Holidays Excepted) suitable working days on Sundays and holidays

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