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AAMS - Air Automated Manifest System
ACT - Active Temperature Controlled System
ADR - International and European contract for hazardous goods transports on the road AOG Aircraft on ground
ATA - Air Transport Association of America
ATB - Air Transport Board of Canada
ATT - Goods Attached to Air Waybill
AVI - Live animal
AWB - Air Waybill
B - Rate class code indicating Basic charge as used in the rate class box of the AWB BIG Outsized
BUC - Bulk Unitization Charges
BUP - Bulk Unitization Programme, Shipper/Consignee Handled Unit
C Rate - class code indicating SCR as used in the rate class box of the AWB.
C.A.F. - Currency Adjustment Factor (compensation factor for the various currencies)
C.O.D. - Cash on Delivery
CAO - Cargo Aircraft Only
CASS - Cargo Accounts Settlement System
CAT - Cargo Attendant Accompanying Shipment
CC - Charges Collect
CCA - Cargo Charges Correction Advise
CFR - Cost and Freight
CIF - Cost, Insurance and Freight
CIP - Carriage and Insurance Paid to
CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CKD Completely Knocked Down (car)
cm - centimetre(s)
cm³ - cubic centimetre(s)
COD - Cash on Delivery
COL - Cool Goods
COM - Company Mail
CPT - Carriage Paid To
CRO - Central Reservation Office
CRT - Control Room Temperature +15°C to +25°C
CTC (A) - Canadian Transport Commission (Air Transport Committee)
C-TPAT - USA Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism: Following the events of September 11, 2001, the United States Government has increased efforts to enhance national security. As a major and global freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel has decided to follow the request from the Commissionery of Customs to participate in the initiative to strengthen the security of the supply chain.
cu. ft. Or cft - Cubic foot (feet)
cu. In. - Cubic inch(es)
CVGK - Customs value per gross kilogram (kg)
CVGP - Customs value per gross pound (lb)
Cy. - Currency
D.O. - or D/O Delivery Order
D/A - Delivery Agent
DAF - Delivered At Frontier
DAP - Delivered At Place
DDP - Delivered Duty Paid
DDU - Delivered duty unpaid
DEQ - Delivered ex quay (duty paid)
DES - Delivered ex ship
DGD - Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods
DGR - Dangerous Goods Regulations
DIP - Diplomatic mail
Dir. - Direct
dm³ - Cubic decimetre(s)
DOT - Department of Transportation (of the USA)
DPU - Delivered at Place Unloaded
E - Rate class code indicating over pivot rates as used in the rate class box of the AWB e.g. for example
E.T.A. - Estimated Time of Arrival (scheduled arrival time of aircraft)
E.T.D. - Estimated Time of Departure (scheduled departure time of aircraft)
EAP - e-freight Consignment with Accompanying Paper Documents
EAT - Foodstuffs
EAW - e-freight Consignment with No Accompanying Paper Documents
EBI - Lithium ion batteries excepted as per Section II of PI 965
EBM - Lithium metal batteries excepted as per Section II of PI 968
ECC - Consignment established with an electronically concluded cargo contract with no accompanying paper Air Waybill
ECP - Consignment established with a paper Air Waybill contract being printed under an e-AWB agreement
EFTA - European Free Trade Association
ELI - Lithium ion batteries excepted as per Section II of PI 966 - 967
ELM - Lithium metal batteries excepted as per Section II of PI 969 - 970
EMD - Electronic Monitoring Devices on/in Cargo/Container
EN 9001 - The EN 9100 family of standards is an ISO 9001 based standard with additions and interpretations specific to the aerospace industry with emphasis placed on areas deemed to have the greatest impact on safety, reliability and regulatory compliance for aerospace products.
ERT - Extended Room Temperature +2°C to +25°C
EU - European Union
EWB - Express Waybill
excl. - excluding
EXW - EX Works
F.A.K. (FAK) - Freight All Kind
FAS - Free Alongside Ship
FCA - Free CArrier
FCR - Forwarders Certificate of Receipt
FFI - Freight Forward International
FIATA - in French "Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés", in English "International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations". FIATA, a non-governmental organisation, represents today an industry covering approx. 40'000 forwarding firms, also known as the "Architects of Transport", employing around 8-10 million people in 150 countries.
FIL - Undeveloped/Unexposed film
FOB - Free On Board
FRI - Frozen goods subject to veterinary/phytosanitary inspections
FRO - Frozen goods
ft. - foot (feet)
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GBL - U.S. Government Bill of Lading
GCR - General Cargo Rate
GMP+Feed Safety Assurance - The GMP+Feed Safety Assurance (FSA) is a certification scheme developed to guarantee feed safety and reassure consumers about the responsible way animal feed products are produced, processed, traded, stored and transported around the world.
GOH - Hanging Garments
GXP - GxP is a general abbreviation for the "good practice" quality guidelines and regulations. The "x" stands for the various fields, including the pharmaceutical and food industries. The purpose of the GxP quality guidelines is to ensure a product is safe and meets its intended use. GxP guides quality manufacture in regulated industries including food, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics.
HACCP - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points is a systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, physical hazards and more recently radiological hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe and designs measures to reduce these risks to a safe level.
HAWB - House Air Waybill
HEA - Heavy cargo, 150kg and over per piece
HEG - Hatching eggs
HUM - Human remains in coffins
HWB - House Waybill
i.e. - that is
IATA - International Air Transport Association
ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC - International Chamber of Commerce
ICE - Carbon dioxide, solid (Dry ice)
IFS Logistics - IFS Logistics marks the common goal of trade and industry to create transparency and trust across the entire supply chain. This IFS standard, which was specially developed for activities in the areas of storage, distribution and transport as well as loading and unloading, can be implemented both when handling food and with non-food products.
IMDG code - International maritime dangerous goods code
IMF/IWF - International Monetary Fund
IMP - Interline Message Procedure
in. - inch(es)
incl. - including
INCOTERMS - Incoterms make international trade easier and help traders in different countries to understand one another. These standard trade definitions that are most commonly used in international contracts are protected by ICC copyright.
INTRM - Intermediate point
ISO - International Standardization Organization
ISO 9001 - Quality Management
ISO 14001 - Environmental Management
ISO 27001 - Information Security Management
ISO 45001 - Occupational Health and Safety Management
ISO/TS 16949 - Automotive Technical Specification
ISO 13485 - Medical devices - Quality Management
ISO 14064-3 - Environment GHG (GreenHouse Gases)
ISO 22301 - Business Continuity Management
ISO 22000 - Food Safety Management
ISO 28000 - SCM Security, security management systems for supply chain
JIT - Just in Time
JOT - Just on Time
K - Rate class code indicating rate per kilogramme as used in the rate class box of the AWB kg. kilogram(s)
KPI - Key Performance Indicators
L/C - Letter of Credit
LAR - Live Animals Regulation
Ib. - pound(s)
LHO - Living human organs/blood
LIC - License required
M - Rate class code indicating minimum charges as used in the rate class box of the AWB m meter(s)
m³ - Cubic meter(s)
MAG - Magnetized material
MAL - Mail
MAWB - Master Air Waybill
MCO - Miscellaneous Charges Order
MPAS - Military Packager Accreditation Scheme is an updated accreditation scheme which defines the require ments for Military Packaging Organisations and Designers, replacing the old 'Military Packaging Capability Accreditation Scheme (MPCAS)', also known as DR14.
MUW - Munitions of war
N - Rate class code indicating the 1kg general cargo rate, as used in the rate class box of the AWB N.A. North America issue of TACT
N.E.S. - Not Elsewhere Specified indicates that certain types of that commodity have been specified under another item number (see Commodity Description List)
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NCV - No Commercial Value or No Customs Value
No., Nr. - Number
NSC - Cargo has not been secured yet for Passenger or All-Cargo Aircraft
NVD - No value Declared
NWP - Newspapers, magazines
OBX - Obnoxious cargo
OHG - Overhang item
P.O.(B). - Post Office (Box)
PAC - Passenger and cargo
PBA - Paid by Agent
PEA - Hunting trophies, skin, hide, and all articles made from or containing parts of species listed in the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) appendices.
PEB - Animal products for non-human consumption
PEF - Flowers
PEM - Meat
PEP - Fruits and vegetables
PER - Perishable cargo
PES - Fish/Seafood
PHY - Goods subject to phytosanitary inspections
PIL - Pharmaceuticals
PIP - Passive Insulated Packaging
POD - Port of Discharge
POL - Port of Loading
PP - Charge Prepaid
Q - Rate class code indicating the Quantity 45kg. (100lb) and over rate as used in the rate class box of the AWB
QRT - Quick Ramp Transfer
QSHE - Quality, Safety, Health, Environment including Security
R - Rate class code indicating that a reduced class rate has been applied as used in the rate class box of the AWB
RAC - Reserved Air Cargo
RBI - Fully regulated lithium ion batteries (Class 9, UN 3480) as per Section IA and IB of PI 965 RBM Fully regulated lithium metal batteries (Class 9, UN 3090) as per Section IA and IB of PI 968 RCL Cryogenic liquids (Packing Instruction 202)
RCM - Corrosive
RCX - Explosives 1.3C
RDS - Biological Substance, Category B (UN 3373)
REQ - Excepted Quantities of Dangerous Goods
REX - To be reserved for normally forbidden explosives – Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4F, 1.5 and 1.6 RFG Flammable gas
RFL - Flammable liquid
RFS - Flammable solid
RFW - Dangerous when wet
RGX - Explosives 1.3G
RIS - Infectious substances, affecting humans (UN 2814) or animals (UN 2900)
RLI - Fully regulated lithium ion batteries (Class 9, UN 3481) as per Section I of PI 966 and 967 RLM Fully regulated lithium metal batteries (Class 9, UN 3091) as per Section I of PI 969 and 970 RMD Miscellaneous dangerous goods
RNG - Non-flammable non-toxic gas
ROP - Organic peroxide
ROX - Oxidizer
RPB - Toxic substance
RPG - Toxic gas
RRE - Excepted Quantities of Radioactive Material
RRW - Radioactive material, Category I-white
RRY - Radioactive material, Categories II and III-Yellow
RSB - Polymeric Beads/Plastics Moulding Compound (Packing Instruction 957)
RSC - Spontaneously combustible
RXB - Explosives 1.4B
RXC - Explosives 1.4C
RXD - Explosives 1.4D
RXE - Explosives 1.4E
RXG - Explosives 1.4G
RXS - Explosives 1.4S
S - Rate class code indicating that a surcharged class rate has been applied as used in the rate class box of the AWB
SAL - Surface Air Lifted (mail)
SCO - Cargo Secure for All-Cargo Aircraft only
SCR - Specific Commodity Rate
SDR - Special Drawing Rights
SHL - Save human life
SHR - Secure for Passenger, All-Cargo and All-Mail Aircraft in Accordance with High Risk Requirements SITA Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques
SLI - Shipper's Letter of Instruction
SOC - Shipper Owned Container
SOP - Standard Operating Procedures
SPF - Laboratory animals
SPX - Cargo Secure for Passenger and All-Cargo Aircraft
SQAS - Safety and Quality Assessment System is a system of uniform third party assessments to evaluate the per formance of Logistics Service Providers and Chemical Distributors. SQAS assessments cover quality, safety, security, environment and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).
SUR - Surface Transportation
SWP - Sporting Weapons
TACT - The Air Cargo Tariff
TAPA - Transported Asset Protection Association
THC - Terminal Handling Charges
U - Rate class code indicating ULD Basic rate or charge as used in the rate class box in the AWB UATP Universal Air Travel Plan
UCP - Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit
ULD - Unit Load Device
UNCTAD - United Nations Conference of Trade and Development
v.v. - vice versa
VAL - Valuable cargo
VDA - Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Deutschen Automobilindustrie EV) VIC Very Important Cargo
VOL - Volume
VUN - Vulnerable cargo
W - Rate class code indicating an additional weight charge as used in the rate class box of the AWB wgt or wt weight
w/t or WT - weight tons
w/v - weight/volume
W.W. - worldwide issue of TACT
W/M - Weight Ton or Measurement
WET - Shipments of wet material not packed in watertight containers
WTO - World Trade Organization
X - Rate class code indicating ULD additional information as used in the rate class box of the AWB XPS Priority small package
Y - Rate class code indicating ULD discount as used in the rate class box of the AWB