A

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

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

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

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

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

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)

G

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.

H

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

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

J

JIT - Just in Time

JOT - Just on Time

K

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

L/C - Letter of Credit

LAR - Live Animals Regulation

Ib. - pound(s)

LHO - Living human organs/blood

LIC - License required

M

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

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

O

OBX - Obnoxious cargo

OHG - Overhang item

P

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

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

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

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

T

TACT - The Air Cargo Tariff

TAPA - Transported Asset Protection Association

THC - Terminal Handling Charges

U

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.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

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

X - Rate class code indicating ULD additional information as used in the rate class box of the AWB XPS Priority small package

Y

Y - Rate class code indicating ULD discount as used in the rate class box of the AWB