Origin

#

3PL

4PL

A

AAR

Abandonment

ABS

AC-powered train

Accessorial fees

AES

AfA

Air freight / Airfreight

Air waybill (AWB)

Aircraft on ground (AOG)

Airforwarders Association (AfA)

Airfreight/ Air freight

All-cargo aircraft

All-in rates

All-inclusive rates

Allotment

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA)

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

AMS

Anchorage

AOG

Apron

ASLRRA

Association of American Railroads (AAR)

ATA

Automated Export System (AES)

Automated Manifest System (AMS)

Availability time

Available freight tonne kilometer

AVI

AWB

B

Backhaul (maritime)

Backhaul (rail)

Backhaul (trucking)

Backwardation

Bad order

BAF

Ballast

Ballast water

Barge

Base rate

BCO

Belly cargo

Beneficial cargo owner (BCO)

Berth

BIG

Bill of lading

Bill of sale

Biofouling

Blanket permit

Block

Board of commissioners

Bobtail

Bogie

Bollard

Bonded warehouse

Box

Boxcar

Breakbulk cargo

Bridge move

Broker

Bulk cargo

Bulk freight

Bulk train

Bulkhead

Bunker adjustment factor (BAF)

Buoys

C

Cab

Cab over engine truck

Cabotage

CAO

Capacity

Capesize

Captive cargo port

Car scheduling

Cargo

Cargo Accounts Settlement System (CASS)

Cargo aircraft only (CAO)

Cargo insurance

Cargo Network Services (CNS)

Cargo ton mile (CTM)

Carrier

Cartage

CASS

CBP

CDL

Certificate of Insurance

CFS

Chamber of Shipping of America

Chandler

Channels of distribution

Chargeable weight

Chassis

Checkers

Chock

Civil service

Class I motor carrier

Class II motor carrier

Class III motor carrier

Class rates

Classification yard

Clearance

Clearinghouse

Clerks

CNG

CNS

COFC

COMAT

Combi

Commercial Drivers License (CDL)

Commodity

Common carrier

Company material (COMAT)

Compressed natural gas (CNG)

Conestoga trailer

Conference rate

Consignee

Consignment

Consolidated freight station (CFS)

Consolidation

Consolidator

Container

Container chassis

Container crane

Container freight station (CFS)

Container on flat car (COFC)

Container ship

Container terminal

Container yard

Containerization

Contango

Contraband

Contract Market

Contract rates

Contracted freight

Craft

Crane

Cross-town

CSA

CTM

Customs

Customs broker

Customs clearance

Cut-off time

D

Dangerous goods cargo (DG)

Dangerous goods regulations (DGR)

DAT Index Value

Day cab

Deadhead

Deadweight tonnage (DWT)

Deck barge

Dedicated

Dedicated train

Default

Demurrage (maritime)

Demurrage (rail)

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Destination

Detention

DG

DGR

Dim factor

Dim weight

Dimensional weight (Dim weight)

DIP

Diplomatic mail

Dispatching

Displacement light

Distributed power

Division

Dock

Dockage

Door-to-door

Door-to-ramp

DOT

Double Broker

Double-drop

Double-stack

Double-stacking

Draft

Drayage

Drayman

Dredge

Drop and hook

Drop-deck

Dry bulk

Dry ice

Dry run

Dry van

Dump trailer

Dunnage

Duty

DWT

E

EDI

ELD

Electronic data interchange (EDI)

Electronic logging device (ELD)

Elevator

EMP

Empty car

Estimated time of arrival (ETA)

Estimated time of departure (ETD)

ETA

ETD

Export packers

Express product (XPS)

F

Factoring company

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Feeder service

Fender piles

Final settlement price

Flatbed

Flatcar

Fleeting

FMCSA

FOB

For-hire carrier

Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)

Forward curves

Fourth-party logistics (4PL)

FRA

Free on board (FOB)

Free time

Freight

Freight forwarder

Freight market

Freight tariff

Freight tonne kilometer (FTK)

Freighter

FSC

FTK

Fuel surcharge (FSC)

Futures commission merchant (FCM)

Futures contracts

Futures expiration

Futures market

G

Gantry crane

Gateway

GCR

General cargo

General commodity rates (GCR)

General sales agent (GSA)

Gondola

Grain elevator

Gross tonnage

Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)

Gross weight

GSA

GVWR

H

Harbor

Hatching eggs shipments (HEG)

Haulage

HAWB

HEA

Headcount

Headhaul

Heavy cargo (HEA)

Heavy-duty truck

Heavy haul

Heavy hauler

Heavy lift

Hedging

HEG

High-cube

High value cargo (VAL)

Home port

Hopper bottom trailer

Hopper car

HOS

Hostler or hustler

Hot load

Hotshot

Hours of service (HOS)

House air waybill

HUM

Human remains shipments (HUM)

Hump yard

I

IANA

IAPH

IATA

ICE

IFTA

ILA

ILWU

IMC

IMX

In bond

Initial margin

Integrator

Interchange

Interline freight

Intermodal

Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)

Intermodal exchange (IMX)

Intermodal marketing company (IMC)

Intermodal shipment

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)

International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW)

International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Interstate Commerce Act

ISO

J

Jack-knife

Jake Brake

JIT

Just in time (JIT)

K

KG

Kilo

Kilogram

Known shipper

L

Labor union

Landbridge

Landlord port

LASH

Launch service

LCL

Length overall (LOA)

Less-than-container load (LCL)

Less-than-truckload (LTL)

LHO

Lift

Lift-on / Lift-off (LoLo)

Lighter aboard ship (LASH)

Linehaul

Live animals

Live human organs

Live load

Long haul

Long position

Long ton

Longshoremen

Lowboy

Lower deck

LTL

Lumper

M

Main deck

Main deck container

Maintenance of way

Manifest

Manifest train

Margin

Marine surveyor

Maritime

Marked to market

MARPOL

Marshaling yard

Master

Master air waybill

MAWB

Mean high water (MHW)

Mean low water (MLW)

Medium-duty trucks

Metric ton

MHW

MLW

Mooring dolphin

Motor carrier number (MC)

Motor ship (MS) or motor vessel (MV)

Munitions of war (MUW)

MUW

N

NAMEPA

Narrowbody aircraft

Neo-bulk cargo

Net weight

Non-vessel-owning common carrier (NVOCC)

North American Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA)

NVOCC

O

OAG

Ocean carrier

Official Airline Guide

On-dock rail

On-terminal rail

OOIDA

Open interest

Operating port

Origin

OTC markets

Outrigger

Over-the-counter markets

Overage

Overdimensional

Oversized cargo (BIG)

Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)

P

Pallet

Pallet net

Paper ramp

P&D

Peddle run

PER

Per diem

Perishable cargo (PER)

Permit

Pharmaceutical cargo (PIL)

Pier

Piggyback

PIL

Pilot

Placard

POD

POE

Pool

Port

Port mark

Port-of-call

Port of entry (POE)

Position limit

Positive train control (PTC)

Power short

Precision scheduled railroading (PSR)

Premium service

Private equipment

Private fleet

Project cargo

Proof of delivery (POD)

Proportional price

Q

Quay

R

RaaS

Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF)

Railhead

Railway Association of Canada

Railyard

Ramp

Ramp-to-door

Ramp-to-ramp

RCAF

Reciprocal switching

Reefer unit (or refrigeration unit)

Refrigeration unit

Removable gooseneck (RGN)

Request for pricing (RFP)

Request for quote (RFQ)

Revenue empty

Revenue ton-mile

RFP

RFQ

RFS

RGN

Road feeder service

Robotics-as-a-service model (RaaS)

Rocky mountain double

Roll-on / Roll-off ships (RoRos)

Roller bed trailer

RoRo

Round robin

Routing guide

Rubber-tired gantry (RTG)

Rubber wheel interchange

S

Scale House

SCR

Security surcharge (SSC)

Settlement Price

Sheddage

Shippers

Shoreside

Short line

Short Position

Short ton

Shuttle train

Sidekit trailer

Sidings

Single axle

Slack

Sleeper

Sliding fifth wheel

Slip seat

Slot utilization

Specific commodity rates (SCR)

Spine car

Sporting weapons (SWP)

Spot freight

Spot market

Spreader

SSC

Stack car

Staggers Act

STCW

Steamship

Steamship agent

Steamship company

Steamship line

Steel wheel interchange

Step-deck

Stevedores

Storage charge

Straddle carrier

Straight truck

Stripping

Stuffing

Surface Transportation Board (STB)

SWP

T

TACT

Tandem

Tandem axle

Tank barges

Tank car

Tanker

Tariff

Tarps

TCA

Team

Terminal

Terminal is current

Terminal operator

TEU

The Air Cargo Tariff (TACT)

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)

The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW)

Third-party logistics (3PL)

Third-party logistics provider

Through rate

TIACA

TMS

To go in the hole

TOFC

Toplift

Towboat

Trackage rights

Tractor-trailer

Trade volume

Trailer interchange insurance

Trailer on flatcar (TOFC)

Tramp

Trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific

Transit port

Transit shed

Transload

Transportation management system (TMS)

Transshipment

Transtainer

Truckload Carriers Association (TCA)

Trucks

Tugboat

Tweener

Twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)

Twin screw

U

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)

ULD

Unit load device (ULD)

Unit train

Upper deck

V

VAL

Van grounding

Very large crude carrier (VLCC)

Vessel

Vessel operator

VLCC

Volatility

Volume LTL

Vulnerable or high-tech cargo (VUN)

VUN

W

Warehouse

Waterfall

Waybill

Well car

Wharf

Wharfage fee

Wide body aircraft

WISTA

Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA)

X

XPS

Y

Yard

Yard jockey

Yard mule

Z