This glossary of maritime terms is offered as an aid to better understanding what is meant by those who make their living from ports and ships.

• BAF Bunker adjustment factor
• BKO Booking Office
• B/L Bill of lading
• CAF Currency adjustment factor
• C and F Cost and Freight
• CBR Commodity Box Rate
• CFS Container Freight Station
• CIF Cost Insurance Freight
• CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid To
• CKD Completely Knocked Down
• C/L Container Load
• COD Change of destination
• CPT Carriage Paid to
• CSP Container Service Port
• CST Container Service Tariff
• CT Conference Terms
• CTB Combined Transport Bill of lading
• CY Container Yard
• DAF Delivered at Frontier
• DDP Delivered Duty Paid
• DES Delivered Ex Ship
• DEQ Delivered Ex Quay
• DGR Dangerous Goods Request
• DIC Delivery in Charges
• D/O Delivery Order
• DS Department Store
• ECD Empty Container Depot
• EDI Electronic Data Interchange
• EIF Equipment Investor Factor
• EQR Equipment Request
• ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
• ETD Estimated Time of Departure
• EXW Ex Work
• EZC European ZOne Charge
• FAK Freight All Kinds
• FCA Free Carrier
• FCL Full Container Load
• FEU Forty Foot Equivalent Unit
• FIO Free In and Out
• FILO Free In lIner Out
• FOB Freignt On Board
• GSCR General Special Cargo Request
• IMO InterGovernmental Maritime Consultant Organization
• ISO International Standard Organization
• L/C Letter of Credit
• LCL Less than Container Load
• LIFO Liner in Free Out
• M Measuremnet
• MCBR Mixed Commodity Box Rates
• NAI Net All In
• NNW Non Negotiable Waybill
• NOE Not Otherwise Enumerated
• NTA Non Tariff Agreement
• NTR Non Tariff Rate
• OH Over Height
• OL Over Length
• OOG Out Of Gauge
• OW Over Width
• PLOA Place of Acceptance
• PLOD/POD Place of Delivery
• PLOR Place of Receipt
• POL Place of Loading
• RCR Reefer Cargo Request
• SCQ Special Commodity Quotation
• SITC Standard International Trade Classification
• SISCQ Sundry Items Special Commodity Quotation
• TCSP Trough Container Service Port
• TEU Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit
• THC Terminal Handling Charge
• T/S Transshipment
• W Weight
• W/M Weight / Measurement