SEA TERMS

  • Armatör: ship owner, carrier
  • Acente: An organization that acts on behalf of the shipowner in any port and acts as its representative.
  • Co-Loader: Consolidating the freight of forwarders with its own freight
  • Forwarder: Organizer company that has an active agency network that carries out the operations of road, air, sea, rail transport, customs clearance and insurance services.
  • Bill Of Lading (B/L): seaway bill of lading
  • Master B/L: main bill of lading
  • House B/L: intermediate bill of lading
  • Bulk Yükleme: Bulk loading in conventional freight transport
  • Broker: Broker who acts as an intermediary between the ship owner and the loader
Loading and Unloading Terms
  • Free In (FI): Loading cost at the port
  • Free Out (FO): The cost of unloading at the port
  • Liner In (LI): The shipping cost belongs to the ship owner
  • Liner Out (LO): The unloading cost belongs to the ship owner
  • Stuffing: Stacking, placing the load in the container
  • Unstuffing: Emptying the container
Port Terms
  • Storage Storage / warehouse in the port
  • Demuraj Exceeding the loading and unloading period granted to the vessel or not clearing and unloading of the cargo waiting in the container before the allotted time.
  • Free Time Free time. The time the load can wait before it goes into demurrage. Demurrage is applied when the time expires.
  • THC (Terminal Handling Fee) : Handling fee at the port
  • Geçici Kabul Containers are in the status of goods subject to customs in accordance with the customs legislation in Turkey. For this reason, it is the customs clearance cost incurred when a container is removed from the bonded area at the port or brought back to the port.
Freight Terms
  • CAF : (Currency Adjustment Factor) Including US dollar fluctuations in freight
  • BAF: (Bunker Adjustment Factor) Including a certain percentage of fluctuations in fuel oil prices in overseas transportation.
  • War Risk Surcharge (WRS): Additional fee charged in addition to the freight on voyages to ports at risk of war
  • High Cube Surcharge: Additional charge for High Cube container
  • IMCO Charge: Additional fee requested by the shipowner for the transportation of dangerous goods
 
  • BEAM : Full width – the widest part of a ship measured transversely.
  • BAF / BUNKER ADJUSTMENT FACTOR: The fee to compensate for the increase in fuel prices.
  • CAF / CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR: The difference fee for adjusting the exchange difference for UK shipments.
  • CLEAN ON BOARD: The load is loaded clean and undamaged.
  • DEADWEIGHT CAPACITY: The total ton weight of the load, fuel, water, blinds (company equipment) loaded up to the maximum allowable draft of the ship is the ship's lifting capacity in terms of weight.
  • ETA / EXPECTED TIME OF ARRIVAL: Estimated time of arrival.
  • ETB / EXPECTED TIME OF BERTHING: Estimated docking time.
  • FILO / FREE IN – LINER OUT: Loading costs belong to the lessee, and evacuation costs belong to the owner.
  • FIFO / FREE IN – FREE OUT: The condition that the carrier will not have any relation with the loading and unloading costs of the ship.
  • FIOS / FREE IN AND OUT STOW: The carrier, including the stack, has nothing to do with the loading and unloading costs. It is especially used in bulk cargoes.
  • FCL / FULL CONTAINER LOADED: Single loader/receiver.
  • FCL / FCL: Single loader/receiver.
  • FCL / LCL: One installer, multiple receivers.
  • IMDG Code : It is the abbreviation used for the types of goods that contain flammable, corrosive, flammable and explosive chemicals.
  • LENGHTOVERALL : It is the distance between the fore and aft end points of the hull.
  • LINER TERMS: Loading and unloading costs belong to the owner.
  • LINER IN: Loading costs belong to the donor.
  • LINER OUT: Unloading costs belong to the donor.
  • L / C NO: Letter of credit number.
  • LINER SERVICE : A ship that makes regular voyages between certain ports.
  • LINER B/L: A bill of lading that includes certain conditions in Kırkambar loading.
  • LILO / LINER IN – LINER OUT // LINER TERMS: Loading and unloading expenses are covered by the shipowner.
  • LIFO / LINER IN – FREE OUT: The costs in loading belong to the ship owner (owner), and the costs of evacuation belong to the charterer and the buyer.
  • LCL / LESS CONTAINER LOADED: Multiple loaders/receivers.
  • LCL / FCL: Multiple loaders / single receivers.
  • LCL / LCL: Multiple loaders / multiple receivers
  • ON BEHALF OF: Someone else's installation on behalf of the installer.
  • PRE CARRIAGE: Pre-handling fee from the seller's warehouse to the loading port.
  • PRIMAJ: İhracat navlun bedelinden acentenin aldığı komisyondur olarak değişecektir.
  • PLACE OF RECEIPT: The place where the load is first loaded.
  • PLACE OF DELIVERY: The place where the load was last unloaded.
  • PORT OF LOADING: The port where the cargo is loaded.
  • PORT OF DISCHARGE: The port where the cargo was last unloaded.
  • SEA FREIGHT: sea freight.
  • SHIPPER’S OWNED CONTAINER: It is the installer's own container.
  • SHIPPER’S STOW, LOAD AND COUNT: The goods are stacked, loaded and counted by the loader.
  • THC / TERMINAL HANDLING CHARGE: Container handling fee at the port.