Trade Terms                                  

The weight of a container and packing materials without the weight of the goods it contains.

The term fixed for payment of a draft.

The invoice is the sales contract between buyer and seller and indicates the Terms of Sale.

A single bill of lading converting both the domestic and international carriage of an export shipment. An air waybill is essentially a through bill of lading used for air shipments. However, ocean shipments usually require two separate documents -- an inland B/L for domestic carriage and an ocean B/L for international carriage. Through bills of lading are insufficient for ocean shipments.

Gross Tonnage - Total internal carrying capacity of a vessel expressed in measurement tons (one measurement ton = 100 cu. ft.).

A term designating a shipment destined for an interior point or a place best reached by reshipment from another port.

To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another for further transit.