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A

AAR Against all risk
ABS Americain Bureau of Shipping
ADR European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
AETR European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport
AGV Automaticaly guided vehicle
ATV All terrain vehicle
AWB Airway bill

B

BAA British Airports Authority
BCE, BOCE Board of cystome and excise
B/G Bonded goods
B/L Bill of lading
B/W Bonded warehouse
B.P.D. Barrels per day

C

CAT Computer assisted trade
CCS Cargo community system
C & F Cost and freight
C & I Cost and insurance
CIF Cost, insurance, freight
CPM Critical Path Method
CEMT Conference of Europian Ministres of Transportation
CMR Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road

D

DDD Deadline Delivery Date
D/W Dock Warrant

E

EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EOQ Economic order quantity
ETA Estimated time of arrival
ETD Estimated time of departure

F

F & D Freight and demurrage
FIFO First in, first out
FILO First in, last out
FRO Fire risk only
FOB Free on board
F.O.T. Free of tax
FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

G

G.A.S. Goods avalaible for sale
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

I

IATA International Air Transportation Association
INCOTERMS International commercial terms
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IS Information system
IRU International Road and Transport Union

J

JIT Just-in-time

K

KANBAN Japanese term (kan = visual, and ban = card or board) for visual card/ board
KAIZEN Japanese term for contionuous improvement in manufacturing