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In the foreign trade freight forwarding industry, whether a novice or a veteran, you may not know very well about some English terms in international shipping. Today, let’s learn about it with the editor!

Frequently used shipping English terms

ORC Receive Charger at Origin Freight Freight Freight

ARB Arbitraries Transfer fee

THC Terminal Handling Charge Terminal operation fee

ORC Receive Charger at Origin Freight Freight

ARB Arbitraries Transfer fee

MSC BAF\CAF\PSS\STF\RPF\RPS\PCS\NPS\WRS

BAF Bunker Adjustment Factor Fuel surcharge

CAF Crecy Adjustment Factor Currency surcharge

PSS Peak Season Charge Peak Season Charge Peak Season surcharge

STF Suez Transit Fee Suez Canal surcharge

RPS Suez Canal surcharge

PCS Port Congestion Surcharge Port congestion

NPS Nigerian Port Surcharge Nigeria Port surcharge

WRS War Risk Surcharge War risk surcharge

DDC Delivery Charges at Destination Destination Port delivery fee

EBS Emergency Bunker Surcharge Emergency fuel surcharge

R/R Rate / Restoration Rate recovery fee

EBA Emergency Bunker Additional Emergency fuel surcharge

YAS Yen Appreciation Surcharge Currency surcharge

GRI General Rate Increase Normal rate increase

PTF Panama Canal Transit Fee Panama Canal Fee

IFP Interim Fuel Participation Temporary fuel surcharge

ETS Emergency Trucking Surcharge Emergency Trucking Surcharge

DOC Document Fee File Fee

ERC Esuriency Repositioning Charge Container Return Fee

CGS Contingency Surcharge Congestion surcharge

IFA Interim Fuel Assessment Temporary fuel surcharge

SPS Shanghai Port Surcharge Shanghai Port Surcharge

FRC Fuel Recovery Charge Fuel Recovery Charge Fuel Recovery Charge Fuel Recovery Charge Fuel Recovery Charge Fuel Recovery Charge Fuel Recovery Charge Kolkata Surcharge

TAR Temporary Additional Risk Surcharge Temporary War Risk Surcharge

CY Container Yard Container yard

CFS Container Freight Station Container Transfer Station

FAF Fuel Additional Fee Fuel surcharge

CFS Container Freight Station Container freight station

TEU Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit Conversion Box

Freight cost term translation

Commercial inspection and order exchange fee for CIP

change fee D/O fee

unboxing fee De-vanning charge

operation labor fee labour fee or handling charge

commodity inspection and order replacement fee exchange fee for CIP

order replacement fee D/O fee 2

unboxing fee De-vanning charge

Hong Kong miscellaneous fees port sur-charge

electric discharge fee B/L surrender fee 2

clearance fee emergent declaration change

customs inspection fee customs inspection fee 2

waiting time fee waiting charge

storage fee storage fee 2

change order fee amendment charge

LCL service charge

mobile, phytosanitary fee animal plant quarantine fee

mobile heavy machinery fee mobile crane charge

inlet and exit warehouse fee warehouse in/out charge

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