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| Ship-owner | Ship-owner, transporter |
| Agency | Organization that operates on behalf of the ship-owner as a representative at any port |
| NVOCC | “Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier” (Transporter without an owned ship) |
| Co-Loader | Person who carries out transportation by consolidating his own load with the forwarder’s load |
| Forwarder | Organizing firm that carries out the land, airline, maritime and railway transport, customs clearance and insurance services and has an active agency network |
| Bill Of Lading (B/L) | Maritime consignment |
| Master B/L | Master consignment |
| House B/L | House consignment |
| Charter Taşıma | Transportation with the ship wholly or partially (part cargo) leased |
| Charter Party | The contract between the transporter and the ship-owner |
| Bulk Loading | Bulk loading in conventional load transport |
| Broker | Mediator between the ship-owner and the transporter, the middleman |
| RO-RO Transport | Transportation with ships that carry vehicles, treys or containers |
| Loading Unloading Terms | |
| Free In (FI) | Loading cost at port |
| Free Out (FO) | Unloading cost at port |
| Liner In (LI) | Loading cost is on the ship-owner |
| Liner Out (LO) | Unloading cost in on the ship-owner |
| Stuffing | Placement of the load in the container |
| Unstuffing | Clearing the container |
| Stevedoring | Ship loading and unloading service |
| Port Terms | |
| Storage | Storage at the port |
| Demurrage | The ship exceeding the time allocated for its loading and unloading, or failure to clear a load stored in a container from customs and unload in the allocated time |
| Free Time | The time the load can wait without going into demurrage. Demurrage is imposed in case of time-out. |
| THC | (Terminal Handling Fee) : Handling fee at the port |
| Temporary Admission | According to the customs legislation in Turkey, containers are properties subject to customs. This is the customs clearance cost that results from a container being removed from the customs area at the port or being brought back to the port. |
| Freight Charge Terms | |
| CAF | (Currency Adjustment Factor) Inclusion of US Dollar fluctuations in the freight charge |
| BAF | (Bunker Adjustment Factor) Inclusion of fuel oil price fluctuations in the freight charge for overseas transport |
| Primage | Additional fee added by the ship-owner to lower the risk, generally used in freight charges for exports from Turkey |
| War Risk Surcharge (WRS) | Additional fee added to the freight charge in navigations to ports with risk of war |
| High Cube Surcharge | Additional fee collected for High Cube containers |
| IMCO Charge | Additional fee requested by the ship-owner in hazardous material transports |
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