Expedited service on a transaction where service is required on the next business day. Delivery service is as a rule, delivery on the next business day.

A carrier who issues bills of lading for carriage of goods on vessels that are not owned or operated by them.

Freight from several shippers loaded onto an individual trailer. The shipment is based upon a separate rate than truckload rate. LTL is in contrast to TL, which is only one shipment from one shipper that is loaded on a tractor-trailer.

Freight is combined with other freight from other shippers. A container can be loaded with LCL cargo at a container freight station for LCL delivery.

A trade organization of airlines that works together offers the highest possible standards to passengers and cargo shippers.

A customs program for inland ports that provides for cargo arriving at a seaport to be shipped under a customs bond to a more conveniently located inland port where the entry documents have been filed. Customs clears the shipment there and the cargo is trucked to its destination, which normally…

The individual firm or legal entity that brings goods from a foreign source into a customs territory during the course of trade.

An organized listing of goods and their duty rates which is used as the basis for classifying imported products and identifying the rates of duty to be charged. The tariff schedule is divided into a variety of sections and chapters dealing independently with merchandise in wide-ranging product categories. The U.S….

The full weight of a shipment, including containers and packaging materials.

Merchandise, supplies, raw materials, commodities and finished product. All things are treated as moveable and indicated as sold to a particular buyer.