Technical Port Vocabulary

5. tactic used by shippers to change the destination (consignee) of freight while the goods are in transit.
8. Extra charges are imposed for these transit privileges. Stop off charges are levied for when shippers request that a shipment may be partially loaded at several locations.
9. railroad term denoting the local movement of freight rail cars.
10. refrigerated container.
11. small platform, usually, on which goods are placed for handling.
13. An individual or firm that sends freight. A freight originator.
15. Transportation that uses a specialized container that can be transferred from the vehicle of one mode to the vehicle of another; a single freight bill is used for the shipment.

1. An individual or firm to whom freight is shipped. A freight receiver.
2. Penalty charges assessed by a carrier to a shipper or consignee.
3. firm that provides transportation services.
4. A deliberate delay in committing inventory to shipment by a shipper.
6. Companies that provide door-to-door domestic and international air freight service.
7. Local trucking, typically describing truck movement of containers and trailers to and from rail intermodal yards and to and from port facilities.
12. It refers to goods being transpored from place to place.
14. acronym of the term of free negotiation on board.