Logistics vocabulary

Logistics Management English Glossary - 1
The use of this lexical approach is essential for successful language acquisition in English for Specific Purposes. However, teachers are often not equipped with the exact English terminology required in very specific trade sectors. For this reason, core vocabulary sheets go a long way in helping teachers provide adequate materials for students with English for Special Purposes needs.

These core vocabulary reference sheets provide between 150 and 240 key words and phrases for each industry. Each series is divided into three pages that, when combined, form an alphabetical list. In taking this lexical approach to attaining key vocabulary, students should be encouraged to translate the specific words and phrases into their native tongues as each phrase has a very specific translation in each language.

a nonstop flight handling costs
actual time of departure harbour dues - harbour fees
advance freight - prepaid freight harbour office
advice of shipment - shipping notice - advice note heavy traffic
agreed airport of departure hold
agreed tare home delivery
air waybill (AWB) - air consignment note house air waybill (HAWB)
allowed tolerances import duties
all-up weight import licence
at the border in bond - waiting for clearance
average survey in bulk
backed note in transit
barrel inch
batch number inspection certificate
bearer bill of lading kilogramme - kilo
below deck landed terms
berth - mooring landing
bill of entry landing card
bill of lading (B/L) landing order - discharging permit
boarding card litre (GB) - liter (US)
bonded warehouse - customs warehouse loading and unloading charges
border - frontier loading area
bulk cargo loading unit
by mail - by post lorry (GB) - truck (US)
cardboard box - carton lot
cargo - load luggage (GB) - baggage (US)
cargo insurance metre (GB) - meter (US)
cargo plane - freight plane mile
carriage - transport (GB) - transportation (US) millimetre
carriage by sea - sea transport moorage
carriage forward net tonnage
carriage paid net weight
carrier on arrival
certificate of origin on board
certificate of shipment on deck
charter party ounce
CIF value outward journey
clearance overland forwarding
clearance agent overload
clearance certificate owner's risk rate

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clearance documents packing list
clearance duty part load
cleared - ex bond - duty paid part shipment
collection of goods payload
consignee place of delivery
consignor place of departure
consignor's name place of destination
consular invoice port - harbour (GB) - harbor (US)
container port authorities
container terminal port of arrival
containership port of call
cost and freight (C&F) port of departure
cost, insurance and freight (CIF) port of destination
cubic port of discharge - port of delivery
cubic volume - cubic capacity porterage
custom-house - customs postage
customs declaration form poste restante (GB) - general delivery (US)
customs formalities pound
customs guard - customs officer preferential rate
customs invoice preliminary inspection
customs officer product loss during loading
customs rate protective duty
customs regulations rail shipment - rail forwarding
declared value reply paid
delivered at frontier (DAF) right of way
delivered duty paid (DDP) road transport - haulage
delivery ex warehouse rummaging
delivery notice scheduled time of arrival
delivery weight scheduled time of departure
destination sender
dock - quay - wharf sender's name
docker (GB) - longshoreman (US) ship - vessel
documents against acceptance shipment
documents against payment shipowner company
driver shipping agent
duty shipping company
duty paid shipping cubage
duty unpaid shipping documents
duty-free shipping instructions
entry visa shipping note (S/N)

Logistics Management English Glossary - 3
ex factory - ex works single ticket (GB) - one-way ticket (US)
ex ship specified port - agreed port
ex warehouse storage - warehousing
excess luggage (GB) - excess baggage (US) storage costs - warehousing costs
export permit stowage charges
failure - damage subject to duty
flat-rate tare - tare weight
foot terms of delivery
forwarder's receipt time zone difference
forwarding agent tolerance
forwarding station toll-free
free carrier ton
free delivered tonnage
free delivery trailer
free in and out (FIO) transhipment - transloading
free of all average transport by rail
free of charges transport plane
free on board (FOB) unit of measurement
free on board airport unloading operations
free on quay (FOQ) - free at wharf unpacked
free on truck warehouse receipt
free port warehousing - storage
freepost waybill - consignment note
free-trade area weighing
freight - freightage weight
freight charges weight limit
freight payable at destination weight specified in the invoice
freight prepaid yard
freight rate the high seas
from port to port to charter a ship
full container load (FCL) to clear the goods
goods handling to dock
goods train (GB) - freight train (US) to land
goods wagon (GB) - freight car (US) to rent a car
goods yard (GB) - freight yard (US) to send goods - to ship goods
gram - gramme to ship
gross to store
gross weight to stow
hand luggage to tranship
handle with care to weigh