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Glossary

Air Cargo Terminology

Advance Arrangements Dimensional Weight International Civil Aviation
Certain classes of commodities in air Dimensional weight refers to density, Organisation
freight such as gold, precious gems, ie. weight per cubic foot. The dimensional ICAO is an agency of the United
fur, live animals, human remains and weight rule was developed as a practice Nations, organised to ensure the orderly
oversized shipments, require advance application to low density shipments worldwide technical development of
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air cargo guide or any airline will have are based on a cubic dimensional Memorandum Tariff
detailed information. weight rather than upon actual weight.
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The air freight equivalent to a bill of requiring special handling.
Minimum Charge
lading is merely a receipt for the Freight All Kinds (FAK) The lowest rate applicable to each type
goods and is not a document of title.
A tariff term used for air freight, of air cargo service, no matter how
The airline would normally advise the meaning the consolidation of all types of small the shipment.
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freight. A forwarder with a bulky light
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holds the necessary documentation, This abbreviation often appears in
product in order to maximise space and
would then release them. airfreight tariffs. For example:
weight availability.
Assembly Service “advertising matter, NES”. This means
General Commodity Rate that the rate stated in the tariff
A service, in terms of which, an airline
An air freight rate applicable on all applies to all commodities within the
assembles multiple goods from more commodity group except those
than one source, and then transports commodities except those for which
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them as one shipment.
rates are based on weight and distance. rate. Other abbreviations include:
Bonded Terminal NOIBN (not otherwise indexed by
Gross Weight
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Entire weight of a shipment, including
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until duties are paid or the goods are containers and packaging material. Palletisation
otherwise released. In Bond
The use of a platform upon which
Check Digit Number As applied to air freight coming into the containerised or otherwise utilised
a country, the term ‘in bond’ is a
A single digit of the airbill that ensures procedure under which customs shipment rests.
the airbill number entered on the
clearance of cargo is postponed until it Restricted Articles
computer system is correct.
reaches an inland customs point. This (Air Transport)
Demurrage allows clearance procedures to occur Substances or products either forbidden
The charge for the detention of away from congested gateway cities. or requiring special handling on air
containers by shippers or receivers Intermodal Compatibility services.
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The capability which enables the Shipper’s Letter of Instruction
time. The airlines tender carrier-
owned containers to the customer transfer of a shipment from one form of A form used by a shipper to authorise
transport to another. an airline to issue an air waybill on
for loading and unloading of the unit. In the shipper’s behalf. All details of
the event the container is not returned International Air Transport
WR WKH FDUULHU ZLWKLQ D VSHFL¿F WLPH Association (IATA) shipment are contained in the form that
authorises the airline to sign the air
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will assess a charge for each 24-hour for airlines of more than 100 countries waybill in the name of the shipper.
period or fraction thereof beyond the serving international routes.
allowed time.

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