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Logistics Management Vocabulary

Key Words and Phrases for English Learners

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Updated on November 04, 2019

Teachers are often not equipped with the exact English terminology required in specific trade sectors. For this reason, core vocabulary sheets go a long way in helping teachers provide adequate materials for students with English for specific purposes, such as logistics management. Use this vocabulary table as a starting point for general English vocabulary study or for lessons related to working in logistics management departments.

Logistics Management Vocabulary

The table is arranged alphabetically by word or phrase. Where a phrase begins with an article or infinitive, it alphabetized according to the first letter of the phrase to make it easier for teachers and English-language learners to find the terms they are seeking. The columns are divided according to keywords, similar to what you would find in an English-language dictionary.

A Nonstop Flight to Owner’s Risk Rate	Clearance Documents to Shipping Note (S/N)	Charter a Ship to Yard
a nonstop flight actual time of departure advance freight - prepaid freight advice of shipment - shipping notice - advice note agreed airport of departure agreed tare air waybill (AWB) - air consignment note all-up weight allowed tolerances at the border average survey backed note barrel batch number bearer bill of lading below deck berth - mooring bill of entry bill of lading (B/L) boarding card bonded warehouse - customs warehouse border - frontier bulk cargo by mail - by post cardboard box - carton cargo - load cargo insurance cargo plane - freight plane carriage - transport (GB) - transportation (US) carriage by sea - sea transport carriage forward carriage paid carrier certificate of origin certificate of shipment charter party CIF value clearance clearance agent clearance certificate handling costs harbor dues - harbor fees harbor office heavy traffic hold home delivery house air waybill (HAWB) import duties import license in bond - waiting for clearance in bulk in transit inch inspection certificate kilogram - kilo landed terms landing landing card landing order - discharging permit litre (GB) - liter (US) loading and unloading charges loading area loading unit lorry (GB) - truck (US) lot luggage (GB) - baggage (US) metre (GB) - meter (US) mile millimeter moorage net tonnage net weight on arrival on board on deck ounce outward journey overland forwarding overload owner's risk rate	clearance documents clearance duty cleared - ex-bond - duty paid collection of goods consignee consignor's name consignor consular invoice container container terminal containership cost and freight (C&F) cost, insurance and freight (CIF) cubic cubic volume - cubic capacity custom-house - customs customs declaration form customs formalities customs guard - customs officer customs invoice customs officer customs rate customs regulations declared value delivered at frontier (DAF) delivered duty paid (DDP) delivery ex-warehouse delivery notice delivery weight destination dock - quay - wharf docker (GB) - longshoreman (US) documents against acceptance documents against payment driver duty-free duty duty paid duty unpaid entry visa packing list part load part shipment payload place of delivery place of departure place of destination port - harbour (GB) - harbor (US) port authorities port of arrival port of call port of departure port of destination port of discharge - port of delivery porterage postage poste restante (GB) - general delivery (US) pound preferential rate preliminary inspection product loss during loading protective duty rail shipment - rail forwarding reply paid right of way road transport - haulage rummaging scheduled time of arrival scheduled time of departure sender's name sender ship - vessel shipment shipowner company shipping agent shipping company shipping cubage shipping documents shipping instructions shipping note (S/N)	to charter a ship to clear the goods dock ex factory - ex works ex ship ex warehouse excess luggage (GB) - excess baggage (U.S.) export permit failure - damage flat-rate foot forwarder's receipt forwarding agent forwarding station free-trade area free carrier free delivered free delivery free in and out (FIO) free of all average free of charges free on board (FOB) free on board airport free on quay (FOQ) - free at wharf free on truck free port freepost freight - freightage freight charges freight payable at destination freight prepaid freight rate from port to port full container load (FCL) goods handling goods train (GB) - freight train (US) goods wagon (GB) - freight car (US) goods yard (GB) - freight yard (US) gram - gramme gross gross weight hand luggage to handle with care high seas land to rent a car to send goods - to ship goods to ship single ticket (GB) - one-way ticket (US) specified port - agreed port storage - warehousing storage costs - warehousing costs to store to stow stowage charges subject to duty tare - tare weight terms of delivery time zone difference tolerance toll-free ton tonnage trailer tranship transhipment - transloading transport by rail transport plane unit of measurement unloading operations unpacked warehouse receipt warehousing - storage waybill - consignment note weigh weighing weight weight limit weight specified in the invoice yard

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Beare, Kenneth. "Logistics Management Vocabulary." ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/logistics-management-vocabulary-1210150. Beare, Kenneth. (2020, August 28). Logistics Management Vocabulary. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/logistics-management-vocabulary-1210150 Beare, Kenneth. "Logistics Management Vocabulary." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/logistics-management-vocabulary-1210150 (accessed March 23, 2023).