Freight, shipping and chartering glossary
Begriff | Bedeutung |
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Manifest | A list of all cargoes that pertain to a specific shipment, grouping of shipments, or piece of equipment. |
Transportversicherung | Loss and damage insurance at sea excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier. |
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) | A document that contains information about the physical, chemical, explosive, and radioactive data of hazardous materials in a shipment. |
Messtonne | Forty cubic feet; used in water transportation rate making. |
Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) | A fee for customs clearance and border protection related to most imported goods, whether formal or informal entry. |
Modalsplit | Die relative Nutzung der Verkehrsmittel durch die Unternehmen; die Statistiken umfassen Tonnenmeilen, Passagiermeilen und Einnahmen. |
Multimodal Shipping | The use of more than one mode of transport for the transport of goods. |