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D&H: Abbreviation for
Dangerous and Hazardous cargo.
Dangerous Goods: The term
used by I.M.C.O. for hazardous
materials.
Deadhead: One leg of a
move with either a bobtail
tractor alone or a tractor
pulling an empty container.
Deadweight Cargo: A long
ton of cargo that can be stowed
in less than 70 cubic feet.
Deadweight Tonnage (D/W):
The number of tons of 2,240 lbs
that a vessel can transport of
cargo, stores and bunker fuel.
It is the difference between the
number of tons of water a vessel
displaces light and the number
of tons it displaces when
submerged to the load line.
Declared Value for Carriage:
The value of the goods, declared
by the shipper on a bill of
lading for the purpose of
determining a freight rate or
the limit of the carrier's
liability.
Deconsolidation Point:
Place where loose or other
non-containerized cargo is
ungrouped for delivery.
Deficit Weight: Weight by
which a shipment is less than
the minimum weight.
Delivery: The transfer of
property/goods from consignor to
carrier, one carrier to another,
or carrier to consignee.
Delivery Instructions:
Order to pick-up goods at an
in-transit (temporary) terminal
and deliver to a pier. Usually
issued by an exporter to trucker
but may apply to a railroad,
which completes delivery by
land. Use is limited to a few
major US ports.
Demurrage: US/Domestic
Transportation: A penalty charge
against shippers or consignees
for delaying the carrier s
equipment beyond the allowed
free time provision of the
tariff at the rail ramp;
International Transportation: A
storage charge to shipper s
which starts accruing after a
container is discharged from a
vessel. The charge varies
according to rules of the
appropriate tariff.
Density: The weight of
freight per cubic foot or other
unit.
Depot, Container:
Container freight station or a
designated area where empty
containers can be picked up or
dropped off.
Destination: Area where
carrier physically turns over
cargo to consignee or agent.
Destination Delivery Charge (DDC):
A charge based on container
size, that is applied in many
tariffs to cargo. This charge is
considered accessorial and is
added to the base ocean freight.
It covers crane lifts off the
vessel, drayage of the container
within the terminal and gate
fees at the terminal operation.
Detention: A penalty
charge against shippers or
receivers for delaying carrier's
equipment beyond allowed time.
Devanning: The removal of
freight.
Differential: An amount
added or deducted from base rate
to make a rate to or from some
other point or via another
route.
Displacement: The weight,
in tons of 2,240 pounds, of th e
vessel and its weight contents.
Calculated by dividing the
volume of water displaced in
cubic feet by 35, the average
density of sea water.
Distributor: A person or
firm performing a service of
distribution on pool cars or
consolidated shipments at
destination.
Diversion: A change made
in the route of a shipment in
transit (also, reconsignment).
Division: Carriers
practice of dividing revenue
received through rates where
joint hauls are involved. This
is usually according to agreed
formulas.
Dock: For Ships: A cargo
handling area parallel to th e
shoreline; For Land
Transportation: A pier or wharf
used as a loading or unloading
platform at an industrial site
or carrier terminal.
Dock Receipt (D/R): A
document issued by an exporter
(or freight forwarder on
exporter's behalf) which
includes shipment description,
physical details and shipping
information. Used by both
shipper and carrier to verify
shipment particulars, condition,
and delivery to carrier. Signed
by receiving clerk on behalf of
carrier.
Docket: Present a rate
proposal to a conference meeting
for adoption as a conference
group rate.
Doing Business As (D.B.A.):
A legal term for conducting
business under a registered
name.
Dolly: A set of wheels
that support the front of a
container and used when the
automotive unit is disconnected.
Door-to-Door: Through
transportation of a container
and its contents or cargo from
consignor to consignee. Also
known as House to House. Not
necessarily a through rate.
D.O.T.: Department of
Transportation.
Draft: The number of feet
that the hull of a ship is
beneath the surface of the
water. An unconditional order in
writing, addressed by one party
(drawer) to another party (drawee),
requiring the drawee to pay at a
fixed or determinable future
date, a specified sum in lawful
currency to the order of a
specified person.
Draft, Clean: A draft to
which no documents are attached.
Draft, Date: A draft that
matures on a fixed date,
regardless of the time of
acceptance.
Draft, Discounted: A time
draft under a letter of credit
that has been accepted and
purchased by a bank at discount.
Draft, Sight: A draft
payable on demand upon
presentation.
Draft, Time: A draft that
matures at a fixed or
determinable time after
presentation or acceptance.
Drawback: A partial
refund of an import fee.
Drawee: The individual or
firm that issues a draft and
thus stands to receive payment.
Dray: A truck or other
equipment designed to haul heavy
loads.
Drayage: Charge made for
local hauling by dray or truck.
Dry cargo: Cargo that
does not require temperature
control.
Dry-Bulk Container: A
container constructed to carry
grain, powder and other
free-flowing solids in bulk.
Used in conjunction with a tilt
chassis or platform.
Dry Freight: Dry cargoes
that does not require controlled
temperature.
Dumping: Attempt to
import merchandise into a
country at a price less that the
fair market value, usually by
subsidy by exporting country.
Duty: A tax imposed by a
government on merchandise
imported from one country to
another. There are several types
of duty, including: a) Ad
valorem duty ("According to the
value."): An assessment based on
the actual value of an article.
b) Specific duty: An assessment
based on the weight or quantity
of an article without reference
to its monetary value or market
price.
Duty Drawback: A refund
of duty paid on imported
merchandise when it later is
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