Warehouse:
A place for the reception,
delivery, consolidation,
distribution and storage of
goods/cargo.
Warehouse Entry: Document
that identifies goods imported
when placed in a bonded
warehouse. The duty is not
imposed on the products which in
the warehouse but will be
collected when they are
withdrawn for delivery or
consumption.
Warehouse Withdrawal for
Immediate Exportation (WDEX):
Allows merchandise that has been
withdrawn from a bonded
warehouse at one US port to be
exported from the same port
without paying duty.
Warehouse Withdrawal for
Transportation (WDT): Allows
merchandise that has been
withdrawn from a bonded
warehouse at one port to be
transported in bond to another
port, where a superseding entry
will be filed.
Warehouse Withdrawal for
Transportation Exportation (WDT&E):
Allows merchandise that has been
withdrawn from a bonded
warehouse at one port, to be
transported in bond through the
US, to be exported from another
port, without paying duty.
Warehousing: The storing
of goods / cargo
Waybill (WB): A document
prepared by a transportation
line at the point of a shipment;
shows the point of origin,
destination, route, consignor,
consignee, description of
shipment and amount charged for
the transportation service. A
waybill is forwarded with the
shipment or sent by mail to the
agent at the transfer point or
waybill destination. Unlike a
bill of lading, a waybill is not
a document of title.
Weight Cargo: A cargo on
which the transportation charge
is assessed on the basis of
weight.
Weights and Measures:
Measurement
ton: 40 cubic feet Net ton, or short ton:
2,000 lbs. Gross ton, or long ton:
2,240 lbs. Metric ton, or kilo ton:
2,204.6 lbs. Cubic Meter: 35.314
cubic ft.
Well Car:
A stack car; a drop-frame rail
flat car.
Wharf age (Whfg.): Charge
assessed by a pier or dock owner
against freight handling over
the pier or dock against a
steamship company using the pier
or dock.
W.M. (W/M): Weight or
measurement, the basis for
assessing freight charges. Also
known as worm. The rate charged
under W/M will be whichever
produces the highest revenue
between the weight of the
shipment and the measure of the
shipment.
