A packing slip, also known as a shipping or packing list, is a document that lists all the items included ...

A bonded warehouse is a secure facility where imported goods may be stored while deferring customs duty payments. Bonded goods ...

Free trade zones (FTZs) are areas in a country where imported goods can be stored, assembled and processed while bypassing ...

Cross trade shipment is a type of shipment organized between 2 countries – none of which the seller (consignor) is ...

Sea freight is the shipment of large quantities of goods using cargo ships. The goodsintransit is usually stored in containers ...

A transshipment is when cargo is transferred from one vessel to another at an intermediate location before continuing on to ...

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs) are ocean carriers that ship cargo without owning any sea vessels.  They do this by ...

Consolidated freight is the result of combining multiple cargo loads into a single freight vessel or container, filling it up ...

Customs clearance is the process of getting authorization for the movement of goods into (import) or out of (export) a ...

In every freight transaction, there are two parties involved – a consignor and a consignee. The consignor is the party ...