Trade Terms

12 to 18 inch concrete filled pipes located to the side of the dock opening for the purpose of protecting the building walls adjacent to the dock opening from the…

A hand held bar code scanner which resembles a wand.

Separate insurance covering for losses which result from any acts of war. This insurance is necessary during peacetime due to objects, such as floating mines, left over from previous wars.

A place used for the storage and custody of imported merchandise that is subject to duty until duties are paid or the goods are reshipped without entry from the import…

A report that details all activities occurring with the warehouse facility. Items include merchandise arrivals, loading, unloading movements within the facility, etc.

A draft which matures in either a certain number of days after acceptance or a certain number of days after the date of the draft.

The horizontal load lifting portion of a fork on a fork truck that contacts the load.

A written record that evidences ownership.

The permitted amount of deviation from the mean or average of a measure.

One of the most commonly used measures of transportation service. One ton of cargo moved one mile.