【正文】 for money paid or loaned. Bill to Party Customer designated as party paying for services. Billed Weight The weight shown in a waybill and freight bill, , the invoiced weight. Blanket Bond A bond covering a group of persons, articles or properties. Blanket Rate A rate applicable to or from a group of points. A special rate applicable to several different articles in a single shipment. Blanket Waybill A waybill covering two or more consignments of freight. Blind Shipment A B/L wherein the paying customer has contracted with the carrier that shipper or consignee information is not given. Block Stowage Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement. Blocked Trains Railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. Eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction. Blocking or Bracing Wood or metal supports (Dunnage) to keep shipments in place to prevent cargo shifting. Bls. Abbreviation for Bales. Board To gain access to a vessel. Board Feet The basic unit of measurement for lumber. One board foot is equal to a oneinch board, 12 inches wide and one foot long. Thus, a board ten feet long, 12 inches wide, and one inch thick contains ten board feet. Bobtail Movement of a tractor, without trailer, over the highway. Bogie A set of wheels built specifically as rear wheels under the container. Bolster A device fitted on a chassis or railcar to hold and secure the container. Bond Port Port of initial Customs entry of a vessel to any country. Also known as First Port of Call. Bonded Freight Freight moving under a bond to . Customs or to the Internal Revenue Service, and to be delivered only under stated conditions. Bonded Warehouse A warehouse authorized by Customs authorities for storage of goods on which payment of duties is deferred until the goods are removed. Booking Arrangements with a carrier for the acceptance and carriage of freight。s unique B/L Identifier is APLU. Sealand uses SEAU. These prefixes are also used as the container identification. Voided B/L: Related to Consolidated B/L。 standardization: fouralpha code unique to each carrier placed in front of nine digit B/L number。s which have been split from a single B/L. Stale B/L: A late B/L。 rest of set are only informational file copies. Abbreviated as OBL. Received for Shipment B/L: Validated at time cargo is received by ocean carrier to mence movement but before being validated as Onboard. Reconciled B/L: B/L set which has pleted a prescribed number of edits between the shippers instructions and the actual shipment received. This produces a very accurate B/L. Short Term B/L: Opposite of Long Form B/L, a B/L without the Terms amp。 standardized B/L numbering format to facilitate electronic munications and to make each B/L number unique. Negotiable B/L: The B/L is a title document to the goods, issued to the order of a party, usually the shipper, whose endorsement is required to effect is negotiation. Thus, a shipper39。s are short form which incorporate the long form clauses by reference. Memo B/L: Unfreighted B/L with no charges listed. Military B/L: B/L issued by the . military。 a nonnegotiable document. Government B/L (GBL): A bill of lading issued by the . government. Hitchment B/L: B/L covering parts of a shipment which are loaded at more than one location. Hitchment B/L usually consists of two parts, hitchment and hitchment memo. The hitchment portion usually covers the majority of a divided shipment and carries the entire revenue. House B/L: B/L issued by a freight forwarder or consolidator covering a single shipment containing the names, addresses and specific description of the goods shipped. Intermodal B/L: B/L covering cargo moving via multimodal means. Also known as Combined Transport B/L, or Multimodal B/L. Long Form B/L: B/L form with all Terms amp。s. Corrected B/L: B/L requiring any update which results in money or other financially related changes. Domestic B/L: Nonnegotiable B/L primarily containing routing details。s request。 used to cancel a processed B/L。s Status: represents whether the bill of lading has been input, rated, reconciled, printed, or released to the customer. B/L39。 defines what the carrier can and cannot do, including the carrier39。 this is slightly different from corrected B/L. B/L Terms amp。s tackle at load port to end of ship39。s arrival to the consignee, the Notify Party, and when applicable the Also Notify Party. These parties in interest are listed in blocks 3, 4 and 10, respectively, of the Bill of Lading. ASC X12 American Standards Committee X12 responsible for developing EDI standards for the United States. AssignmentA term monly used in connection with a bill of lading. It involves the transfer of rights, title and interest in order to assign goods by endorsing the bill of lading. Astern Behind a vessel Move in a reverse direction. . American Trucking Association. ATDNSHINC Any time Day or Night Sundays amp。s tariff, such as the . Tariff Act of 1930. Appraiser39。s tackle so that they can be loaded. Alternative Rates Privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge. Ambient Temperature The temperature of a surrounding body. The ambient temperature of a container is the atmospheric temperature to which it is exposed. American Bureau of Shipping . classification society which certifies seagoing vessels for pliance to standardized rules regarding construction and maintenance. AMS The . Customs39。s country, that handles letters of credit in behalf of a foreign bank. Affreightment, Contract ofAn agreement by an ocean carrier to provide cargo