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Consular DeclarationA formal statement describing goods to be shipped, filled with and approved by the counsel of the country of destination prior to shipment |
Consular InvoiceA document, certified by a consular official, is required by some countries to describe a shipment. Used by Customs of the foreign country to verify value, quantity and nature of the cargo |
Consular VisaAn official signature or seal affixes to certain documents by the consul of the country of destination |
Consumption Entry (CE)The process of declaring the importation of foreign-made goods into the United States for use in this country |
ContainerA truck trailer body that can be detached from the chassis for loading onto a vessel, a rail car, or stacked in a container depot. Containers may be ventilated, insulated, refrigerated, flat rack, vehicle rack, open top, bulk liquid or equipped with interior devices. A container may be 20’, 40’, 45’,48’ or 53’ in length, 8’0” or 8’6” in width and 8’6” or 9’6” in height |
Container BookingArrangements with a steamship line to transport containerized cargo |
Container BridgeTranshipment equipment for loading and unloading containers which replaces the conventional crane and is characterised by an essentially increased transhipment frequency |
Container Freight CertificateCertificate of proper stuffing of a container and observance of certain regulations of the IMDG code. The certificate is issued by the party responsible for stuffing the container (for dangerous goods) |
Container Freight CostsCosts for stuffing and destuffing a container at a container freight station (CFS) |
Container Freight Station to Container Freight Station (C.F.S.)A type of steamship line service in which cargo is transported between container freight stations, where containers may be stuffed, stripped, or consolidated. Usually used for less-than-containerload shipments although small shipments destined to the same consignee are often consolidated into full containers as well as reloading containerload quantities from “foreign” rail or motor carrier equipment |
