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| D.F. |
Dead Freight |
| D.W. |
Deadweight (tons of 2,240 lbs.) |
| D.W.C. |
Deadweight for Cargo |
| Dangerous
Goods |
Articles or substance capable of
posing a significant risk to health, safety or property,
and that ordinarily require special attention when
being transported. |
| DAT |
Dangerous articles tariff. |
| Date
Draft |
Draft that matures in a specified
number of days after the date it is issued, without
regard to the date of Acceptance. See Draft. |
| DCA |
Department of Civil Aviation. Commonly
used term to denote the government department of any
foreign country that is responsible for aviation regulation
and granting traffic rights. |
| DDP |
Delivered duty paid. Also known
as "free domicile." |
| DDU |
Delivered duty unpaid. Reflects
the emergence of "door-to-door" intermodal
or courier contracts or carriage where only the destination
customs duty and taxes (if any) are paid by consignee. |
| Dead
Freight |
Is freight charges paid by the
charterer of vessel for the contracted space, which
is left partially unoccupied. |
| Dead
Leg |
Is a sector flown without payload. |
| Deck
Cargo |
Is cargo carried on deck rather
than stowed under deck. On deck carriage is required
for certain commodities, such as explosives. |
| Deferred
Payment Credit |
Type of letter of credit providing
for payment some time after presentation of shipping
documents by exporter. |
| Deferred
Rebate |
The return of a portion of the
freight charges by a carrier or a conference shipper
in exchange for the shipper giving all or most of his
shipments to the carrier or conference over a specified
period of time (usually 6 months). Payment of the rate
is deferred for a further similar period, during which
the shipper must continue to give all or most of his
shipments to the rebating carrier or conference. The
shipper thus earns a further rebate which will not,
however, be paid without an additional period of exclusive
or almost exclusive patronage with the carrier of conference.
In this way, the shipper becomes tied to the rebating
carrier or conference. Although, the deferred rebate
system is illegal in U.S. foreign commerce, it generally
is accepted in the ocean trade between foreign countries. |
| Demurrage |
A penalty for exceeding free time
allowed for loading or unloading at a pier or freight
terminal. Also a charge for undue detention of transportation
equipment or carriers in port while loading or unloading. |
| Density |
Density means pounds per cubic
foot. The cubage of loose articles or pieces, or packaged
articles of a rectangular, elliptical or square shape
on one plane shall be determined by multiplying the
greatest straight line dimensions of length, width
and depth in inches, including all projections, and
dividing the total by 1728 (to obtain cubic feet).
The density is the weight of the article divided by
the cubic feet thus obtained. |
| DEQ |
Delivered ex quay/duty paid. |
| Destination
Control Statement |
Any of various statements that
the U.S. government requires to be displayed on export
shipments and that specify the destination for which
export of the shipment has been authorized. |
| DGR |
Dangerous Goods Requirement. |
| Dim
Weight |
(Dimensionalized Weight) Determined
by calculating length x width x height and dividing
by 166. Charged when actual weight is less than the
dim. weight. |
| Dock
Receipt |
When cargo is delivered to a steamship
company at the pier, the receiving clerk issues a dock
receipt. |
| Documents
Against Acceptance (D/A) |
Instructions given by a shipper
to a bank indicating that documents transferring title
goods should be delivered to the buyer (or drawee)
only upon the buyer's acceptance of the attached draft. |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation. |
| Draft
(or Bill of Exchange) |
An unconditional order in writing
from one person (the drawer) to another (the drawee),
directing the Drawee to pay a specified amount to a
named Drawer at a fixed or determinable future date. |
| Drawback |
A U.S. customs law that permits
an American exporter to recover duties paid on imported
foreign raw materials or components included in products
that are subsequently exported out of the United States. |
| Drawee |
The individual or firm on whom
a draft is drawn and who owes the stated amount to
the drawer. |
| Dry
Lease |
The rental of a "clean" aircraft
without crew, ground staff or supporting equipment. |
| DST |
The acronym meaning "double
stack train" service, which is the transport rail
between two points of a trainload of containers with
two containers, one on top of the other, per chassis. |
