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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
Leg: Is a sector
flown without payload.
Dead
Freight: Is freight
charges paid by the charterer
of vessel for the contracted
space, which is left partially
unoccupied.
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.
D.F.:
Dead Freight
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.
d.w.:
Deadweight (tons of 2,240
lbs.)
d.w.c.:
Deadweight for cargo
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