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Agency: It is an organization that represents the company in a region other than the central organization of a logistics company.
Openable Roof Container (Opentop): It is a type of container in which loads that do not fit into a standard container or cannot be loaded from the container door with a forklift or similar equipment can be placed from the top with a crane or similar equipment.
ADR: It is the standard of the European Agreement on the International Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road, which covers the rules for transporting flammable, combustible and explosive substances by road and requires the necessary documents for vehicles and drivers.
Classes:
Class 1: Explosive Substances
Class 2: Gases
Class 3: Flammable Liquid Substances
Class 4.1: Flammable Solids
Class 4.2: Self-Combustion Substances
Class 4.3: Substances that burn when in contact with water
Class 5.1: Caustic (Oxidized) Substances
Class 5.2: Organic Peroxides
Class 6.1: Toxic Substances
Class 6.2: Infectious Substances
Class 7: Radioactive Substances
Class 8: Corrosive (Acidic) Substances
Class 9: Substances with Different Hazards
Payment by Letter of Credit (Payment Under Letter Of Credit – L/C): It is a conditional commitment given by a bank upon the buyer’s request, indicating that a payment will be made to a seller in return for the presentation of documents related to the goods or services, the details of which are specified by the buyer.
Transfer: It is the process of unloading the cargo arriving at a certain destination with a vehicle and loading it into another vehicle to be shipped to another destination in a short time without being subjected to special processing.
Active Stack: It is the stacking of loads that are worked on and materials are placed/removed according to the requirement.
Packaging: Metal, plastic, wood, etc. that serves to wrap and protect the load to be transported and contains information about the product inside. It is a container made of materials.
Warehouse: It is a closed or open secure area where freight transport vehicles load, unload and transfer.
Warehouse Delivery-Receipt Receipt (ATF): Issued to certify that the goods in question become the responsibility of the relevant party by signing and stamping when receiving or delivering the goods from the company, supplier or customers providing the service in question, in order to provide storage, transportation and/or value-added services. It is a document.
Main Route: The most convenient and most used route between a cargo’s origin and destination destinations.
Master Bill of Lading (Master Airway Bill – MAWB): It is used for shipments from the actual sender to the actual recipient in air transportation.
Contracted Warehouse: It is a warehouse where the service provider carries out storage activities on behalf of the customer, based on a contract.
Bonded Warehouse: It is a type of warehouse close to customs buildings where goods subject to customs legislation are kept during the customs procedures.
Intermediate Bill of Lading (House Airway Bill – HAWB): It is the loading document used for air freight arranged by agencies. It includes loading instructions, description of the goods and applicable transportation charges.
Storage: It is the place where products or materials are stored and preserved.
Astarya (Laydays and Cancelling Clause – LayCan): It is the range of days that the ship can stay in the port in question for loading or unloading.
Ata Carnet: Within the scope of an international import agreement, it is a document accepted as a declaration and serves as a guarantee that allows the temporary acceptance of goods between the party countries without being subject to customs duty.
ATR (ATR Movement Certificate): According to the Customs Union Agreement signed between Turkey and the European Community, it is the document issued by the exporter in order to benefit from customs exemption in the export of goods in free circulation.
BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor): It is the process of container carrier companies calculating ship fuel costs in certain periods, taking into account the fluctuations in oil prices, and reflecting additional costs to the basic freight price in line with these values.
Barcode: Within the scope of automatic identification technology, they are line-space combinations of different thicknesses that can be read with an optical reader device and transferred to the computer environment as numbers, characters or a mixture of these.
Dwell Time: The time during which the load is not physically moving.
Declared Amount: It is the value of the goods declared by the sender.
CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor): It is the process of including the fluctuations in the American dollar in the freight, which represents the ship’s cargo transportation fee.
CFR (Cost and Freight): It is a delivery method based on the seller bearing all costs and risks and bringing the goods to the port where they will be loaded, completing the customs procedures and paying the freight fee. From this moment on, all costs and risks related to the goods other than freight belong to the buyer.
CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight): It is a delivery method in which the seller brings the goods to the port where they will be loaded, bearing the insurance premium, freight and loading costs and risks. The seller obtains maritime transportation insurance appropriate to the type of goods loaded by paying the insurance premium. Once the goods are loaded onto the ship, costs and risks other than freight and insurance premium pass to the buyer.
CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To): CIP delivery means that the seller delivers the goods subject to trade to the carrier or person appointed and contracted by the seller to take them to the specified destination in the previously agreed place, or in this way, with the transportation (freight) and insurance costs paid. is to supply the delivered products.
CMR Agreement: It is a multinational road transport agreement used by countries that accept the provisions of the international CMR Agreement, which determines the rights of the sender, carrier and recipient in case of loss, damage and delay of the transported goods.
CMR Road Transport Document (CMR International Consignment Note): It is the document showing that the transportation is carried out in accordance with the provisions of CMR. It is issued on behalf of the recipient by the sender or logistics company.
ConRo Ship: A ship that can carry vehicles on the lower deck and containers on the upper deck.
CPT (Carriage Paid To): It means that the seller will deliver the goods with freight paid to the specified place after the delivery method. After the seller delivers the goods to his own carrier in good condition, he carries out the exit customs procedures and is obliged to forward the information and documents regarding the loading to the buyer. After receiving this information, the buyer must insure the goods against damage. All damages and additional costs after the goods are delivered to the carrier are the responsibility of the buyer.
Cross Docking: It is the process of sorting and shipping the products procured from the supplier according to the requirements of the customers, without taking them into stock and without spoiling the contents on the basis of the transport container.
Packing List: It is a list showing the items, pieces, weight, size and numbers of the items in the cargo, as well as the recipient information and address.
Distribution Network: The warehouse, route, point of sale, etc. involved in the process from the shipping points of the products to the delivery points. It is the system by which items are defined.
Distribution Channel: It is the whole of the connection points on the flow of the goods/services produced and/or offered by the business from the business to the end user.
Distribution Center: These are logistics facilities where operations such as storage, handling, packaging and shipment of the products coming from the supplier are carried out during the period until distribution.
Tare: The empty weight of the transport vehicle or container.
Demurrage: Exceeding the loading and unloading time or failure to clear and unload the pending cargo from customs before the allotted time.
Storage: It is the receipt of products/loads coming from a certain point(s), keeping them for a certain period of time, protecting them, and then preparing them to be sent to the desired points.
Desi: To be used in freight transportation fee calculation; It is the value obtained by multiplying the three dimensions (width, length, height) of loads such as packages, crates, and parcels in centimeters and dividing by 3,000.
Direct Shipment: The cargo is sent to the customer without any storage process.
Document: Invoice, purchase order, etc. each of the forms.
Bulk Cargo: It is a loading type where the load is not in a transport container that can be handled with equipment and handling requires touching the load.
Fourth Party Logistics (4PL): Companies that combine their own organization’s resources, capabilities and technology with third-party logistics (3PL) companies to provide comprehensive supply chain solutions to their customers.
Handling: It is a general expression used for all operations in logistics facilities such as changing the location of products, breaking and re-creating the package structure, changing container dimensions, checking, labeling and stretching.
Electronic Product Code: A code containing code version, manufacturer/manufacturer information, product type and serial number of the product for global, instant and automatic identification and tracking of a product in the supply chain.
Commodity: It is the name given to all goods and products that are subject to trade.
Inventory: A physical and/or financial list of all fixtures and stocks in the business.
ETA (Estimated Time Of Arrival): Estimated arrival date.
Euro Pallet (EUR – pallet): These are pallets with specific features such as size, quality, material type, moisture content and nails used, in accordance with the pallet standards of European countries. They defined it as Euro Pallet. The standard number of Euro Pallet is UIC 435-2V. Its dimensions are 80 cm x 120 cm.
Feeder Service: The receipt or delivery of goods from large marine vessels to smaller marine vessels or barges, or vice versa.
FIFO (First in First Out): This is the rule used in storage and costing that predicts that the material that enters the storage first will come out first.
Fleet Management: It is the task of managing the self-owned vehicles, equipment, garages and infrastructure systems that exist in logistics companies in an orderly manner.
Physical Distribution: It is the physical transportation of produced goods to consumers, storage, stock control, packaging, information communication and order transactions.
Physical Counting: It is the process of counting and recording all inventory in the warehouse or facility in a certain order, usually once or twice a year, by temporarily stopping entry and exit transactions.
Flexible Tank: It is a disposable packaging material that allows liquid products to be transported in containers, trucks and wagons, has a much higher volume usage compared to drums and barrels, and the liquid product is discharged by pump and does not require cleaning.
Forklift: Loading, unloading, carrying, placing, stacking, etc. in open and closed areas. It is a forked transport vehicle used for handling operations.
Refrigerated Transportation (Transportation Refrigerated): It means transportation of fresh and frozen food at temperatures up to -26 degrees.
FTL (Full Truck Load): The concept of full truck load is used for transportations where the truck’s load capacity is fully filled and it carries a single load.
Size: These are the measurements that determine the length, width and height of vehicles in order to ensure their safe navigation on the highway, loaded or unloaded.
Shipper: The party requesting the transportation of the product.
Groupage: A transport vehicle or container carries the cargo of more than one sender.
Customs Declaration (Bill of Entry): It is a written declaration document stating the characteristics, dimensions and characteristics of the goods that will enter or exit the country to the customs administrations and are intended to be transited or subjected to another process.
Customs Permit: It is the customs document stating that all legal requirements are met and the vehicle can be separated.
Customs Registration: It is the approval of the customs declaration prepared by the exporter or importer company or customs officer at the customs and submitting it for customs approval in order to import the relevant commodity.
Safe Zone: A place reserved for the storage of special materials.
Freight Bill: It is a transport document used in transportation by train and is a document issued subject to the “international agreement on the transportation of goods by rail” (Convention Internationale Concernantle Transports Des Marchandises Par Chemins De Fer) – CIM for short.
Damage: Due to transportation, storage, handling of materials, etc. deterioration and deformation occurring during operations, etc. All damages that cause loss of value.
Air Waybill: It is a bill of lading prepared in non-negotiable form between the shipper and the air carrier.
IATA (International Air Transport Association): It is the organization that oversees the tariffs and authorizations of passenger and cargo transportation in international air transportation.
IMCO Charge: It is the additional fee requested by the shipowner for dangerous goods transportation.
IMO Document: It is the document used for the transportation of flammable, explosive and chemical cargoes.
Intermodal Transport: It is a type of transport in which more than one transport mode is used together, without handling the load within the transport unit.
Export: It is the trade that occurs by sending goods from the current country to another country.
Replenishment: It is the in-warehouse transfer process performed to ensure the availability of the material in different packaging formats and/or storage locations during the storage process.
Delivery note: It is a document showing the finance-approved delivery of goods used when shipping the sold goods from one place to another.
Import: It is the trade that occurs by bringing goods from another country to the current country.
Joint Rate: The price applied from the first transportation point to the next.
Just In Time Delivery System: It is a system for the shipment and delivery of materials at the required time and quantity, from the required place, under the desired conditions.
K1 Authorization Certificate: It is the authorization document that real or legal persons who will carry out intercity road transportation of goods for commercial purposes with one or more self-owned vehicles must obtain from the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications. A carrying capacity of 75 tons is required for companies and 25 tons for individuals.
Cabotage: It is the privilege granted by a state to its own ports regarding maritime trade.
Kanban: Information, document, signal, electronic message that ensures the supply of the materials needed in Just-in-Time Production/Supply systems when and in the amount needed. It is a pull system in which a new batch of goods is ordered at a stock point, depending on the use of the previous batch.
Value Added: It is the increased or improved value, functionality or benefit of a company’s labor, depreciation, profit, taxes and liabilities.
Knocked Down (KD): The disassembly of the load for reassembly to achieve a cost-effective loading.
Code: It is a numerical or alpha-numeric representation of the text for the purpose of separating and classifying commonly used information.
Combined Transportation: It means transporting the transportation from the origin to the destination by at least two transportation modes (road, railway, sea and air).
Complete: The allocation of a transport vehicle or unit to a single shipper.
Consolidation: Achieving scale savings by creating large loading parties from small amounts of loads.
Bill of Lading: It is a loading instruction that contains all the details of the sender and the receiver, and includes information such as the loading place and date, the place where the goods will be delivered, the goods type, quantity, gross weight and delivery method.
Container: They are reusable steel box-shaped structures produced to transport materials efficiently, safely and without damage within the transportation system with international standards.
Küşat: It is the right of property owners to inspect, take samples and weigh their belongings before declaration in order to prepare their declaration.
L2 Document: It is a type of authorization document that companies operating international logistics must have, in accordance with the Highway Transport Law.
LIFO (Last In First Out): It is the principle that predicts that the material that goes in last will come out first.
Logistics: All processes of a product from the first producer to the end consumer, such as transportation, storage, customs clearance, packaging and distribution.
Low-bed (Gooseneck Trailer): These are semi-trailers that enable the transportation of loads of a size, length, width or tonnage that cannot be carried with normal trucks or trailers, outside the standards according to international and domestic road transport regulations.
Return to Country of Origin: In cases where the imported material does not meet the qualifications, it is sent back to the country of origin.
Goods Acceptance: It is the process of accepting the materials arriving at the warehouse.
Manifest: It is a document showing the list of details prepared by the carrier and its agent.
Inspection: It is the analysis and control of the material at storage or Customs points under the supervision of third parties.
Force Majeure: It is a provision in contracts stating that the parties cannot be held responsible due to unforeseen circumstances (earthquake, flood, war, etc.).
Seal: It is a locking system that is installed after the vehicle is cleared and shows that it has not been opened without permission until delivery.
Freight: The fee paid for transportation service.
Ordino (Delivery Order): It is a money order written for the payment of a bill of exchange to the person to whom it is endorsed.
Summary Declaration: It is a document showing that the goods to be exported or imported have arrived at customs.
Packaging: It is all the protective equipment used to transport a product without damage.
Palletizing: It is the stacking of the cargo to be transported or stored on pallets.
Panel van: It is a type of vehicle produced to carry loads.
Partial Shipments: It is a method of transporting the loads of different customers on the same route with the same truck.
Routing: Determining in which order and over which route the transportation will be carried out from the origin to the destination.
Trailer: It is a road transport vehicle for load carrying purposes, pulled by a tow vehicle, manufactured in accordance with the characteristics of the load it will carry, and parked on its own wheels.
Tugboat: A motorized marine vehicle that helps large ships maneuver quickly and safely in port areas.
R2 Document: It is a type of authorization document that companies that organize international transportation must have, in accordance with the Highway Transportation Law.
Free Zone: Goods in free circulation, where goods that are not in free circulation are placed without being subjected to any customs regime and put into free circulation, provided that they are not used or consumed except in cases stipulated in the customs legislation, and where goods in free circulation are considered to be outside the Turkish Customs Territory in terms of the implementation of import duties and trade policy measures. They are places where they normally benefit from the opportunities associated with the export of goods due to being placed in a free zone.
Shipment Note (Packing Slip): It is an official document stating the name, quantity, freight cost and the issued invoice number of the cargo on the vehicle.
Shipment: Shipment day, location, loading vehicle, route, quantity, etc. of the requests. It is the process of sorting according to such criteria and removing it from the warehouse in order to deliver it to the requested places with the relevant official documents.
Salvage: It is the financial value assessed by the insurance expert for the damaged products.
Supalan: It is generally used in land and sea transportation, and the customs clearance of the material is carried out on the vehicle carrying out the transportation.
Swap Body: It is the name of the containers that are made so thin that they cannot be stacked on top of each other and cannot be lifted from the top by the stacker.
Delivery Note: It is an official document used to officially document every quantitative movement of assets in all kinds of tangible businesses such as Commercial Goods, Raw Materials, Scrap, Fixed Assets.
Supply Chain: It is the name given to the whole of activities such as organizations, people and technology, covering the movements from supplier to customer and within this process.
Supplier: The company that provides goods and services.
Hazardous Material: It is a material that needs to be given special attention during transportation and storage because there is a risk of harming health, safety and other materials in the environment.
Lead Time: The time between the issuance of a purchase order or production order for a product/service and the delivery of the order or production of the product.
Receipt: It is the process of receiving the goods from the authorized personnel who delivered the material, by the company official.
Certificate of Delivery: It is a document issued to certify that the goods in question become the responsibility of the relevant party by signing and stamping when receiving or delivering the goods from the company, supplier or customers providing the service in question, in order to provide storage, transportation and/or value-added services. .
THC (Terminal Handling Charges): It is the handling fee at the port.
TIR Carnet (TIR Carnet): It is a customs transit document that enables transportation under a procedure from the customs office at the point of departure to the customs office at the point of destination. It is divided into types as 4, 6, 14 and 20 pages according to the number of pages it contains.
Tonnage: The carrying capacity of a freight vehicle in tonnes.
Pallet Truck: It is a material handling equipment suitable for working in low positions, used for order picking, vehicle loading and unloading operations in the warehouse.
UBAK: It came into force on 1 January 1974. In 2006, UBAK was renamed the International Transport Forum (ITF). UBAK document is a permit issued at the beginning of each year by the Transport, Maritime and Communications Bank to companies that meet certain conditions within the quota granted to member countries by the Secretariat, accompanied by a duly filled logbook, and used in transportation between member countries.
International Transportation: Directly or in transit from one country to another; It is all kinds of transportation by road, sea, railway and/or air.
International Delivery Forms (Incoterms): It is a program implemented by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to standardize the terms used in international trade.
Third Party Logistics (3PL): These are logistics companies that undertake the logistics activities (primarily transportation and storage) of their customers and are experts in their fields. The first party refers to the seller company, the second party refers to the buyer company, and the third party refers to the company that undertakes some services between the seller and buyer companies.
Payment Against Documents (Cash Against Documents – CAD): It is a payment method that envisages the delivery of documents to the importer in return for the importer company’s bank paying the export price to the exporter company’s bank. The importer has the right to withdraw the goods from customs with the payment documents he receives. This form of payment is also called payment against documents.
Crane: It is a tool used to lift heavy loads and carry them to a place.
Cargo: It is the goods, products or items that are transported.
Loading: Transportation of materials by train, plane, truck, etc. for shipment. It is the process of safely loading a vehicle.
Loading Area: The pallet, platform, etc. where the loads are placed. is the area.
Harmful Substance: It is a substance that may pose a risk to health, safety and damage during storage and transportation.
Addendum: It is a document issued to indicate changes that occur during the period the insurance policy is in force.