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Shipping Conditions
All the conditions agreed (or to be agreed) between a carrier and a forwarder or recipient regarding the type of shipment and the charges that need to be paid to the carrier. It also specifies whether these charges must be pre-paid or paid on collection.
Shipping costs
Costs incurred by the shipper in moving the goods from one place to another under the terms of the transport contract. In addition to transportation costs this may include elements such as packaging, documentation, loading, unloading etc.
Shipping document
A document prepared by the shipper which includes a contract of carriage. It contains details of the goods to be transported to the port of loading and is signed by the land-based carrier as acknowledgment of receipt.
Shipping Frequency
The number of times in the unit of time taken as reference, that shipments are or will be made.
