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TARE WEIGHT
The weight of a container and packing materials without the weight
of the goods it contains.
TENOR
The
term fixed for payment of a draft.
TERMS
OF SALE
The
invoice is the sales contract between buyer and seller and indicates
the Terms of Sale.
THROUGH
BILL OF LADING
A
single bill of lading converting both the domestic and international
carriage of an export shipment. An air waybill is essentially a
through bill of lading used for air shipments. However, ocean
shipments usually require two separate documents -- an inland B/L
for domestic carriage and an ocean B/L for international carriage.
Through bills of lading are insufficient for ocean shipments.
TONNAGE
Gross
Tonnage - Total internal carrying capacity of a vessel expressed in
measurement tons (one measurement ton = 100 cu. ft.).
TRANSIT
SHIPMENT
A
term designating a shipment destined for an interior point or a
place best reached by reshipment from another port.
TRANSSHIPMENT
To
transfer from one ship or conveyance to another for further transit.
