Procurement is concerned with purchasing and arranging outbound movement ofmaterials, parts, and/or finished inventory from suppliers to customers.

Usually, an Air Waybill is non-negotiable, that is, the goods must be sent to theconsignee titled in the Air Waybill.

E-commerce not only involves exchanges among customers, business partners andvendors, but also includes operations that handled within the business itself.

From legal point of view, the Notify Party on the B/L is not the party of thecontract of the carriage of goods by sea.

The objective in inventory strategy is to achieve desired customer service with theminimum inventory commitment.

General Cargo Rates are normally higher than Specific Commodity Rates in aircargo transportation.

Multimodal transport refers to a transport system usually operated by a carrierwith one mode oftransport under the control or ownership of one operator.

集装箱船载箱量、港口集装箱吞吐量、集装箱保有量等的计算单位通常是以20英尺的集装箱作为核算单位。

受载期是船舶在租船合同规定的日期内到达约定的装货港，并装货完毕的最后期限。

航次租船合同下，若合同规定每天每舱装卸多少吨，其含义是指用船舶具体装卸货物的数量除以每舱装卸率与船舶舱口数的积而得出装卸天数。例如：合同规定“每日每舱装货400吨”，船舶共装卸l0000吨货物，分别装于5个舱内，则装卸时间等于5天。