Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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FAL
Facilitation Committee of the IMO.
FMC
Federal Maritime Commission (Control of Shipping acts USA).
FTL
Full Truck Load, an indication for a truck transporting cargo directly from supplier to receiver.
Fabrication
A term used to distinguish manufacturing operations for components as opposed to assembly operations.
Facilitation
The implementation of measures leading to the simplification, standardisation and harmonisation of the formalities, procedures, documents and operations inherent to international trade transactions.
Factory Delivery
The delivery of goods by a factory whereby the goods are put at the disposal of another (internal) party such as a commercial department.
Fairway
A navigable channel for vessels, often the regular or prescribed track a vessel will follow in order to avoid dangerous circumstances.
Fashion Transport
Transport of clothing and/or garments including shoes, belts and handbags in dedicated means of transport.
Feed Back
The flow of information back into the control system so that actual performance can be compared with planned performance.
Feeder
A vessel normally used for local or coastal transport (for carriage of cargo and/or containers) to and from ports not scheduled to be called by the main (ocean) vessel, directly connecting these ports to the main (ocean) vessel.
Fender
An appliance made of rubber, timber and/or rope or other materials normally attached to a dock or quay used to prevent damage to the hull of a vessel especially during mooring and un-mooring operations.
Ferry
Ship carrying passengers and or vehicles engaged in regular short voyages, e.g. across a river or narrow body of water, between two or more places or ports.
Fifth Wheel
Circular or wheel-shaped bearing mechanism, secured on the rear of the chassis of a truck- tractor that engages the semi-trailer king pin with a spring lock device and supports the weight of the front end of the semi-trailer.
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First Carrier
The carrier who actually performs the first part of the air transport (air cargo).
First In First Out (FIFO)
The method whereby the goods which have been longest in stock (first in) are used, delivered (sold) and/or consumed first (first out).
Five Freedoms
A collective term which depicts the five areas of 'rights' for the air-transportation of passengers or cargo, viz. (expressed in terms of an airline of country A):
- Freedom 1:
the right to overfly a foreign country. - Freedom 2:
the right to make a non-traffic stop at a foreign country C en route to foreign country B. - Freedom 3:
the right to set down (off loading) passengers or cargo in a foreign country B from home country A. - Freedom 4:
the right to pick up (loading) passengers/ cargo from a foreign country B to country A. - Freedom 5:
the right to carry passengers or cargo between two foreign countries.
Fixed Crane
A crane of which the principal structure is mounted on permanent or semi-permanent foundations.
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