Glossary of Shipping Terms:
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Shipper's Export Declaration (SED)
A United States customs form to be completed for all exports to assist the government in compiling export statistics.
Shipper's Letter of Instruction (SLI)
A document containing instructions given by the shipper or the shipper's agent for preparing documents and forwarding (air cargo).
Shipping Note
Document provided by the shipper or his agent to the carrier, multimodal transport operator, terminal or other receiving authority, giving information about export consignments offered for transport, and providing for the necessary receipts and declarations of liability.
Shipping Documents
Documents required for the carriage of goods.
Shipping Instruction
Document advising details of cargo and exporter's requirements of its physical movement.
Shipping Label
A label attached to a P&O Nedlloyd unit, containing certain data.
Shipping Marks
The identification shown on individual packages in order to help in moving it without delay or confusion to its final destination and to enable the checking of cargo against documents.
Shortage
The negative difference between actual available or delivered quantity and the required quantity.
Shrink Wrapping
Heat treatment that shrinks an envelope of polyethylene or similar substance around several units, thus forming one unit. It is used e.g. to secure packages on a pallet.
Shuttle Service
The carriage back and forth over an often short route between two points.
Siding
A short railroad track connected with a main track by a switch to serve a warehouse or an industrial area.
Simplification
The limiting of formalities, procedures, documents, information, and operations to the minimum essential requirements, steps, data and tasks acceptable by all parties concerned.
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Collection of tools to enable simplified implementations of structured electronic commerce techniques such as, electronic data interchange, electronic funds transfer, automatic data capture, bar-code technology and unique goods/product/service/party identification schemes.
Simulation
The imitation of the reality for studying the effect of changing parameters in a model as a means of preparing a decision.
Single Administrative Document (SAD)
A set of documents, replacing the various (national) forms for customs declaration within European Community, implemented on January 1st, 1988. The introduction of the SAD constitutes an intermediate stage in the abolition of all administrative documentation in intra European Community trade in goods between member states.
Skeleton Trailer
Road trailer consisting of a frame and wheels specially designed to carry containers.
See: Chassis
Skids
Battens fitted underneath frames, boxes or packages to raise them off the floor and allow easy access for fork lift trucks, slings or other handling equipment.
Sliding Tandem
An undercarriage with a subframe having provision for convenient fore and aft adjustment of its position on the chassis/semi-trailer. The purpose being to be able to shift part of the load to either the king pin or the suspension to maximise legally permitted axle loads (road cargo).
Sling
Special chain, wire rope, synthetic fibre strap or ropes used for cargo handling purposes.
Slip Sheeting
Hard plastic sheeting used to stack cartons, optimising container space.
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