T-floor
Interior floor in a reefer, so named because of the longitudinal T-shaped rails which support the cargo and form a plenum for air flow beneath the cargo.

Tail
The rear of a container.

Tank Container
A specially constructed container for transporting liquids and gases in bulk.

Tare Weight
The weight of packing material or, in carload shipments, the weight of the empty freight car.

Tariff (Trf.)
A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies.

TDR
Terminal departure report

Terminal
An assigned area in which containers are prepared for loading into a vessel or are stacked immediately after discharge from the vessel.

TEU
Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (20") .

THC
Terminal Handling Charge. A charge assessed by the terminal for handling FCLs at ocean terminals.

Through Rate
The total rate from the point of origin to final destination.

Through Service (Thru Service)
A combination of transportation by sea and land (Thru Service) services to/from the West Coast. From West Coast locations, freight is transported by rail and/or truck to central or eastern North America nonwater port cities. Also known as Microbridge Service and I.P.I.

Time Charter
A charter party hiring a vessel for a specified period of time or a particular voyage, in which the shipowner provides the vessel and crew while the charterer supplies the cargo. Also known as non-demise charter.

Tonnage
Generally refers to freight handled.

Towage
The charge made for towing a vessel.

Tramp
A freighter vessel that does not run in any regular line but takes cargo wherever the shippers desire.

Tranship
To transfer goods from one transportation line to another, or from one ship to another.

Transit Cargo
Goods onboard which upon their arrival at a certain port are not to be discharged at that port.

Transit Port
A port where goods received are merely en route and from which they have to be transferred and dispatched to their ultimate destination by coasters, barge and so on. Also called transshipment port.

TRC
Terminal receiving Charge. Charge assessed by the terminal for cargo being delivered for export.

Truck Onboard B/L
This is a unique practice in NAT having the similar function as onboard vessel B/L. In the event of a multimodal B/L is prepared, shipper can request a clause on the B/L to satisfy their commercial transaction as LADEN ONBOARD TRUCK MMDDYY. The date on the B/L is on which containers are picked up by OOCL house trucker from shipper's facility. However, the word TRUCK is not necessary.

UCP
Uniform Customs and Practice of Documentary Credit. The "bankers Bible" on Documentary Credit Interpretation issued by the I.C.C.

UCP500
Revised and updated version operating from January 1, 1994.

UN
United Nations.

UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

UNCTAD MMO
UNCTAD Multi Modal Transport Convention.

Underwriter
In marine insurance, one who subscribes his name to the policy indicating his acceptance of the liability mentioned therein, in consideration for which he receives a premium.

Unit Load
Packages loaded on a pallet in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.

Unit Train
A train of a specified number of railcars, perhaps 100, wherein they remain in a unit for a designated destination or until a change in routing is made.