Container number
The unique identification of a container.

Container seal number
The number of high security seals provided by OOCL.

Container size
The length of a container i.e. 20'', 40'' and 45'' (feet).

Container terminal
Also refered to as a Container Yard (CY). A facility that receives full export containers from one shipper to loading the vessel and delivers full import containers to the consignee after; it is the same location where ocean vessels are loaded & unloaded.

Container type
The purpose of a container of which the code is to be adhered to ISO standard.

Containership
An ocean vessel specifically designed to carry ocean cargo containers. It is fitted with vertical cells for maximum capacity.

Controlled atmosphere (CA)
An atmosphere in which oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen concentrations are regulated, as well as temperature and humidity.

Cu.
Cubic. A unit of volume measurement.

Cubic foot
1,728 cubic inches.

Custom house
A country Treasury Department office where duties, etc., on foreign shipments are handled.

Customs bonded warehouse
a public or privately owned warehouse where dutiable goods are stored pending payment of duty or removal under bond. The storage or delivery of goods are under the supervision of customs officers and if the warehouse is privately owned the keeper has to enter into a bond as indemnity in respect of the goods deposited, which may not be delivered without a release from the customs.

Cut-off time
Lastest possible time the cargo may be delivered to the vessel or designated point.

Cwt.
Hundredweight (U.S.A., 100 pounds; United Kingdom, 112 pounds).

CY
Container Yard. See "Container Terminal".

CY/CFS
Cargo loaded in a full container by a shipper at origin, delivered to pier facility at destination, and then devanned by the carrier for loose pick up.

CY/CY
Cargo loaded by the shipper in a full container at origin and delivered to the carrier's terminal at destination for pick up intact by consignee.

D & H
Dangerous and Hazardous. (Also see "Dangerous Goods")

D.W.
Dead Weight. The number of tons a ship can transport of cargo, stores and bunker fuel. (Also see "Deadweight Tonnage")

Dangerous Goods
The term used by I.M.C.O. for hazardous materials which are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property while being transported.

DDC
Destination Delivery Charges. A charge assessed by the carrier for handling positioning of a full container.

Dead Space
Space in a car, truck, vessel, etc., that is not utilized.

Deadweight Tonnage (D/W)
The number of total weight tons that a vessel can transport of cargo, stores and bunker fuel. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load line."