| There are many different methods in transporting | | | | referred to Motor Freight Carrier. |
| shipping cases or trade show cases. They may be | | | | A cubic foot equals 1728 inches (12" x 12" x12") and |
| shipped by truck, air, or ship. The carrier can be | | | | is used in computing the cost of the exhibit |
| either a van line, common carrier or airplane. It is | | | | transportation and storage. CWT Hundred weight is |
| helpful to understand some of the abbreviations | | | | the weight measurement for computing drayage |
| commonly used by many freight and shipping | | | | (material handling) and exhibit freight equaling 100 |
| companies. | | | | pounds. CWT is always rounded up to the next even |
| FOB - Free on board. | | | | 100 pounds. C is the Roman number for 100. |
| Freight is the exhibit properties, products and other | | | | Declared Value is the value of the entire contents of |
| materials shipped for an exhibit. | | | | a shipment in dollars. |
| Consignee is the person to whom the goods are | | | | B/L is a bill of lading used with truck freight |
| shipped, the receiver. | | | | shipments. Oc/BL - Ocean Bill of lading. |
| Consignor is the person who ships the goods, the | | | | CPT - Carriage paid to. |
| shipper. | | | | COD - Cash on Delivery. |
| Actual weight is the shipping weight determined by | | | | Deferred Air Freight is air freight that waits until |
| weighing the vehicle empty. This is the Tare Weight. | | | | cargo space is available (usually 3-5dys) at a reduced |
| Once the shipment is loaded and weighed on the | | | | rate. |
| scale the Gross Weight. By subtracting the two | | | | POV is a personally operated vehicle which is a van |
| weights, you find the Actual Weight of the shipment. | | | | or truck driven by the exhibitor or company staff |
| Expedited air freight usually refers to overnight air | | | | carrying exhibit materials direct to the show site. |
| which is called Air Express. Keep in mind this can be | | | | These are just a few of the abbreviations or terms |
| quite costly. Air Freight is products needing to be | | | | that familiarity with would be beneficial if you |
| shipped quickly which is usually by air. | | | | routinely ship items. When preparing your shipping |
| Common carrier is a shipper which transports crated, | | | | cases it is a good idea to have a handle on some of |
| cased, or skidded materials and consolidates freight | | | | these terms or at least a simple understanding of |
| of more than one customer into one shipment | | | | what they mean. |
| headed for a particular location. This is sometimes | | | | |