Palletizing
The loading and securing of a number of sacks, bags, boxes or drums on a pallet base.
Patent
A grant by law of a privilege, property, or authority, to one or more individuals - including the grant to an inventor of the right to exclude others from making, using or selling the invention for a term of years.
Point of Origin
1. The location in which a good is manufactured or produced.
2. The location at which a shipment is received by a transportation line from the shipper.
Port
1. A place intended for loading and unloading the cargo or passengers of vessels - it may be within a natural harbor on a coast, or on a river, or within sheltered water produced by artificial jetties.
2. A place where customs officers are stationed for the collection of duties and the control of imports and exports.
Port Charge
A charge made for various services performed at ports.
Port of Discharge
The port at which a shipment is off loaded by a transportation line.
Port of Entry
A place designated by law at which Customs is stationed and carriers from foreign ports, foreign goods and persons are permitted to arrive.
Port of Export
A place where Customs is stationed to control departures of carriers, passengers, and goods to foreign countries.
Port-of-Origin Air Cargo Clearance
(USA) U.S. Customs clearance at foreign airports to facilitate the procedures before arrival in the U.S.
Proof of Delivery
Evidence that one party has turned over something (cargo) to another. Commonly, in transportation, a signed, dated acknowledgement of receipt.
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