Glosor intro

Question 1

Consignor

Answer 1

the person who sends goods to someone (leverantör, avsändare)

Question 2

Consignee

Answer 2

the person to whom merchandise is sent (gods-/varumottagare)

Question 3

Perishables

Answer 3

foods that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated (färsvaror)

Question 4

freight forwarder

Answer 4

person or business that arrange documentation and transportation facilities for companies dispatching goods to costumers (speditör)

Question 5

vendor/supplier

Answer 5

company which supplies parts or services to another company (leverantör, säljare)

Question 6

reverse logistics

Answer 6

collecting and handling of used or damaged goods or of reusable transit equipment (omvänd logistik, återvinning)

Question 7

multimodal/intermodal transport

Answer 7

combination of two or more movement modes of goods

Question 8

procurement/purchasing

Answer 8

the act of obtaining or buying goods and services (inköp)

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outbound

Answer 9

departing (passengers/freight) or leaving (utgående)

Question 10

incentive

Answer 10

a positive motivational influence (drivkraft, bonus)

Question 11

volatile/volatility

Answer 11

tending to vary often or widely (ombytlig, rörlig, labilt)

Question 12

commodities

Answer 12

articles of commerce (varuslag)

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surcharge/accessorials

Answer 13

an additional charge (tilläggsavgift)

Question 14

tarpaulin

Answer 14

a waterproof cloth used to cover & protect construction materials or other goods stored outdoors (pressening)

Question 15

tare weight

Answer 15

the weight of an empty vehicle or container (tara)

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gross weight

Answer 16

sum of the weight of the goods + weight of container (bruttovikt)

Question 17

quotation

Answer 17

an offer stating prices and conditions (offert)

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fragile

Answer 18

when something breaks easily (ömtålig)

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hazardous

Answer 19

when something involves risk or danger (riskabel)

Question 20

inbound

Answer 20

arriving (passengers/freight) or coming in (such as a flow) (ankommande)

Question 21

emission

Answer 21

pollution discharged into the atmosphere (utsläpp)

Question 22

backlog

Answer 22

value of unfilled order, or the number of unprocessed jobs (orderstock, eftersläpning)

Question 23

transshipment

Answer 23

the transferring of goods from one vessel, or mode of transport, to another

Question 24

cabotage

Answer 24

a law, in some countries, which sets rules for foreign owned ships/trucks for participating in domestic transportation in another country

Question 25

consolidation/groupage

Answer 25

a grouping of different shipments into one combined shipment (samlastning)

Question 26

route scheduling/planning

Answer 26

a method of optimizing your fleet in the most efficient way between 2 or more start/stop points (rutt/färdvägsplanering)

Question 27

manifest

Answer 27

summary of gods, content, pieces & weight mf in a unit (ex container) (godslista/manifest)

Question 28

cargo/freight

Answer 28

last, gods, frakt

Question 29

transittimes

Answer 29

the time calculated from origin to destination

Question 30

origin

Answer 30

place of departure (ursprungsort/ställe)

Question 31

destination

Answer 31

place of arrival or delivery

Question 32

mode of transport

Answer 32

refers to the selected way of transporting (transportslag)

Question 33

tariffs

Answer 33

list of prices for transportation

Question 34

consignment/shipment

Answer 34

sändning, försändelse, skeppning

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return load/freight

Answer 35

refers to freight on return after a delivery (returfrakt)

Question 36

notify party

Answer 36

person or business to whom shipment information shall be given (underrätta/avisera)

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content

Answer 37

innehåll

Question 38

SLI - shippers letter of instruction

Answer 38

the shippers/customers instruction on a perticular shipment (sändningsinstruktion)

Question 39

SOP - standard operating procedures

Answer 39

an agreed set of instructions (checklist) between customer and ex forwarder or internal work instructions

Question 40

SLA - service level agreement

Answer 40

an agreed level of services to be delivered such as quality, on-time performance, billing accuracy, communication, KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) etc. (serviceöverenskommelse)

Question 41

collection/pick-up

Answer 41

of shipment/freight (upphämtning)

Question 42

sustainability

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normally refers to a company’s environmental program (hållbarhet)

Question 43

capacity utilization

Answer 43

the ability to make the most use of available space/room (kapacitets användning, nyttjandegrad)

Question 44

peak periods

Answer 44

in transportation, the times of the year when freight available is at it’s highest (black friday, jul, chinese new year) (periode rav högtryck)

Question 45

duration

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the time of a specific transportation, ex the flying time between STO and NYC is 8 hours duration time (varaktighet)

Question 46

booking

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when a customer books a shipment for transportation (bokning)

Question 47

customs

Answer 47

tullmyndigheten

Question 48

east-/west-/north-/southbound

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the geographic direction of transport (ex a shipment from Stockholm to Shanghai is going Eastbound and from Stockholm to LA is Westbound)

Question 49

cut off’s/deadlines

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can refer to the latest time you can i.e. deliver a container to a steamship line for a specific departure (senast inlämningstid i hamn/deadline)

Question 50

dispatch

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to send something off (avsända, skicka)

Question 51

pallets/skids

Answer 51

lastpall (ena är US andra är UK)

Question 52

pre-alert

Answer 52

to advice a person/company of i.e. the arrival information of a shipment (avisering)