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Export License

A government document which permits the “Licensee” to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.

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FAK

Freight All Kind. System whereby freight is charged per container, irrespective of the nature of the goods, and not according to a Tariff.

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FAS

Free Alongside Ship

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FCL

Full Container Load, See Full Container Load

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F.D.A.

Food and Drug Administration

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Feeder Service

Cargo to/from regional ports are transferred to/from a central hub port for a long-haul ocean voyage.

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Feeder Vessel

Vessel employed in normally short sea routes to fetch or carry goods and containers to and from ocean going vessels.

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FEU

Forty- Foot Equivalent Units. Refers to container size standard of forty feet. Two twenty-foot containers or TEU’s equal one FEU.

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Final Destination (DEL)

End of carriers liability where carrier delivers the cargo to consignee.

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FIO

See Free In and Out.

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