Results for area 2.5 Shipping documents
an item that can be moved efficiently and safely on handling devices used to move material over a fixed line of travel
NOTE: Such material handling devices, or conveyors, are for the purposes of this standard considered to be continuousloop belted systems moving packages or objects in a predetermined path and having fixed or selective points of loading or discharge. The width of the belt, height permitted within the facility, and weight capacity of the belt may determine whether the items are conveyable.
secured together so as to be handled as an entity
goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck
NOTE 1 to entry: In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.
package intended for the transportation and handling of one or more articles, smaller packages, or bulk material
identifiable collection of one or more goods items (available to be) transported together from the original shipper, to the ultimate consignee
NOTE 1 to entry: A shipment may be transported in one or a multiple number of consignments.
combination of the load, transport means and transport documentation
NOTE This includes the modes of transport as well as the containment or storage systems used for the dangerous goods. A transport unit is an item that is separately identified. A transport unit may include or contain other transport units, examples being a road vehicle as a transport unit and multiple pallets loaded onto the road vehicle, each pallet being its own transport unit.
first level or higher assembly that is sold in a complete end-usable configuration
item of goods to be moved
NOTE An item may be a single unit, such as a letter, a bundle or box of units or other units that will be bundled into a receptacle which will be carried in equipment (such as an ISO intermodal container) as a subcomponent of an AEI item.
Items are defined by the standards of ISO/IEC Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.
one or more transport packages or other items held together by means such as pallet, slip sheet, strapping, interlocking, glue, shrink wrap, or net wrap, making them suitable for transport, stacking, and storage as a unit
first tie, wrap or container to a single item or quantity thereof that constitutes a complete identifiable pack
NOTE A product package may be an item packaged singularly, multiple quantities of the same item packaged together or a group of parts packaged together.
load unit container discrete individual containers which may be accumulated in a larger package
cargo transportation unit, which may be loaded on a transport means
cage with casters for transporting loose items
a wooden, plastic or metal platform that enables a bundle of goods to be moved around by a fork-lift truck or similar platform-moving device that will be carried in equipment (such as an ISO intermodal container) as a subcomponent of an AEI item
NOTE Pallets may be referred to but are not defined in this family of standards; they are defined by the standards of ISO/IEC Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.
single unit, or a carrier of items and of smaller packets and items
NOTE 1 to entry A receptacle will normally take the form of a bag, box or roller cage that will be carried in equipment (such as an ISO intermodal container) as a subcomponent of an AEI item
NOTE 2 to entry Packets are defined by the standards of ISO/IEC Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.
receptacle for the transport of goods, especially one readily transferable from one form of transport to another
ISO freight container as specified in ISO 668 as well as containers not defined by other ISO standards
large cargo carrying object used for transport or storage that conforms to ISO 668, Series 1 containers
cargo containers interchanged between transport modes, and where equipment is compatible within multiple systems
NOTE Transport modes include: motor, rail, water, and air carriers.
substances or articles which are potentially hazardous (for example, poisonous to humans, harmful to the environment, explosive, flammable, or radioactive) that require regulatory control when transported
equipment seal mechanical or electronic device applied to a container, unit load device, trailer, etc. to guarantee authenticity or security