Date Draft – A draft that matures in a specified number of days after issuance without regard to date of acceptance.
DDC – Destination Delivery Charge.
DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) – Also known as “free domicile” or “free house.”
DDU (Delivered Duty Unpaid) – This reflects the emergence of “door-to-door” intermodal or courier contracts or carriage where only the destination customs duty and taxes (if any) are paid by consignee.
Dead Freight – Freight charges paid by the charterer of a vessel for the contracted space which is left partially unoccupied.
Deck Cargo – Cargo carried on deck rather than stowed under deck. On-deck carriage is required for certain commodities, such as explosives.
Demurrage – A penalty for exceeding free time allowed for loading or unloading at a pier or freight terminal. Also a charge for undue detention of transportation equipment or carriers in port while loading or unloading.
Density – Weight units per unit of volume.
Dim Weight (Dimensional Weight) – An airfreight term used to describe the results of computing the chargeable weight from the cubic measurement of a shipment.
Draft – An unconditional order in writing from one person (the Drawer) to another (the Drawee), directing the drawee to pay a specified amount to a named drawer on presentation or on a fixed date.
Drawee – The individual or firm on whom a draft is drawn and who owes the stated amount to the drawer.

EDI or EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport) – From the United Nations-backed electronic data interchange standards body, this is a set of standards that are used to define data sets in certain documents to standardize them for electronic transmission from one format to another.
Endorsement in Blank
1. Commonly used on a bank check, an endorsement in blank is an endorsement to the bearer. It contains only the name of the endorser and specifies no particular payee.
2. Also, a common means of endorsing bills of lading dawn to the order of the shipper. The bills are endorsed “For…” (See Bill of Lading, Order)

Export License – A document secured from a government, authorizing a shipper to export a specific quantity of a particular commodity to a certain country. An export license is often required when a government places restrictions upon exports.
Export Trading Company – A corporation or other business entity organized and operated primarily for the purpose of exporting goods and services, or of providing export-related services to other companies.

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