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| Tail | Rear of a container or trailer-opposite the front or nose. |
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| Tankers | Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid bulk cargo such as: crude petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals. Liquefied gasses (LNG and LPG), wine, molasses, and similar product tankers. |
| Tare Weight | In railcar or container shipments, the weight of the empty railcar or empty container. |
| Tariff | A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies. |
| TBN | To Be Nominated (when the name of a ship is still unknown). |
| Terminal | An assigned area in which containers are prepared for loading into a vessel, train, truck, or airplane or are stacked immediately after discharge from the vessel, train, truck, or airplane. |
| Terminal Charge | A charge made for a service performed in a carrier's terminal area. |
| TEU | Abbreviation for "Twenty foot Equivalent Unit." |
| Third Party Logistics (3PL) | A company that provides logistics services to other companies for some or all of their logistics needs. It typically includes warehousing and transportation services. Most 3PL's also have freight forwarding licenses. |
| TIR |
Transport International par la Route.
Road transport operating agreement among European governments and the United States for the International movement of cargo by road. Display of the TIR carnet allows sealed containerloads to cross national frontiers without inspection. |
| To order of Shipper | The shipper, by way of endorsement and passing of the document, allows a transfer of the rights to take delivery of the goods in the document e.g. a Bill of Lading. |
| Twist Locks | A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used a part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers. |