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COB – Close of Business. COC – Cost of Credit [2] or Cost of Capital [3] COD – Cost of Debt [4] or Cash on Delivery. COE – Center of Excellence or Cost of Equity [5] COGS – Cost of Goods Sold. Corp. – Corporation. COO – Chief Operating Officer. CPA – Certified Public Accountant. CPI – Consumer Price Index.
FOB (shipping) FOB (free on board) is a term in international commercial law specifying at what point respective obligations, costs, and risk involved in the delivery of goods shift from the seller to the buyer under the Incoterms standard published by the International Chamber of Commerce. FOB is only used in non-containerized sea freight or ...
Third-party logistics providers include freight forwarders, courier companies, and other companies integrating and offering subcontracted logistics and transportation services. Hertz and Alfredsson (2003) describe four categories of 3PL providers: [4] Standard 3PL Provider. this is the most basic form of a 3PL provider.
US$29.80 billion (2022) [2] Number of employees. 14,248 [2] Website. hapag-lloyd.com. Hapag-Lloyd AG is a German international shipping and container transportation company, the 4th biggest in the world. [3] It was formed in 1970 through a merger of Hamburg-American Line (HAPAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd. [4] Hapag-Lloyd 40ft container.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was established in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable palm oil products through global standards and multistakeholder governance. The seat of the association is in Zürich, Switzerland, while the secretariat is currently based in Kuala Lumpur, with a satellite ...
DSV A/S [1] is a Danish transport and logistics company offering global transport services by road, air, sea and train. Since its foundation in 1976 by nine independent Danish hauliers, the company has achieved rapid expansion and international presence, predominantly through a series of strategic competitor acquisitions, some of the most important ones being Samson Transport (1997), DFDS Dan ...
Baltic and International Maritime Council. The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) is one of the largest of the international shipping associations representing shipowners. [1][2] BIMCO states that its membership represents approximately 60 percent of the world's merchant shipping tonnage and that it has members in more than 130 ...
Some brokerage firms have developed into large companies, incorporating departments specialising in shipping's various sectors, e.g. Dry Cargo Chartering, Tanker Chartering, Container Chartering, Sale & Purchase, Demolition, Futures and Research; other "boutique" shipbroking firms concentrate on specific sectors of the shipping market.