Frequently used terms and abbreviations
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival/Planned date for a certain event. |
| ETA planned initial | Estimated Time of Arrival as communicated by carrier initially, at the time of subscription. |
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ETA planned latest |
Estimated Time of Arrival as communicated by the carrier currently. |
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Contracted ETA @ POD |
Estimated time of arrival at port of discharge as confirmed at time of booking; optional information submitted by the user. |
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Contracted ETA @ DLV |
Estimated time of arrival at place of delivery as confirmed at time of booking; optional information submitted by the user. |
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Actual |
Actual date on which the event took place. |
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Actual reported |
Actual date of an event as reported by the carrier. |
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Actual detected |
Actual port departure and port arrival dates as reported by the vessel. |
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POL |
Port of Loading. |
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POD |
Port of Discharge. |
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T/S |
Transshipment Port. |
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LIF |
Last inland facility. Location between POD and final destination though which a shipment is moved. |
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Stuck in POL |
Shipment in Port of Loading for 3 or more days, no further progress confirmed by the carrier. |
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Stuck in T/S |
Shipment in Transshipment Port for 3 or more days, no further progress confirmed by the carrier. |
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Stuck in POD |
Shipment in Port of Discharge for 3 or more days, no further progress confirmed by the carrier. |
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Behind schedule |
The ETA date as communicated by the carrier has not been met: The planned date already dates into the past, but an actual date for the event has not been confirmed by the carrier so far. |
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POD arrival warning |
Exception that is logged for containers where the ETA at POD communicated by the carrier does not match the ETA date predicted by Ocean Insights. |
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Subscription |
A subscription is created for a shipment reference number that is submitted for tracking. A subscription on the base of a BL or booking number can contain more than one container. |
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Events |
Status or schedule changes of a container are logged as events. |
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Milestones |
Specific activity or movement of a container on its journey. An overview over all milestones and statuses is available here. |
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Exceptions |
Shipment status of a container. The current status of a container is always defined by the last milestone that has been reached. |
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Master-account |
Parent view containing sub-accounts within one organization. |
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Sub-account |
Separate views within one master-account into which the subscriptions are grouped. |
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User |
Individual having a username and password to access the Container Tracking Platform. Based on the user permissions, a user may see only selected sub-accounts within one organization, or have access to the master-account that consolidates all sub-accounts and shipments. |
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Tags |
Recurring labels that can be defined and linked to subscriptions or containers by the user. |
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AIS Tracking |
Vessel tracking technology, capturing position and voyage information transmitted by the vessels through satellites and a global network of AIS antennas. |