| 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. |