Shipping Glossary
EIFEQUIPMENT INVESTMENT FACTOR |
EISEQUIPMENT IMBALANCE SURCHARGE |
ElevatingA charge for services performed in connection with floating elevators |
Elkins ActAn act of US Congress (1903) prohibiting rebates, concession, misbilling, etc. and providing specific penalties for such violations |
EmbargoOrder to restrict the hauling of freight |
EMCEXPRESS MAIL CHARGE |
Empty RepositioningThe move of empty containers by truck or rail to meet service needs elsewhere |
Empty slotAn available loading position on a stack car created when a container is not loaded to an available position. Also known as a vacant slot |
EMSEuropean Monetary System |
EMUEuropean Economic and Monetary Union |