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| Cabotage | Point to point transport undertaken in the same country by a foreign vehicle. |
| Cargo | Goods transported or to be transported, all goods carried on a ship covered by a B/L. Any goods, wares, merchandise, and articles of every kind whatsoever carried on a ship, other than mail, ship's stores, ship's spare parts, ship's equipment, stowage mat |
| Carrier | Party undertaking the transport of goods from one point to another. |
| Carrier Haulage | The inland transport service which is performed by the sea-carrier under the terms and conditions of the tariff and of the relevant transport document. |
| Cash on Delivery | Terms of payment where the carrier collects a payment from the consignee on receipt of goods and remits the amount to the shipper. Abbreviated: COD. |
| Certificate of Professional Competence | A qualification displaying basic professional competence in the operation of goods vehicles. |
| CFS | See 'Container Freight Station' |
| Chassis | A trailer for the carriage of containers. |
| Claim | A charge made against a carrier for loss, damage or delay or some other shortcoming in a delivery. |
| Claused | A delivery not performed in accordance with the shipping documents or delivery note e.g. goods short-shipped, damaged goods. |
| CMR | See 'Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road' |
| COD | See 'Cash on Delivery' |
| Conditions of Carriage | The basis upon which goods are carried. See 'RHA Conditions of Carriage' |
| Congestion | Abnormal accumulation or obstruction affecting the normal level of traffic. |
| Congestion Charge | A means of charging vehicles for entering defined zones in some towns and cities. |
| Consignee | The party who receives the goods. Also known as the receiver. |
| Consignment | Hand over or deliver; assign or commit to |
| Consignor | Is the person sending a shipment to be delivered whether by land, sea or air. Some carriers, such as national postal entities, use the term "sender" but in the event of a legal dispute the proper and technical term "consignor" will generally be used. |
| Consolidation | LCL cargoes placed in a container to make up a FCL. |
| Container | See 'Freight Container' |
| Container Demurrage | Costs incurred when a loaded container is not removed from the terminal within the agreed free-time. |
| Container Depot | Storage area for empty containers. |
| Container Detention | Costs incurred when a container is not returned to the carrier within the agreed free-time. |
| Container Freight Station | A facility at which export cargo is received for loading or at which import cargo is unloaded. |
| Container Number | Identification number of a container consisting of prefix and serial number and check digit. (e.g. KNLU 123456-7, see also container serial number and container prefix.) |
| Container Pool | A stock of containers jointly used by several container carriers and/or leasing companies. |
| Container Seal Number | A number embossed on high-security seals for closing up containers which will serve identification purposes. |
| Container Size & Type | Description of the size and type of a freight container or similar unit load device as specified in ISO6346. |
| Container Stack | Two or more containers, one placed above the other forming a vertical column. |
| Container Yard | A facility at which FCL traffic and empty containers are received from or delivered to the Merchant by or on behalf of the Carrier. Note: Often this yard is used to receive goods on behalf of the merchant and pack these in containers for FCL traffic. |
| Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road | Defines standard conditions of the contract of international road transport and responsibilities of the parties involved. |
| COT | See 'Customer Own Transport' |
| CPC | See 'Certificate of Professional Competence' |
| Customer Own Transport | An arrangement where the receiver arranges his own transport to and from the terminal or depot but agrees to restitute the container back to the terminal or depot. |
| Cut Off Time | The last possible moment that a container can be delivered to a ship or receiving point. |
| CY | See 'Container Yard' |
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