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The language of the box, in plain terms.
We spell out the acronyms — in the product and here. Start with the glossary, then follow the operating concepts into the platform.
Glossary
Container logistics, decoded.
LMTFDLast Empty Free Day
The last day you can return an empty container before per-diem charges start. Conterminal surfaces it as a live column so returns happen before the clock runs out.
MTEmpty
Industry shorthand for an empty container — as in “return MT to the yard.”
Demurrage
Charges the terminal bills when a container sits past its free time. Conterminal can surface the working exposure before the invoice arrives when the applicable terms are configured for the rollout.
Detention / Per Diem
Charges the steamship line bills for holding its container out past the allowed time. Conterminal can track the exposure per managed container against the agreement terms configured for the rollout.
Drayage
The short-haul trucking that moves a container between the port or rail ramp and the warehouse or door. The operational heart of Conterminal.
BCOBeneficial Cargo Owner
The actual owner of the goods inside the container — the importer whose cargo is moving.
SSLSteamship Line
The ocean carrier operating the vessel (Maersk, MSC, Evergreen, and so on). Conterminal reads schedules and tariffs from 57 of them.
Street-turn
Reusing an imported empty for an export load without returning it to the terminal first — a way to kill empty miles. Conterminal plans them into dispatch.
Double-move
Completing two container moves in a single trip to the terminal, instead of two round trips.
Gate-in / Gate-out
The interchange events when a container enters or leaves a terminal. Conterminal confirms both the physical move and its paperwork before clearing risk.
EIR / TIREquipment / Terminal Interchange Receipt
The paperwork that proves a container changed hands at the gate. Required before an at-risk return is truly closed.
AISAutomatic Identification System
The signal that reports a vessel's position at sea. Useful, but unreliable alone — which is why Conterminal reconciles it against carrier and terminal schedules.
From the work
Field notes for the dock and dispatch desk.
Practical explanations tied to live platform capabilities—not a shelf of promised content.
How a reconciled vessel ETA is chosen
See how carrier, terminal, berth, and vessel-position signals become one best-available planning view.
Read the capabilityFree timeWhere cost risk enters the operating day
Follow the deadlines and terminal milestones that matter before demurrage or per-diem reaches an invoice.
Read the capabilityEmpty returnWhy physical return and paperwork both matter
Understand why a gate event alone cannot close a return-risk workflow.
Read the capabilityDrayageWhat changes when dispatch shares the container record
Connect the move, the driver, the deadline, and the empty return without rebuilding the job in another system.
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