ABBREVIATIONS, UNIFORM EXPLANATION OF
PART 1--GENERAL APPLICATION
ABBREVIATION EXPLANATION
AFBAirForce Base
a/k/a (aka)Alsoknown as
AQAnyQuantity.
ATAAmericanTrucking Associations, Inc.
Auth.Authority
CDenoteshundred pounds
CDA
c/oCare of.
CODCollect on Delivery
CRCertificate of Registration
Conc.Concluded
Cont.Continued
Cwt.Per 100 pounds
Cy.County
d/b/a (dba)Doing business as
Dkt.Docket
DOTDepartment of Transportation
E.East
HGB or HGBCHousehold Goods Carriers Bureau
HwyHighway
Jct.Junction
KDKnocked down
KDFKnocked down flat
L.I. (LI)
LTLLess than truckload
MDenotes thousand pounds
MCMinimum Charge
M.C.C (MCC)Motor Common Carrier
MFMotor Freight
MinMinimum
MT or MtMount
MWVolume Minimum Weight in pounds, except as otherwise provided
MX
N.North
NMF (NMFC)National Motor Freight Classification
NMFTA (NMF)National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.
No.Number
Nos.Numbers
NOINot otherwise more specifically described in NMFC
OzOunce
P/APower of Attorney issued to SMC
Par.Parish
PCFPer Cubic Foot
S.South
Sec.Section
S.I (SI)Staten
SMCSouthern Motor Carriers
SPLCStandard Point Location Code No.
S.T.A.Special Tariff Authority
STBSurface Transportation Board
SUSet-Up
Sup.Supplement
ThruThrough
TLTruckload
Viz.Namely
VMWVolume Minimum Weight in pounds, except as otherwise provided.
VOLVolume
Vol min wtVolume minimum weight
W.West
WtWeight
PART 2--EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS
CLASSIFICATION ITEMS
1. The provisions of this PART is an explanation of the use of NMFC Item Number in connection with an article or commodity described in this tariff, or in tariffs governed by this tariff.
2. A number preceded by “N” in parentheses following a description of an article indicates the item number in which the article is described in NMFC.
3. The provisions herein are shown FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, ONLY, and such rates or provisions are NOT limited to, nor are they inclusive of, articles embraced in the NMFC to which such NMFC Item numbers relate.
4. These numbers, although they do relate to the NMFC item numbers, are not to be considered as part of the description of the article or commodity.
5. EXAMPLE:
(N123456)Relates to NMFC Item 123456.
(N123456-02)Relates to NMFC Item 123456, Sub 2.
(N123456-N124000)Relates to generic group of NMFC item numbers.
(N123456, N123460)Relates to 2 NMFC item numbers specifically named.
(N-VAR.)Relates to more than one NMFC item number.