Actual Weight
The actual scale weight of a shipment. See also Dimensional Weight or Chargeable Weight.

Air Waybill
The contract between shipper and carrier covering BICS's international and domestic transportation of cargo to a specified destination. The air waybill may also be referred to as the source document.

Availability Time
The earliest possible time when a shipment is available to be picked up.

Booking
Advance arrangements made for a specific shipment, similar to a reservation.

Bulk Shipment
A shipment of loose boxes or pieces.

Chargeable Weight
Charges based on the greater of scale weight or the dimensional weight. See also Actual Weight or Dimensional Weight.

Collect
When the consignee is responsible for shipping and other charges.

Connection City
An intermediate city that is needed in order to complete the routing of a shipment from origin to destination.

Connection Time
The minimum amount of time it takes cargo to transit through a connecting city.

Consignee
The person or company receiving the shipment at the destination city.

Container Shipment
(a.k.a. Containerized Shipment, ULD Shipment) Multiple piece shipments that are consolidated into large, airline owned containers or smaller, shipper owned containers to form a single, easily handled unit.

Cutoff Time
The latest time a shipment can be tendered in order to travel on a specific flight. The cutoff time is calculated by counting back from flight departure time.

Dangerous Goods
Dangerous Goods (also referred to as hazardous materials or restricted articles), are described as articles or substances that are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air. The following are some examples of dangerous goods that must be declared at time of booking:

• Oil-based paint and thinners (flammable liquids)
• Industrial solvents
• Insecticides, garden chemicals (fertilizers, poisons)
• Lithium Batteries (not in cameras)
• Magnetized materials
• Machinery (chain saws, outboard engines containing fuel)
• Fuel for camp stoves, lanterns, torches or heating elements
• Automobile batteries
• Infectious substances
• Any compound, liquid or gas that has toxic characteristics
• Bleach
• Flammable adhesives
• Perfume
• Alcohol

Refer to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations Manual for more examples and information.

Declared Value
The value of goods declared by the shipper for the purposes of determining charges and/or establishing the limit of the carrier's liability for loss, damage, or delay. Valuation charges will be assessed to shippers who declare a value of goods higher than the value of the carrier's limits of liability.

Destination
The ultimate city and/or airport where a shipment is going.

Dimensional Weight
The space or volume of a shipment. Determined by multiplying the length by the width by the height and dividing the sum by 194 for domestic shipments or by 166 for international shipments.

Domestic
Refers to shipping within the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Gateway
The last city within a country that a shipment departs when going to an international destination. For example, a shipment that travels from Denver, Colorado to Chicago, Illinois to Paris, France would list Chicago, Illinois as the "Gateway".

Global Priority Shipping Center (GPSC)
A stand-alone facility where PPS shipments are dropped off or picked up. Also referred to as a Dedicated PPS Facility.

Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials (also referred to as dangerous goods or restricted articles), are described as articles or substances that are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air. The following are examples of dangerous goods that must be declared at time of booking:

• Oil-based paint and thinners (flammable liquids)
• Industrial solvents
• Insecticides, garden chemicals (fertilizers, poisons)
• Lithium Batteries (not in cameras)
• Magnetized materials
• Machinery (chain saws, outboard engines containing fuel)
• Fuel for camp stoves, lanterns, torches or heating elements
• Automobile batteries
• Infectious substances
• Any compound, liquid or gas that has toxic characteristics
• Bleach
• Flammable adhesives
• Perfume
• Alcohol

Refer to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations Manual for more examples and information.

IATA Number
A number associated with a forwarder or broker who has been approved and is recognized by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to receive cargo, issue air waybills and other documents for carriers and collect charges for air shipments.

International
All locations outside of the Domestic definition.

Kennel
A structure approved for the use of transporting animals.

Known or Unknown Shipper
A shipping security status. Details are in the Security Measures section of the Shipping Instructions.
Also referred to as Frequent or Infrequent Shipper.

Loose Shipment
A shipment that is tendered as individual boxes or pieces. Also referred to as a Bulk Shipment.

Mixed Charges
When the shipping and other charges are split between the shipper and the receiver (consignee).

Origin
The city and/or airport where the shipment begins its journey.

Packaging
The material or method of packing a shipment that provides suitable protection during transit.

Prepaid
When the shipper is responsible for payment of charges.

Recovery
The act of picking up a shipment at the destination.

Recovery Time
The amount of time it takes to process a shipment and have it available for pick up after the flight arrives at the final destination.

Scale Weight
The actual weight of a shipment.

Shipper
The person or company who is sending the shipment.

Tender
The act of dropping off a shipment at the origin.

Third Party
When the person/company paying shipping and related charges is neither the shipper nor the consignee.

Tracking
The act of receiving periodic updates on the progress of a shipment.

Unknown Shipper
A shipper that does not have a number and/or has not maintained the requirements as stated in the known shipper criteria.