Booking

How it is used

In sea freight the carrier sends a booking confirmation with a booking number, the vessel name and the cut-off times. You make, confirm, amend or cancel a booking; the verb is 'book': 'we booked space on the next sailing'.

Example sentences

1. Please send the booking confirmation as soon as the carrier accepts it.

2. We had to cancel the booking because the goods weren't ready.

Common collocations

• booking confirmation
• booking number
• make a booking
• cancel a booking
• booking request

Related terms

• freight forwarderA company that organizes shipments for its customers: it books space with carriers, prepares documents and arranges customs, insurance and delivery.
• vesselA ship, especially a large one that carries cargo; the standard word for ships in shipping documents and freight emails.
• carrierA company that physically transports goods, such as a trucking company, a shipping line, an airline or a rail operator.
• shipmentA quantity of goods sent together from one place to another, or the act of sending them, whether by road, sea, air or rail.
• transit timeThe time goods spend travelling from the point of departure to the destination, not counting time for production, loading or customs.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• booking · Football (Soccer)

More terms: Freight and Shipping

• freight
• shipper
• freight rate
• demurrage
• chargeable weight
• consolidation