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CRD

CRD, or cargo ready date, is the date when cargo is fully prepared and available to be collected or loaded for shipment.

In plain English

It points to the day the goods are ready in shipping terms. By then, the cargo is fully prepared and available for collection or loading for shipment.

In context

Here, CRD asks for the date when the cargo will be fully prepared and available to be collected or loaded for shipment.

Situation
Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
What it communicates
asks for the cargo-ready date in the booking request.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term identifies only the cargo's readiness date, not any other shipment date.

Examples

“The pallets will be packed and waiting by 14 June, so the CRD is 14 June even though collection is booked for 16 June.”

Core meaning

“Please send the CRD after the factory confirms when the cargo will be ready for pickup.”

In context

  • shipment date Broader Term

    A cargo readiness date is one kind of date connected with a shipment.

  • loading date Contrast

    This refers to when cargo is loaded, not when it first becomes ready for collection or loading.