In plain English
This is the main air cargo document used at the airline level for a grouped shipment. It applies to a consolidated shipment rather than to each individual shipment on its own. It also records the contract of carriage between the airline and the freight forwarder or consolidator.
In context
Here, MAWB names the airline-level air cargo transport document in the shipment file for the consolidated shipment, recording the contract of carriage between the airline and the freight forwarder or consolidator.
- Situation
- Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
- What it communicates
- names the airline-level air document in the shipment file.
Meaning limits
This sense is limited to the airline-to-forwarder or consolidator carriage document for a consolidated air shipment, not every air cargo document in the file.
Examples
“The airline carried the five customers' cartons under one MAWB rather than issuing a separate carriage document for each shipment.”
“In the shipment file for the consolidated load, the MAWB shows the airline as carrier and the forwarder as the contracting party.”