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POL

POL, short for port of loading, is the port where cargo is loaded onto a vessel for transport.

In plain English

This is the place in the shipping route where the goods are put onto the carrying vessel. It identifies the specific port used for loading the cargo for transport.

In context

In that routing field, it indicates which port is the cargo-loading point onto the vessel for transport.

Situation
Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
What it communicates
labels the loading-port field in routing details.

Meaning limits

By itself, this term identifies only the loading port and does not establish any other location in the shipment route.

Examples

“The POL was Busan, and the cargo was unloaded in Vancouver.”

Core meaning

“After the supplier changed ports, the agent updated the POL to Alexandria for the machinery shipment.”

In context

  • port Broader Term

    This sense is a specific kind of port in a shipping route.

  • port of discharge Contrast

    This is the port where cargo is unloaded, not the loading port.