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POR

POR, short for place of receipt, is the place where the carrier receives the goods for transport at the start of a shipment, which may be inland and before the port of loading.

In plain English

It names the location where the carrier first takes charge of the goods for the shipment. That starting point can be inland rather than at the port, and it can come before the port of loading.

In context

In that initial receipt-location field, POR denotes the place where the carrier first receives the goods for transport at the start of the shipment.

Situation
Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
What it communicates
labels the initial receipt-location field in routing details or document drafts.

Meaning limits

By itself, POR does not identify the port of loading; it identifies the carrier's first receipt point for the shipment.

Examples

“The goods were handed to the carrier in Chongqing, so the POR was Chongqing even though the port of loading was Shanghai.”

Core meaning

“Once the carrier took charge of the cartons at the inland depot, that depot became the POR.”

In context

  • port of loading Contrast

    This is the point where the goods are loaded onto the vessel, not the carrier's first receipt point.