ETD, or Expected Time of
ETD, or Expected Time of Departure, and ETA or Expected Time of Arrival, are popular terms commonly used in the shipping industry.
Those in the shipping, warehousing, or supply chain business would be quite familiar with these acronyms i.e. ETD and ETA.
Organisations and businesses depend on these two for their planning and scheduling.
What are EDT and ETA in Shipping?
ETD is the abbreviated version of Expected or Estimated Time of Departure while ETA stands for Expected or Estimated Time of Arrival.
ETD could be the estimated departure time of the shipper’s cargo on board a vessel or that of the transport vessel itself. It could be the estimated departure time of anything that could be waiting for dispatch.
Similarly, in ETA, arrival could be that of the vessel or the cargo.
An ETD normally means the expected date of departure while ETA means the expected date of arrival of an ocean carrier or cargo.
The time is not mentioned in most cases as delays and early arrivals of vessels and cargo are unpredictable.
ETD and ETA are only the indicative dates and are
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