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• Icing: refrigeration applied to preserve perishables.
• Icing Charge: a charge made for icing perishable shipments.
• IMDG (International Maritime Dangerous Goods): regulations that govern the transportation of hazardous material by water outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
• Import: any traffic having a prior movement from a foreign country.
• In Bond: shipments moving under U.S. Customs Bond.
• Initial Carrier: the transportation line to which a shipment is delivered by the shipper.
• Initial Point: the point at which a shipment originates.
• Inland Carrier: a transportation line which hauls export or import traffic between ports and inland points.
• Insulated Van: a closed van with insulated body to assist in protecting shipments from heat and cold.
• Interchange: transfer of shipments from one carrier to another.
• Interline: between two or more carriers.
• Interline Freight: shipments moving form point of origin to destination over the lines of two or more transportation providers.
• Intermediate Carrier: a transportation line over which a shipment moves but on which neither the point of origin or destination is located.
• Interstate: traffic having origin in one state and destination in another state.
• Interstate Commerce Act: an act of Congress regulating the practices, rates and rules of transportation lines engaged in handling interstate traffic.
• Intrastate: traffic having origin, destination, and entire transportation within the same state.