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Examples of TRANSPORT documents:
k. Manifest
• A manifest in material-handling context is a list of cargo
either delivered to or shipped from a warehouse.
• Generally, manifest lists description of goods (cargo), its
quantity, its origin and its destination. In some cases, in
transportation in particular, it also includes declared cost
(price) for customs purposes.
• In transportation, manifest describes a list of cargo or
passengers carried on a ship or plane, as well as an invoice
of goods carried on a truck or train. It is also defined as a
list of railroad cars according to owner and location.
