ETA
Ocean freightEstimated Time of Arrival
The planned date the vessel or flight reaches the destination port or airport.
In practice
This is arrival at the port, not delivery to the consignee's door. Add time for discharge, customs clearance, and haulage. Carriers revise ETA throughout the voyage; check the latest before promising a delivery date.
Seen in the wild
Vessel ETA has slipped two days to 16 Nov due to port congestion.
Watch out
ETA is arrival at the port. Customers who read it as the delivery date will be disappointed by a further 2 to 5 days of clearance and trucking.