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Actual Time of Departure (ATD)

What is Actual Time of Departure?

Actual Time of Departure is the exact time a vessel or any other form of transportation is dispatched from the point of origin.

The reverse of ATD is Actual Time of Arrival (ATA). ATA means the exact time a vessel arrives at its destination.

The ATD indicates when a shipment is estimated to depart its point of origin.

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