FILO (Free in liner out). If a charterparty states that the cargo will be loaded free of expense to the shipowner or other carrier but that he will pay for the discharging, the discharging is on liner terms (or “gross terms”), hence the use of this abbreviation.
Note that for financial accounting, the abbreviation can also refer to the manner in which stock is valued, “first in, last out”. This has no relevance to chartering.
