A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z
A
AA = Always Afloat
AAAA = Always Afloat Always Accessible
AAPA = The American Association of Port Authorities
AARA = Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rotterdam Area
ABS = American Bureau of Shipping
ABT = ABouT
ADCOM = ADress COMission
AGW = All Going Well
A/H = Anchor Handling
AHT = AnchorHandling Tug
ALU = ALUminium
ANTHAM = ANTwerp-HAMburg range
APS = Arrival Pilot Station
ARAG = Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent range
ASPW = Any Safe Port in the World
ATDNSHINC = Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays INCluded
ATUTC = Actually Time Used To Count
A/S = AlongSide
B
B = Bale (cargo capacity)
BAF = Bunker adjusting factor (freight)
Bb = Bareboat
BBB = Before Breaking Bulk
BDI = Both Dates Inclusive
BE = Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports)
BEG = BEGinning
BENDS = Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports)
BI = Both Inclusive
BIMCO = The Baltic and International Maritime Council
BL = BaLe
B/L = Bill of Lading
B/N = Booking Note
BOB = Bunker On Board
Box = everyday term for container (or boxed vessel)
Br = Breadth
BHP = Brake Horse Power
BMM = British Marine Mutual
Br.ld. = Break load
BRGDS = Best ReGarDS
BROB = Bunkers Remaining On Board
Brt = Gross tonnage
B S S 1/1 = Basis 1 port to 1 port
BT = Berth Terms
BV = Bureau Veritas
BWAD = Brackish Water Arrival Draft
C
CAF = Currency Adjusting Factor (freight)
CAP = Condition Assessment Programme
Cap = Capacity
CBFT = CuBic FeeT
C/C = sshinC/sshinC
Ce Ta = Center Tank
CFT = Cubic FeeT
CFR = Cost and FReight
CFS = Container Freight Station
Chem = Chemical
CHOPT = CHarterer's OPTion
CIF = Costs Insurance and Freight
CIP = Carriage and Insurance Paid to.....
CIRR = Commercial Interest Reference Rate
CLC = Civil Liability Convention
COA = Contract Of Affreightment
COACP = Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party
COBLDN = Closing Of Business LoDoN
COGSA = Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
CONT = CONTainer
COW = Crude Oil Washing
C/P = CharterParty
CPT = Carriage Paid To
CPD = Charterers Pay Dues
CQD = Customary Quick Despatch
COD = Cash On Delivery
COP = Custom Of Port
CR = Current Rate
Cr = Crane
CROB = Cargo Remaining OnBoard
CST = CentiSToke
CUFT = CUbicFeeT
Cy = Cylinders
CY = Container Yard
C/X = sshinC / ssheX
D
D/A = Disbursement Account
DAF = Delivered At Frontier
DAP = Days All Purposes (Total days for loading and disch.)
Dbl = Double
DBL SKIN = DouBLe SKINned
DC = Discharge Capacity
DDP/(U) = Delivered Duty Paid (Unpaid)
DELY = DELiverY
DEM = DEMurrage
DES = Delivered Ex Ship
DEQ = Delivered Ex Quay
DESP = DESPatch
DHDATSBE = Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends
DHDWTSBE = Detpatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends
DISCH = DISCHarge
DK = DecK
DO = Diesel Oil
DOP = Dropping Outward Pilot
DOT = Department Of Transport
DP = Dynamic Positioning
DPT = DePTh
DSV = Diving System
DWT or DWAT = Deadweight / Weight of cargo, stores and water
DYNPOS = DYNamic POSitioning
E
EC = East Coast
EIU = Even If Used
ETA = Expected Time of Arrival
ETC = Expected Time of Completion
ETD = Expected Time of Departure
Eth = Ethylene
ETS = Expected Time of Sailing
EXCL = EXCLusive
EXW = EX Works
F
FA = Free Alongside
FAC = Fast As Can
FAS = Free Alongside Ship
FCA = Free CArrier
FCL = Full Container Load
FD = Free Despatch
FDD = Freight Demurrage Deadfreight
F.DESP (FD) = Free DESPatch
F.DIS = Free DIScharge
FDEDANRSAOCLONL = Freight Deemed Earned Discountless And Non-Refundable Ship And Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost
FHEX = Friday Holidays EXcluded (Muslim Countries)
FHINC = Friday Holidays INCluded (Muslim Countries)
FiFi = Fire Fighting
FIO = Free In and Out
FIOST = Free In and Out Stowed and Trimmed
FIOT = Free In and Out Trimmed
FIT = Free In Trimmed
FIW = Free in Wagon
FM = FroM
FMC = Federal Maritime Commission
FMS = FathoMS
F/N = Fixing Note
FO = For Orders
FO (IFO) = Fuel Oil
FOB = Free On Board
FOG = For Our Guidance
FOR = Free On Rail
FOQ = Free On Quay
FOT = Free On Truck
FOW = First Open Water
FOW = Free On Wharf
Fr. wa. = Fresh water
FREE Ex INS = FREE of any EXtra INSurance (Owners)
FPSO = Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit
FTD = FiTted
FWAD = Fresh water Arrival Draft
FWDD = Fresh Water Departure Draft
FYG = For Your Guidance
FYI = For Your Information
G
G = Grain (cargo capacity)
GA = General Average
GASBEND = Good And Safe (Port) Both ENDs
GD/GD = GDynia/GDansk
GENS = GENeralS or general cargo
GEOROT = GEOgraphical ROTation
GL = Germanischer Lloyd
GLESS = GearLESS
GO = Gas Oil
GNS = German North Sea
GR = GRain
GRT = Gross Registered Tonnage
GMDSS = Global Maritime Distress Safety System
GRD = GeaReD
GT = Gross Tonnage
GTEE = GuaranTEE
H
HA = HAtch
HDLTSBENDS = Half Despatch Lay Time Saved Both ENDS
HBF = Harmless Bulk Fertilizer
HDWTS = Half Demurrage Weather Time Saved
HELDK = HELicopter DecK
HHDW = Handy Heavy D.W. (scrap)
HMS = Heavy Metal Scraps
HO = Cargo HOld
HR = HouR
HRS = HouRS
HV = HeaVy
HVFL = HeaVy FueL
HW = High Water
I
IAF = Infaltion Adjustment Factor
IFO = Intermediate Fuel Oil
IMDG = International Maritime Dangerous Code
IU = If Used
IMO = International Maritime Organisation
ISM(C) = International Safety Management Code
IUHTAUTC = If Used, Half Time ActUally To Count
IWL = Institute Warranty Limits
K
KMC = cargo refrigerating system
KN = KNots
KTM = Keel To top of Mast
L
LAT = LATitude
LAYCAN = LAYday CANcelling date
LC = Loading Capacity
LCL = Less than Container Load
LCR = Lowest Current Rate
LDN = LaDeN
LGT = LenGThened
LIFO = Last In First Out
LNG = Liquefied Natural Gas
LOA = Lenght Over All
LOF = Lloyd's Open Form
Lo Ho = Lower Hold
LOI = Letter Of Indemnity
LOLO = Lift On Lift Off ship
LOW = Last Open Water
LPG = Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LPS = LumPSum
LR = Lloyds Register of Shipping
LR = Large Range
LS = LumpSum
LSD = Lashed Secured Dunnaged
LT = Liner Terms
LT (LTONS) = Long TONS
LW = Low Water
M
MB = Merchant Broker
MDO = Marine Diesel Oil
MDWT = Metric DeadWeight Tons
MIN/MAX = MINimum/MAXimum (cargo quantity)
MO = Managing Owner
MODU = Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
MOL = More Ore Less
MOLCHOP = More Or Less CHarterers OPtion
MOLOO = More Or Less Owners (Masters) Option
MON = MONitors (fire)
MOT = Ministry Of Transpory
MOT = Monthly OverTime
MR = Medium Range
M/R = Mates Receipt
Mt = Empty (refer to shipping containers)
MT = Metric Tonnes
M/V = Motor Vessel
N
NAABSA = Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground
NCB = National Cargo Bureau
n.E. = not East of
NK = Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
n.N. = not North of
NOR = Notice Of Readiness
NOS = Not Otherwise Specified
NRT = Not Registred Tonnage
n.S. = not South of
n. W. = not West of
NVOC = Non-Vessel Owning Carrier
NVOCC = Non-Vessel Owning Common Carrier
O
OA = Over All
OA = Over Aged
OBO = Oil Bulk Ore
OILREC = OIL RECovery
ONW = ONWards
OO = Owners Option
OP = OPerator
OPA 90 = The US Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OS & D report or OSD report = Over, Short and Damage Report
OSH = Open SHelter deck
OSP = One Safe Port
OT = On Truck
O/T = Overtime
OW = OWners
P
P & I = Protection & Indemnity
PP = PerPendicular
Pax = Passenger Vessel
PDPR = Per Day Pro-Rata
P/E = Purchase Enquiry
PGH = Per Geard Hatch
PHPD = Per Hatch Per Day
PLTC = Port Liner Term Charges
POT (able) = POTable water
PPT = PromPT
PSV = Plattform Supply Vessel
PU = PUmps
PWH = Per Workable Hatch
PWWD = Per Weather Working day
R
REEF = Refrigerated
RGDS = ReGarDS
RGE = RanGE
RNR = Rate Not Reported
ROB = Remaining On Board
ROC = Reference Our Cable....(date)
RORO = Roll On Roll Off ship
ROTLX = Reference Our TeLeX ...(date)
RPM = Revs. Per Minute
RYC = Reference Your Cable...(date)
RYTLX = Reference Your TeLeX...(date)
S
S.THR. = Side THRuster
SBM = Soya Bean Meal
SATSHEX = SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays EXcepted
SATSHINC = SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded
SBT = Segregated Ballast Tanks
SELFDISCH = SELFDISCHarger
SF = Superficial Feet
SHEX = Sundays, Holidays EXcepted
SHINC = Sundays, Holidays INCluded
SID = SIngle Deck
SLPTA = SLoP TAnks
SOC = Shipper Owned Container
SOF = Statement Of Facts
SOM = Swedish Official Measure
SP = Safe Ports
SPB = St. PetersBurg
S/R B/L = Signing and Releasing Bill(s) of Lading
SS and C = Same Sea and Country coast
SSHEX = Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays EXcepted
SSHINC = Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded
ST = Short Tons
STC = Said To Contain
STEM = Subject To Enough Merchandise
SWAD = Salt Water Arrival Draft
SWDD = Salt Water Departure Draft
T
T = Tonnes (metric tons of 1,000 kilogrammes)
TA = TAnks
T.A. Round = Trans-Atlantic Round voyage
TBA = To Be Advised
TBN = To Be Named
TBR = To Be Renamed
TC = (T/C)Time Charter
TCT = Time Charter Trip
TCP = Time Charter Party
TDW = Total DeadWeight
TEU = Twenty fodt Equivalent Unit (container)
THC = TerminalHandling Cost
THR = THRuster
TIP = Taking Inward Pilot
TL = Total Loss
TLO = Total Loss Only
TOBENA = TO BE NAmed
TOP = Taking Outward Pilot
TS = TonS
TTL = ToTaL
U
UBC = Universal Bulk Carrier
UKCS = United Kingdom Continental Shelf
ULCC = Ultra Large Crude Carrier
USC = Unless Sooner Commenced
UU = Unless Used
UUIWCTAUTC = Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count
V
VAT = Value Added Tax
V/C = Voyage Charter
VEG = VEGetable oil
VLCC = Very Large Crude Carrier
VPD = Vessel Pay Dues
VSL = VeSseL
W
W = Weight
WA = WAter
WC = West Coast
WCCON = Whether Custom Cleared Or Not
WEF = With Effect From (This is said for example, of the date when a new amended surcharge of shipping takes effect)
WIBON = Whether In Berth Or Not
WIFPON = Whether In Free Praqtique Or Not
WIPON = Whether In Port Or Not
WITA = WIng TAnk
WLTOHC = WaterLine-TO-HatchCoaming (distance)
W/M = Weight or Measure
WOG = WithOut Guarantee
Working Copy = (Copy of Charter Party - not being signed and may contain unchecked errors
WP = Weather Permitting
WRD = Wide Range Destillate
WRIC = Wire Rods in Coils
WWD = Weather Working Days
WWR = When, Where Ready
WWWW = Wibon Wccon Wifpon Wipon
X
X/C = ssheX / sshinC
X/X = ssheX / ssheX
Y
YAR = York Antwerp Rules
YC = Your Cable
Z
ZUTC = GMT
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