Abbreviations and Acronyms

 

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R/T

   Revenue Ton
 
R/V   Round Voyage
 

RA

   Refuse Act (US)
 

RAC/REMPEITC

   Caribbean Oil Spill Response Centre
 
RACE   Radio-Active Contamination Exclusion
 
RAN   Royal Australian Navy
 
RCC   Rescue Coordination Centre
 
RCDS   Raster Chart Display System
 

RCO

   Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine
 

RCP

   Regional Contingency Plan (US)
 
RCVD   Received
 
RD   Road
 

RDC

   Running Down Clause
 
RDF   Radio Direction Finder
 
REC   1. Received
 
2 . Spain's Special Register of Vessels of the Canary Islands
 
ReCAAP   Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
 
RECD   Received
 
RED   Rate, Extras, Demurrage
 
REDEL   Redelivery
 
REDELY   Redelivery
 
REEF   Refrigerated
 

REMPEC

   Regional Oil Spill Combating Centre for the Mediterranean
 
RENC   Regional ENC Co-ordinating Centre
Regional Electronic Navigational Chart Co-ordinating Centre
 
RF   1. Radio Frequency
 
2. Range Finder
 
RFI   Request for Information
 
RFID   Radio Frequency Identification
 
RG   Range
 
RGDS   Regards
 
RGE   Range
 

RH

   1. Relative Humidity
 
2. Right Hand
 

RI

   Reinsurance
 

RINA

   1. Registro Italiano Navale (Italian classification society)
 
2. Royal Institute of Naval Architects
 
RINAV   Registro Internacional Naval SARL (Portuguese)
 
RLS   Royal Lifeboat Society
 
RMAS   Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
 
RMS   1. Root Mean Square
 
2. Royal Mail Service
 
RNA   Regulated Navigation Area
 

RNC

   Raster Navigational Chart
 
RNR   1. Rate Not Reported
 
2. Registrul Naval Roman (Romanian Register of Shipping)
 

RO

   Response Organization
 

Ro-Ro

   Roll On / Roll Off vessel
 
ROB   Remaining On Board
 
ROC   1. Reference Our Cable
 
2. Restricted Operator Certificate
 

ROPAX

   Roll-on / Roll-off Passenger Vessels
 
RORO   Roll On/Roll Off
 
ROT   Reference Our Telex
 
ROTLX   Reference Our Telex
 

ROV

   Remotely Operated (Undersea) Vehicle
 
RP   River Plate
 
RPC   Remote Position Control
 
RPF   Radio Position Finding
 
RPM   Revolution Per Minute
 
RPS   Revolution Per Second
 
RPT   Repeat
 
RRE   Responsible Reporting Entity
 

RRR

   Russian River Register (classification society)
 

RS

   1. Radio Station
 
2. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (classification society)
 
RSPB   Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
 
RSPCA   Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
 

RSS

   Really Simple Syndication
 
RT   Radio Telephone
 
RTD   Reference Test Device
 
RTN   Return
 
RTW   Round The World
 

RUSWOOD

   Russian Wood Charter Party (BIMCO)
 
RVP   Reid Vapour Pressure
 
RVT   Revert
 
RVTG   Reverting
 
RX   Receiver
 
RYC   Reference Your Cable
 
RYT   Reference Your Telex
 
RYTLX   Reference Your Telex
 

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