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| 2/O | Second Officer |
| 2H | Second Half |
| 3/O | Third Officer |
| 3PL | Third Party Logistics |
| 6-on/6-off | Watchkeeping routine shared by two officers: 24 hour period is covered by each working 6 hours on watch, followed by 6 hours off watch |
| A/C | Account |
| A/H | Anchor Handling |
| A/O | And/Or |
| A/S | Alongside |
| AA | Always Afloat |
| AAAA | Always Afloat, Always Accessible |
| AAOSA | Always Afloat Or Safe Aground |
| AAPA | American Association of Port Authorities |
| AAR | Against All Risks |
| AARA | 1. Always Accessible or Reachable on Arrival 2. Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rotterdam Area |
| AB | Able Bodied seaman |
| ABP | Associated British Ports |
| ABS | American Bureau of Shipping (classification society) |
| ABT | About |
| AC | Alternating Current (electricity) |
| ACE | Alternative Control of Emissions |
| ACI | Advance Commercial Information |
| ACP | 1. Alternative Compliance Plan 2. Area Contingency Plan (US) |
| ACT | Account |
| ACV | 1. Actual Cash Value 2. Air Cushion Vehicle |
| AD | 1. After Date 2. Area Differential |
| ADA | Americans with Disability Act (US) |
| ADAAG | Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (US) |
| ADCOM | Adress Commission |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finder |
| ADOMS | Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping |
| ADR | 1. Alternative Dispute Resolution 2. European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road |
| AEO | Authorized Economic Operator |
| AF | Anti-Fouling |
| AFE | Approved for Expenditure |
| AFFF | Aqueous Film Forming Foam |
| AFFREIGHTMENT | The hiring of a ship in whole or part |
| AFRA | Average Freight Rate Assessment |
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AFS Convention |
Anti-Fouling Systems Convention International Convention for the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Substances on Ships, 2001 |
| AFSPS | Arrival First Sea Pilot Station (Norway) |
| AFT | At or towards the stern or rear of a ship |
| AG | Arabian Gulf |
| AGW | 1. Actual Gross Weight 2. All Going Well |
| AH | 1. Aft Hatch 2. Antwerp / Hamburg range |
| AHL | Australian Hold Ladders |
| AHT | Anchor Handling Tug |
| AHTS | Anchor Handling Tug Supply |
| AH-TUG | Anchor Handling Tug |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIS | Automatic (Vessel) Identification System |
| AJA | Administration of Justice Act, 1956 |
| Al | Aluminium |
| ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practical |
| ALERT | Automatic Life-saving Emergency Radio Transmitter |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
| ALOP | Advanced Loss of Profits |
| ALP | Articulated Loading Platform |
| ALRS | Admiralty List of Radio Signals |
| ALU | Aluminium |
| AMS | Automated Manifest System |
| AMSA | Australian Maritime Safety Agency |
| AMSL | Above Mean Sea Level |
| AMVER | Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue system |
| AMWELSH | Americanised Welsh Coal Charter party (standard coal charterparty) |
| ANERA | Asia-North America Eastbound Rate Agreement |
| ANOP | Articles Not Otherwise Provided for |
| ANS | Aquatic nuisance species |
| ANSI | American National Standard Institute |
| ANT | Advance Notice of Transfer |
| ANTHAM | Antwerp-Hamburg range |
| AO | 1. Awaiting Orders 2. And Other |
| AOAOO | Any One Accident Or Occurrence |
| AOB | Any One Bottom |
| AOG | Active Operator Guidance |
| AOH/A.O.H. | After Office Hours |
| AOLOC | Any One Location |
| AOR | Atlantic Ocean Region |
| AOS | Any One Steamer |
| AOV | Any One Vessel |
| AP | 1. All Purposes 2. Additional Premium 3. Aft Perpendicular 4. Autopilot |
| APC | Alternative Planning Criteria |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (US) |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| APPS | Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (US) |
| APs | Additional insurance premiums |
| APS | Arrival Pilot Station |
| APT | Aft Peak Tank |
| AQIS | Australian Quarantine Inspection Service |
| ARA | Antwerp - Rotterdam - Amsterdam range |
| ARAG | Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent range |
| ARB | Arbitration |
| ARCC | Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre |
| ARND | Around |
| ARPA | Automatic Radar Plotting Aid |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASBA | The Association of Shipbrokers and Agents (USA) Incorporated, New York |
| ASCAP | Accelerated Small Claims Arbitration Procedure |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASI | Anti-Suit Injunction |
| ASP | Application Service Provider |
| ASPW | Any Safe Port in the World |
| ASTM | American Society of Testing & Materials |
| ATA | Actual Time of Arrival |
| ATC | Actual Time Counting |
| ATD | Actual Time of Departure |
| ATDN | Any Time Day & Night |
| ATDNSHINC | Any Time Day or Night Sundays and Holidays Included |
| ATF | Approved Transitional Facility |
| ATK | Aviation Turbine Kerosene |
| ATL | Actual Total Loss |
| ATS | 1. All Time Saved 2. Automated Targeting System |
| ATSA | Aviation and Transportation Security Act |
| ATSBE | All Time Saved Both Ends |
| ATSDO | All Time Saved Discharging Only |
| ATUTC | 1. Actually Time Used To Count 2. All Time Used to Count |
| AUSMEPA | Australian Marine Environment Protection Association |
| AUSSIE | Australia |
| AUSTWHEAT | Australian Wheat Charter |
| AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
| AUX | Auxilliaries |
| AVGAS | Aviation Gasoline |
| AVR | Automatic Voltage Regulator |
| AVRA | Automated Voyage Risk Assessment |
| AVTAG | Aviation Turbine Gasoline |
| AWIWL | Always Within Institute Warranty Limits |
| AWVNS | Always Within Vessel's Natural Segregation |
| AWRI | Additional War Risk Insurance |
| B | Bale (cargo capacity) |
| B/D | Bar-Draft |
| B/E | Break-Even |
| B/L | Bill of Lading |
| B/N | Booking Note |
| B/P | Bills Payable |
| B/R | Bills Receivable |
| B4 | Before |
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BA |
1. Breathing Apparatus 2. British Admiralty 3. Buenos Aires |
| BAF | Bunker Adjustment Factor (freight) (A fuel surcharge expressed as a percentage added or subtracted from the freight amount reflecting the movement in the market place price for bunkers) |
| BAL | Balance |
| BALLAST | Heavy weight, often sea water, necessary for the stability and safety of a ship which is not carrying cargo |
| BALTCON | The Baltic-White Sea Conference Coal Charter |
| BALTIME | Uniform time-charter |
| BAR | Builders All Risks |
| Bar absolute | Pressure in bar including atmospheric pressure |
| Bar gauge | Pressure in bar registered on content gauge (excludes atmospheric pressure) |
| BAREBOAT CHTR | Bareboat Charter Owners lease a specific ship and control its technical management and commercial operations only |
| BARECON | Standard bareboat charter |
| Basel 1989 | Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989 |
| BB | 1. Back to Back 2. Bahia Blanca 3. Ballast Bonus 4. Bare Boat 5. Below Bridge 6. Break Bulk / Breaking Bulk 7. Bulbous Bow |
| BBB | Before Breaking Bulk |
| BBC | Bare Boat Charter |
| BC | 1. British Columbia 2. Bulk Carrier |
| BC Code | Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMO) |
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BCH Code |
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk Code Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk |
| BCM | Bow to Centre of Manifold |
| BCO | Beneficial Cargo Owner |
| BCSN | Bulk Cargo Shipping Name |
| BD | Bar Draught |
| BDC | Bottom Dead Centre |
| BDI | Both Dates Inclusive |
| BDN | Bunker Delivery Note |
| BE | Both Ends (load and discharge ports) |
| BEAM | The maximum breadth of a ship |
| BEG | Beginning |
| BENDS | Both Ends (load and discharge ports) |
| BFC | Baltimore Form C (charterparty) |
| BFI | Baltic Freight Index |
| BGD | Bagged |
| BHP | Break Horse Power |
| BI | 1. Both Inclusive 2. Business Interruption |
| BIC | Bureau International des Containers (International Container Bureau) |
| BIFA | British International Freight Association |
| BIFFEX | Baltic International Freight Futures Index |
| BIMCO | The Baltic and International Maritime Council |
| BKR | Bulgarski Koraben Registar (Bulgarian Register of Shipping) |
| BL | 1. Bale 2. Bill of Lading 3. Bleeding (wing tanks) |
| BLG | Bulk Liquids and Gases |
| BLT | Built |
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BLU Code |
Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers Code Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers |
| BLY | Barley |
| BM | 1. Beam 2. Breadth Moulded |
| BMF | Board Measurement Feet = 1' x 1' x 1'' |
| BMM | British Marine Mutual |
| BMSR | Barbados Maritime Ship Registry |
| BN | Booking Note |
| BNWAS | Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System |
| BOA | Berthing On Arrival |
| BOB | 1. Balance On Board 2. Bunker On Board |
| BOD | Bunkers On Delivery |
| BOFFERS | Best Offers |
| BOL | Bill Of Lading |
| BOP | Blow-out Preventer |
| BOR | Bunkers On Redelivery |
| BOX | Everyday term for container (or boxed vessel) |
| BP | British Petroleum (company) |
| BPC | British Phosporous Commission |
| BPD | Barrels per day |
| BPM | Bridge Procedures Manual |
| BR | Breadth |
| BRGDS | Best Regards |
| BR.LD. | Break Load |
| BRM | Bridge Resource Management |
| BROB | Bunkers Remaining On Board |
| BRT | Brutto Register Tons |
|
BS |
1. British Standard 2. Bunker Surcharge |
| BSC | British Shippers' Council |
| BSI | British Standards Institute |
| BSS | Basis |
| BSS 1/1 | Basis 1 port to 1 port |
| BST | 1. British Standard Time 2. British Summer Time (UTC +1) |
| BT | Berth Terms |
| BTA | British Tugowners Association |
| BTO | British Trust for Ornithology |
| BTM | Bridge Team Management |
| BU | Bushel |
| BUNDLING | This is the assembly of pieces of cargo, secured into one manageable unit. This is a very flexible description; a rule of thumb is to present cargo at a size easily handled by a large (20 ton) fork lift truck |
| BUNKERS | Name given for vessels Fuel and Diesel Oil supplies (originates from coal bunkers) |
| BV | Bureau Veritas (classification society) |
| BW | 1. Ballast Water 2. Brackish Water |
| BWAD | Brackish Water Arrival Draft (or Draught) |
| BWB | British Waterways Board |
| BWDD | Brackish Water Departure Draught |
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BWM Convention |
Ballast Water Management Convention International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 |
| BWT | 1. Ballast Water Tank 2. Bleeding Wing Tanks |
| C | Celsius |
| C&F | Cost and Freight |
| C/C | sshinC/sshinC Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included/Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included |
| C/E | Chief Engineer |
| C/N | 1. Consignment Note 2. Cover Note 3. Credit Note |
| C/O | Chief Officer |
| C/P | Charter Party |
| C/X | sshinC/ssheX Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included/Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded |
| CAF | Currency Adjusting Factor (freight) |
| CAMM | Council of American Master Mariners |
| CAMP | Chambre Arbitrale Maritime de Paris |
| CAP | 1. Capacity 2. Condition Assessment Programme |
| CAPP | Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers |
| CAR | Construction All Risks |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board (US) |
| CAS | Condition Assessment Scheme |
| CAST | Coastguard Agreement on Salvage and Towing |
| CBA | Collective Bargaining Agreements |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBFT | Cubic Feet |
| CBM | Cubic Meter |
| CBP | US Customs & Border Protection |
| CBS | California Block Stowage |
| CBT | Clean Ballast Tank |
| CC | 1. Continuation Clause 2. Cubic Capacity 3. Cubic Centimetres 4. Customs Cleared |
| CCAI | Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index |
| CCC | Care Custody and Control |
| CCG | Canadian Coast Guard |
| CCIRF | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation |
| CCS | China Classification Society (classification society) |
| CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
| CCW | Countryside Council for Wales |
| CD | Customary Despatch |
| CDI | Chemical Distribution Institute |
| CE TA | Center Tank |
| CEFAS | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
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CEFOR |
Sjøassurandørernes Centralforening The Central Union of Marine Underwriters Norway |
| CEMS | Crew Endurance Management System |
| CENSA | Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners Association |
| CEQ | Council on Environmental Quality (US) |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (US) |
| CES | Coast Earth Station |
| CESS | Committee for Expertise of Shipbuilding Specifics |
| CFB | Cubic Feet Bale |
| CFC | Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CFG | Cubic Feet Grain |
| CFIVSAC | Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory Committee |
| CFM | Container Flow Management |
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CFR |
1. Code of Federal Regulations 2. Cost and Freight |
| CFS | Container Freight Station |
| CFT | Cubic Feet |
| CFU | Colony Forming Unit |
| CG | Centre of Gravity |
| CGA | Cargo's proportion of General Average |
| CGL | 1. Combined General Liability 2. Comprehensive General Liability Cover |
| CHA | Competent Harbour Authority |
| CHABE | Charterer's Agents Both Ends |
| CHEM | Chemical |
| CHO | Claims Handling Office |
| CHOPT | Charterer's Option |
| CHRIS | Chemical Hazards Response Information System |
| CHTRS | Charterers |
| CIA | Chemical Industry Association |
| CIC | Concentrated Inspection Campaign |
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CIF |
Cost, Insurance and Freight Seller pays all these costs to a nominated port or place of discharge |
| CIF&E | Cost, Insurance, Freight & Exchange |
| CIF&I | Cost, Insurance, Freight & Interest |
| CIFC | Cost, Insurance, Freight and Commission |
| CIFC&I | Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission & Interest |
| CIM | Convention Internationale Concernant le Transport des Marchandises par Chemin de Fer |
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CIP |
1. Calling In Port 2. Carriage and Insurance Paid to 3. Carrier Initiative Programme |
| CIRR | Commercial Interest Reference Rate |
| CISADA | Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act |
| CISG | Contracts for the International Sale of Goods |
| CIT | Chartered Institute of Transport |
| CJJA | Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act |
| CL | Clause |
| ClassNK | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (classification society) |
| CLC | Civil Liability Convention International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 |
| CLEE | Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Resulting from the Exploration of Seabed Mineral Resources, 1977 |
| CLH | Charterers’ Liability to Hull |
| CLIA | Cruise Lines International Association |
| CLP | Container Load Plan |
| CM | Centimetre |
| CMC | Case Management Conference |
| CMI | Comité Maritime International |
| CMN | Code of Marine Navigation (Ukraine) |
| CMR | Convention Marchandise Routiers |
| CMR Convention | Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road |
| CMS | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (US) |
| CNED | Confiscation, Nationalisation, Expropriation and Deprivation |
| CNR | Charterers Not Reported |
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CO |
1. Carbon Monoxide 2. Charterer's Option |
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COA |
Contract of Affreightment Owners agree to accept a cost per revenue ton for cargo carried on a specific number of voyages |
| COACP | Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party |
| COAL-OREVOY | Standard Coal and Ore Charter Party |
| COB | Close Of Business |
| COBLDN | Closing Of Business London |
| COC | Certificate Of Competency |
| COD | Cash On Delivery |
| COEEAB | Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board (US) |
| COF | Certificate of Fitness |
| COFC | Container On Flat Car |
| COFR | Certificate of Financial Responsibility (US) |
| COG | Course over Ground |
| COGS | Carriage of Goods by Sea |
| COGSA | Carriage of Goods by Sea Act |
| COLREGs | International Collision Regulations |
| COMBIDOC | Combined Transport Document |
| con | Control of Navigation |
| CONS | Consumption |
| CONT | Container |
| COOP | Continuity of Operations Plan |
| COP | Custom Of Port |
| COR | Certificate Of Registry |
| Cospas-Sarsat | Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov (Russian) [Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress (English)] - Search And Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking |
| COT | Cargo Oil Tank |
| COTP | Captain of the Port |
| COTR | Contracting Officer Technical Representative |
| COW | Crude Oil Washing |
| COWAC | Continent West Africa Conference |
| CP | 1. Charter Party 2. Controllable Pitch |
| CPD | Charterers Pay Dues |
| CPP | 1. Clean Petroleum Products 2. Controllable Pitch Propeller |
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CPR |
1. Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation 2. Civil Procedure Rules 3. Counter Pollution and Response Branch |
| CPSO | Counter Pollution and Salvage Officer, MCA |
| CPT | Carriage Paid To |
| CQD | Customary Quick Despatch |
| CR | 1. Carrier's Risk 2. China Corporation Register of Shipping 3. Crane 4. Current Rate |
| CRDIP | Columbia River District including Portland |
| CRINE | Cost Reduction in New Era |
| CRISTAL | Contract Regarding a Supplement to Tanker Liability for Oil Pollution |
| CRN | Crane |
| CRO | Cancelling Returns Only |
| CROB | Cargo Remaining On Board |
| CRS | Croatian Register of Shipping (classification society) |
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CSA |
1. Canada Shipping Act 2. Chamber of Shipping of America |
| CSC | International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972 |
| CSD | Closed Shelterdecker |
| CSH | Continuous Survey Hull |
| CSI | Container Security Initiative |
| CSL | Combined Single Limit |
| CSM | 1. Container Slot Management 2. Continuous Survey Machinery |
| CSO | Company Security Officer |
| CSP | Customs Security Programme (EU) |
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CSR |
1. Chech and Slovak Ship's and Industrial Register 2. Continuous Service Rate 3. Continuous Synopsis Record |
| CSS Code | Code Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing Code |
| CST | 1. Centistoke 2. Central Standard Time 3. Central Storage Tank |
| CT | Conference Terms |
| CTAC | Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee |
| CTC | 1. Cape Town Convention 2. Chemical Tanker Committee (Intertanko) |
| CTD | Cradle Tween Deck |
| CTL | Constructive Total Loss |
| CTO | Combined Transport Operator |
| C-TPAT | Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism |
| CTR | Container Fitted |
| CTSCA | Chemical Tanker Sub-committee (Americas) (Intertanko) |
| CTUs | Cargo Transport Units |
| CUFT | Cubic Feet |
| CVM | Contingent Valuation Methodology (US) |
| CVs | Consecutive Voyages |
| CWA | Clean Water Act (US) |
| CY | 1. Container Yard 2. Cylinders |
| CYL | Cylinder(s) |
| CYMEPA | Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association |
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D/A |
1. Days After Acceptance 2. Disbursements Account 3. Discharge Afloat |
| D/D | 1. Days After Date 2. Delivered At Docks |
| DA | Discharge Afloat |
| DAF | Delivered at frontier |
| DAP | 1. Days All Purposes (total days for loading and discharging) 2. Diammonium Phosphate (fertiliser) |
| DAPS | Days All Purposes |
| DARD | Department of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| DAS | Docking Aid System |
| DB | Double Bottom |
| DBB | 1. Deals Battens Boards 2. Double Bottom Ballast |
| DBL | Double |
| DBL SKIN | Double Skinned |
| DBT | Double Bottom Tank |
| DC | 1. Deratting Certificate 2. Direct Current 3. Discharge Capacity |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government |
| DD | 1. Daily Discharge 2. Dry Docking |
| DDC | Destination Delivery Charge |
| DDO | Dispatch Discharge Only |
| DDP | Delivered Duty Paid |
| DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane (pesticide) |
| DDU | Delivered Duty Unpaid |
| DEC | Deratting Exemption Certificate |
| DEF | Definitely |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DEL | Delivery |
| DELY | Delivery |
| DEM | Demurrage |
| DEM/DES | Demurrage/Despatch |
| DEMOLISHCON | Standard Contract for the Sale of Vessels for Demolition and Recycling (BIMCO) |
| DEQ | Delivered Ex Quay |
| DER | Derricks |
| DES | Delivered Ex Ship |
| DESP | Despatch |
| DET | Detention |
| DETS | Details |
| DF | Direction Finder |
| DFT | Department for Transport |
| DG | Dangerous Goods |
| DGD | Dangerous Goods Division of DFT |
| DGN | Dangerous Goods Note |
| DGPS | Differential Global Positioning System |
| DHD | Demurrage Half Despatch |
| DHDATSBE | Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends |
| DHDWTSBE | Despatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security (US) |
| DIC | Delivered In Charge |
| DIMA | Australian Immigration Authorities |
| DIS | Danish International Register of Shipping |
| DISCH | Discharge |
| DISPORT | Discharge Port |
| DIST | Distance |
| DK | Deck |
| DKVN | Vietnam Register of Shipping |
| DLO | Dispatch Loading Only |
| DLOSP | Dropping Last Outward Sea Pilot (Norway) |
| DLRS | Dollars |
| DLY | Daily |
| DM | Depth Moulded |
| DMA | Dynamic Management Area |
| DMLC | Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance |
| DMT | Danish Marine Technology |
| DNC | Digital Nautical Chart |
| DNRSAOCLONL | Discountless and Non-Returnable Ship and/or Cargo Lost or Not Lost |
| DNV | Det norske Veritas (Norwegian classification society) |
| DO | Diesel Oil |
| DOC | 1. Document Of Compliance 2. Drop-Off Charge (containers) |
| DOE (NI) | Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland |
| DOLSP | Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot (Norway) |
| DOP | Dropping Outward Pilot |
| DOS | Declaration Of Security |
| DOSP | Dropping Outward Sea Pilot |
| DOT | Department Of Transport |
| DP | 1. Direct Port 2. Dynamic Positioning |
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DPA |
1. Deepwater Port Act (US) 2. Designated Person Ashore |
| DPP | Dirty Petroleum Products |
| DPRK | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [North Korea] |
| DPT | Depth |
| DR | Dead Reckoning |
| DRAFT | Depth to which a ship is immersed in water. The depth varies according to the design of the ship and will be greater or lesser depending not only on the weight of the ship and everything on board, but also on the density of the water in which the ship is lying |
| DRC | Daily Running Cost |
| DRI | Direct Reduced Iron |
| DRK | Derrick |
| DS | Days |
| DSC | Digital Selective Calling |
| DSHA | Dangerous Substance in Harbour Area (Regulations) |
| DSV | Diving Support Vessel |
| DT | Deep Tank |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry (UK) |
| DUNNAGE | Materials of various types, often timber or matting, placed among the cargo for separation, and hence protection from damage, for ventilation and, in the case of certain cargoes, to provide space in which the forks of a lift truck may be inserted |
| DW | Deadweight |
| DWAT | Deadweight All Told |
| DWCC | Deadweight Cargo Capacity |
| DWCT | Deadweight Cargo Tonnage |
| DWP | Deepwater Port |
| DWT | Deadweight Tons |
| DYNPOS | Dynamic Positioning |
| DYS | Days |
| E&OE | Errors and Omissions Excepted |
| E0 | Unattended Engine Room |
| EA | Environment Agency |
| EAON | Except As Otherwise Noted |
| EAs | Environmental Assessments |
| EASC | European Air Shippers' Council |
| EB | Eastbound |
| EBL | Electronic Bearing Line |
|
EC |
1. East Coast 2. European Commission |
| ECA | 1. Emission Control Area 2. Early Case Assessment 3. Emergency Controlling Authority |
| ECASBA | European Community Association of Ship Brokers and Agents |
| ECCA | East Coast Central America |
| ECDIS | Electronic Chart Display and Information System |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice |
| ECR | Engine Control Room |
| ECS | Electronic Chart System |
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ECSA |
1. East Coast South America 2. European Community Shipowners' Association |
| ECSI | Export Cargo Shipping Instructions |
| ECTU | European Council of Transport Users |
| ECUK | East Coast United Kingdom |
| ECV | Estimated Completed Value |
| EDH | Efficient Deck Hand |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDIFACT | Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport |
| EDP | Early Departure Procedure |
| EE | Errors Excepted |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EEBD | Emergency Escape Breathing Device |
| EED | Energy Exploration and Development |
| EEDI | Energy Efficiency Design Index |
| EELS | Excess Energy Line Slip |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EFT | Electronic fund transfer |
| EG | 1. Environment Group 2. For example |
| EGCS | Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems |
| EGE | Exhaust Gas Economiser |
| EHC | Equipment Handover Charge |
| EHP | Effective Horse Power |
| EHS | Environment and Heritage Service |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| EITC | European Inland Transport Council |
| EIU | Even If Used |
| ELAA | European Liner Affairs Association |
| ELO | Environment Liaison Officer |
| ELSA | Emergency Life Saving Apparatus |
| ELVENT | Electric Ventilation |
| EMF | Electromotive Force |
| EML | Estimated Maximum Loss |
| EmS | Emergency Schedule |
| EMSA | European Maritime Safety Agency |
| EN | English Nature |
| ENC | Electronic Navigational Chart |
| ENG | Engine |
| e-NOA | Electronic Notice of Arrival |
| e-NOA/D | Electronic Notice of Arrival/Departure |
| ENS | Electronic Navigation Systems |
| EOP | End Of Passage |
| EOSP | End Of Sea Passage |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
| EPC Regs | Offshore Installation (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations |
| EPIRBs | Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons |
| ER | Engine Room |
| ERG | Emergency Response Guidebook |
| ERRV | Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels |
| ESC | European Shippers' Council |
| ESD | 1. Echo Sounder 2. Emergency Shut Down |
| ESM | Environmentally Sound Management |
| ESPO | European Sea Ports Organisation |
| E-SSM | Electronic Ship Supply Management |
| EST | Estimated |
| EST WT | Estimated Weight |
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ETA |
1. Estimated Time of Arrival 2. Expected Time of Arrival |
| ETB | Expected Time of Berthing |
| ETC | 1. Estimated Time of Completion 2. Expected Time of Completion |
| ETCD | Expected Time of Completion & Departure |
| ETD | Expected Time of Departure |
| ETH | Ethylene |
| ETR | Expected Time of Readiness |
| ETS | Expected Time of Sailing |
| ETV | Emergency Towing Vessel |
| EU | European Union |
| EWS | Early Warning System |
| EXCL | Exclusive |
| EXP | Expected |
| EXW | Ex Works |
F
| F&CC | Full And Complete Cargo |
| F&D | Freight & Demurrage |
| F.DESP | Free Despatch |
| F.DIS | Free Discharge |
| F/N | Fixing Note |
| FA | Free Alongside |
| FAA | Free of All Average |
| FAC | 1. Fast As Can 2. Forwarding Agent's Commission |
| FACCOP | Fast As Can, Custom Of Port |
| FAF | Fuel Adjustment Factor |
| FAK | Freight All Kinds |
| FAL | Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic |
| FALCA | Fast And Low Cost Arbitration |
| FALs | Fully Automatic Locks |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FAOP | Full Ahead On Passage |
| FAQ | Fair Average Quality |
| FAS | Free Alongside Ship Seller delivers goods to appropriate dock or terminal at port of embarkation and buyer covers costs and risks of loading |
| FBL | FIATA Bill of Lading |
|
FC |
1. Free of Capture 2. Fund Convention |
| FC&S | Free of Capture & Seizure |
| FCA | Free Carrier |
| FCAP | Fixed Cost Arbitration Procedure |
| FCAR | Free of Claim for Accident Reported |
| FCC | 1. Federal Communications Commission 2. First Class Charterers |
| FCL | Full Container Load |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FCR | Forwarder's Certificate of Receipt |
| FCS | Free of Capture and Seizure |
| FCT | Forwarder's Certificate of Transport |
| FCV | Final Completed Value |
| FD | 1. Forced Draught 2. Free Despatch 3. Free Discharge (cost) |
| FD&D | Freight, Demurrage and Defence |
| FDD | Freight Demurrage Deadfreight |
| FDEDANRSAOCLONL | Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship And Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost |
| FDIS | Free Discharge |
| FEED | Front End Engineering and Design |
| FEFC | Far East Freight Conference |
| FEMAS | Federation of European Maritime Associations of Surveyors and Consultants |
| FEPA | Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (UK) |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (US) |
| FERIT | Far East Regional Investigation Team |
| FERTS | Fertilizers |
| FEU | Forty-foot Equivalent Unit Forty foot container equivalency unit Standard 40' Container |
| FFA | 1. Fire Fighting Appliances 2. Free From Alongside 3. Free From Average 4. Freight Forward Agreements |
| FFI | FIATA Forwarding Instructions |
| FFO | Fixed and floating objects |
| FGA | Free of General Average |
| FHEX | Fridays and Holidays Excluded (muslim countries) |
| FHINC | Fridays and Holidays Included (muslim countries) |
| FI | Free In |
| FIA | Full interest Admitted |
| FIATA | International Federation of Forwarding Agents Associations |
| FIB | 1. Free Into Barge 2. Free Into Bunker |
| FIC | Focused Inspection Campaign |
| FIFI | Fire Fighting |
| FILO | 1. First In Last Out 2. Free In Liner Out Seafreight with which the shipper pays load costs and the carrier pays for discharge costs |
| FILTD | Free In Liner Terms Discharge |
| FIO | Free In and Out Freight booked FIO includes the sea freight, but no loading/discharging costs, i.e. the charterer pays for cost of loading and discharging cargo |
| FIOLS | Free In and Out, Lashed, Secured |
| FIOLS&D | Free In and Out, Lashed, Secured and Dunnaged |
| FIOS | Free In and Out Stowed As per FIO, but includes stowage costs |
| FIOSLSD | Free In/Out Stowed, Lashed, Secured and Dunnaged As per FIO, but includes cost of lashing securing and dunnaging cargo to Masters satisfaction |
| FIOST | Free In and Out Stowed and Trimmed Charterer pays for cost of loading/discharging cargo, including stowage and trimming |
| FIOT | Free In and Out Trimmed As per FIOS but includes trimming the leveling of bulk cargoes |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| FIT | 1. Free In Trimmed 2. Free In Truck |
| FIW | Free In Wagon |
| FIXING | Chartering a Vessel |
| FIXTURE | Agreement of contract for transportation |
| FLT | 1. Fork Lift Truck 2. Full Liner Terms Shipowner pays to load and discharge the cargo |
| FLWS | Follows |
| FM | From |
| FMC | Federal Maritime Commission (US) |
| FMP | Flow Moisture Point |
| FMS | Fathoms (= 6 feet) |
| FO | 1. Firm Offer 2. For Orders 3. Free Out 4. Free Overside 5. Fuel Oil |
| FOB | Free On Board Seller sees the goods "over the ship's rail" on to the ship which is arranged and paid for by the buyer |
| FOB'S | Free On Board Charges |
| FOC | 1. Flag Of Convenience 2. Free On Car |
| FOD | Free on Damage |
| FOFFER | Firm Offer |
| FOG | For Our Guidance |
| FONASBA | The Federation of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents |
| FONSIs | Findings of No Significant Impact |
| FOQ | Free On Quay |
| FOR | Free On Rail |
| FORCE MAJEURE | Clause limiting responsibilities of the charterers, shippers and receivers due to events beyond their control |
| FOS | Fuel Oil Surcharge |
| FOSC | Federal On Scene Co-ordinator (US) |
| FOSFA | Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations |
| FOT | 1. Free On Truck 2. Fuel Oil Tank |
| FOW | 1. First Open Water 2. Free On Wagon 3. Free On Wharf |
| FPA | Free Of Particular Average |
| FPD | Fall Preventer Device |
| FPDSO | Floating Production, Drilling, Storage and Offloading |
| FPS | Floating Production Systems |
| FPSO | Floating Production, Storage and Offloading |
| FPT | Fore Peak Tank |
| FPU | Floating Production Unit |
| FR&CC | Free of Riot and Civil Commotion |
| FR.WA. | Fresh Water |
| FRCP | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
| Free Ex Ins | Free of any Extra Insurance (owners) |
| FREE OUT | Free of discharge costs to Owners |
| FRF | French Francs (formerly) |
| FRG | Federal Repulic of Germany |
| FROF | Fire Risk On Freight |
|
FRP |
1. Federal Response Plan (US) 2. Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic |
| FRS | Fisheries Research Services |
| FRT | Freight |
| FSA | 1. Financial Services Authority 2. Food Standards Agency 3. Formal Safety Assessment |
| FSAS | Food Standards Agency Scotland |
| FSO | Floating Storage and Offloading |
| FSRU | Floating Storage and Regasification Unit |
| FSU | Floating Storage Unit |
| FT | 1. Feet (Foot) |
| FTD | Fitted |
| FTW | Free Trade Wharf |
| FUND | International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 |
| FW | Fresh Water |
| FWA | Fresh Water Allowance |
| FWAD | Fresh Water Arrival Draught (Draft) |
| FWDD | Fresh Water Departure Draught (Draft) |
| FWE | Finished With Engine |
| FWPCA | Federal Water Pollution Control Act (US) |
| FWS | Fish and Wildlife Service (US) |
| FYG | For Your Guidance |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| FYT | Follow Your Telex |
G
| G | Grain (cargo capacity) |
| G/B | Grain/Bales |
|
GA |
1. General Arrangement 2. General Average |
| GA/(ARB) | General Average / (Arbitration) |
| GAC | Gulf Agency Company |
| GAFTA | The Grain and Feed Trade Association |
| GAO | United States Government Accountability Office |
| GA(P) | General Arrangement (Plan) |
| GAR | Geographical Area of Responsibility (Canada) |
| GASBEND | Good And Safe (port) Both Ends |
| GASVOY | Gas Voyage Charter Party |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariff and Trade |
| GBP | United Kingdom Pound |
| GBS | Gravity Based Structure |
| GD | Geared |
| GD/GD | Gdynia/Gdansk |
| GDS | Government Decontamination Service |
| GEF | Global Environmental Fund (IMF) |
| GENCOA | Standard Contract of Affreightment for Dry Bulk Cargoes (BIMCO) |
| GENCON | Uniform General Charter |
| GENORECON | General Ore Charter Party |
| GENS | 1. General Cargo 2. Generals |
| GENTIME | General Time Charter Party |
| GEOROT | Geographical Rotation |
| GESAMP | Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution |
| G-H | 1. Ghent-Hamburg (range) 2. Gibraltar-Hamburg |
| GHG | Greenhouse gases |
| GIB | Gibraltar |
| GICW | Gulf Intra-Coastal Waterway |
|
GL |
1. Gearless 2. Germanisher Lloyd (classification society) |
| GLESS | Gearless |
| GLONASS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GLR | German Liner Replacement |
| GLS | Gearless |
| GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (Greenwich Meridian Time) |
| GN | Grain (capacity) |
| GNCN | Gencon Standard BIMCO charter party form |
| GNN | Government News Network |
| GNS | German North Sea |
| GO | 1. Gas Oil 2. Government Office |
| GoAT | Gulf of Aden Transit |
| GOC | General Operator Certificate |
| GoG | Gulf of Guinea |
| GP | General Purpose |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GPU | Generator Protection Unit |
| GR | Grain |
| GR/BL | Grain/Bale |
| GRAINCON | Standard Grain Voyage Charter Party |
| GRAINVOY | Grain Voyage Charter Party |
| GRD | Geared |
| GRI | General Rate Increase |
| GRT | Gross Registered Tonnage |
| GSAAAAB | Good Safe Always Afloat Always Accessible Berth |
| GSB | Good Safe Berth |
| GSBAA | Good and Safe Berth Always Afloat |
| GSP | Good Safe Port |
| GST | Goods & Services Tax |
|
GT |
1. Greenwich Time 2. Gross Tonnage |
| GTEE | Guarantee |
| GW | 1. Gale Warning 2. Gross Weight |
H
| H&M | Hull and Machinery |
| H/H | Hold/Hatch |
| H/M | Hull and Machinery |
| HA | Hatch |
| HARTS | Harbour Craft Transponder System |
| HAT | Highest Astronomical Tide |
| HAVEP | Harmonized Verification Programme |
| HBF | Harmless Bulk Fertiliser |
| HBI | Hot briquetted iron |
| HCB | Hydrocrack Bottoms |
| HCFC | Hydro-Chlorofluorocarbons |
| HD | 1. Half Despatch 2. Per Hatch per Day |
| HDL | Hatch Delivery |
| HDLTSBENDS | Half Despatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends |
| HDWTS | 1. Half Demurrage Weather Time Saved 2. Half Dispatch Working Time Saved |
| HEAP | Human Element Analyzing Process |
| HELDK | Helicopter Deck |
| HELMEPA | Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association |
| HES | Humber Estuary Services |
| HF | Half |
| HFO | Heavy Fuel Oil |
| HG | Heavy Grain |
| HGO | Heavy Grade Oil |
| H-H | Harve-Hamburg |
| HHDW | Heavy Handy Deadweight (scrap) |
| HHDWS | Heavy Handy Deadweight Scrap |
| HHW | Higher High Water |
| HHWI | Higher High Water Interval |
| HHWL | Highest High Water Level |
| HL | Heavy Lift |
| HLA | Heavy Lift Additional |
| HLW | Higher Low Water |
| HLWI | Higher Low Water Interval |
| HMB | Heavy Motor Blocks |
| HMBi | Hot moulded briquetted iron |
| HMCG | Her Majesty's Coastguard |
| HMS | 1. Heavy Metal Scraps 2. Her Majesty's Ships |
| HNS | Hazardous and Noxious Substances |
| HNS Convention | International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 |
| HNSRT | Hazardous and Noxious Substance Response Team |
| HO | Hold |
| HO/HA | Hold/Hatch |
| HP | Horse Power |
| HPA | Health Protection Agency |
| HPHT | High Pressure Formations |
| HPS | Health Protection Scotland |
| HR | Hour |
| HRA | High Risk Areas |
| HRDS | Hampton Roads (New York) |
|
HRS |
1. Hellenic Register of Shipping (classification society) 2. Hours |
| HS | Harmful Substances |
| HSAS | Homeland Security Advisory System |
| HSC Code | International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft |
| HSD | High Speed Diesel |
| HSE | Health and Safety Executive |
| HSMEP | Humber Serious Marine Emergency Plan |
| HSPD | Homeland Security Presidential Directive |
| HSS | Heavy grains, Soyas and Sorghums |
| HSSC | Harmonized System of Surveys and Certification |
| HSWA | Health and Safety at Work Act |
| HT | Height |
| HTS | High Tensile Steel |
| H-TYPE | Hakodate (vessel) Type |
| HV | Heavy |
| HVF | Heavy Fuel |
| HVFL | Heavy Fuel |
| HW | High Water |
| HWI | High Water Interval |
| HWLI | High Water Lunitidal Interval |
| HWM | High Water Mark |
| HWN | High Water Neaps |
| HWONT | High Water Ordinary Neap Tide |
| HWOST | High Water Ordinary Spring Tide |
| HWS | High Water Spring |
| HWT | High Water Time |
I
| I.W.L. | Institute Warranty Limits |
| IACS | International Association of Classification Societies |
| IADC | International Association of Drilling Contractors |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAF | Inflation Adjustment Factor |
| IAFS | International Anti-Fouling Certificate |
| IALA | International Association of Lighthouse Authorities |
| IAMSAR | International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue |
| IAPH | International Association of Ports and Harbours |
| IAPP | International Air Pollution Prevention |
| IAPPC | International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate |
| IAS | International Advisory Services |
|
IBC Code |
International Bulk Carrier Code International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk |
| IBF | International Bargaining Forum |
| IBIA | International Bunker Industry Association Ltd |
| IBNR | Incurred But Not Reported |
| IBOC | Institute Bulk Oil Clauses |
| IBS | Isthmus Bureau of Shipping |
| ICA | Inter Club Agreement |
| ICB | International Carrier Bond |
| ICBR | Institute Clauses for Builders Risks |
|
ICC |
1. Institute Cargo Clauses 2. International Chamber of Commerce |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICOB | Insurance Conduct of Business |
| ICRR | Increased Costs of Repair and Replacement |
|
ICS |
1. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers 2. International Chamber of Shipping |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| ICW | In Connection With |
| IDL | International Date Line |
| IFCA | Iran Freedom And Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 |
| IFF | Institute of Freight Forwarders |
| IFO | Intermediate Fuel Oil |
| IFP | Interim Fuel Participation factor |
| IG | International Group |
| IGA | International Group Agreement |
|
IGC Code |
International Gas Carrier Code International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk |
| IGS | Inert Gas System |
| IHC | International Hull Clauses |
| IHM | Inventory of Hazardous Materials |
| IHO | International Hydrographic Organisation |
| IHP | Indicated Horse Power |
| IHR | International Health Regulations (WHO) |
| IIP | International Ice Patrol |
| ILA | International Longshoremens Association |
| ILC | International Law Commission |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| ILOHC | In Lieu Of Hold Cleaning |
| IMB | International Maritime Bureau |
| IMSBC Code | International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code |
| IMCA | International Marine Contractors Association |
| IMCO | Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization |
| IMD | Insurance mediation |
| IMDG Code | International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMFO | International Maritime Fumigation Organization |
| IMGS | International Medical Guide for Ships |
| IMHH | Industry Mutual Hold Harmless Scheme |
| IMIC | Institute Mortgagees Interest Clauses |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IMOSAR | IMO Search and Rescue manual |
| IMPA | International Marine Purchasing Association |
| IND | Indication |
|
INF Code |
Irradiated Nuclear Fuels Code International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium and High-Level Radioactive Wastes on Board Ships |
| INL | International Navigation Limits |
| INMARSAT | International Maritime Satellite Organisation |
| INS | Information Service |
| INSA | Indian National Shipowners' Association |
| INSP | 1. Inspection 2. Inspector |
| INTERCARGO | International Association of Dry Cargo Owners |
| INTERCOA | Tanker Contract of Affreightment |
| INTERCONSEC | Tanker Consecutive Voyage Clauses |
| INTERMEPA | International Marine Environment Protection Association |
| INTERMODAL | Carriage of a commodity by different modes of transport, i.e. sea, road, rail and air within a single journey |
| INTERPOL | International Criminal Police Organization |
| INTERTANKO | International Association of Independent Tanker Owners |
| INTERVENTION | International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969 |
| INV | Invoice |
| IOPC Fund | International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund |
| IOPCF | International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund |
| IOPP | International Oil Pollution Prevention |
| IOPPC | International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate |
| IOR | Indian Ocean Region |
| IOT | Immingham Oil Terminal |
| IP | Institute of Petroleum |
| IPIECA | International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association |
| IPSP | International Port Security Program |
| IRAC | Immediate Response Action Completion |
| IRISL | Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines |
| IRO | In Respect Of |
|
IRS |
1. Indian Register of Shipping (classification society) 2. Internal Revenue Service (US) |
| ISA | Iran Sanctions Act |
| ISC | Information Sharing Centre |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISF | International Shipping Federation |
| ISGOTT | International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals |
| ISM | International Safety Management |
|
ISM Code |
International Safety Management Code International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention |
| ISMA | International Ship Managers Association |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
| ISP | International Standby Practices |
| ISPM | International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures |
| ISPP | International Sewage Pollution Prevention |
|
ISPS Code |
International Ship and Port Facility Security Code International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities |
| ISSC | International Ship Security Certificate |
| ISU | International Salvage Union |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations (US) |
| ITB | Integrated tug and barge unit |
| ITCF | Institute Time Clauses Freight |
| ITCH | Institute Time Clauses Hulls |
| ITF | International Transport Workers' Federation |
| ITIC | International Transport Intermediaries' Club |
| ITLOS | UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| ITOPF | International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation |
| IU | If Used |
| IUA | International Underwriting Association |
| IUATUTC | If Used, Actual Time Used To Count |
| IUHTAUTC | If Used, Half Time Actually To Count |
| IUMI | International Union of Marine Insurers |
| IV | Increased Value |
| IVCH | Institute Voyage Clauses Hulls |
| IWL | Institute Warranty Limits |
| IWO | In Way Of |
| IWT | Internal Waterway Transport |
J
| J&WO | Jettison & Wash Overboard |
| JH | Joint Hull |
| JIT | Just In Time |
| JLC | Joint Liability Committee |
| JNCC | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| JOA | Joint Operating Agreement |
| JRC | Joint Rig Committee (London Market) |
| JSA | Japanese Shipowners' Association |
| JST | Japan Standard Time |
K
| KD | Knocked Down |
| KFK | Knock-for-Knock |
| Kg | Kilogram |
| KG | Kommanditgesellschaft |
| KM | Knowledge Management |
| KMC | (cargo refrigerating system) |
| KN | Knot |
| KR | Korean Register of Shipping (classification society) |
| KT | 1. Kiloton 2. Knot |
| KTM | Keel To top of Mast |
| KTS | Knots |
| KVA | Kilovolt-Ampere |
| KW | Kilowatt |
L
| L&D | Loss and Damage |
| L.S. | Lump Sum |
| L.T. | Liner Terms |
| L/C | Layday Cancelling date |
| L/D | Loading/Discharging |
|
LA |
1. Letter of Authority 2. Los Angeles |
| LAB | Lloyd's Average Bond |
| LAKES | Great Lakes (USA/Canada) |
| LANE METER | A method of measuring the space capacity of Ro/Ro ships whereby each unit of space (Linear Meter) is represented by an area of deck 1.0 meter in length x 2.0 meters in width |
| LASH | 1. Lighter Aboard Ship a vessel that loads small barges direct from the water 2. To hold goods in position by use of Ropes, Wires, Chains or Straps etc. |
| LAT | 1. Latitude 2. Lowest Astronomical Tide |
| LAY/CAN | Laydays/Cancelling |
| LAYCAN | Layday Cancelling date |
| LB | Long Beach |
| LBP | Length Between Perpendiculars |
|
LC |
1. Letter of Credit 2. Loading Capacity 3. London Convention Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 |
| LCL | Less than Container Load |
| LCM | Least Common Multiple |
| LCR | Lowest Current Rate |
| LD | Load |
| LD50 | Average Lethal Dose |
| LDD | Loaded |
| LDF | Light Distillate Feedstock |
| LDG/UNLDG | Loading/Unloading |
| LDN | Laden |
| LDPT | Load Port |
| LEL | Lower Explosive Limit |
| LES | Land Earth Station |
| LFL | Lower Flammable Limit |
| LGT | Lengthened |
| LHW | Low High Water |
| LHWCA | Longshore and Harbor Workers´ Compensation Act |
| LHWI | Low High Water Interval |
| LIFO | Liner In Free Out |
| LISCR | Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry |
| LL | International Convention on Load-Lines, 1966 |
| LLA | Long Length Additional |
| LLMC | Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 |
| LLW | Lower Low Water |
| LLWI | Lower Low Water Interval |
| LLWL | Lowest Low Water Level |
| LM | Lane Metre |
| LMAA | London Maritime Arbitrators´ Association |
| LMDRC | London Master Drilling Rig Contract |
| LME | London Metal Exchange |
| LMIS | Lloyd's Maritime Information Services Division (company) |
| LMLN | Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter |
| LMOMUF | London Market Offshore Mobile Unit Form |
| LMP | London Market Principles |
| LMRP | Lower Marine Riser Package |
| LMRWSAC | Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee |
| LMSS | Land Mobile Satellite Service |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LO | Lubricating Oil |
| LO HO | Lower Hold |
| LO/LO | Lift On/Lift Off |
| LOA | Length Overall |
| LOF | Lloyd´s Open Form (salvage agreement) |
| LOGIC | Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness |
| LOH | Loss of Hire |
| LOI | Letter of Indemnity |
| LOLO | Lift On Lift Off |
| London Convention | Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 |
| LOP | 1. Line Of Position 2. Loss of Production |
| LOPIW | Loss of Production Income Wording |
| LOT | Load-on-Top |
| LOU | Letter of undertaking |
| LOW | Last Open Water |
| LPG | Liquified Petroleum Gas |
| LPS | Lump Sum |
| LQS | Lubricant Quality Scan |
|
LR |
1. Large Range 2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (classification society) |
| LRF | Local Resilience Forum |
| LRIT | Long Range Identification and Tracking |
| LS | Lump Sum |
| LS&D | Landing, Storage and Delivery Charge |
| LSA | Life Saving Appliances |
| LSD | Lashed Secured Dunnage |
| LSDBF | London Standard Drilling Barge Form |
| LSP | Lashing at Sea Project |
| LSPF | London Standard Platform Form |
| LSSA | Lloyd's Standard Salvage and Arbitration Clauses |
| LSSO | London P&I Club |
| LSW 244 | London Market Excess Claims Made Policy |
| LT | 1. Liner Terms 2. Local Time 3. Long Ton 4. Lumber Tropical (loadline) |
| LTA | Long Term Agreements |
| LTF | Lumber Tropical Fresh water (loadline) |
| LTGE | Lighterage |
| LTI | Lost Time Indicator |
| LTIF | Lost Time Injury Frequency |
| LTONS | Long Tons |
| LUMPS | Lumpsum |
| LW | 1. Low Water 2. Lumber Winter (loadline) |
| LWL | 1. Load Water Line 2. Low Water Level |
| LWM | Low Water Marks |
| LWNA | Lumber Winter North Atlantic load line |
| LWONT | Low Water Ordinary Neap Tide |
| LWOST | Low Water Ordinary Spring Tide |
| LYCN | Laycan (layday cancelling date) |
M
| M | Metre(s) |
| M&A | Mergers and acquisitions |
| M/M | Minimum/Maximum |
| M/R | Mate's Receipt |
| M/T | 1. Metric Tons 2. Motor Tanker |
| M/V | Motor Vessel |
| M2 | Square metre(s) |
| M3 | Cubic metre(s) |
| MACC | Military Aid to the Civil Community |
| MACOSH | Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (US) |
| MAIB | Marine Accident Investigation Branch |
| MAPRT | Media and Public Relations Team |
| MARAD | Maritime Administration (US) |
| MARIN | Maritime Research Institute Netherlands |
| MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MARS | International Marine Accident Reporting Scheme |
| MARSIG | Engineers Society for Maritime Safety Technique & Management |
| MASFO | Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation (US) |
| MATs | Manual Automatic Twistlocks |
| Mayday | The international distress signal (spoken) |
| MB | Merchant Broker |
| MBL | Minimum Breaking Load |
|
MBM |
1. Market-Based Measures 2. Meat and Bone Meal |
| MBT | Motorblocks Turnings |
| MBTA | Migratory Bird Treaty Act (US) |
| MCA | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| MCEU | Marine Consents and Environment Unit of Defra |
| MCL | Marine Cylinder Lubricant |
| MCMP | Management Committee on Marine Pollution |
| MCO | 1. Marine Casualty Officer (MCA) 2. Maximum Continuous Output |
| MCR | Maximum Continuous Rating |
| MCV | Maritime Crew Visa |
| MDA | Maritime Domain Awareness |
| MDO | Marine Diesel Oil |
| MDWT | Metric DeadWeight Tons |
| MED | 1. Marine Environment Division of Defra 2. Mediterranean |
| MEES | Middle East Emergency Surcharge |
| MEG | Mono-ethylene glycol |
| MEI | Mandatory Expanded Inspection |
| MEIR | Marine Emergencies Information Room |
| MEPC | Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO) |
| MERCOM | Maritime Emergency Response Commander (Australia) |
| MERSAR | Merchant Ship Search and Rescue manual |
| MES | Mobile Earth Station |
| MFA | Marine Fisheries Agency |
| MFD | Marine and Fisheries Directorate of Defra |
| MFMS | Mass Flow Metering System |
| MFO | Marine Fuel Oil |
| MGN | Marine Guidance Note |
| MGO | Marine Gas Oil |
| MGW | Maximum Gross Weight |
| MHHW | Mean Higher High Water |
| MHHWS | Mean Higher High Water Spring |
| MHLW | Mean Higher Low Water |
| MHP | Methane Hydrate Pellet |
| MHW | Mean High Water |
| MHWI | Mean High Water Interval |
| MHWN | Mean High Water Neaps |
| MHWS | Mean High Water Springs |
| MHz | MegaHertZ |
| MID | Maritime Identification Digits |
| MIN/MAX | Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity) |
| MIRG | Maritime Incident Response Group |
| MITI | Ministry of International Trade & Industry |
| MKT | Market |
| MLB | Mini Land Bridge |
| MLC | Maritime Labour Convention 2006 |
| MLD | Moulded |
| MLHW | Mean Lower High Water |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water |
| MLLWS | Mean Lower Low Water Spring |
| MLW | Mean Low Water |
| MLWI | Mean Low Water lunitidal Interval |
| MLWN | Mean Low Water Neaps |
| MLWS | Mean Low Water Springs |
| MM | Millimetre(s) |
| MMC | Merchant Mariner Credential |
| MMD | Merchant Mariner Document |
| MMS | Minerals Management Service |
| MMSEA | Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act (US) |
| MMSI | Maritime Mobile Service Identity |
| MMSS | Maritime Mobile Satellite Service |
| MO | Managing Owner |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOB | Man Over Board |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| MODU | Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit |
| MOL | More Or Less |
| MOLCHOP | More Or Less Charterer's Option |
| MOLCHOPT | More Or Less Charterer's Option |
| MOLCO | More Or Less Charterer's Option |
| MOLOO | More Or Less Owner's Option |
| MOM | Moment |
| MON | Monitors (fire) |
| MOP | Muriate Of Potash |
| MOS | Months |
| MOT | 1. Ministry Of Transport 2. Monthly OverTime |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPA | Maritime and Port Authority |
| MPP | Multi Purpose |
| MPRSA | Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (US) |
| MR | Medium Range |
| MRC | Marine Response Centre |
| MRGO | Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet |
| MRRS | Manual Remote Release System |
| MS | Motor Ship |
|
MSA |
1. Maritime Safety Agency 2. Merchant Shipping Act |
| MSB | Main Switch Board |
| MSC | Maritime Safety Committee (IMO) |
| MSDA | Milford Sound Development Authority (New Zealand) |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheets |
| MSG | Message |
| MSI | Maritime Safety Information |
| MSIC | Maritime Security Identification Card |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| MSMC | Minimum Safe Manning Certificate |
| MSN | Merchant Shipping Notice |
| MSP | Maritime Security Program |
| MSR | Mandatory Ship Reporting |
| MSST | Maritime Safety and Security Team |
| MT | 1. Empty 2. Metric Ton (i.e. 1,000 kilos / 2204.6lbs) 3. Motor Tanker |
| MTBE | Metyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
| MTC | Moment to change Trim per Centimetre |
| MTD | Multimodal Transport Document |
| MTHS | Months |
| MTL | Mean Tide Level |
| MTO | Multimodal Transport Operator |
| MTONS | Metric Tons |
| MTSA | Maritime Transportation Security Act, 2002 (US) |
| MTSCP | Marine Transportation Security Clearance Program |
| MTSNAC | Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council (US) |
| MV | Motor Vessel |
| MWS | Marine Warranty Surveyor |
N
|
N |
1. And 2. Newton(s) |
| N.E. | Not East of |
| N.N. | Not North of |
| N.S. | Not South of |
| N.W. | Not West of |
| N/T | New Terms |
| NAABSA | Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground |
| NAS | Navigation Assistance Service |
| NB | 1. New Building 2. Northbound |
| NCAD | Notice of Cancellation at Anniversary Date |
| NCB | National Cargo Bureau |
| NCIP | National Container Inspection Program (US) |
| NCL | Norwegian Cruise Lines |
| NCP | National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (US) |
| NCS | Norwegian Continental Shelf |
| NCSA | North Coast South America |
| NCV | No Commercial Value |
| NDT | Non-Destructive Testing |
| NDZ | No Discharge Zones |
| NE | Not East (of) |
| NEOBIG | Not East Of But Including Greece |
| NEP/S | Not Elsewhere Provided/Stated |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act (US) |
| NEPIA | North of England P&I Association |
| NEWCI | Not East of / West Coast Italy |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NGH | Natural gas hydrate |
| NGHP | Natural gas hydrate pellets |
| NGL | Natural Gas Liquid |
| NGO | Non Governmental Organisation |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NIMA | National Imagery and Mapping Agency |
| NIOSH | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIS | Norwegian International Shipsregister |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NK | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (classification society) |
| NKK | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (classification society) |
| NLS | Noxious Liquid Substances |
| NLSC | Noxious Liquid Substances Certificate |
| NMD | Norwegian Maritime Directorate |
| NMEA | National Marine Electronics Association |
| NMERA | National Maritime Emergency Response Arrangement (Australia) |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NMIP | Norwegian Marine Insurance Plan |
| NMSAC | National Maritime Security Advisory Committee |
| NMSP | National Maritime Security Programme (UK) |
| NNSA | National Nuclear Security Administration (US) |
| NNSS | Navy Navigation Satellite System |
| NO | Number |
| NO/NO2/NOx | Nitrogen Oxide |
| NOA | 1. Not Overaged 2. Notice of Arrival |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US) |
| NOBOB | No Ballast On Board |
| NOE | 1. Notice of Exception 2. Not Otherwise Enumerated |
| NOHP | Not Otherwise Herein Provided |
| NOI | Notice of Intent |
| NOIBN | 1. Not Otherwise Indexed By Number 2. Not Otherwise Indicated By Name |
| NOKUS-company | Norsk Kontrollert Utenlandsk Selskap i lavskatteland (Norwegian) |
| NOLA | New Orleans (Louisiana, US) |
| NOMA | Nordic Offshore Market Agreement |
| NON MECH | Non mechanical |
| NOP | Not Otherwise Provided |
| NOR | Notice of Readiness |
| NORA | Notice Of Readiness Accepted |
| NORGRAIN | North American Grain Charterparty |
| NORT | Notice Of Readiness Tendered |
| NOS | 1. Not Otherwise Specified 2. Numbers |
| NOSAC | National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee |
| NOT | Notice of Termination |
| NOTAM | Notice to Airmen |
| NPA | National Petroleum Association |
| NPD | Norwegian Petroleum Directorate |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (US) |
| NPFC | National Pollution Funds Center (US) |
| NPK | Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (fertiliser) |
| NPL | Norwegian Policy Limits |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| NR | No Risk |
| NRAD | No Risk After Discharge |
| NRC | National Research Council (US) |
| NRDA | Natural Resource Damage Assessment (US) |
| NRT | Net Registered Tonnage |
| NS | Nuclear Ship |
| NSA | 1. Non-Separation Agreement 2. Norwegian Shipowners' Association |
| NSC | No Stacked Credit |
| NSF | Norwegian Salesform |
| NSPF | Not Specially Provided For |
| NT | Net Tonnage |
| NTM | Notice to Mariners |
| NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board (US) |
| NTVRP | Nontank Vessel Response Plans and Other Response Plan Requirements (US) |
| NUBALTWOOD | Baltic Wood Charter Party |
| NUC | Not Under Command |
| NV | Norwegian Veritas |
| NVMC | National Vessel Movement Center |
| NVO | Non-Vessel Operating |
| NVOC | Non-Vessel Owning Carrier |
| NVOCC | Non-vessel Operating Common Carrier |
| NWE | North West Europe |
| NWP | Nationwide Permits |
| NYPE | New York Produce Exchange (charterparty) |
| NYPE ICA | New York Produce Exchange Inter-Club Agreement |
| NYSA | The New York Shipping Association |
| NZPHMS | New Zealand Port and Harbour Marine Safety |
O
| O.A. | Over All |
| O/A | Open Account |
| O/C | 1. Open Charter 2. Ore Carrier |
| O3 | Ozone |
| OA | Over Aged |
| OBO | Oil/Bulk/Ore (carrier) |
| OBQ | On Board Quantity |
| OCIL | Oil Casualty Insurance Limited |
| OCIMF | Oil Companies International Marine Forum |
| OCM | Oil Content Monitor |
| OCMI | Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection |
| OCP | Over Common Point |
| OCS | Outer Continental Shelf |
| OCSLA | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act |
| OCU | Operations Control Unit |
| OD | Outside Diameter |
| ODM | Oil Discharge Monitor |
| ODME | Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment |
| ODP | Offshore Drilling Platform |
| ODS | Ozone Depleting Substances |
| OECD | Organization on Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| OEE | Operators Extra Expense |
| OGITF | Oil and Gas Industry Task Force |
| OGP | International Association of Oil and Gas Producers |
| OH | Off Hire |
| OHBC | Open Hatch Bulk Carrier |
| OIG | Office of Inspector General (US) |
| OIL | Oil Insurance Limited |
| OILPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954 |
| OILREC | Oil Recovery |
| OIM | Offshore Installation Manager |
| OLOA | Oronite Low-Ash Additive |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget (US) |
| OMS | Oceania Maritime Services Pty Limited |
| ONW | Onwards |
| OO | 1. Oil/Ore 2. Owner's Option |
| OOG | Out Of Gauge |
| OOPS | O'Brien Oil Pollution Service |
| OOW | Officer of the Watch |
| OP | Operator |
| OPA | Oil Pollution Act |
| OPA'90 | Oil Pollution Act 1990 (US) |
| OPEC | Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OPL | Off Port Limits |
|
OPOL |
1. Offshore Pollution Liability Agreement 1974 2. Offshore Pollution Liability Association Limited |
| OPRC Convention | International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 |
| OPRHNS | Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances |
| OPT | Option |
| OR | Owner's Risk |
|
ORB |
1. Oil Record Books 2. Owner's Risk of Breakage |
| ORC | Owner's Risk of Chafing |
| ORD | Owner's Risk of Damage |
| ORDET | Owner's Risk of Deterioration |
| OREI | Offshore Renewable Energy Installations |
| ORF | Owner's Risk of Fire/Freezing |
| ORL | Owner's Risk of Leakage |
| ORS | Owner's Risk of Shifting |
| ORW | Owner's Risk of becoming Wet |
| OS | Ordinary Seaman |
| OS&D | Over, Short and Damage (report) |
| OS/Cook | Ordinary Seaman/Cook (= combined deck and catering duties) |
| OSB | One Safe Berth |
| OSD | 1. Open Shelter Decker 2. Oil Spill Dispersant |
| OSG | Overseas Shipholding Group |
| OSH | Open Shelter deck |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSLTF | Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund |
| OSP | One Safe Port |
|
OSPA |
1. Oil Spill Prevention Act (US) 2. Massachusetts Oil Spill Prevention Act |
| OSPAR | Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, 1992 |
| OSPs | Operators and Service Providers |
| OSRA | Ocean Shipping Reform Act |
| OSRO | Oil Spill Removal Organization (US) |
| OST | Ore Sea Transport |
| OSV | Offshore Supply Vessel |
| OT | 1. Oil Tight 2. On Truck 3. Overtime |
| OW | Owners |
| OWS | Oily Water Separator |
| P&A | Procedures and Arrangements |
| P&C | Private and Confidential |
| P&I | Protection and Indemnity |
| P.P. | PerPendicular |
| P/CGO | Part Cargo |
| P/E | Purchase Enquiry |
| PA | 1. Particular Average 2. Pascal(s) 3. Public Address |
| PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PAL | Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 |
| PANDI | Protection And Indemnity |
| PAVIS | Port and Vessel Information System |
| PAX | Passenger Vessel |
| PC | 1. Partcargo 2. Percent % |
| PCB | Polychlorobiphenyls |
| PCC | Pure Car Carrier |
| PCNT | Panama Canal Nett Tonnage |
| PCO | Port, Charterers' Option |
| PCSOPEP | Panama Canal Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan |
| PCT | Percent % |
| PCTC | Pure Car Truck Carrier |
| PD | Per Diem (per day) |
| PDM | Physical Distribution Management |
| PDPR | Per Day Pro Rata |
| PDS | Power Delivery Setting |
| PEC | Pilotage Exemption Certificate |
| PEIS | Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement |
| PEL | Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PER/DRF | Permissible Draught |
| PF | Power Factor |
| PFD | Personal Flotation Device |
| PFSO | Port Facility Security Officer |
| PG | Persian Gulf |
| PGF | Poincaré Gold Franc |
| PGH | Per Geard Hatch |
| PHMSA | Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (US) |
| PHPD | Per Hatch Per Day |
| PI | Protection and Indemnity |
| PIBSA | Polyisobutenyl Succinic Anhydride |
| PIC | Person In Charge |
| PIOPIC | P&I Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause |
| PL | Protective Location |
| PLANARCON | Oil Spill Contingency Plan (Argentina) |
| PLATO | Pollution Agreement amongst Tanker Owners |
| PLB | Personal Locator Beacon |
| PLC | Public limited company (UK) |
| PLS | Please |
| PLT | Per Long Ton |
| PLTC'S | Port Liner Term Charges |
| PM | Particulate Matter |
| PMA | Permanent Means of Access |
| PMQS | Provided Minimum Quantity Supplied |
| PMS | Plan Maintenance System |
| PMSC | Port Marine Safety Code |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| POAC | Person in Overall Advisory Control |
| POB | Pilot On Board |
| POLCOALVOY | Coal Voyage Charter |
| POM | Pilot Operations Manager |
| POR | Pacific Ocean Region |
| PORTS | Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System |
| POT (able) | Potable water |
| PP | 1. Picked Port(s) 2. Posted Price 3. Pre-Paid |
| PPE | Personal Protection Equipment |
| PPI | Policy Proof of Interest |
| PPM | Parts Per Million |
| PPS | Precise Positioning System |
| PPT | Prompt |
| PREP | Preparedness for Response Exercise Program |
| PROT | Protocol |
| PRPA | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
| PRS | Polski Rejestr Statkow (Polish Register of Shipping) |
| PSA | The Passenger Shipping Association |
|
PSC |
1. Port State Control 2. Production Sharing Contract |
| PSF | Pounds per Square Foot |
| PSG | Passing |
| PSI | 1. Pounds per Square Inch 2. Proliferation Security Initiative |
| PSR | Panama Shipping Register |
| PSSA | Particularly Sensitive Sea Area |
| PSV | Platform Supply Vessel |
| PT | 1. Private Terms 2. Port |
| PTSA | Port and Tanker Safety Act (US) |
| PTSD | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PU | Pumps |
| PV | Pressure Vacuum (valve) |
| PWH | Per Workable Hatch |
| PWSA | Port and Waterways Safety Act |
| PWSRCAC | Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council |
| PWWD | Per Weather Working Day |
Q
| QA | Quality assurance |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QI | Qualified Individual (US) |
| QM | Quarter Master |
| QS | Quarantine Station |
R
| 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 |
| RIB | Rigid Inflatable Boat |
|
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 |
| RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| RNR | 1. Rate Not Reported 2. Registrul Naval Roman (Romanian Register of Shipping) |
|
RO |
1. Recognised Organisation 2. Response Organisation |
| 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 |
| ROW | Removal Of Wreck |
| 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 |
S
| S&P | Sale & Purchase |
| S.THR. | Side Thruster |
| S/N | Shipping Note |
| S/O | Shipping Order |
| S/R B/L | Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading |
| SAC | Special Area of Conservation |
| SAFCON | Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate |
| SALM | Single Anchor Leg Mooring |
| Salvage 1989 | International Salvage Convention 1989 |
| SANR | Subject to Approval, No Risk |
|
SAR |
1. Search and Rescue 2. International Convention on Search and Rescue |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SARSAT | Search And Rescue Satellite System |
| SART | Search And Rescue Radar Transponder |
| SASA | Scottish Agricultural Science Agency |
| SATCOM | Satellite Communications |
| SATs | Semi Automatic Twistlocks |
| SATSHEX | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excepted |
| SATSHINC | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included |
|
SB |
1. Safe Berth 2. Smith Bilbrough & Co. Ltd. 3. South Bound |
| SBM | 1. Single Buoy Mooring 2. Soya Bean Meal |
| SBP | Singapore Bunkering Procedure |
| SBS | 1. Safe Berth 2. Surveyed Before Shipment |
| SBT | Segregated Ballast Tank |
| SC | 1. Salvage Charges 2. Short Circuit |
| SC&S | Strapped, Corded and Sealed |
| SCAT | Shoreline Clean-up Assessment Team |
| SCG | Strategic Coordinating Group |
| SCIA | Sea Carrier Initiative Agreement (US) |
| SCMA | Singapore Chamber for Maritime Arbitration |
| SCNT | Suez Canal Nett Tonnage |
| SCOPIC | Special Compensation P&I Clause |
| SCP | Small claims procedure |
| SCR | Special Casualty Representative |
| SCSPA | South Carolina State Ports Authority |
| SCU | Salvage Control Unit |
| SD | 1. Sailing Date 2. Short Delivery 3. Sight Draft 4. Single Decker 5. Standard Design |
| SDN | Specially Designated Nationals |
| SDR | Special Drawing Rights (IMF) |
| SDS | Single Domestic Space |
| SDT | Detection Test System |
| SECA | SOx Emission Control Area |
| SEEEC | Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee |
| SEEMP | Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan |
| SEERAD | Scottish Executive, Environment and Rural Affairs Department |
| SEI | State Ecological Inspection |
| SELFDISCH | SelfDischarger |
| SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| SERS | Ship Emergency Response Service |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SF | 1. Safety Factor 2. Shear Force 3. Stowage Factor 4. Superficial Feet |
| SFB | Summer Free Board |
| SFP | Stowaway Focal Point |
| SFPA | Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency |
| SG | Specific Gravity |
| SHEX | Sundays, Holidays Excluded (Excepted) |
| SHINC | Sundays, Holidays Included |
| SHMT | Shipment |
| SHP | Shaft Horse Power |
| Si | Silicon |
| SI/TW | Single/Tweendeck |
|
SID |
1. Seafarers' Identity Document 2. Single Deck |
| SIGTTO | Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators |
| SIPBS | State Inspection for Protection of the Black Sea |
| SIRE | Ship Inspection Report Programme |
| SIT | Stopping In Transit |
| SITRAME | Maritime Traffic Information System Ecuador International Traffic |
| SL&C | Shipper's Load and Count |
| SL&T | Shipper's Load and Tally |
| SLA | Single Line Approach |
| SLD | Sailed |
| SLPTA | Slop Tanks |
| SLSD | Stowed, Lashed, Secured, Dunnaged |
| SLSDC | Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation |
| SLSMC | St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation |
| SMC | Safety Management Certificate |
| SMS | Safety Management System |
| SMT | Spill Management Team (US) |
| SNH | Scottish Natural Heritage |
| SNPRM | Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| SNST | Soonest |
| SO | 1. Sellers' Option 2. Ship's Option 3. Shipping Order 4. System Oil |
| SO2/SOx | Sulphur Dioxide |
| SOCP | Ship Operations Cooperative Program |
| SOF | Statement Of Facts |
| SOFAR | Sound Fixing And Ranging |
| SOG | Speed Over Ground |
| SOL | Shipowners’ Liability |
| SOLAS | International Convention for the Safety Of Life At Sea |
| SOM | Swedish Official Measure |
| SONAR | Sound Operation Navigation And Range |
| SOPEP | Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans |
| SOSREP | Secretary of State's Representative for Salvage and Intervention (UK) |
| SOVC-MLC | Statement of Voluntary Compliance Maritime Labour Certificate |
| SP | 1. Safe Port 2. Shipping Policy Division of DfT |
| SPA | Special Protection Area |
| SPAMIs | Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance |
| SPB | St. Petersburg |
| SPC | Self-Polishing Copolymers |
| SPD | Steamer Pays Dues |
| SPM | 1. Saturday p.m. 2. Single Point Mooring |
| SPREP | South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme |
| SRC | Shoreline Response Centre |
| SRCC | Strikes, Riots, Civil Commotions |
| SRCCMD | Strikes, Riots, Civil Commotions, Malicious Damage |
| SRL | Ship Repairer's Liability |
|
SS |
1. Shipside 2. Singapore Standard 3. Special Survey 4. Steam Ship |
| SS and C | Same Sea and Country coast |
| SSAS | Ship Security Alert System |
| SSB | Single Side Band |
| SSCC | Ship Sanitation Control Certificate |
| SSCEC | Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate |
| SSHEX | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded |
| SSHINC | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included |
| SSI | Sensitive Security Information |
| SSIL | Sectoral Sanctions Identification List |
| SSN | Standard Shipping Note |
| SSO | Ship Security Officer |
| SSPCA | Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| SSSIs | Sites of Special Scientific Interest |
| SSW | Summer Salt Water |
| ST | 1. Short Ton 2. Standard Time |
| STBY | Standby |
| STC | Said To Contain |
| STCW | International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping, 1978 |
| STD | Standard |
| STDS | Standards |
| STEL | Short Term Exposure Limit |
| STEM | Subject To Enough Merchandise (Cargo availability) |
| STEP | Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program |
| STL | Submerged Turret Loading |
| STOp Notes | Scientific, Technical and Operational Guidance Notes |
| STOPIA | Small Tanker Oil Pollution Indemnification Agreement |
| STS | Ship to Ship |
| SUA | Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Navigation, 1988 |
| SUPPLYTIME | Time charter party for offshore service vessels |
| SURF | Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers, Flowlines |
| S-VDR | Simplified Voyage Data Recorder |
| SWAD | Salt Water Arrival Draught (Draft) |
| SWASH | Small Waterplane Area Single Hull |
| SWATH | Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull |
| SWBM | Still Water Bending Moment |
| SWDD | Salt Water Departure Draught (Draft) |
| SWL | Safe Working Load |
T
| T | Tonnes |
| T&G | Tongued & Grooved (timber) |
| T&P | Theft & Pilferage |
| T&S | Touch & Stay |
| T/C | Time Charter |
| T/O | Transfer Order |
| T/T | Telegraphic Transfer |
| T° (°T) | Degrees true |
| TA | 1. Tanks 2. Transatlantic |
| TAMP | Tariff Authority for Major Ports |
| TAPA | Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (US) |
| TARV | Transatlantic Roundvoyage |
| TBA | 1. Tertiary Butyl Alcohol 2. To Be Advised 3. To Be Agreed 4. To Be Announced |
| TBN | 1. To Be Named 2. To Be Nominated 3. Total Base Number |
| TBO | Time Between Overhauls |
| TBR | To Be Renamed |
| TBS | Talk Between Ships |
| TBT | Tributyltin |
| TC | 1. Temperature Coefficient 2. Till Countermanded 3. Time Charter 4. Time Closing |
| TCE | Time Charter Equivalent |
| TCP | Time Charter Party |
| TCT | Time Charter Trip |
| TD | 1. Temporarily Discontinued 2. Tween Deck |
| TDA | Temporary Danger Area |
| TDC | Top Dead Centre |
| TDW | 1. Total Deadweight 2. Tonnes Deadweight |
| TDWAT | 1. Total Deadweight All Told 2. Tonnage Deadweight All Told |
| TE | Temporarily Extinguished |
| TEC | Tidal Energy Converter |
| TEEMP | Tanker Energy Efficiency Management Plan |
| TEU | Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (standard 20' container) |
| TEZ | Temporary Exclusion Zone |
| TF | Tropical Freshwater (loadline) |
| TGB | Temporary Guide Base |
| THC | Terminal Handling Charges (Cost) |
| THR | Thruster |
| TIH | Toxic Inhalation Hazard |
| TIP | Taking Inward Pilot |
| TL | 1. Total Load 2. Total Loss |
| TLm | Toxic Limited Median |
| TLO | Total Loss Only |
| TLP | Tension Leg Platform |
| TLV | Threshold Limit Value |
| TLX | Telex |
| TM | 1. Technical Manual 2. Thickness Measurement |
| TMAS | Telemedical Assistance Services |
| TML | Transportable Moisture Limit |
| TOBENA | To Be Named |
| TOCA | Transfer of Class Agreement |
| TOFC | Trailer on Flat Car |
| TOMK | To Make |
| TOP | Taking Outbound (Outward) Pilot |
| TOPIA | Tanker Oil Pollution Indemnification Agreement |
| TOPSIL | Total Loss Offshore Production Structure Insurance Limited |
| TOS | Traffic Organisation Service |
| TOTOCOM | Total Commission |
| TOVALOP | Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability for Oil Pollution |
| TPC | Tons Per Centimetre (immersion) |
| TPD | Tons Per Day |
| TPEO | Trunk Piston Engine Oil |
| TPI | Tons Per Inch |
| TPT | Transport |
| TR | Ton Registered |
| TRCF | Total Recordable Case Frequency |
| TRIA | Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, 2002 (US) |
| TRND | To Be Renamed |
| TS | 1. Thunderstorm 2. Tons 3. Tropical Storm |
|
TSA |
1. Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement 2. Transportation Security Administration (US) |
| TSAC | Towing Safety Advisory Committee (US) |
| TSCF | Tanker Structure Co-operative Forum |
| TSP | Triple superphosphate (fertiliser) |
| TSPP | Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention Conference |
| TSSs | Traffic Separation Schemes |
| TST | Topside Tank |
|
TT |
1. Through Transport 2. Transit Time 3. Turbine Tanker |
| TTP | Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures |
| TTL | Total |
| TURMEPA | Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association |
| TVP | True Vapour Pressure |
| TW | 1. Tween (deck) 2. Typhoon Warning |
| TWA | Time Weighted Average |
| TWIC | Transportation Worker Identification Credential |
| TWRA | Transpacific West-bound Rate Agreement |
| TX | Telex |
U
| UBC | Universal Bulk Carrier |
| UCC | Uniform Commercial Code |
| UCH | Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention, 2001 (UNESCO) |
| UCP | Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits |
| UCR | Unique Consignment Reference |
| UCT | Universal Co-ordinated Time |
| UCTA | Unfair Contract Terms Act, 1977 |
| UFL | Upper Flammable Limit |
| UGBO | Underground Blowout |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| UI | Unified Interpretations |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UK Spill | United Kingdom Spill Association |
| UKC | 1. Under-Keel Clearance 2. United Kingdom - Continent |
| UKCS | United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
| UKFO | United Kingdom For Orders |
| UKHO | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
| UKOOA | United Kingdom Offshore Operators' Association |
| ULBC | Ultra Large Bulk Carrier |
| ULCC | Ultra Large Crude Carrier |
| ULCS | Ultra Large Containership |
| Ulexite | Hydrated Sodium Calcium Borate Hydroxide |
| ULSADO | Ultra Low Sulphur Auto Diesel |
| UMS | Unmanned Machinery Space |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCHE | United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972 |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 |
| UNCLOS III | Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| US | United States |
| USAC | United States Atlantic Coast |
| USACE | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| USC | Unless Sooner Commenced |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| USEC | United States East Coast |
| USG | United States Gulf |
| USNH | United States North of Cape Hatteras |
| USNOPC | United States North Pacific |
| USPCA | Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| USSH | United States South of Cape Hatteras |
| USVSP | US Vessel Security Plans |
| USWC | United States West Coast |
| UT | Universal Time |
| UTC | Universal Co-ordinated Time |
| UU | Unless Used |
| UUIWCTAUTC | Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count |
| UW | 1. Underwriting 2. Underwriter(s) |
V
|
V/C |
1. Voyage Charter 2. Vehicle Container |
| VA | Volt-Ampere |
| VAL | Value |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
| VDR | Voyage Data Recorder |
| VEC | Vapour Emission Control |
| VEG | Vegetable Oil |
| VEGOIL | Vegetable Oil |
| VGP | Vessel General Permit |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VIG | Vessel Inspection Guide |
| VIOS | Vessel Insurance and Operations Surcharge |
| VISA | Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement |
| VLCC | Very Large Crude Carrier |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| VMS | Voyage Management System |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds |
| VOCC | Vessel Operating Common Carrier |
| VOLCOA | Standard volume contract of affreightment for the transportation of bulk dry cargoes |
| VOP | Value as in Original Policy |
| VOSS | Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System |
| VOY | Voyage |
| VPD | Vessel Pays Dues |
| VRP | Vessel Response Plan (US) |
| VSA | Vessel Security Assessment |
| VSL | Vessel |
| VSPs | Vessel security plans |
| VTIS | Vessel Traffic Information System |
| VTS | Vessel Traffic Services |
W
|
W |
1. West 2. Winter (loadline) |
| W&F | Water and Feed |
| W&I | Weighing and Inspection |
| W&M | War & Marine |
| W/B | Waybill |
| W/M | Weight or Measurement |
| W/P | Without Prejudice |
| WA | 1. Water 2. With Average |
| WB | 1. Water Ballast 2. Waybill 3. Westbound |
| WBA | When Berth Available |
| WBT | Water Ballast Tank |
| WC | West Coast |
| WCCON | Whether Cleared Customs Or Not |
| WCMEX | West Coast Mexico |
| WCO | World Customs Organization |
| WCSA | West Coast South America |
| WCUK | West Coast United Kingdom |
| WCUS | West Coast United States |
| WD | Wind Direction |
| WEC | Wave Energy Converter |
| WECM | Warranted Existing Class Maintained |
| WEF | With Effect From |
| WETREP | West European Tanker Reporting System |
| WFA | With Following Alterations |
| WFG | Waterborne Freight Grant |
| WFO | Worldwide freezing orders |
| WHD | Working Hatch per Day |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WI | West Indies |
| WIAS | Water Ingress Alarm Systems |
| WIBON | Whether In Berth Or Not |
| WICCON | Whether In Customs Clearance Or Not |
| WIFPON | Whether In Free Pratique Or Not |
| WIG craft | Wing-In-Ground craft (effect craft) |
| WIPON | Whether In Port Or Not |
| WISA | Western India Shippers Association |
| WITA | Wing Tank |
| WL | Water Line |
| WLTOHC | Waterline To Hatch Coaming (distance) |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| WMED | West Mediterranean |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WNA | Winter North Atlantic (loadline) |
| WOA | Warlike Operations Area |
| WOG | 1. Without Guarantee 2. Without Guidance |
| Working Copy | (Copy of Charter Party - not being signed and may contain unchecked errors) |
| WP | Weather Permitting |
| WPA | With Particular Average |
| WPM | Wood packaging material |
| WRC | Wreck Removal Convention |
| WRD | Wide Range Destillate |
| WRIC | Wire Rods In Coils |
| WRO | War Risk Only |
| WS | World Scale |
| WSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WT | 1. War Time 2. Watertight 3. Wing Tank |
| WTD | Watertight door |
| WTS | Working Time Saved |
| WTSBE | Working Time Saved Both Ends |
| WVNS | Within Vessel's Natural Segregation |
|
WW |
1. Wheather Working 2. Wilh. Wilhelmsen 3. World Wide |
| WWD | Weather Working Days |
| WWDSHEX | Weather Working Days, Sundays and Holidays Excepted |
|
WWF |
1. Australian Waterside Workers' Federation 2. World Wildlife Fund |
| WWR | When Where Ready |
| WWRCD | When Where Ready on Completion of Discharge |
| WWW | World Weather Watch |
| WWWW | WIBON, WCCON, WIFPON, WIPON |
| WX | Weather Message |
X
|
X/C |
ssheX/sshinC Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded/Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included |
| X/X | ssheX/ssheX Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded/Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded |
| XRF | X-rays excite atoms |
Y
| Y/A | York-Antwerp Rules |
| YAR | York-Antwerp Rules |
| YC | Your Cable |
| YDAY | Yesterday |
| YR | Your |
Z
| ZDTPs | Zinc Dithiophosphates |
| ZST | Zone Standard Time |
| ZT | Zone Time |
| ZUTC | GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) |