Acronyms & abbreviations

A mariners' instant guide to some of the acrony abbreviations now in use at sea and ashore
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

A
ATS A. C. A.A. A.F. a.m. a.o. A.R.A. A.T.S.B.E. A.T.S.D.O. A.T.S.L.O. a.w. A.W.t.S.B.E. A.W.T.S.D.O. A.W.T.S.L.O. a/c A/D
- ALL TIME SAVED - account current - always afloat - ADVANCE FREIGHT - ante meridiem - account - ANTWERP/ROTTERD/AMSTERD - All Time Saved Both Ends (also a.t.s.b.e.) (Chartering). - All Time Saved Discharging Only (also a.t.s.d.o.) (Chart). - All Time Saved Loading Only (also a.t.s.1.0.) (Chartering). - actual weight - All Working Time Saved BothEndsalso a.w.t.s.b.e.) (Chartering). - All Working Time Saved Discharging only (also a.w.t.s.d.o.) (Chartering). - All orking Time Saved Loaded Only (also a.w.t.s.1.0.) (Chartering). - Account (also acct.). - Alternate Days After date (also a/d).

A/H A/H RNG a/m a/n A/S a/s AAAA AARA abb. ABS ABT Abt. abt. ABV abv. acc. ACCLY ACCRDG acg ack ACRD

- Antwerp, Hamburg range of ports (Chartering). - ANTWERPEN/HAMBURG RNG - above-mentioned - above-named

- AlongSide

- after sight
- Always Afloat Always Accessible - Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rotterdam Area

- (. abbrev.) abbreviation - American Bureau of Shipping (classification society) - About - About (also abt.). - about - Above - above - according - according - according - according to - acknowledgement - ACCORDING TO VALUE.

Ad.val. add. addn. ADDS adds ADDTL ADSD adsd ADV adv. ADVT Aframax afsd AFSPS AGST agt. AGW AIS AMNI AMT AMVER

- Ad valorem (Latin According to value) (also ad.val; A/V). - addition - addition - ADDRESS - address - ADDITIONAL - ADDRESSED - addressed - advice - advice - ADVERTISEMENT () - tanker < 80,000 dwt (average freight rate assessment) - aforesaid
- Arrival First Sea Pilot Station ( Norway)

- AGAINST - agent - All Going Well. - automatic identification system - Associate Member of The Nautical Institute - AMOUNT

- US Coast Guard's Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System

ANS ANTHAM API APPRO APPROX Apr. APS ar(r). ARAG ARB ARCS ARND Arpa arri ARRL arrl ASAP asf. ASPW ASST ATDNSHINC

- ANSWER
- ANTwerp-HAMburg range

- American Petroleum Institute - APPROVAL - APPROXIMATE - April

- Arrival Pilot Station

- arrival
- Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent range

- ARBITRATION - Admiralty Raster Chart Service - AROUND - Automatic Radar Plotting Aids - arrival - ARRIVAL - arrival - AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - and so forth
- Any Safe Port in the World

- ASSISTANT
- Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays INCluded

Att(e). AVG

- attention - AVERAGE

B
B S S 1/1 B.B. B.B.B. B.C. B.D.I. b.fc B.H.P. B.MLD b/c B/H B/H RNG B/L B/N BAF BB BBB BBB BC
- Basis 1 port to 1 port

- Bar Bound (Grain Trade); Below Bridges (Chartering); Bulbous Bow - Before Breaking Bulk (Chartering). bends Both ends (Chartering). - BEFORE CHRIST - BOTH DATES INCLUSIVE - Berth terms (Chartering; Marine Insurance). - brake horse-power - BREADTH MOULDED - bulk cargo - BILL OF HEALTH - BORDEAUX/HAMBURG RNG - Bill of Lading - BOOKING NOTE
- Bunker adjusting factor (freight)

- BALLAST BONUS - BEFORE BREAKING BULK

- Before Breaking Bulk

- Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes

bd. ft. BDI BENDS BENDS bet. BGD BI BIMCO Bimcosale Binico blading=B/L BOB BROB BT BV BWAD

- board foot
- Both Dates Inclusive

- BOTH ENDS
- Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports)

- between - BAGGED
- Both Inclusive. - The Baltic and International Maritime Council

-The Bimco standard form of bill of sale - Baltic and International Maritime Council - Bill of Lading
- Bunker On Board. - Bunkers Remaining On Board. - Berth Terms.

- Bureau Vericas (classification society)

- Brackish Water Arrival Draft.

c. & f. C. Ft C.A.D. C.B. & H.

- Cost and freight (also C. & F.). - Cubic feet (also c.f.; cu. ft.). - CASH AGAINST DOCUMENTS - Continent between Bordeaux and Hamburg (Chartering).

C.C. C.C. C.f.o. C.H. & H. c.i.f. c.i.f. & c. C.O.B. C.O.D. C.O.G.S.A. C.P.D. C.R. C.R.D. C/O C/P (CP) CAD CAF cancl. CARIB CBF CBI CBM

- CURRENT COST, CARBON COPY - CIVIL COMMOTION - Coast for orders; Channel for orders. - Continent between Harve and Hamburg (Chartering). - Cost, insurance and freight (also C.I.F.). - Cost, insurance, freight and commission (also C.I.F. & C.). - Close of Business (Chartering). - CASH ON DELIVERY - Carriage of Good by Sea Act (also C.G.S.A.). - CHRTRS PAY DUES - CURRENT RATE - Discharging at Current Rate (Chartering). - Care of
- CharterParty.

- computer assisted design

- Currency adjusting factor (freight)

- Cancelled: Cancelling (Chartering). - Caribbean. - cubic feet - computer-based information - CUBIC METER.

CBT CCS CD CD Rom CEN CES CFR CFT CG CHABE CHADI CHAGBENDS CHALO CHOP(T) CHOPT CHQ CIF CIP CIT Class CLC

- computer-based training - China Classification Society - compact disc - compact disc read-only memory - European Committee for Scandardisation - coast earth station
- Cost and FReight - Cubic FeeT.

- coast guard - CHRTRS' AGENTS BOTH ENDS - CHRTR'S AGENTS AT DISCHPORT - CHarterers AGents Both ENDS (load and discharge). - CHRTR'S AGENTS AT LOADPORT - Charterers OPtion.
- CHarterer's OPTion

- CHEQUE
- Costs Insurance and Freight - Carriage and Insurance paid to.....

- Chartered Institute ofTransporc - Category in classification register - International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

CNF COA COACP COBLDN COD COGSA Colreg COMM compl. Cont. A/H Cont. B/H Cont. H/H COP COW CPD CPP CPT CQD CR CROB CSS

- CONFIRM - contract of affreightment

- Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party. - Closing Of Business LoDoN. - Cash On Delivery - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act.

- International Convention on Collision Regulations, IMO - COMMISION - Completing (Chartering). - Continent, Antwerp-Hamburg range (also Cont. (A.H.)) (Chartering). - Continent, Bordeaux-Hamburg range (also Cont. (B.H.)) (Chartering). - Continent, Havre-Hamburg range (also Cont. (H.H)) (Chartering).
- Custom Of Port

- crude oil washing

- Charterers Pay Dues

- Clean Petroleum Products.

- Carriage Paid To - Customary Quick Despatch - Current Rate - Cargo Remaining Onboard.

- Code of Shipmanagement Standards

CST cu. gr. CUD CUFT (or CFT)

- CentiSToke.

- Grain capacity in cubic feet (Chartering). - COULD

- CUbicFeeT

D
D 1/2 D ATSBE d.a.a. d.b.e. D.B.E.A.T.S. D.B.E.W.T.S. D.C. D.CI. d.d.o. d.f. D.H.D. d.l.o. d.p. D.P. d.w.a.L d.w.c. d.w.c.c.
- DESPATCH HALF DEMURRAGE ON ALL TIME SAVED BOTH ENDS D 1/2 D - Discharge always afloat (Chartering). - Dispatch payable both ends (Chartering). - Dispatch payable both ends on all time saved (Chartering). - Dispatch payable both ends on working time saved (Chartering). - Detention Clause (also D.CI.) (Chartering); Direct Current (also d.c. Lloyd's - Detention Clause (also D.C.) (Chartering). - Dispatch discharging only (Chartering). - Dead-Freight (also D/f) (Chartering). - Dispatch half Demurrage (also D1/2D) (Chartering). - Dispatch loading only (Chartering). - Direct port (Chartering). - DAYS PURPOSES/DIRECT PORT - Deadweight all told (Chartering). - Deadweight capacity (Chartering). - Deadweight cargo capacity (Chartering).

d.w.c.t. D/A D/A D/C D/CI. D/N d/o D/P d/s D/W D1/2D DAF DAP DBL SKIN DDP/(U) Dec DELD(DD) DEM dem-des DEP DEQ

- Deadweight cargo tons (Chartering). - Deposit Account (Banking); Days after Acceptance (also D/a); Documents against
- Disbursement Account

- Deviation Clause (also D/CI.) (Marine Insurance; Chartering); Direct Continuation - Deviation Clause (also D/C) (Marine Insurance; Chartering). - DEBIT NOTE - delivery note(order) - document against payment - days sight, ... days after sight - deadweight - Dispatch half Demurrage (also D.H.D.) (Chartering).
- Delivered At Frontier - Days All Purposes (Total days for loading and disch.). - DouBLe SKINned - Delivered Duty Paid (Unpaid)

- December - DELIVERED
- DEMurrage

- Demurrage and despatch .(Chartering). - DEPARTURE

- Delivered Ex Quay

DERA DES DESP DEST DETR DGPS DHDATSBE DHDWTSBE DIFF DIR DIS DK DLat DLong DLOSP DLOSP DnV do DO doc DOC

- Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (UK)

- Delivered Ex Ship - DESPatch

- DESTINATION () - Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (UK) - Differential Global Positioning System
- Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends. - Detpatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends.

- DIFFERENCE () - DIRECTION - DISCOUNT

- DecK

- difference in latitude - difference in longitude

- Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot (Norway).

- DROPPING LAST OUTWARD SEA PILOT - Det NorskeVeritas (classification society) - ditto
- Diesel Oil.

- document - document of compliance (as per ISM Code)

dol(l) dols DOLSP DOP DOP DOT doz DP DR DSC DSS DWAT DWC DWCC Dwt

- dollars - dollars
- Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot ( Norway). - Dropping Outward Pilot.

- DROPPING OUTWARD PILOT

- Department Of Transport.

- dozen - dynamic positioning - dead reckoning - Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers, IMO - decision support system - DEADWEIGHT ALL TOLD - DEADWEIGHT CAPACITY - DEADWEIGHT CARGO CAPACITY - deadweight tones

E E.C.U.S. E.G. lat EC ECC ECCA

- East Coast of the United States of America (Chartering). - FOR EXAMPLE (exemIi gratis)
- East Coast

- East Coast Canada. - EAST COAST CENTRAL AMERICA

ECDIS ECMEX ECS ECUK ED EEZ EIU ENC ENCL ENCLD EPIRB ERLOAD EST ETA ETA ETC ETD ETD ETS Ex EX FACIE

- electronic chart display and information system - East Coast Mexico - electronic chart system - EAST COAST UNITED KINGDOM - European Union - exclusive economic zone
- Even If Used.

- electronic navigation cliarc - ENCLOSURE - enclosed - emergency position indicating radio beacon - Expected Ready to Load (Chartering). - ESTIMATED
- Expected Time of Arrival.

- estimated time of arrival

- Expected Time of Completion. - Expected Time of Departure.

- estimated time of departure

- Expected Time of Sailing.

- Examined (also Exd.); Exchange (also (Exch); Excluding (Chartering); Executed; - ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS

EX. exc EXCL EXT EXW

- OUT OF - except - Excluding -EXTENDED

- EX Works

F
F. & D. f.a.c.c.o.p. f.a.s. f.b.m. f.d. F.DESP (FD) F.DIS f.i. f.i.o. f.i.o.s. f.i.o.t f.o.b.L f.o.b.s. FA FAC
- Freight and Demurrage (Chartering).

- As fast as ship can load/discharge according to custom of port (Chartering). - Free alongside ship; Free arrival station (container Transport); Firsts and seconds - Foot board measure (Timber Trade). - Free delivery; Free discharge (Chartering); Free dispatch Chartering); Free docks
- Free DESPatch. - Free DIScharge.

- Free in (Chartering). - Free in and out (Chartering). - Free in and out and stowed (Chartering). - Free in and out and trimmed (Chartering). - Free on board and trimmed (Chartering). - Free on board and stowed (Chartering).
- Free Alongside

- FAST AS CAN

FAC FAS FAS FCA FCC FCO FD FDD FDEDANRSAOCLON L FHEX FHINC FILTD FIO FIOST FIOT FIT FIW FLWS FMC FMS FNI

- Fast As Can.

- FREE ALONGSIDE SHIP

- Free Alongside Ship - Free CArrier

- fully cellular concainership - financed, constructed and operated - FREE DISCHARGE/DISPATCH

- Freight Demurrage Deadfreight

- Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship and Or Cargo Lost Or N Lost - Friday Holidays EXcluded. (Muslim Countries) - Friday Holidays INCluded. (Muslim Countries)

- Free in Liner Terms Discharge (Chartering).

- Free In and Out. - Free In and Out Stowed and Trimmed. - Free In and Out Trimmed. - Free In Trimmed. - Free in Wagon

- FOLLOWS
- Federal Maritime Commission. - FathoMS

- Fellow of The Nautical Institute

FO FO FO (IFO) FOB FOBT FOG FOQ FOR FORCE MAJEURE FOT FOW FOW FPSO Free Exins freight SHIP FSA FTP FWAD FWDD FWDD FYG

- For Orders

- fuel oil
- Fuel Oil/Intermediate FO. - Free On Board

- FREE ON BOARD AND TRIMED

- For Our Guidance. - Free On Quay - Free On Rail

- Free On Truck - First Open Water - Free On Wharf

- floating production, storage and offloading system

- (owners) FREE of any EXtra INSurance.

- formal safety assessment - file transfer protocol

- Fresh water Arrival Draft.

- FORWARDED
- Fresh Water Departure Draft. - For Your Guidance.

FYI

- For Your Information.

G
G/A GASBEND GD/GD G-H RANGE GL GLA GLESS Glonass GMDSS GMT GNS GO GOC GPS GR GRD GT GTEE
- General Average.
- Good And Safe (Port) Both ENDs. - GDynia/GDansk

- Gibraltar-Hamburg Range. - Germanischer Lloyd (classification society) - General Lighthouse Authority

- GearLESS

- Global navigation satellite system - global maritime distress and safety system - Greenwich mean time
- German North Sea - Gas Oil.

- general operators' certificate with regard to GMDSS - global positioning system

- GRain - GeaRed

- gross tones
- GuaranTEE.

h.g.s.s. h.h.d.w. H.S.S. HA HBF HBR HDLTSBENDS HDWTS HF HHDW HHDW HHP HMS HNS HO HO HP HRS HSC HSE HV

- Heavy grain. Soyas, Sorghum (also H.S.S.) (Chartering). - Heavy handy deadweight scrap (Chartering). - Heavy Grain, Soyas, Sorghum (also h.g.s.s.) (Chartering).
- HAtch - Harmless Bulk Fertilizer.

-HARBOUR
- Half Despatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends - Half Demurrage Weather Time Saved

- HALF - HEAVY HANDY DEADWEIGHT(SCRAP)

- Handy Heavy d.w. (scrap)

- high holding power (anchors)

- Heavy Metal Scraps.

- Convention on the Carriage of Noxious and Hazardous Substances by S

- HOld

- Hydrographic Office, observed height - high pressure - HOURS - International Code of Safely for High-Speed Craft, IMO - health safety and environmental. Health and Safety Executive -HAVE

HW HWD

- High Water

- HEAVY WEATHER DAMAGE

I
I M PA I.E. I.W.L. Iacs IAIN Iala IAPH IASST IBC Code IBCS ICAB ICE-BOUND ICHCA ICS IDLE SHIP IFSMA IGC Code IGO
- International Federation of Ship Masters' Associations - International Cargo Handling Coordination Association - International Chamber of Shipping, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, international - International Maritime Pilots' Association - IDEM EST
- Institute Warranty Limits.

- International Association of Classification Societies - International Association of Institutes of Navigation - International Association of Lighthouse Authorities - International Association of Ports and Harbors - International Association for Sea Survival Training

- International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carryin - integrated bridge control system - International Cargo Advisory Bureau

- International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carryin Liquefied - inter-governmental organisation

IGS IHMA IHO IIMS ILO IMarE IMB IMDG IMDG Code IMLA IMMY IMO INCL INDEMNITY Inmarsat Intel-cargo Intertanko INV IS ISDN ISDP

- inert gas system - International Harbour Masters' Association - International Hydrographic Organisation - International Institute of Marine Surveyors - International Labour Organisation - Institute of Marine Engineers - International Maritime Bureau
- International Maritime Dangerous Code.

- International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, IMO - International Maritime Lecturers Association - IMMEDIATELY - International Maritime Organisation - Including.

- International Marine Satellite Organisation - International Cargo Owners Association - International Association of Independent Tanker Owners - INVOICE - information systems - integrated services digital network - integrated ship design and production

ISF ISGOTT ISM Code ISMA ISO ISSN IT ITF ITOPF IU IUHTAUTC IWL

- International Shipping Federation - International Safety Guide for Oil - International Safety Management Code, IMO - International Ship Managers' Association - International Standards Organisation - international standard serial number - information technology - International Transport Workers Federation - International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
- If Used - If Used, Half Time ActUally To Count.

- INSTITUTE WARRANTIES

K
KR
- Korean Register of Shipping (classification society)

L
l.i.f.o. L.I.F.O. l.s. L.S. L.T. LAN
- Last in first out (Chartering). - Liner in free out (Chartering). - Lump sum (Chartering).
- Lump Sum. - Liner Terms.

- local apparent noon (nautical), local area network

Lash LAT Lat LAYCAN LBP LBS LCB LCD LCF LCR LED LEL LEM LEO LF LLA LMT LNG LO LOA LOC

- lighter aboard ship

- LATitude

- latitute, local apparent time

- LAYday CANcelling date.

- length between perpendiculars - lifeboat stations - longitudinal centre of buoyancy - liquid crystal display - longitudinal centre of floatation
- Lowest Current Rate

- light emitting diode - lower explosive limit (lower flammable limit) - lower explosive mixture - low earth orbit (satellite configuration) - summer fresh water load line (timber) - Local Lighthouse Authority - local mean time - liquefied natural gas - lubricating oil - length over all - letter of credit, letter of compliance (USCG)

LOI LOL LOP LOR LOS LOW LP LPG LPG CAR LR LSA LSD LST LT (LTONS) LTBENDS LTD LW LW LWL

- Letter Of Indemnity.

- limitation of owner's liability, loss of life - line of position - letter of readiness - line of site. Law of the Sea
- Last Open Water

- liquid petroleum, low pressure - liquefied petroleum gas - LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS CARRIER - Lloyd's Register (classification society) - life saving appliances, Lloyd's standard form of salvage agreement
- Lashed Secured Dunnage.

- local standard time

- Long TONS.

- Liner Terms Both Ends (also l.t. bends) (Chartering). - light displacement tonnage, lost during transhipment
- Low Water

- low water, winter load line (limber) - length on water line, low water line

M
M.O.L.0.0.
- More or Less at Owner's Option (Chartering).

M/R MAIB MAIIF Marisat Marpol 73/78 MAX MB Mb MDO (DO) MEDIT MEMO MEO MEPC MERSAR MHWS MIN MIN/MAX MIS MKT MLWS MNI

- Mate's Receipt - Marine Accident Investigation Board - Marine Accident Investigators' International Forum - maritime satellite system.

- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, IM - Maximum.

- Merchant Broker

- megabyte
- Marine Diesel Oil.

- Mediterranean - Memorandum - medium earth orbit (satellite configuration) - Marine Environment Protection Committee, IMO - Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual - Mean high water springs - Minimum
- Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity).

- management information system - Market - Mean Low water spring - Member of The Nautical Institute

MOLCHOP MOLCO MOLOO MOLOO MOP MOT MOT MOU MRCC MSC MSN MT (MTONS)

- More Or Less CHarterers OPtion.

- More or Less charterers options - More or Less Owner's options

- More Or Less Owners (Masters) Option.

- mobile offshore production

- Ministry Of Transport - Monthly OverTime

- memorandum of understanding (often refers to PSC) - maritime rescue coordination centre - Marine Safety Committee, IMO - merchant shipping notice M- Notice', UK
- Metric Tonnes.

N
n.a.a. N.A.A.B.S.A. n.E. N.M. n.N. N.O.R. N.O.R. T. N.O.R. T. & A.
- Not always afloat (also N.A.A.) (Chartering). - Not Always Afloat but Safely Aground (also n.a.a.b.s.a.) (Chartering).
- not East of

- Nautical Mile
- not North of

- Notice of Readiness (Chartering) (also N/R). - Notice of Readiness Tendered (Chartering). - Notice of Readiness Tendered & Accepted (Chartering).

N.O.R.A. n.S n.W N/R NAABSA Navitex NCB NCOB ND NDFCAPMQS NDT NE NEGO NEOBI(G) NET NFTZ NIHQ NK (NKK) Nl NM NNR

- Notice of Readiness Accepted (Chartering).

- not South of - not West of

- Not Reported: Notice of Readiness (Chartering) (also N.O.R.).

- Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground.

- navigational and meteorological warning broadcast service, USCG

- National Cargo Bureau.

- no cargo on board - not delivery - No Deadfreight for Charterer's Account Providing Minimum Quantity Supplied. - non-destructive testing - Nord East - Negotiation - Not East of But Including (Greece). - Netto - non free trade zone - Nautical Institute Headquarters. London - Nippon Kaiji Kyokai(classification society) - Nautical Institute - nautical mile - national nature reserve

NOP NOR NOR NPA NSOBI NT NT

- not otherwise provided

Notice Of Readiness.

- notice of readiness - National Petroleum Association (refers to colour scales for products). - Not South of But Including. - New York Not North Of George Washington Bridge. - net tonne (short tonne)

O
o.a.a.o.o.p. O.R. O.S.P. O/D O/O OBO OCC OCIMF OCR OECD OFF HIRE OO OOD
- Owners Option

- On arrival at or off the port (Chartering). - owner's risk - One Safe Port (Chartering). - On demaind - Owner's Option. - ore/bulk/oil carrier - occupied - Oil Companies International Marine Forum - optical character recognition - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

- officer of the deck

OOW OPA 90 Opec OPPR OPRC OPT OSH OT Overage

- officer of the watch - Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USA) - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries - oil pollution preparedness and response - International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co- option
- Open Shelter Deck - On Truck

- Quantity in excess of Charter Party minimum.

P
P and I (P&l) club p.c. P.M.T. p.t Panamax PC PCT PDPR PDPR PER-PRO PFD
- protection and indemnity club - Part cargo (Chartering). - Per metric ton - Private terms (Chartering). - Market category of ships nationally within the limit for transit of the Panama Canal. - personal computer - Percent - Per Day Pro Rata.
- Per Day Pro-rated

- Per procurationem - position fixing device, personal floatation device

PHPD PHPWWD PIANC PLB PMS POB POC PPD PPT ppt. PROMPT PRO-RATA PROVISO PSC psg. PV PWWD

- Per Hatch Per Day

- Per hatch per weather working day - Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses - personal locator beacon - planned maintenance system - pilot on board/persons on board - Port of Call - Prepaid - promt - Prompt (Chartering). - Proportionately

- port state control - Passing (also PSG) (Chartering). - pressure/vacuum, prime vertical
- Per Weather Working day

Q
QA
- quality assurance

R
R&D
- research and development

r.d. r.o.b. RA RAM RCC RDF RED RF RINA RNR ROB ROB ROC Rom Ro-ro ROTLX ROTN RPM RS RT (R/T) RYC

- Running days (Chartering). - Remaining on board (Chartering). - Range additional - random access memory - rescue coordination centre - radio direction finder - Rate extras demurrage - range finder, radio frequency - Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Registro Italiano Navale (classification society)
- Rate Not Reported - Remaining On Board.

- remain on board (cargo, bunkers)

- Reference Our Cable....(date).

- read only memory - roll on/roll off

- Reference Our TeLeX ...(date).

- rotation
- Revs. Per Minute.

- Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (classification society) - radio telegraph, telegraphy, telephone
- Reference Your Cable...(date).

RYTLX

- Reference Your TeLeX...(date).

S
S.B. S.R. Ports S/R B/L SAC Sam SAR SART SAS SB SDW SELFD SES SF SHEX Shex. SHEXEIU SHEXUU SHinc SHINC
- Short Bill; Sales Book; Safe Berth (Chartering). - Southern Range ports (U.S. Atlantic ports south of Norfolk, Virginia (Chartering).
- Signing and Releasing Bill(s) of Lading.

- special area of conservation - surface to air missile - search and rescue - search and rescue radar transponder - safety at sea - Safe Berth. - summer dead weight
- SELFDischarger

- satellite earth station, Seafarers' Education Service

- Superficial Feet - Sundays, Holidays Excluded.

- Sundays and Holidays excepted (also SHEX). - Sundays and Holidays excepted Even if Used. - Sundays and Holidays excepted Unless Used. - Sundays and Holidays included (also SHINC).
- Sundays, Holidays Included.

SID Sire SMarT SMC SMS SOF Solas SOM SOP ` SP SPA SPI SPM SS and C SSHEX or SATSHEX SSHINC or SATSHINC ST STCW STEM SUBC SWAD

- Single Deck

- ship's inspection report: a database system of the OCIMF - Support for Maritime Training scheme (UK) - safety management certificate (as per ISM Code) - safety management system
- Statement Of Facts.

- International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, IMO

- Swedish Official Measure

- standard operating procedure - Safe Port. - special protection area - ship-port interface, IMO - single point mooring
- Same Sea and Country coast - SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays EXcluded. - SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded. - Short Tons.

- International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and

- Subject To Enough Merchandise.

- self-unloading bulk carrier - Salt Water Arrival Draught (Chartering).

SWDD SWL

- Salt Water Departure Draft.

- safe working load

T
T.B.N. TC ( T/C) TCP TEU TEU TF TIP TL TLL TOP TPI TQM
- (Vessel) To be nominated (Chartering).
- Time Charter. - Time Charter Party. - Standard 20' container

- twenty foot equivalent unit (containers) - tropical fresh load line

- Taking Inbound Cargo. - Total Loss

- timber load line

- Taking Outbound Pilot.

- tones per inch immersion - total quality management

U
UBS UCAE UEL UFL UKCONT
- universal bulk ship - Unforseen Conditions Always Excepted. - upper explosive limit - upper flammable limit - United Kingdom continent.

ULBC ULCC UN Unclos UPS USC USCG USEC USG UTC UU UUIWCTAUTC

- ultra large bulk carrier - ultra large crude carrier - United Nations - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - uninterrupted power supply
- Unless Sooner Commenced.

- United States Coast Guard - United States East Coast. - United States GuIf (of Mexico). - universal time (coordinated)
- Unless Used. - Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count.

V
V.V. VAT VCB VCG VDR VDU VIA VLBC
- vice versa - value added tax - vertical center of buoyancy - vertical center of gravity - voyage data recorder - visual display unit - very large bulk carrier

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- who are you - World Scale. - World Scale Hours Terms and Conditions. - Weather and Safe Navigation Permitting. - watertight

WTS WTSBE WVNS WWD WWR WWW WWWW YAR YC

- Working Time Saved (Chartering). - DESPATCH HALF DEMURRAGEON WORKING TIME SAVED BOTH ENDS - Within Vessel's Natural Segregation. - weather working day
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Abbreviations in shipping:
AA AAAA AFSPS AGW APS AARA ARAG Always Afloat Always Afloat Always Accessible Arrival First Sea Pilot Station ( Norway) All Going Well Arrival Pilot Station Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rotterdam Area Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent range

ANTHAM ANTwerp-HAMburg range

ASPW Any Safe Port in the World ATDNSHI NC Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays INCluded A/S BAF BBB BDI BENDS BI BIMCO BL BOB BROB BT BWAD CAF CFT CFR CHOPT CIF CIP COA COACP COGSA C/P (CP) CPT AlongSide Bunker adjusting factor (freight) Before Breaking Bulk Both Dates Inclusive Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports) Both Inclusive. The Baltic and International Maritime Council BaLe Bunker On Board. Bunkers Remaining On Board. Berth Terms. Brackish Water Arrival Draft. Currency adjusting factor (freight) Cubic FeeT. Cost and FReight CHarterer's OPTion Costs Insurance and Freight Carriage and Insurance paid to..... Contract Of Affreightment. Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act. CharterParty. Carriage Paid To

B S S 1/1 Basis 1 port to 1 port

COBLDN Closing Of Business LoDoN.

CPD CQD COD COP CR CROB

Charterers Pay Dues Customary Quick Despatch Cash On Delivery Custom Of Port Current Rate Cargo Remaining Onboard.

CST CentiSToke. CUFT (or CFT) CUbicFeeT D/A DAF DAP DDP/(U) DEM DES DEQ Disbursement Account Delivered At Frontier Days All Purposes (Total days for loading and disch.). Delivered Duty Paid (Unpaid) DEMurrage Delivered Ex Ship Delivered Ex Quay

DBL SKIN DouBLe SKINned

DESP DESPatch DHDATSB E Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends. DHDWTSB E Detpatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends. DK DLOSP DO DOLSP DOP DOT EC EIU ETA ETC ETD ETS EXW FA FAC FAS FCA FDD DecK Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot (Norway). Diesel Oil. Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot ( Norway). Dropping Outward Pilot. Department Of Transport. East Coast Even If Used. Expected Time of Arrival. Expected Time of Completion. Expected Time of Departure. Expected Time of Sailing. EX Works Free Alongside Fast As Can. Free Alongside Ship Free CArrier Freight Demurrage Deadfreight

F.DESP (FD)

Free DESPatch.

F.DIS Free DIScharge. FDEDANR SAOCLON Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship and Or L Cargo Lost Or Not Lost FHEX FHINC FIO FIOST FIOT FIT FIW FMC FMS FO FOB FOG FOR FOQ FOT FOW FOW FWAD FWDD FYG FYI GA GD/GD GLESS GO GNS GR GMDSS GRD GTEE HA Friday Holidays EXcluded. (Muslim Countries) Friday Holidays INCluded. (Muslim Countries) Free In and Out. Free In and Out Stowed and Trimmed. Free In and Out Trimmed. Free In Trimmed. Free in Wagon Federal Maritime Commission. FathoMS For Orders Free On Board For Our Guidance. Free On Rail Free On Quay Free On Truck First Open Water Free On Wharf Fresh water Arrival Draft. Fresh Water Departure Draft. For Your Guidance. For Your Information. General Average GDynia/GDansk GearLESS Gas Oil. German North Sea GRain Global Maritime Distress Safety System GeaRed GuaranTEE. HAtch

FO (IFO) Fuel Oil/Intermediate FO.

Free Exins (owners) FREE of any EXtra INSurance.

GASBEND Good And Safe (Port) Both ENDs.

HDLTSBE NDS Half Despatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends HBF HDWTS HHDW HMS HO HW IMDG IU Harmless Bulk Fertilizer. Half Demurrage Weather Time Saved Handy Heavy d.w. (scrap) Heavy Metal Scraps. HOld High Water International Maritime Dangerous Code. If Used

IMO International Maritime Organisation. IUHTAUT C If Used, Half Time ActUally To Count. I.W.L. LAT LCR LOI LOW L.S. LSD Institute Warranty Limits. LATitude Lowest Current Rate Letter Of Indemnity. Last Open Water Lump Sum. Lashed Secured Dunnage.

LAYCAN LAYday CANcelling date.

L.T. Liner Terms. LT (LTONS) Long TONS. LW MB Low Water Merchant Broker

MDO (DO) Marine Diesel Oil. MIN/MAX Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity). MOLCHOP More Or Less CHarterers OPtion. MOLOO MOT More Or Less Owners (Masters) Option. Ministry Of Transport

MOT Monthly OverTime MT (MTONS) Metric Tonnes. NAABSA Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground. NCB n.E. n.N. NOR n.S n.W National Cargo Bureau. not East of not North of Notice Of Readiness. not South of not West of

OO OSH OT PDPR PHPD PWWD RNR ROB ROC ROTLX RPM RYC

Owners Option Open Shelter Deck On Truck Per Day Pro-rated Per Hatch Per Day Per Weather Working day Rate Not Reported Remaining On Board. Reference Our Cable....(date). Reference Our TeLeX ...(date). Revs. Per Minute. Reference Your Cable...(date).

RYTLX Reference Your TeLeX...(date). SSHEX or SATSHEX SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays EXcluded. SSHINC or SATSHINC SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded. SB SELFD SF SHEX SHINC SID SOF SOM SP S/R B/L SS and C ST STEM SWAD SWDD TCP TEU TIP TL TOP USC Safe Berth. SELFDischarger Superficial Feet Sundays, Holidays Excluded. Sundays, Holidays Included. Single Deck Statement Of Facts. Swedish Official Measure Safe Ports. Signing and Releasing Bill(s) of Lading. Same Sea and Country coast Short Tons. Subject To Enough Merchandise. Salt Water Arrival Draft. Salt Water Departure Draft. Time Charter Party. Standard 20' container Taking Inbound Cargo. Total Loss Taking Outbound Pilot. Unless Sooner Commenced.

TC ( T/C) Time Charter.

UU Unless Used. UUIWCTA UTC Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count. VPD WC WCCON WIBON WIPON WOG Working Copy WP WRD WRIC WWD WWR YAR YC Z Vessel Pay Dues West Coast Whether Custom Cleared Or Not. Whether In Berth Or Not. Whether In Port Or Not. WithOut Guarantee. (Copy of Charter Party - not being signed and may contain unchecked errors. Weather Permitting. Wide Range Destillate. Wire Rods in Coils. Weather Working Days. When, Where Ready. York Antwerp Rules Your Cable. UTC = GMT.

WIFPON Whether In Free Praqtique Or Not. WLTOHC (distance) WaterLine-TO-HatchCoaming.

WWWW Wibon Wccon Wifpon Wipon.

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