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| AA | Always Afloat |
| AAAA | Always Afloat Always Accessible |
| AAPA | The American Association of Port Authorities |
| AARA | Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rotterdam Area |
| ABS | American Bureau of Shipping |
| ABT | AbouT |
| ADCOM | ADress COMission |
| AFSPS | Arrival First Sea Pilot Station ( Norway) |
| AGW | All Going Well |
| A/H | Anchor Handling |
| AHT | AnchorHandling Tug |
| ALU | ALUminium |
| ANTHAM | ANTwerp-HAMburg range |
| APS | Arrival Pilot Station |
| ARAG | Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent range |
| ASPW | Any Safe Port in the World |
| ATDNSHINC | Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays INCluded |
| ATUTC | Actually Time Used To Count |
| A/S | AlongSide |
|
B B |
Bale (cargo capacity) |
| BAF | Bunker adjusting factor (freight) |
| Bb | Bareboat |
| BBB | Before Breaking Bulk |
| BDI | Both Dates Inclusive |
| BE | Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports) |
| BEG | BEGinning |
| BENDS | Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports) |
| BI | Both Inclusive |
| BIMCO | The Baltic and International Maritime Conference |
| BL | BaLe |
| B/N | Booking Note |
| BOB | Bunker On Board |
| Box | Everyday term for container (or boxed vessel) |
| Br | Breadth |
| BHP | Brake Horse Power |
| BMM | British Marine Mutual |
| Br.ld. | Break load |
| BRGDS | Best ReGarDS |
| BROB | Bunkers Remaining On Board |
| Brt | Gross tonnage |
| B S S 1/1 | Basis 1 port to 1 port |
| BT | Berth Terms |
| BV | Bureau Veritas |
| BWAD | Brackish Water Arrival Draft |
|
C CAF |
Currency adjusting factor (freight) |
| CAP | Condition Assessment Programme |
| Cap | Capacity |
| CBFT | CuBic FeeT |
| C/C | sshinC/sshinC |
| ce Ta | Center Tank |
| CFT | Cubic FeeT |
| CFR | Cost and Freight |
| Chem | Chemical |
| CHOPT | CHarterer’s OPTion |
| CIF | Costs Insurance and Freight |
| CIP | Commercial Interest Reference Rate |
| CIRR | Commercial Interest Reference Rate |
| CLC | Civil Liability Convention |
| COA | Contract Of Affreightment |
| COACP | Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party |
| COBLDN | Closing Of Business LoDoN |
| COGSA | Carriage of Goods by Sea Act |
| CONT | CONTainer |
| COW | Crude Oil Washing |
| C/P | CharterParty |
| CPT | Carriage Paid To |
| CPD | Charterers Pay Dues |
| CQD | Customary Quick Despatch |
| COD | Cash On Delivery |
| COP | Custom Of Port |
| CR | Current Rate |
| Cr | Crane |
| CROB | Cargo Remaining OnBoard |
| CST | CentiSToke |
| CUFT | CubicFeeT |
| Cy | Cylinders |
| C/X | sshinC / ssheX |
|
D D/A |
Disbursement Account |
| DAF | Delivered At Frontier |
| DAP | Days All Purposes (Total days for loading and disch.) |
| Dbl | Double |
| DBL SKIN | DouBLe SKINned |
| DC | Discharge Capacity |
| DDP/(U) | Delivered Duty Paid (Unpaid) |
| DELY | DELiverY |
| DEM | DEMurrage |
| DES | Delivered Ex Ship |
| DEQ | Delivered Ex Quay |
| DESP | DESPatch |
| DHDATSBE | Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends |
| DHDWTSBE | Detpatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends |
| DK | DecK |
| DLOSP | Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot (Norway) |
| DNV | Det Norske Veritas |
| DO | Diesel Oil |
| DOLSP | Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot (Norway) |
| DOP | Dropping Outward Pilot |
| DOT | Department Of Transport |
| DP | Dynamic Positioning |
| DPT | DePTh |
| DSV | Diving System |
| DYNPOS | Dynamic Positioning |
|
E E0 |
Unattended engine room |
| EC | East Coast |
| EIU | Even If Used |
| ETA | Expected Time of Arrival |
| ETC | Expected Time of Completion |
| ETD | Expected Time of Departure |
| Eth | Ethylene |
| ETS | Expected Time of Sailing |
| EXCL | EXCLusive |
| EXW | EX Works |
|
F FA |
Free Alongside |
| FAC | Fast As Can |
| FAS | Free Alongside Ship |
| FCA | Free Carrier |
| FD | Free Despatch |
| FDD | Freight Demurrage Deadfreight |
| F.DESP (FD) | Free DESPatch |
| F.DIS | Free DIScharge |
| FDEDANRSAOCLONL | Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship and Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost |
| FHEX | Friday Holidays EXcluded. (Muslim Countries) |
| FHINC | Friday Holidays INCluded. (Muslim Countries) |
| FiFI | Fire Fighting |
| FIO | Free In and Out |
| FIOST | Free In and Out Stowed and Trimmed |
| FIOT | Free In and Out Trimmed |
| FIT | Free In Trimmed |
| FIW | Free in Wagon |
| FM | FroM |
| FMC | Federal Maritime Commission |
| FMS | FathoMS |
| F/N | Fixing Note |
| FO | For Orders |
| FO (IFO) | Fuel Oil |
| FOB | Free On Board |
| FOG | For Our Guidance |
| FOR | Free On Rail |
| FOQ | Free On Quay |
| FOT | Free On Truck |
| FOW | First Open Water |
| FOW | Free On Wharf |
| Fr. wa. | Fresh water |
| Free Ex Ins | FREE of any EXtra INSurance (Owners) |
| FPSO | Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit |
| FTD | FiTted |
| FWAD | Fresh water Arrival Draft |
| FWDD | Fresh Water Departure Draft |
| FYG | For Your Guidance |
| FYI | For Your Information |
|
G G |
Grain (cargo capacity) |
| GA | General Average |
| GASBEND | Good And Safe (Port) Both ENDs |
| GD/GD | GDynia/Gdansk |
| GENS | GENeralS or general cargo |
| GEOROT | GEOgraphical ROTation |
| GL | Germanischer Lloyd |
| GLESS | GearLESS |
| GO | Gas Oil |
| GNS | German North Sea |
| GR | GRain |
| GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress Safety System |
| GRD | GeaRed |
| GTEE | GuaranTEE |
|
H HA |
Hatch |
| HDLTSBENDS | Half Despatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends |
| HBF | Harmless Bulk Fertilizer |
| HDWTS | Half Demurrage Weather Time Saved |
| HELDK | HELicopter DecK |
| HHDW | Handy Heavy d.w. (scrap) |
| HMS | Heavy Metal Scraps |
| HO | Cargo HOld |
| HR | HouR |
| HRS | HouRS |
| HV | HeaVy |
| HVFL | HeaVy Fuel |
| HW | High Water |
|
I IFO |
Intermediate Fuel Oil |
| IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Code |
| IU | If Used |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| ISM(C) | International Safety Management Code |
| IUHTAUTC | If Used, Half Time ActUally To Count |
| I.W.L. | Institute Warranty Limits |
|
K KMC |
cargo refrigerating system |
| KN | Knots |
| KTM | Keel To top of Mast |
|
L LASH |
Light Aboard Ship |
| LAT | LATitude |
| LAYCAN | LAYday CANcelling date |
| LC | Loading Capacity |
| LCR | Lowest Current Rate |
| LDN | LaDeN |
| LGT | LenGThened |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LOA | Lenght Over All |
| LOF | Lloyd’s Open Form |
| Lo Ho | Lower Hold |
| LOI | Letter Of Indemnity. |
| LOLO | Lift On Lift Off ship |
| LOW | Last Open Water |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LPS | LumPSum |
| LR | Lloyds Register of Shipping |
| LR | Large Range |
| L.S. | LumpSum |
| LSD | Lashed Secured Dunnage |
| L.T. | Liner Terms |
| LT (LTONS) | Long TONS |
| LW | Low Water |
|
M MB |
Merchant Broker |
| MDO (DO) | Marine Diesel Oil |
| MDWT | Metric DeadWeight tons |
| MIN/MAX | Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity) |
| MO | Managing Owner |
| MODU | Mobile Offshore Drilling Units |
| MOLCHOP | More Or Less CHarterers OPtion |
| MOLOO | More Or Less Owners (Masters) Option |
| MON | MONitors (fire) |
| MOT | Ministry Of Transpory |
| MOT | Monthly OverTime |
| MR | Medium Range |
| m/r | Mates receipt |
| MT | Metric Tonnes |
| MTONS | Metric Tonnes |
|
N NAABSA |
Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground |
| NCB | National Cargo Bureau |
| NCS | Norwegian Continental Shelf |
| n.E. | not East of |
| NIS | Norwegian International Shipsregister |
| NK | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai |
| n.N. | not North of |
| NMD | Norwegian Maritime Directorate |
| NOKUS – company | NOrsk Kontrollert Utenlandsk Selskap i lavskatteland, Norwegian controlled foreign company in lowtax country |
| NOR | Notice Of Readiness |
| n.S | not South of |
| n.W | not West of |
|
O o.a. |
Over All |
| OA | Over Aged |
| OBO | Oil Bulk Ore |
| OILREC | OIL RECovery |
| ONW | ONWards |
| OO | Owners Option |
| OP | OPerator |
| OPA 90 | The US Oil Pollution Act of 1990 |
| OSH | Open SHelter deck |
| OT | On Truck |
| OW | OWners |
|
P P & I |
Protection & Indemnity |
| P.P. | PerPendicular |
| Pax | Passenger Vessel |
| PDPR | Per Day Pro-Rata |
| P/E | Purchase Enquiry |
| PGH | Per Geard Hatch |
| PHPD | Per Hatch Per Day |
| POT (able) | POTable water |
| PPT | PromPT |
| PSV | Plattform Supply Vessel |
| PU | PUmps |
| PWH | Per Workable Hatch |
| PWWD | Per Weather Working day |
|
R REEF |
Refrigerated |
| RGDS | ReGarDS |
| RGE | RanGE |
| RNR | Rate Not Reported |
| ROB | Remaining On Board |
| ROC | Reference Our Cable….(date) |
| RORO | Roll On Roll Off ship |
| ROTLX | Reference Our TeLeX …(date) |
| RPM | Revs. Per Minute |
| RYC | Reference Your Cable…(date) |
| RYTLX | Reference Your TeLeX…(date) |
|
S S.THR. |
Side Thruster |
| SBM | Soya Bean Meal |
| SATSHEX | SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays Excepted |
| SATSHINC | SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded |
| SBS | Safe Berth |
| SBT | Segregated Ballast Tanks |
| SELFDISCH | SelfDischarger |
| SF | Superficial Feet |
| SHEX | Sundays, Holidays EXcepted |
| SHINC | Sundays, Holidays Included |
| SID | Single Deck |
| SLPTA | SLop TAnks |
| SOF | Statement Of Facts |
| SOM | Swedish Official Measure |
| SP | Safe Ports |
| SPB | St. PetersBurg |
| S/R B/L | Signing and Releasing Bill(s) of Lading |
| SS and C | Same Sea and Country coast |
| SSHEX | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays EXcepted |
| SSHINC | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded |
| ST | Short Tons |
| STEM | Subject To Enough Merchandise |
| SWAD | Salt Water Arrival Draft |
| SWDD | Salt Water Departure Draft |
|
T TA |
TAnks |
| TBN | To Be Named |
| TBR | To Be Renamed |
| TC | (T/C)Time Charter |
| TCT | Time Charter Trip |
| TCP | Time Charter Party |
| TEU | Standard 20′ container |
| THC | TerminalHandling Cost |
| THR | THRuster |
| TIP | Taking Inward Pilot |
| TL | Total Loss |
| TOBENA | To Be Named |
| TOP | Taking Outward Pilot |
| TS | TonS |
| TTL | ToTaL |
|
U UKCS |
United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
| ULCC | Ultra Large Crude Carrier |
| USC | Unless Sooner Commenced |
| UU | Unless Used |
| UUIWCTAUTC | Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count |
|
V VEG |
VEGetable oil |
| VLCC | Very Large Crude Carrier |
| VPD | Vessel Pay Dues |
| VSL | VeSseL |
|
W WA |
WAter |
| WC | West Coast |
| WCCON | Whether Custom Cleared Or Not |
| WIBON | Whether In Berth Or Not |
| WIFPON | Whether In Free Praqtique Or Not |
| WIPON | Whether In Port Or Not |
| WITA | WIng TAnk |
| WLTOHC | WaterLine-TO-HatchCoaming (distance) |
| WOG | WithOut Guarantee |
| Working Copy | Copy of Charter Party – not being signed and may contain unchecked errors |
| WP | Weather Permitting |
| WRD | Wide Range Destillate |
| WRIC | Wire Rods in Coils |
| WWD | Weather Working Days |
| WWR | When, Where Ready |
| WWWW | Wibon Wccon Wifpon Wipon |
|
X X/C |
ssheX / sshinC |
| X/X | ssheX / ssheX |
|
Y YAR |
York Antwerp Rule |
| YC | Your Cable |