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
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
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/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
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
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
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
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
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
KMC
cargo refrigerating system
KN
KNots
KTM
Keel To top of Mast
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
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
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.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 & 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
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.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
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
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
VEG
VEGetable oil
VLCC
Very Large Crude Carrier
VPD
Vessel Pay Dues
VSL
VeSseL
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/C
ssheX / sshinC
X/X
ssheX / ssheX
YAR
York Antwerp Rule
YC
Your Cable
ZUTC
GMT