AA |
Always Afloat |
AAAA |
Always Afloat Always Accessible |
ABS |
American Bureau Of Shipping |
AFSPS |
Arrival First Sea Pilot Station |
AGW |
All Going Well |
ANTHAM |
Antwerp Hamburg Range |
APS |
Arrival Pilot Station |
ARA |
Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Range |
ARAG |
Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Ghent Range |
AS or A/S |
Alongside |
ASPW |
Any Safe Port Worldwide |
ATDNSHINC |
Any Time Day Night Sundays Holidays Included |
BAF |
Bunker Adjusting Factor |
BBB |
Before Breaking Bulk |
BDAYS |
Banking Days |
BDI |
Both Dates Inclusive |
BENDS |
Both Ends |
BHP |
Break Horse Power |
BI |
Both Inclusive |
BIMCO |
The Baltic & International Maritime Council |
BL |
Bale |
B/L |
Bill Of Lading |
BLT |
Built |
BOB |
Bunker On Board |
BROB |
Bunkers Remaining On Board |
BSS |
Basis |
BT |
Berth Terms |
BV |
Bureau Veritas |
BW |
Brackish Water |
BWAD |
Brackish Water Arrival Draft |
CAF |
Currency Adjusting Factor |
CFT |
Cubic Feet |
CFR |
Cost & Freight |
CHOPT |
Charterer's Option |
CIF |
Cost Insurance & Freight |
COA |
Contract Of Affreightment |
COACP |
Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party |
COB |
Closing Of Business |
COBLDN |
Closing Of Business London |
COGSA |
Carriage of Goods By Sea Act |
COD |
Cash On Delivery |
CONT |
Container Vessel |
CONT |
Continent (Europe) |
COP |
Custom Of Port |
C/P or CP |
Charter Party |
CPD |
Charterers Pay Dues |
CQD |
Customary Quick Despatch |
CR |
Crane |
CROB |
Cargo Remaining Onboard |
CST |
Centistoke |
CUFT |
Cubic Feet |
CUM |
Cubic Meters |
D/A |
Disbursement Account |
DAP or DAPS |
Days All Purposes |
DBL SKIN |
Double Skinned |
DDP |
Delivered Duty Paid |
DELY |
Delivery |
DEM |
Demurrage |
DERR or DER |
Derrick |
DES or DESP |
Despatch |
DEQ |
Delivered Ex Quay |
DHDATSBE |
Demurrage Half Despatch On All Time Saved Both Ends |
DHDWTSBE |
Demurrage Half Despatch On Working Time Saved Both Ends |
DLOSP |
Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot |
DNV |
Det Norske Veritas |
DO |
Diesel Oil |
DOLSP |
Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot |
DOP |
Dropping Outward Pilot |
DOT |
Department Of Transport |
DWT |
Deadweight |
EC |
East Coast |
EIU |
Even If Used |
ELVENT |
Electrically Ventilated |
ETA |
Expected Time Of Arrival |
ETC |
Expected Time Of Completion |
ETD |
Expected Time Of Departure |
ETS |
Expected Time of Sailing |
EXINS |
Extra Insurance |
EXW |
Ex Works |
FA |
Free Alongside |
FAC |
Fast As Can |
FAS |
Free Alongside Ship |
FCA |
Free Carrier |
FD |
Free Despatch |
FDD |
Freight Demurrage & Deadfreight |
FDEDANRSAOCLONL |
Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship And Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost |
FE |
Far East |
FHEX |
Fridays Holidays Excluded |
FHINC |
Fridays Holidays INCluded |
FIO |
Free In Out |
FIOST |
Free In Out Stowed & Trimmed |
FIOT |
Free In Out Trimmed |
FIT |
Free In Trimmed. |
FIW |
Free In Wagon |
FO |
Fuel Oil |
FOB |
Free On Board |
FOC |
Flag Of Convenience |
FOG |
For Our Guidance |
FOR |
Free On Rail |
FOQ |
Free On Quay |
FOT |
Free On Truck |
FOW |
First Open Water |
FOW |
Free On Wharf |
FREE EXINS |
Free of Extra Insurance |
FT |
Feet |
FWAD |
Fresh water Arrival Draft. |
FWDD |
Fresh Water Departure Draft |
FYG |
For Your Guidance |
FYI |
For Your Information |
GA |
General Average |
GASBENDS |
Good And Safe (Port) Both Ends |
GENCON |
General contract |
GL |
Germanischer Lloyd |
GLESS |
Gearless |
GO |
Gas Oil |
GNS |
German North Sea |
GR |
Grain |
GMDSS |
Global Maritime Distress Safety System |
GTEE |
Guarantee |
HA |
Hatch |
HDLTSBENDS |
Half Despatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends |
HDWTSBENDS |
Half Despatch Working Time Saved Both Ends |
HBF |
Harmless Bulk Fertilizer |
HDWTS |
Half Demurrage Weather Time Saved |
HFO |
Heavy Fuel Oil |
HHDW |
Handy Heavy Deadweight |
HMS |
Heavy Metal Scraps |
HO |
Hold |
HSS |
Heavy Soya Sorghum |
HW |
High Water |
IFO |
Intermediate Fuel Oil |
IMDG |
International Maritime Dangerous Code. |
IU |
If Used |
IMO |
International Maritime Organisation. |
IUHTAUTC |
If Used Half Time Actually Used To Count |
I.W.L. |
Institute Warranty Limits |
KR |
Korean Register |
LAT |
Latitude |
LAY/CAN (Laycan) |
Layday Cancelling date |
LC |
Letter Of Credit |
LIFO |
Liner in, free out |
LOI |
Letter Of Indemnity |
LOW |
Last Open Water |
LR or LRS |
Lloyds Register (Lloyds Register Of Shipping) |
LSD |
Lashed Secured Dunnaged |
LSM |
Lumpsum |
L.T. |
Liner Terms |
LT or LTONS |
Long Tons |
LTS |
Laytime Saved |
LW |
Low Water |
MB |
Merchant Broker |
MDO |
Marine Diesel Oil |
MGO |
Marine Gas Oil |
MIN/MAX |
Minimum/Maximum |
MOA |
Memorandum Of Agreement |
MODU |
AA |
MOLCHOP |
More Or Less In Charterer's Option |
MOLOO |
More Or Less In Owner's Option |
MOT |
Ministry Of Transport |
MT (MTONS) |
Metric Tons |
NAABSA |
Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground |
NCB |
National Cargo Bureau |
NCSA |
North Coast South America |
NE |
Not East |
NKK |
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai |
NN |
Not North |
NOLA |
New Orleans |
NOR |
Notice Of Readiness |
NS |
Not South |
NW |
Not West |
NYPE |
New York Produce |
OA |
Owner's anchorage |
OB |
Owner's berth |
OO |
Owners Option |
OOS |
Or Owner's Substitute |
OPA 90 |
The US oil pollution Act of 1990 |
OSA |
One Safe Anchorage |
OSB |
One safe berth |
OSCB |
One Safe Charterer's berth |
OSH |
Open Shelter Deck |
OT |
On Truck |
PASSERO |
Cape Passero |
PDPR |
Per Day Pro Rata |
PHPD |
Per Hatch Per Day |
PHPWD |
Per Hatch Per Working Day |
PWWD |
Per Weather Working Day |
REDELY |
Redelivery |
RNR |
Rate Not Reported |
ROB |
Remaining On Board |
ROC |
Reference Our Cable |
ROTLX |
Reference Our Telex |
RPM |
Revolutions Per Minute |
RYC |
Reference Your Cable |
RYTLX |
Reference Your TeLeX |
SSHEX or SATSHEX |
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded |
SSHINC or SATSHINC |
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included |
SB |
Safe Berth. |
SELFD |
SELFDischarger |
SF |
Stowage Factor |
SHEX |
Sundays, Holidays Excluded |
SHINC |
Sundays, Holidays Included |
SID |
Single Deck |
SKAW |
Skaggens Odde |
SOF |
Statement Of Facts |
SOM |
Swedish Official Measure |
SP(S) |
Safe Port(s) |
SPORE |
Singapore |
SRBL |
Signing & Releasing Bill(s) Of Lading |
S.T. |
Short Tons |
STEM |
Subject To Enough Merchandise |
SW |
Salt Water |
SWAD |
Salt Water Arrival Draft |
SWDD |
Salt Water Departure Draft |
TC or T/C |
Time Charter |
TCP |
Time Charter Party |
TEU |
Transport Equivalent Unit (the standard 20' container) |
TIP |
Taking Inbound Cargo |
TL |
Total Loss |
TOP |
Taking Outbound Pilot |
TWN |
Tweendecker |
USAC |
US Atlantic Coast |
USC |
Unless Sooner Commenced |
USCG |
US Coast Guard |
USEC |
US East Coast |
USG |
UU Gulf |
USNP or USNOPAC |
US North Pacific |
USWC |
US West Coast |
UU |
Unless Used |
UUIWCTAUTC |
Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count. |
VPD |
Vessel Pay Dues |
WC |
West Coast |
WCCA |
West Coast Central America |
WCCON |
Whether Custom Cleared Or Not |
WCSA |
West Coast South America |
WIBON |
Whether In Berth Or Not |
WIFPON |
Whether In Free Pratique Or Not |
WIPON |
Whether In Port Or Not |
WLTPOHC |
Waterline To Top Of Hatch Coaming |
WOG |
Without Guarantee |
Working Copy |
Unchecked copy of C/P or MOA |
WP |
Weather Permitting. |
WRIC |
Wire Rods in Coils. |
WWD |
Weather Working Days. |
WWDUU |
Weather working days unless used |
WWR |
When, Where Ready. |
WWWW |
Wibon Wiccon Wifpon Wipon. |
YAR |
York Antwerp Rules |
YC |
Your Cable. |
