FAQ

1 / 2 SB

One or two safe berth(s).

1 / 2 SP

One or two safe port(s)..

1 OPT 1

One year, option another one year

A & CP

Anchors and chains proved.

A.B.O. ABO

As brokers only

A.P. OR A/P

After peak Tank

a/f

Also for (referring to ports to be touched by the ship).

A/S

Alongside

Aa (AA)

Always afloat.

AAAA

Always afloat and (always) accessible.

AARA

Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area

AB

Above bridges.

Abt

About.

ACP

African, Caribbean, Pacific countries.

Ad val.

Ad Valorem (duty).

ADCOM/Addcomm

Address commission.

ADV

Advise

AF

Advance freight.

AFRA

Average freight rate assessments.

AFSPS

Arrival First Sea Piolt Station

AFT

At or towards the stern or rear of a ship

AG

Arabian Gulf (also referred to as PG Persian Gulf)

AGRIPODS

Agricultural products.

AGW

All going well.

AGWWP

All going well weather permitting.

AH

Range of ports between and including Antwerp and Hamburg.

Ah (AH)

After hatch

AhL

Australian hold ladders.

AICS

Associate of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.

AIMS

American Institute of Merchant Shipping.

ANTHAM

Antwerp-Hamburg Range

AOG

Act of God.

Ap or A/P

Aft perpendicular (of ship); after peak; all purposes; additional premium.

Apl

American Petroleum Institute.

APS

Arrival Pilot Station

APT

After peak tank.

AR

Antwerp – Rotterdam range.

AR

Arrived.

ARA

Antwerp – Rotterdam – Amsterdam range of ports.

ARAG

Amsterdam-Rotterdam--Antwerp-Gent Range

ARAGH

Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Ghent.

ARH

Antwerp – Rotterdam – Hamburg range.

ARHB

Antwerp – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Bremen range.

ASA

Always safe(ly) afloat.

ASAP (asap)

As soon as possible.

ASBA

Association of Shipbrokers and Agents.

ATA

Actual Time of arrival

ATDN

Any time day and night.

ATDNSHINC

Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays UIncluded

ATN

Aids to Navigation

ATRS

American Tank Rate Schedule.

ATS

Actual time saved or All time saved.

ATSB/ATSBE

All time saved both ends.

ATSDO

All time saved loading only.

ATUTC

Actual Times Used to Count

AWH

Available workable hatches.

AWTSBE

All working time saved both ends.

AWTSDO

All working time saved discharging only.

AWTSLO

All working time saved loading only.

AWTWL

All within Institute Warranty Limits.

B (Bl)

Bale capacity; bale; ballast.

B S S 1/1

Basis 1 port to 1 port

B.H.(range)

Range of ports between and including Bordeaux & Hamburg

b.o.

Buyer’s option; broker’s order.

B.P.(bp/b.p.)

Between perpendiculars; boiling point (gases).

B.S.

Boiler survey; bunker surcharge.

B.S. & W.

Bottom (or base) sediment and water.

b/d

Barrels per day.

B/E

Break even; (customs) bill of entry; bill of exchange.

B/E (Bends)

Both ends.

b/h

Barrels per hour.

B/L/b lading (Bs/L)

Bill of Lading (plural of B/L).

B/N (b/n)

Booking note.

B/O (b/o)

Bulk/oil carrier.

B/R

Bordeaux of Rouen.

BA

Buenos Aires.

BACAT

Barge aboard catamaran

BAF

Bunker Adjustment Factor

Bar (brl)

Barrel.

BB

Ballast bonus; bar bound; below bridges; bulbous bow; bareboat, bare boat charter

BBB

Before Breaking Bulk

BBCD

Bareboat-cum-demise.

BC

British Columbia; British Channel.

BD

Bar draft, below deck.

BDI

Both dates (days) inclusive (or included).

BEAM

The maximum breadth of a ship

BENDS

Both Ends (Load & Discharge Ports)

BENELUX

Belguim, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

Bext.

Breadth extreme.

BFI

Baltic Freight Index

BFO

Bunker fuel oil.

BH (B/H)

Bill of health; bulkhead.

BHF

Bulk harmless fertilizers.

Bhp (BHP)

Brake horse power (oil engines).

Bi/Bl

Both inclusive.

BIBO

Bulk in, bag out.

BIFFEX

The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange

BIMCO

Baltic & International Maritime Council

BK

Bar keel.

BL

Bale

BL

Bill of Lading

BLK

Bulk.

BLSEA

Baltic Sea.

BLST (BST)

Ballast.

BM

Beam

BOA

Berthing on arrival.

BOB

Bunker on Board

BOD

Board of Directors.

BOFFER(S)

Best Offer(s)

BOR

Bunkers on re-delivery.

BORO

Bulk, Oil and roll-on, roll-off vessel.

BROB

Bunkers Remaining on Board

BS

Broken Stowage

BSS

Basis

BSS 1/1

Basis 1 Port to 1 Port

BST

British Summer Time, British Standard Time.

BT (bt)

Berth terms.

BTD

Butadiene (cargo for gas carrier).

BTU

British Thermal Unit.

BW/BWA

Brackish water/ brackish water allowance.

BWAD

Brackish Water Arrival Draft

BWDD

Brackish water departure draft.

C

Shine, Sundays and holidays included.

C & F (CFR)

Cost and freight.

C and/or J

China and/or Japan.

C of B

Centre of Buoyancy

C&F

Cost and Freight

C&F FO

Cost & Freight Free Out

c.f.g

cubic feet of gas

c.f.g.d./hr./min

cubic feet of gas per day / hour / minute

c.f.hr./sec.

cubic feet per hour/second

C.I.F.

Cost, insurance and freight.

C.I.F. & E.

Cost, insurance, freight and exchange.

C.I.F.F.I.

Cost, insurance, freight, commission and interest.

C.I.F.F.O.

Cost, insurance, freight, and free out.

C.I.F.I. & E.

Cost, insurance, freight, interest and exchange.

c.i.f.l.t. (CIFLT)

Cost, insurance and freight, London terms.

c.m.p.s

centimetres per second

C.O.

Country of origin; cargo oil; case oil

c.o.d.

Cash on delivery.

C/N

Credit Note

C/P (c/p orCP)

Charter party.

C/V/E

Cable, victuals and entertainment.

CABAF

Currency and bunkering adjustment factors.

CABE (cabe)

Charterer’s agents both ends.

CAF

Currency adjustment factor.

CAN

Calcium ammonium nitrate (cargo).

CAR (CARIB)

Carribean Islands.

CB & H Cont. (BH)

Continent between Bordeaux and Hamburg.

CBFT (or CFT)

Cubic Feet

CBM

Cubic Meter

CBT

Clean ballast tanks

cc.hr./min

Cubic centimeter per hour/minute

CD

Customary Despatch

CENSA(pron.Kensa)

Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners Associations.

CFR (or C&F)

Cost and Freight

CH & H

Continent between Le Havre and Hamburg

CHA

Customs house agent.

CHINPAC

China Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

CHN

China.

CHOPT

Charterers Option

CHRTS

Charterer''s

CIF

Cost, Insurance & Freight.

CIM

International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail.

CIP

Carriage and insurance paid to.

CKD

Completely knocked down

CLC

Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969.a

CMI

Comite Maritime International.

CMR

Convention on the Contract for Intrntnl Carriage of Goods by Road.

cnr

Charter not reported.

COA

Contract of Affreightment.

COACP

Contract of Affreightment Charter Party

COB

Cargo on board; close of business.

COD

Cas On Delivery

COFR

Certificate of Financial Responsibility.

COGS (COGSA)

Carriage of Goods by Sea (Act).

COMP

Completing.

CONFI

Confidential.

CONS

Consecutive; consumption.

Cont. (Cont.)

Continent or Europe.

COP

 Custom Of Port

COW

Crude Oil Washing

CP (or C/P)

Charter Party

CPD

Charterers Pay Dues

CPP

Clean petroleum products.

CPT

Carriage paid to.

CQD

Customary Quick Despatch

CR (cr)

Current rate; carrier’s risk.

CRD

Current rate discharge.

CRISTAL

Contract Regarding an Interim Settlement to Tanker Liability for Oil Pollution Damage.

CRL

Current rate of load.

CRN

Crane

CROB

Cargo Remaining on Board

CS

Laden Cape, ballast Suez.

CSC

International Convention for Safe Containers

CSD

Closed shelter deck

CST (c/s)

Centistokes.

CT

Centre tank; cargo tank; cubic tonnage of a ship.

CTO

Combined transport operator

CTR

Container Fitted

CVO

Certificate of value and origin

CVs (consec)

Consecutive voyages.

Cwt.

Hundred weight.

CY

Country yard

D ½ D (DHD)

Despatch money payable at half demurrage rate. (Also demurrage, half dispatch).

D 1/2 D (d 1/2 D)

Despatch money payable at half demurrage rate

D.O.

Delivery Order

d.p.

Direct port.

D.T.

Deep Tank

D/A (DA)

Discharge afloat, Disbursement Account

D/C

Deviation clause; (in) direct continuation.

D/P

Documents against payment

D/R/D

Dunnage, removal and disposal.

daa

Discharge always afloat.

DAF

Delivered at frontier.

DAMFORDET

Damages for Detention.

DAP (DAPS)

Days all purpose; di-ammonium phosphate (fertilizer).

DB (db)

Double bottom.

DBB (d. b. b.)

Deals, battens and boards (timber).

DBE

Despatch payable both ends

DBEATS

Despatch (payable) both ends, all time saved

DBEWTS

Despatch (payable) both ends, working time saved.

DBT

Double Bottom Tanks

DD

Daily discharge; dry docking.

DDGS

Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles

DDO (ddo)

Despatch discharging only.

DDP

Delivered duty paid.

DDU

Delivered duty unpaid.

DEC

De-ratting exemption certificate.

DEL (DELY)

Delivery.

DEM

Demurrage (Quay Rent).

DEM-DES(P)

Demurrage and dispatch.

DEQ

Delivered ex-quay

Der (DR)

Derricks.

DES

Delivered ex-ship

DET

Detention

DETS

Details.

DF

Dead Freight

DFD

Demurrage, free dispatch.

Dft

Draft (also spelt, draught).

dh

Double hull.

DHD

Despatch half demurrage

DHDATSBE

Dispatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends

DHDWTSBE

Dispatch Half Demurrage on Working TIme Saved Both Ends

DIRTY

Crude black oil.

DISCH

Discharge

DK

Deck

DLOSP

Dropping last outward sea pilot.

DLY

Daily.

DNRCAOSLONL

Discountless and Non-Returnable Cargo and/or Ship Lost or Not Lost

DO (d.o.)

Diesel oil.

DOHP

Dropping outward harbour pilot.

DOLSP

Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot

DOP (dop)

Dropping outward pilot.

DOSP

Dropping outward sea pilot.

DOT

Department of Transportation

DPD

Discharge port disbursements.

DPP (d.p.p.)

Dirty petroleum products.

DRATE

Discharge rate.

DRC (d.r.c.)

Daily running cost.

DRI

Direct reduced iron (cargo).

DRK

Derrick

DWA

Dock water allowance.

DWAT (dwat)

Deadweight all told.

DWCC(dwcc)

Deadweight cargo capacity.

Dwct

Deadweight cargo tons.

DWOC

Decline without counter.

DWT

Deadweight (tonnage).

E

East.

e.o.h.p.

Except otherwise herein provided.

E.O.P.

End (completion) of passage.

EAT

Expected (or estimated) arrival time.

Eb

Empty ballast

EC

East Coast; European Communities

ECCP

East Coast (UK) coal port

ECGB

East Coast of Great Britain.

ECI

East coast of Ireland

ECM

East coast of Mexico

ECNA

East Coast of North America.

ECSA

East Coast of South America.

ECUK

East Coast of United Kingdom.

ECUS

East Coast of U.S.A

EDI

Electronic data interchange.

EGM

Export general manifest.

EI

East Indies

EIU

Even if used.

ELVENT

Electric Ventilation

ENE

East North-East.

EOP

End (Completion) of passage

EP

Estimated position.

ERLOAD

Expected ready to load.

ERV

Each round voyage.

EST

European Standard Time.

est.

Estimated.

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival

ETBC

Easy trimmer bulk carrier.

ETC

Estimated Time of Completion

ETD

Estimated Time of Departure

ETF

Expected time of finishing

ETR

Expected to be ready.

ETS

Estimated Time of Sailing

EUROMED

European Mediterranean.

EXW

Ex Works

F

Fresh water load line mark; forward; forecastle; Fahrenheit.

F & D

Freight and demurrage

F.DESP

Free dispatch.

F.DIS

Free discharge.

FAC

Fast as can

Faccop

Fast as can, according to the custom of the port.

FAF

Fuel adjustment factor

FAK

Freight all kinds (containers)

FAS

Free alongside; free arrival station.

FBD

Freeboard.

FBL

FIATA Combined transport bill of lading

FC

Fund Convention (for oil pollution damage).

FCA

Free to Carrier.

FCC

First class charterer

FCL

Full container load

FCS

Fresh of capture and seizure.

FCSSS

For Christ’s sake say something (slang).

FD

Free discharge; free of dispatch.

FDD

Freight Demurrage Deadfreight

FDEDANRSAOCLONL

Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship &/or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost

FDESP

Free Dispatch

FDIS

Free Discharge

FEAST

Far East

FEU

Forty foot equivalent unit.

Ffa

Free from alongside.

FFI

For further instructions.

FH

First half

FHEX

Fridays, Holidays Excluded (Muslim Countries)

FHINC

Fridays and holidays included.

FIB

Free into barge; free into bunkers.

FICS

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.

FILO

Free in and liner out.

FILTD

Free in, liner terms discharge

FIO

Free In/Out.

FIOLS

Free in and out, lashed and secured.

FIOS

Free in and out, and stowed.

FIOSpT

Fee in and out, spout trimmed.

FIOST

Free in and out, stowed and trimmed.

FIOT

Free In/Out and Trimmed.

FISLSD/LO

Free in, stowed, lashed, secured and dunnaged /liner out.

FIT

Free In Trimmed OR Free of income tax

FIW

Free In Wagon

FLASH

Feeder lighter aboard ship

FLT

Full liner terms; forklift truck.

FMC

Federal Maritime Commission

FMS

Fathoms

FO

Free overside; fuel oil; furnace oil; for orders; free out.

FO (IFO)

Fuel Oil/Intermediate FO

FOB

Free on Board.

FOBS

Free on board and stowed.

FOBT

Free on board and trimmed.

FOC

Flag of Convennience; free of conveyance; also free of charge

FOD

Free of damage.

FOFFER

Firm Offer

FOG

For Our Guidance

FOM

Flag, ownership and management.

FONASBA

Federation of National Association of Shipbrokers and Agents

FOQ

Free on quay.

FOR

Free On Rail

FOS

Free on ship.

FOT

Free On Truck

FOW

First open water; free on wharf; free on wagon.

FP

(In) free pratique; flash point.

FT

Fuel terms; also, full terms.

FTTM

First thing tomorrow morning.

FV

Fishing vessel.

FW

Fresh water.

FWA

Fresh water allowance.

FWAD

Fresh Water Arrival Draft

Fwd

Forward.

FWDD

Fresh Water Departure Draft

FYG

For your guidance.

FYI

For Your Information

G

Grain capacity.

G.A.

General Average.

G.B.

Great Britain.

G/B (GR/BL)

Grain / bale capacity.

GBB

Gross ballast bonus.

GC

General cargo; great circle.

GENCAR

General cargo.

GEOG RTN

In geographical rotation.

G-H RGE

Gibraltar - Hamburg range

GIB

Gibraltar.

GLESS

Gear less - Vessel with out cranes or derricks

GLFD

Gas oil.

GLS

Gearless - Vessel with out cranes or derricks

GN (or GR)

Grain (capacity)

GNCN

Gencon (General Conditions)

GO

Gas Oil

GOP

Gross operating profit.

GP

General purpose

GRD

Geared.

GRT

Gross register ton.

GSB

Good Safe Berth

GSP

Good Safe Port

GSSL

Ports of Genoa, Savona, Spezia or Leghorn.

GSSLNCV

Ports of Genoa, Savona, Spezia, Leghorn, Naples, Civetta or Vecchia

GT

Gross tonnage.

GTEE

Guarantee

Guar. (Gtee)

Guaranteed.

H.A. or D.

Le Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk.

H.H. (H/H)

Ports between and inclusive of Le Havre and Hamburg.

Ha

Hatch, hatchway.

HAT

Highest astronomical tide.

HBR

Hamburg range.

HC

hatch cover; hold cleaning.

HCHTRS

Head charterers.

HCM

Ho Chi Minh City.

HD

Half dispatch.

HDLTSBENDS

Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends

HDWTS

Half Despatch Working Time Saved

HDWTSBE

Half dispatch working time saved both ends

HFO

Heavy fuel oil.

HG

Heavy grain.

HHDW

Handy Heavy d.w. (scrap)

HHDWS

Heavy, handy, deadweight scrap

HLESS

Harmless

HMB

Heavy motor block

HMS

Heavy Melting Scrap

HNS

Hazardous and Noxious Substances

HO

Hold

Ho/Ha

Holds/hatches.

HR/HRDS

Hampton Roads

HSD

High speed diesel.

HSS

Heavy grains, Soyabeans and sorghums

HVF

Heavy viscosity fuel oil.

HW

High Water

HWDW

Heavy, handy, dead weight.

HWLTHC

Height waterline to top hatch.

HWONT

High water at ordinary neap tides

HWOST

High water at ordinary spring tides

I.A.C.S. (IACS)

International Association of Classification Societies.

IATA

International Air Transport Association.

IBC

Intermediate bulk carrier.

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce.

ICS

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers; International Chamber of Shipping.

IDL

International Date Line.

IFO

Intermediate fuel oil.

IGM

Import general manifest.

IGS

Inert Gas System.

IHAM

Immigham

IHP

Indicated horse power.

ILO

International Labour Organisation, Geneva.

ILOHC

In lieu of hold cleaning.

ILOW

In lieu of weighing.

IMB

International Maritime Bureau.

IMDG

International Maritime Dangerous Goods

IMO

International Maritime Organisation

IN&/OR OVER

Goods carried below or on deck

IND

Indication

INDO

Indonesia.

INMARSAT

International Maritime Convention on Communication by Satellite.

INTERCARGO

International Association of Dry Cargo shipowners.

INTERTANKO

International Association of Independent Tanker Owners.

IOPC

International Oil Pollution Compensation

IOT (INCLOT)

Including overtime.

ISF

International Shipping Federation.

ISM

International Safety Management (Code).

ISO

International Standards Organisation.

ITF

International Transport Worker’s Federation.

IU

If Used

IUATUC

If used actual time used to count

IUHTAUTC

If Used, Half Time Actually to Count

IWL

Institute Warranty Limits

j. & w.o.

Jettison and washing overboard.

JBL

Jubail

Jett

Jettison.

JV

Joint venture.

K

“000” i.e. thousand, e.g. 2K = two thousand.

k, kn, knt, kt, knot

Knot; nautical miles (6080 feet or 1853 metres) per hour.

KMT

Distance from keel to mast.

KRS

Koreans.

L

Laden.

L/D

Loading/discharging.

LA

Los Angeles

LASH

Lighter aboard ship (barge carrier).

LAT

Lowest austronomical tide; latitude.

Lay/can (L/C, LYCN)

Laydays commencing/ laydays canceling (dates) or laydays/canceling.

LB

Long Beach

LBP

Length between perpendiculars.

LC (L/C)

London clause; letter of credit; laycan.

LCI

Lambert’s Capesize Index.

Lcr

Lowest current rate.

LDN

London; Laden

LDO

Light diesel oil.

LDPT

Load Port

LEFO

Land’s end for orders.

LGFM

Lond Grain Fixures Market

LHAR

London, Hull, Amsterdam or Rotterdam.

LIFO

Liner in, Free out; Last in, First out

LL

Laden legs; loadlines.

LLT

London landed terms.

LM

Lane metres.

LMC

Lloyd’s machinery certificate.

LNG

Liquefied natural gas (carrier).

LO

Lubricating oil.

LO/LO

Load-on and load-off or Lift-on and lift-off vessel.

LOA

Length Overall of the vessel

LOF

Lloyd’s Open Form. (Salvage Agreement), 1995.

LOI

Letter of indemnity.

LOW

Last open water.

LPD

Load port disbursements.

LPG

Liquified petroleum gas

Lpl

Liverpool

LQT

Liverpool quay terms.

LRATE

Load rate.

LS

Lumber (timber) summer loadline.

LS (or LUMPS)

Lumpsum

LSD

Landing ship dock; landing, storage and delivery

LSD

Lashed Secured Dunnaged

LSLSDU

Loaded, stowed, lasned, secured, dunnaged and unlashed.

LT (It/Its)

Long ton; liner terms; London terms.

Lt. V

Light vessel.

LTBENDS

Liner terms, both ends.

LTS (BE)

Laytime saved (both ends).

LW

Low Water

LWNA

Lumber Winter North Atlantic (loadline).

LYCN

Laycan (Layday Cancelling Date)

M

Metre; measure; measurement.

M/R

Mate’s receipt.

M/V

Motor Vessel

MAA

Mina Al Ahmadi

MAP

Mono-ammonium phosphate

MARPOL

Convention for the Prevention of Maritime Pollution from ships (1973/1978).

MATS

Material(s), (i.e. dunnage).

MB

Merchant Broker

MB/T

Motor blocks/ turnings.

MBTE

Methyl, butyl, tertiaer ether

MDO

Marine diesel oil.

MED

Mediteranean

MEX

Mexico.

MH

Main hatch.

MHWN

Mean high water neaps (formerly, HWONT).

MHWS

Mean high water springs (formerly, HWOST).

MIC

Man-in-charge.

MICS

Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.

MIN/MAX

 Minimum/Maximum

MIO

Millon(s).

ML

Motor launch.

MLD

Moulded.

MLLW

Mean low low water.

MLS

Miles.

MLW

Mean low low water.

MLWN

Mean low water neaps

MLWS

Mean low water springs

MOL

More or Less

MOLCHOPT

More or Less Charterers Option

MOLOO

More or Less Owners Option

MOP

Muriate of Potash (fertiliser)

MOS

Months.

MPP

Multi-purpose (vessel).

MRX

Medium range cross-purpose tanker.

MS

Motor shop; motor spirit; machinery survey.

MSA

Merchant Shipping Act.

MSC

Manchester Ship Canal; Maritime Safety Committee (of IMO).

MSDS M.S.D.S

Material Safety Data Sheet

Mst

Measurement.

MSV

Motor support vessel.

Mt

Empty.

MT

Metric ton (tonne); multimodal transport; main terms; motor tanker.

MTL

Mean tidal level.

MTO

Multimodal transport operator.

MTPA

Million metric tonnes per annum.

MV

Motor vessel.

N

And

N CONT (NO CONT)

North Continent.

N(NTH)

North.

n.E.

Not east of.

n.e.p.(NEP)

Not elsewhere provided.

n.m.

Nautical mile.

n.N.(N/N)

Not north of

N.O.P.

Net operating profit.

n.o.p.

Not otherwise provided.

n.S.

Not south of.

n.W.

Not west of.

N.Y.T.

New York Standard Time.

N/B

New building.

N/t

New terms (grain trade).

NA

North Atlantic; North America; nearest approach.

NAA

Not always Afloat

NAABSA

Not Always Afloat but Safely Aground

NCB

National Cargo Bureau

NCSA

North Coast South America

NES(n.e.s)

Not elsewhere specified.

NEW

North West Europe

NEWCT

North East of West Coast Italy.

NHP

Nominal horse power.

NJ

New Jason clause in C/P.

NMPD

Nautical miles per day.

NNGWB

Not north of George Washington Bridge (i.e. New York).

NOLA

New Orleans

NOPAC

North Pacific (Ports)

NOR (N/R)

Notice of Readiness.

NOR T & A

Notice of Readiness tendered and accepted.

NORT

Notice of Readiness tendered.

NPK

Nitro Phosphatic Kompound

NR

Northern Range of Ports (in US)

NR T (nrt)

Not register tonnage.

NRT

Net Restricted Tonnage

NS

No sparring.

NSW

New South Wales (Australia)

NT

Net tonnage; neap tides; new tonnage.

NTC

Not to count.

NTCEIU

Not to count, even if used.

NTCEUU

Not to count, unless used.

NVOCC

Non-vessel owing common carrier.

NY (NYK)

New York.

NYPE

New York Produce Exchange

O.O.

Owner’s option.

o.t.

Overtime.

O/B

On board.

O/C

Open charter; ore carrier

O/D

Over deck.

O/O

Oil/ore (or ore/oil) carrier.

o/w

Outward.

oa

Overall

OA OK

Overage okay.

oaaoop

On arrival at or of the port.

OABE

Owners agents both ends

OAFSP

On arrival first sea pilot.

OAGE

Overage.

OAHPS

On arrival harbour pilot station

OAL

Overall length (same as LOA).

OAPEC

Organisation of Arabic Petroleum Exporting Countries.

OBO

Oil, bulk, ore carrier.

OBQ

On board quantity.

Oc B/L

Ocean bill of lading.

OCC

Outward clearance certificate; Oil Co-ordination Committee.

OCIMF

Oil Companies International Marine Forum

ODM

Oil discharge monitor

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

O-H (O/H)

Off-hire.

OHBC

Open hatch bulk carrier.

OO

Owners Option

OPA

(US) Oil Pollution Act, 1990 or Owners Protecting Agent

OPEC

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

OPT(opt)

Option.

OSB

One safe berth.

OSD/CSD

Open shelter deck or closed shelter deck (vessel).

OSH

Open Shelter Deck

OSP

One safe port.

OSPB

One safe port or berth.

OSV

Offshore supply vessel.

OWS

Owners

P & I (PANDI)

Protection and Indemnity (Club).

P + C (P AND C)

Private and confidential.

p.f.t.

Per freight ton.

p.p. (pp)

Picked ports.

p.p.i.

Policy proof of interest.

p.t. (PT)

Per ton; private terms.

PA (P/A)

Particular average.

PAD

Pacific Australia Direct

PASTUS

Past Us

PAT

Pen Air Turnover = air volume m3 per h / pen area m2

PB

Permanent bunkers; poop and bridge.

PBF

Poop, bridge and forecastle.

PC

Period of Charter, Port Clearance

pc

Part cargo, parcel cargo.

PCC

Pure car carrier.

PCGO

Part Cargo

PCM

Per calender month (hire).

PCNT

Panama Canal Net Tonnage.

PCO (PICO)

Port in charterer’s option.

PCT

Percent

PCTC

Pure car and truck carrier.

PD

Port dues.

PDPR

Per day pro-rata.

PER SE

By Itself

PERDIEM

By the Day

PG (P/G)

Persian Gulf (also, referred as AG = Arabian Gulf)

PHC

Port handling charges.

PHD

Per hatch per day.

PHO

Port health officer.

PHPD

Per Hatch Per Day

PIC

Person in charge.

PIOPIC

P & I Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause.

PLS

Please

PMO

Passing Muscat outbound

PMT

Per metric ton.

POA

Place of acceptance.

POB

Pilot on board.

poc (POC)

Port of call.

pod (POD)

Port of Discharge

POL

Petroleum, oil and lube Or Port of Loading

por (POR)

Port of refuge.

PPS

Pumps (capacity in cubic metres).

PPT

Prompt

PPUK

Picked ports of U.K

PQ

Province of Quebec.

PRC

People’s Republic of China.

PSG

Passing

PSI

Pounds per square inch; pre shipment inspection.

pssg (PSSG)

Passing.

PST

Pacific Standard Time.

pt B

Port bunkers.

PUS

Past us.

PWWD

Per Weather Working day

q.c

Quantity at Captain''s option

q.n.

Quotation.

qlty

Quality.

Quad

Canada, EC, Japan & US

QWT

Quay weight

R of T

Range of tide.

r.d.

Running days.

R/E

Rate of exchange.

R/P

Return to port for orders.

R/T

Revenue ton.

R/V (RV)

Round voyage.

RAPL

Rotterdam – Amsterdam Pipeline.

RBAY

Richards Bay

RBCT

Richards Boy Coal Terminal.

RCN

Research octane number.

RCVR

Receivers

RDC (rdc)

Running down clause.

Rds

Roads.

Re-cap

Recapitulation (summary of main points).

RED

Rate, extras demurrage.

REDEL

Re-delivery.

RELET

To sub-charter

RNR

Rate not reported.

Roads (roads)

Anchorage Area

ROB

Remaining on board.

RORO (ro-ro)

Roll-on/roll-off (vessel).

RPM

Revolutions (or rotations) per minute.

RPS

Revolutions (or rotations) per second.

RPT

Repeat.

RT

Right time of ship departure/arrival or rye terms.

RT

Revenue Tonne

RTBA

Rate to be agreed.

RTD

Round trip distance.

RUW

Ruwais (port)

S

Summer loadline; south.

S & P (S AND P)

Sale and purchase.

S d/k

Shelter deck.

s.s. & c.

Same sea and country coast.

S/a

Safe arrival; subject to approval.

S/A (S.A.)

South America; South Australia; South Africa; safe anchorage; Salvage Association.

S/F (SOF)

Statement of facts.

S/N

Shipping note.

S/o

Shipowner.

S/S

Suez laden, Suez ballast.

SA/SHEX

Saturday afternoon/Sundays and holidays excepted.

SABIO

Stem and Berth in order

SATPM

Saturday P.M.

SATSHEX/SSHEX

Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted.

SB

Safe berth.

SBE

Standby engine.

SBM

Single buoy mooring (for oil tankers); soyabean meal (cargo).

SBT

Segregated ballast tanks.

SC

Slot Charter

SCNT

Suez Canal Net Tonnage.

SD

Single deck; self-discharging.

SDBC

Single Decker bulk carrier

SDR

Special Drawing Rights (IMF).

SDWT (sdwt)

Summer deadweight.

SEA

South east Asia

SELFD

Self Discharging

SEMI-TRAILERS

Are usually 12.0 meter flatbed road trailers

SF

San Francisco; Summer Freeboard; Stowage factor.

SG

Specific gravity.

SH

Second Half

SHEX

Sundays and holidays excepted.

SHEXEIU

Sundays and holidays excepted, even if used.

SHEXUU

Sundays and holidays excepted, unless used.

SHINC

Sundays, Holidays Included

SHU

Shuaibu (port).

Sim Sub

Similar substitute.

SITPRO

Simplification of International Trade Procedures (Board).

SKO

Superior kerosene oil.

SKOR

South Korea

SL

Sailed.

SLT

Sludge Tank

SOB

Shipped on board.

SOC

Shipper Owned Container

SOF

Statement of Facts

SOLAS

International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (1974/78).

SP

Safe Port

SPASS

Skaw - Passero (range)

spd

Ship pays dues; speed.

SPM

Single point mooring.

SPN

Spain

SPT (spt)

Spot.

SRBL

Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading

SS

Service speed; steamship; special survey.

SSHEX (or SATSHEX)

Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded

SSHINC (or SATSHINC)

Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included

SSW

Summer salt water.

STBC

Self-trimming bulk carrier

Stc

Said to contain

STCW

Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers.

STD (std)

Standard (timber trade).

STEM

Subject To Enough Merchandise (Availability of Cargo)

STERN

The aformost part of a ship

Sth

South

STL

Steel.

Stoa

Subject to owner’s approval.

Stw

Said to weigh.

SUB

Subject (to)

Sub open

Subject open

Sub stem

Subject stem (availability of cargo).

Subdets

Subject details (of C/P).

SUBDGS

Subject to Director-General of Shipping approval.

SUBs

Subjects (fixed on)

SUIT

Suitable.

SV

Sailing vessel.

SW

Salt water; shipper’s weight.

SWAD

Salt Water Arrival Draft

SWDD

Salt water departure draft.

SWL

Safe working load (of cranes, derricks).

T

Tropical loadline

T/C Trip (TCT)

Time charter trip.

T/P

Trans Pacific.

T/S

Time sheet; transshipment.

TAFHEX

Thursday afternoons Fridays and holidays excepted.

TARV (TA R/V)

Trans Atlantic Round Voyage

TBA

To be advised.

TBD

To be declared.

TBMA

To be mutually agreed.

TBN

To be nominated

TC (T/C, t/c)

Time charter.

TCE

Time charter equivalent.

TCH

Time charter hire

TCM

Convention on the International Combined Transport of Goods.

TCT

Time charter Trip, timecharter trip

TCY

Time charter yield

TDK

Tween decker.

TDW (tdw)

Tons deadweight.

TECH

Toxic, explosive, corrosive and hazardous (dangerous cargo)

TEU

Twenty foot equivalent unit.

TF

Tropical fresh water loadline.

THC

Terminal handling charges,

TIB

Trimmed in bunkers.

TIP

Takind inward pilot

TMK

Tonnage mark.

TNC

Time to next cargo

TNGE

Tonnage.

TOTCOM

Total commission.

TOVALOP

Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability for oil Pollution

Tp

Time in port.

TPC

Tons per centimeter (immersion).

TPCM

Tons per cubic metre

TPD

Tons per day.

TPI

Tons per inch

TPRV (TP R/V)

Trans Pacific Round Voyage

TR

Tons registered.

TRND

To be renamed.

Ts

Time at sea.

TSP

Triple super phosphate

TST

Topside tank.

TT

Telegraphic transfer

TTL

Total

TW

Tween Decker

TWHD

Tons per working or workable hatch per day.

TYT

Thanks your telex.

U.K.f.o.

United Kingdom for orders.

U.K.H.A.D.

United Kingdom and Le Havre-Antwerp-Dunkirk range.

U.K.H.H.

United Kingdom and Le Havre-Hamburg range.

UCE

Unforeseen circumstances excepted

U/D

Under deck.

UK/Cont (B.H.)

United Kingdom or Continent (Bordeaux-Hamburg range).

UK/Cont (G.H.)

United Kingdom or Continent (Gibraltar-Hamburg range).

UK/Cont (H.H.)

United Kingdom or Continent (Le Havre-Hamburg range).

UKC

United Kingdom or Continent

ULCC

Ultra large crude carrier.

UNCITRAL

United Nations’ Commission on International Trade Law.

UNCTAD

United Nations’ Commission on Trade and Development.

USAC

United States Atlantic Coast.

USC

Unless sooner commenced.

USCG

United States Coast Guard.

USEC (USEA)

United States East Coast.

USG

United States Gulf of Mexico.

USNH

United States North of (Cape) Hatteras (northern range).

USNP

United States North Pacific.

USSH

United States South of (Cape) Hatteras.

USWC (USWE)

United States West Coast.

UU

Unless Used

UUIWCTAUTC

Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count

V/C

Voyage charter

VGO

Vacuum gas oil.

VLOO

Very large ore/oiler (carrier).

VOC

Vessel operating carrier.

VPD

Vessel Pays Dues

VTMS

Vessel traffic management system.

VTS

Vessel traffic system

W

Winter loadline mark; Worldscale.

W/M

Weight and/or measurement.

WAG

West Asia gulf

WB

Water ballast, waybill.

WCA

West Coast Africa.

WCCOM (WICCON)

Whether (in) customs cleared (clearance) or not.

WCCON

Whether Customs Cleared Or Not

WCNA

West Coast of North America.

WCSA

West coast of South America

WCUK

West Coast United Kingdom.

WCUS

West Coast United States.

WD

Working days.

WE/EI

West Britain/East Ireland.

WECON

Whether entered (in) Customs of not.

WEST

Western Europe.

WFA

With following alterations.

WHD

Per working (workable) hatch per day.

WHT

Wheat.

WHTC

Wordscale—hours, terms and conditions.

WIBON

Whether In Berth Or Not

WIFPON

Whether in free pratique or not.

WIPON

Whether In Port Or Not

WL

Waterline.

WLTHC

Waterline to top of hatch coaming.

WLTOHC

Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming

WNA

Winter North Atlantic loadline mark.

WOB

Washed overboard.

WOG

Without Guarantee

WP

Weather Permitting

WPD

Weather Permitting Day

WRIC

Wire Rods In Coils

WS

Worldscale

WT

Wing tanks

WTSBE

Working time saved both ends (Also, WTSBENDS).

WVNS

Within Vessel''s natural segregation

WW

Weather working.

WWAWIWL

Worldwide and always within Institute Warranty Limits

WWD

Weather Working Day

WWDSHEX

Weather working days, Sundays and holidays excepted.

WWF

Waterside Workers'' Federation

WWR

When, Where Ready

WWWW

Wibon, Wccon, Wifpon, Wipon

X

Shex, Sundays and holidays excepted.

XS

In excess of.

X-Whse

Ex-warehouse.

YAR

York Antwerp Rules

Z

UTC = GMT