| 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 |
