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A
AA	Always Afloat
AAAA	Always Accessible Always Afloat
AARA	Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area
ABT	About
ADCOM	Address Commission
AFSPS	Arrival First Sea Pilot Station (Norway)
AFFREIGHTMENT	The hiring of a ship in whole or part
AFT	At or towards the stern or rear of a ship
AGW	All Going Well
AHL	Australian Hold Ladders
ANTHAM	Antwerp-Hamburg Range
APS	Arrival Pilot Station
ARAG	Amsterdam-Rotterdam–Antwerp-Ghent Range
A/S	Alongside
ATDNSHINC	Any Time Day or Night Sundays and Holidays Included
ATUTC	Actual Times Used to Count
B
BAF	Bunker Adjustment Factor. A Fuel Surcharge expressed as a percentage added or subtracted from the freight amount reflecting the movement in the market place price for bunkers.
BALLAST	Heavy weight, often sea water, necessary for the stability and safety of a ship which is not carrying cargo.
BAREBOAT	Bareboat Charter Owners lease a specific ship and control its technical management and commercial operations only.
BBB	Before Breaking Bulk
BDI	Both Dates Inclusive
BENDS	Both Ends (Load & Discharge Ports)
BI	Both Inclusive
BIMCO	The Baltic and International Maritime Council
BL	Bale
BL	(Bill of Lading) A document signed by the carrier which acts as a receipt and evidence of title to the cargo.
BM	Beam
BEAM	The maximum breadth of a ship
BOB	Bunker on Board
BOFFER	Best Offer
BROB	Bunkers Remaining on Board
BSS	Basis
BSS	Basis 1 Port to 1 Port
BT	Berth Terms
BUNDLING	This is the assembly of pieces of cargo, secured into one manageable unit. This is a very flexible description; a rule of thumb is to present cargo at a size easily handled by a large (20 ton) fork lift truck.
BUNKERS	Name given for vessels Fuel and Diesel Oil supplies (Originates from coal bunkers)
BWAD	Brackish Water Arrival Draft

C
CBM	Cubic Meter
CBFT	Cubic Feet
CFR	Cost and Freight
CHOPT	Charterers Option
CHTRS	Charterers
CIF	Cost, Insurance & Freight. Seller pays all these costs to a nominated port or place of discharge.
COA	Contract of Affreightment Owners agree to accept a cost per revenue ton for cargo carried on a specific number of voyages.
COACP	Contract of Affreightment Charter Party
COB	Close of Business
COD	Cash On Delivery
COGSA	Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
CONS	Consumption
COP	Custom Of Port
CP	Charter Party
CPD	Charterers Pay Dues
CPT	Carriage Paid To
CQD	Customary Quick Dispatch
CROB	Cargo Remaining on Board
CRN	Crane
CST	Centistoke
CTR	Container Fitted

D
DAPS	Days all Purposes (Total days for loading & discharging)
DDU	Delivered Duty unpaid.
DDP	Delivered Duty Paid.
DEM	Demurrage
DESP	Dispatch
DET	Detention
DHDATSBE	Dispatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends
DISCH	Discharge
DK	Deck
DLOSP	Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot (Norway)
DO	Diesel Oil
DOLSP	Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot (Norway)
DOP	Dropping Outward Pilot
DOT	Department of Transport
DNRSAOCLONL	Discountless and Non-Returnable Ship and/or Cargo Lost or Not Lost
DRAFT	Depth to which a ship is immersed in water. The depth varies according to the design of the ship and will be greater or lesser depending not only on the weight of the ship and everything on board, but also on the density of the water in which the ship is lying.
DRK	Derrick
DUNNAGE	Materials of various types, often timber or matting, placed among the cargo for separation, and hence protection from damage, for ventilation and, in the case of certain cargoes, to provide space in which the forks of a lift truck may be inserted.
DWAT	Deadweight. Weight of cargo, stores and water, i.e. the difference between lightship and loaded displacement.
E
EC	East Coast
EIU	Even if Used
ELVENT	Electric Ventilation
ETA	Estimated Time of Arrival
ETC	Estimated Time of Completion
ETD	Estimated Time of Departure
ETS	Estimated Time of Sailing
EXW	Ex Works
F
FAS	Free Alongside Ship. Seller delivers goods to appropriate dock or terminal at port of embarkation and buyer covers costs and risks of loading.
FD	Free of Dispatch
FDD	Freight Demurrage Deadfreight
FDIS	Free Discharge
FEU	Forty foot container equivalency unit Standard 40′ Container
FHEX	Fridays/Holidays Excluded
FHINC	Fridays/Holidays Included
FILO	carrier pays for discharge costs.
FIO	Free In/Out. Freight booked FIO includes the sea freight, but no loading/discharging costs, i.e. the charterer pays for cost of loading and discharging cargo.
FIOS	Free In/Out Stowed. As per FIO, but includes stowage costs.
FIOT	Free In/Out and Trimmed. As per FIOS but includes trimming the leveling of bulk cargoes
FIOSLSD	Free In/Out Stowed, Lashed, Secured and Dunnaged. As per FIO, but includes cost of lashing securing and dunnaging cargo to Masters satisfaction.
FIOST	Free In/Out and Trimmed. Charterer pays for cost of loading/discharging cargo, including stowage and trimming.
FIT	Free In Trimmed
FIW	Free In Wagon
FIXING	Chartering a Vessel
FLT	Full Liner Terms Shipowner pays to load and discharge the cargo
FMC	Federal Maritime Commission US government agency
FMS	6 feet
FO	Fuel Oil/Intermediate FO
FOB	Free on Board. Seller sees the goods “over the ship’s rail” on to the ship which is arranged and paid for by the buyer
FOFFER	Firm Offer
FOG	For Our Guidance
FOQ	Free On Quay
FOR	Free On Rail
FORCE	Clause limiting responsibilities of the charterers, shippers and receivers due to events beyond their control.
FOT	Free On Truck
FOW	First Open Water
FOW	Free On Wharf
FREE	Free of discharge costs to Owners
FWAD	Fresh Water Arrival Draft
FWDD	Fresh Water Departure Draft
FYG	For Your Guidance
FYI	For Your Information
G
GA	General Average
GLS	Gearless
GNCN	Gencon a standard BIMCO charter party form
GN	Grain (capacity)
GO	Gas Oil
GRD	Geared
GRT	Gross Registered Tonnage
GSB	Good Safe Berth
GSP	Good Safe Port
GTEE	Guarantee

H
2H	Second Half
HA	Hatch
HDWTS	Half Dispatch Working Time Saved
HMS	Heavy Metal Scrap
HO	Hold
HW	High Water

I
IMDG	International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
IMO	International Maritime Organization
IND	Indication
INTERMODAL	Carriage of a commodity by different modes of transport, i.e. sea, road, rail and air within a single journey.
ITF	International Transport Federation international body that regulates crewing of ships
IU	If Used
IUATUTC	If Used, Actual Time Used To Count
IUHATUTC	If Used, Half Actual Time Used To Count
IWL	Institute Warranty Limits

L
LANE	A method of measuring the space capacity of Ro/Ro ships whereby each unit of space (Linear Meter) is represented by an area of deck 1.0 meter in length x 2.0 meters in width.
LASH	To hold goods in position by use of Ropes, Wires, Chains or Straps etc.
LASH	Lighter Aboard Ship a vessel that loads small barges direct from the water
LAT	Latitude
LOA	Length Overall of the vessel
LOW	Last Open Water
LS	Lumpsum
LSD	Lashed Secured Dunnaged
LT	Liner Terms
LW	Low Water
LYCN	Laycan (Layday Canceling Date)

M
MB	Merchant Broker
MDO	Marine Diesel Oil
MIN/MAX	Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity)
MOLCHOPT	More or Less Charterers Option
MOLOO	More or Less Owners Option
MT	Metric Ton (i.e. 1,000 kilos / 2204.6lbs)
M/V	Motor Vessel
N
NAABSA	Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground
NCB	National Cargo Bureau
NESTING	Implies that cargo is presented stacked in the contour of similarly shaped cargo, it may be likened to a stack of plates.
NON-REVERSIBLE	(Detention). If loading completed sooner than expected, then saved days will not be added to discharge time allowed.
NOR	Notice of Readiness
NRT	Net Registered Tonnage
NYPE	New York Produce Exchange

O
OO	Owners Option
OSH	Open Shelter Deck
OWS	Owners

P
PASTUS	Past Us
PC	Period of Charter
PCGO	Part Cargo
PCT	Percent
PDPR	Per Day Pro Rata
PERDIEM	By the Day
PHPD	Per Hatch Per Day
PRATIQUE	License or permission to use a port

R
RCVR	Receivers
REVERSIBLE	If loading completed sooner than expected at load port, then days saved can be added to discharge operations.
ROB	Remaining On Board
RT	Revenue Ton (i.e. 1.0 metric Ton or 1.0 cubic meter, whichever is greater). The overall RT is calculated on a line by line basis of the Packing List using the largest amount. The overall freight liability is calculated on the total RT amount, multiplied by the freight rate.

S
SATPM	Saturday P.M.
SB	Safe Berth
SD	Single Decker
SEAFREIGHT	Costs charged for transporting goods over the sea. This does not cover any haulage or loading/discharging costs but the sea transport only.
SELFD	Self Discharging
SF	Stowage factor. Cubic space occupied by one ton (2,240 lbs/1,000 kgs) of cargo.
SHINC	Sundays/Holidays Included
SHEX	Sundays/Holidays Excluded
SKIDS	Are bearers (timber or steel) positioned under cargo to enable fork lift handling at port, and for ease of rigging and lashing on board ship.
SL	Bale (capacity)
SOC	Shipper Owned Container
SOF	Statement Of Facts
SP	Safe Port
SRBL	Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading
SSHEX	Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded
SSHINC	Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included
(or	(or SATSHINC)
STABILITY	It is paramount that a vessel is stable in all respects at all times. When cargo is loaded / discharged, the stability is monitored by a computer, which takes into account the weight and position of cargo within the vessel.
STARBOARD	Right side of a ship when facing the bow
STEM	Subject To Enough Merchandise (Availability of Cargo)
STERN	The aft part of a ship
SUB	Subject (to)
SUPERCARGO	Person employed by a ship owner, shipping company, charterer of a ship or shipper of goods to supervise cargo handling operations. Often called a port captain.
SWAD	Salt Water Arrival Draft
SWDD	Salt Water Departure Draft

T
TC	Time Charter Owners agree to hire a particular ship for a set length of time
TEU	Twenty Foot Equivalency Unit Standard 20′ Container
TTL	Total
TW	Tween Decker

U
USC	Unless Sooner Commenced
UU	Unless Used
UUIUATUTC	Unless Used If Used Actual Time Used To Count
V
VPD	Vessel Pays Dues

W
WCCON	Whether Customs Cleared Or Not
WIBON	Whether In Berth Or Not
WIFPON	Whether In Free Pratique or not
WIPON	Whether In Port Or Not
WLTOHC	WLTOHC (distance) Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming
WOG	Without Guarantee
WPD	Weather Permitting Day
WWD	Weather Working Day
WRIC	Wire Rods In Coils
WWR	When, Where Ready
WWWW	Wibon, Wccon, Wifpon, Wipon

Y
YAR	York Antwerp Rules