Abbreviation
An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning “short”) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr. or abbrev. Before the e-mail, telex was the usual way of communication between ships and people/offices onshore. The cost of sending a telex was based on number of words in the message. In an effort to lower these cost, many abbreviations were introduced.
A collection of abbrevations used in shipping.
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 | Carriage and Insurance paid to….. |
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 |
KMC | cargo refrigerating system |
KN | KNots |
KTM | Keel To top of Mast |
I.W.L. | Institute Warranty Limits |
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 Rules |
YC | Your Cable |
ZUTC = | GMT |
An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning “short”) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr. or abbrev. Before the e-mail, telex was the usual way of communication between ships and people/offices onshore. The cost of sending a telex was based on number of words in the message. In an effort to lower these cost, many abbreviations were introduced.
A collection of abbrevations used in shipping.
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 – Carriage and Insurance paid to….. |
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 |
KMC – cargo refrigerating system |
KN – Knots |
KTM – Keel To top of Mast |
I.W.L. – Institute Warranty Limits |
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 |
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 Commence |
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 |
WILTA – 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 Rules |
YC – Your Cable |
ZUTC = – GMT |
