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 |
