GLOSSARY OF CHARTERING TERMS

The following are generally accepted code terms used internationally in the shipping community
AGW All going well
AAAA Always Afloat, Always Accessible
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
AHL Australian Hold Ladders
ANTHAM Antwerp-Hamburg Range
APS Arrival Pilot Station
ARAG Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent Range
A/S Alongside
ATDNSHINC Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays Included
ATUTC Actual Time Used To Count
BAF Bunker Adjustment Factor
BALLAST Heavy weight, necessary for the stability of a ship not carrying cargo.
BBB Before Breaking Bulk
BDI Both Dates Inclusive
BENDS Both Ends
BI Both Inclusive
BIMCO Baltic and International Council
BL Bill of Lading
BM Beam
BOB Bunker on Board
BOFFER Best Offer
BROB Bunkers Remaining on Board
BSS Basis
B S S 1/1 Basis 1 port to 1 port
BT Berth Terms
BWAD Brackish Water Arrival Draft
CBM Cubic Meter
CBFT Cubic Feet
C&F Cost and Freight
C&F FO Cost & Freight Free Out
CHOPT Charterers Option
CHTRS Charterers
CIF Cost, Insurance & Freight
CKD Completely knocked down
COA Contract of Affreightment
COACP Contract of Affreightment Charter Party
COB Closing of Business
COD Cash on Delivery
COGSA Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
CONS Consumption
COP Custom Of The Port
CP Charter Party
CPD Charterers Pay Dues
CPT Carriage Paid To
CQD Customary Quick Dispatch
CR Current Rate
CROB Cargo Remaining on Board
CRN Crane
CST Centistoke
CTR Container Fitted
DAPS Days All Purposes
DAMFORDET Damages for Detention
DDU Delivery Duty Unpaid
DDP Delivery Duty Paid
DEM Demurrage
DHDATSBE Dispatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends
DHDWTSBE Dispatch Half Demurrage on Working TIme Saved Both Ends
DISCH Discharge
DK Deck
DOP Dropping Outward Pilot
DOT Department of Transportation
DNRCAOSLONL Discountless and Non-Returnable Cargo and/or Ship Lost or Not Lost
DRK Derrick
DWAT Deadweight
EC East Coat
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
FAS Free Alongside Ship
FCA Free to Carrier
FDEDANRSAOCLONL Freight Deemed Earned Discountless & Non-Refundable Ship &/or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost
FDESP Free Dispatch
FDD Freight Demurrage Deadfreight
FDIS Free Discharge
FEU Standard 40' Container
FHEX Fridays, Holidays Excepted (Muslim Countries)
FHINC Fridays, Holidays Included (Muslim Countries)
FILO Free In/Liner Out
FIOS Free In & Out & Stowed
FIOST Free In & Out, Stowed & Trimmed
FIOT Free In & Out & Trimmed
FIW Free In Wagon
FMC Federal Maritime Commission
FMS Fathoms
FO Fuel Oil
FOB Free On Board
FOG For Our Guidance
FOQ Free On Quay
FOQ Free On Truck
FOW Free On Wharf
FWAD Fresh Water Arrival Draft
FWDD Fresh Water Departure Draft
FYG For Your Guidance
FYI For Your Information
GA General Average
GLS Gearless
GNCN General Conditions
GN Grain
GO Gas Oil
GRD Geared
GRT Gross Restricted Tonnage
GSB Guaranteed Safe Berth
GSP Good Safe Port
GTEE Guarantee
HA Hatch
HDLTSBENDS Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends
HDWTS Half Dispatch Working Time Saved
HMS Heavy Metal Scraps
HO Hold
HW High Water
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
IMO International Maritime Organization
IND Indication
IU If Used
IUHTAUTC If Used, Half Time Actually to Count
I WL Institute Warranty Limits
LAT Latitude
LOA Length Overall of the Vessel
LW Low Water
LYCN Laycan (Layday Cancelling Date)
MB Merchant Broker
MDO Marine Diesel Oil
MOLCHOPT More or Less Charterers Option
MOLOO More or Less Owners Option
MT Metric Ton
M/V Motor Vessel
NAABSA Not Always Afloat but Safely Aground
NCB National Cargo Bureau
NOR Notice of Readiness
NRT Net Restricted Tonnage
NYPE New York Produce Exchange
OO Owners Option
OSH Open Shelter Deck
OWS Owners
PC Period of Charter
PCGO Part Cargo
PCT Percent
PDPR Per Day Pro-rated
PHPD Per Hatch Per Day
PRATIQUE License or permission to use a port
PWWD Per Weather Working day
RCVR Receivers
ROB Remaining on Board
RT Revenue Ton
SATPM Saturday P.M.
SB Safe Berth
SD Single Decker
SELFD Self Discharging
SF Stowage Factor
SHEX Sundays, Holidays Excepted
SHINC Sundays, Holidays Included
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
STEM Subject to Enough Merchandise
SUB Subject (to)
SWAD Salt Water Arrival Draft
SWDD Salt Water Departure Draft
TC Time Charter
TEU Standard 20' Container
TTL Total
TW Tween Decker
USC Unless Sooner Commenced
UU Unless Used
UUIWCTAUTC Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count
VPD Vessel Pays Dues
WIBON Whether In Berth Or Not
WIFPON Whether In Free Pratique Or Not
WCCON Whether Customs Cleared Or Not
WIPON Whether In Port Or Not
WLTOHC Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming
WOG Without Guarantee
WP Weather Permitting
WWD Weather Working Day
WRIC Wire Rods In Coils
WWR When, Where Ready
YAR York Antwerp Rules
Z UTC=GMT

A1 First class

AA Always Afloat, All After

A/A All About

AAA Association of Average Adjusters

AAA WIWL Always Afloat Always within I.W.L(institute warranty limit)

AAAA Always Afloat Always Accessible

AAR Against All Risk, All and Any Risk

AARA Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area

ABB, ABBR Abbreviation

ABDNT Abandonment

AB-LOG Abstract Log Book

ABR Abreast

ABS American Bureau of Shipping

ABT About

ABV Above

A/C Account Current

ACC, ACCPT Acceptance, Accepted

ACCOMM Accommodation

ACCT, ACT, A/C Account, Accountant

ACDG According

ACDGLY, ACCRDGLY Accordingly

ACK Acknowledge

ACKGT Acknowledgement

ACOL After Completion Of Loading

ACP Anchors and Chains Proved

ACPT Accept

ACS Application for Cargo Shipment

ACS PAY Accounts Payable

ACTRUS Automatically Controlled Turbine Rung Up System

ADCOM, ADD COMM Address Commission

ADD, ADDR Address

ADDL, ADDTL Additional

ADJ Adjustment, Adjust

ADV Advise

ADVAL, A/V, ADV Ad Valorem, According to Value

AE After End
A/E Auxiliary Engine, Accept/Except

AF, ADVFRT Advanced Freight, Advance Freight

AFF Affirmative

AFFREIGHTMENT The hiring of a ship in whole or part

AFIA American Foreign Insurance Association

AFMT After Fixing Main Terms

AFRA Average Freight Rate Assessment

AFT At or towards the stern or rear of a ship

AG Ace Group, Arabian Gulf, Agent General

AGCY Agency

AGD Agreed

AGST, AGNST, AGT Against

AGMT, AGRMT Agreement

AGN Again

AGT Agent

AGW All Going Well

AGWI Atlantic, Gulf, West lndia's Limit

AGW WP UCAE All going well weather permitting unforeseen circumstances always excepted

AH After Hatch, Antwerp/Hamburg range

AHF American Hull Form(insurance policy)

AHFDA American Hull Form, Deductible Average

AHL Australian Hold Ladders

AI In the meantime

AID Agency for International Development

AIMU American Institute of Marine Underwriters

AITH FORM American Institute Time Hull Form of Policy

AK MARINE America Korea Marine

ALLOC Allocation

ALRDY Already

ALT Altered, Altitude, Alternative, Alternatively

ALW Allowance

AM Above Mentioned

AM, TLO & EXS American TLO disbursements clauses including excess liability

AMA American Maritime Association

AMAIL, ARML Airmail

AMDT Amendment

AMMI American Merchant Marine Institute

AML Absolute Maximum Loss

AMT Amount

AMVER Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System

A/N Arrival Notice

ANAL Analysis, Analytic, Analogy

ANS Answer

ANTE Before

A/O(AO), A/OR And Or

AOA Any One Accident

AOB Any One Bottom, Any Other Business

AOL Any One Loss

AOO Any One Occurrence

AORF Aft Or Forward

AOTA Australia Overseas Transport Association

AOV Any One Vessel

AOVOY Any One Voyage

AP Additional Premium, After Part, Authority to Purchase, All Purpose

AP(APD) Account Paid

AP(APA) Account Payable

APBH After Peak Bulkhead

API American Petroleum Institute, Arbitrary Scale for Specific Gravity

APL As Per List

APMT Appointment

APORT Airport

APPD Approved

APPLN Application

APPR Apprentice, Approve

APPROX Approximate, Approximately

APPT Appoint

APPTD Appointed

APR April

APS Arrival Pilot Station

APT After Peak Tank

AR All Risk, Arrival, Arrive, Arrival and Return

ARD(ARND) Around

ARGMT Arrangement

ARP All Risk Policy

ARRTL Arranged Total Loss

ARVD Arrived

AS After Sight, Account Sales, Alongside

AS, ACS Application for Cargo Shipment

A/S Alongside

ASAP As Soon As Possible

ASBA TANK VOY Association of Ship Broker & Agents Tanker Voyage charter party
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations

ASF As Follows

ASGD(ASG) Assigned

ASGMT Assignment

ASSN Association

ASSO Associate

ASST Assistant

A/T American Term(grain trade)

ATA Actual Time of Arrival

ATD Actual Time of Departure

ATDNSHINC Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays Included

ATL Actual Total Loss, Atlantic

ATRS American Tanker Rate Schedule

ATSBE All Time Saved Both Ends

ATSOA American Tramp Ship Owner's Association

ATT Attached

ATTD Attendant

ATTN Attention

ATTY, ATTNY Attorney

ATUTC Actual Times Used to Count

ATWT Atomic Weight

AUTH, AUTHY Authority

AUXB Auxiliary Boiler

AUXE Auxiliary Engine

AV, AVRG Average

AVE Avenue

AV DISBTS(DISB) Average Disbursements

AVLBL Available

AWIWL Always Within Institute Warranty Limit

B Breadth, Bag, Bale

BAF Bunker Adjustment Factor

BAL, Blnce Balance

BALDRIA Timber C/P from Baltic to Alexandra

BALTWOOD Chamber of Shopping Baltic Wood Charter, 1926, Adopted For Leningrad Trade

BAREBOAT CHTR Bareboat Charter-Owners lease a specific ship and control its technical

management and commercial operations only.

BB Ballast Bonus, Below Bridge, Bill Book, Both-to-Blame

BBB Before Breaking Bulk

BBC Bare-Boat Charter

BBCHP Bareboat Charter Hire Purchase

BBCL Both to Blame Collision Clause

BC Bunker C, Bale of Cotton

BCAUS Because

BCI Baltic Cape Size Index

B/CPTY Bale Capacity

BCTOC Busan container terminal operation

B/D Bank Draft, Bar Draft

BD Bond, Brought Down

BDI Baltic Dry Index, Both Dates(Days) Inclusive

BDS Boards

BDLS Bundles

B'DOWN Breakdown

B/E Bill Of Exchanging, Bill Of Entry

BEA Bill Of Exchanging Act 1882

BEACON Chamber of Shipping British North American (Atlantic) Wood Charter Party 1914

BEATS Both Ends All Time Saved

BENDS Both Ends (Load & Discharge Ports)

BEG Beginning

BENDS Both Ends

BEP Break Even Point

BFI Baltic Freight Index

B/FORE, B4,BFR Before

BFR Belgium France

BFSL Being Full Signed Line

BFWL Being Full Written Line

BG Bag, Being

B/G Bonded Goods

BGE Barge

B/H Bill of Health, Bordeaux to Hamburg Inclusive, Breast/Hamburg Inclusive

BHD Bulk Head

BHF Bulk Harmless Fertilizer

BHI Baltic Handy Index

BHP Brake Horse Power

BHPT Broken Hills Proprietary Transportation

B & IMC Baltic & International Maritime Conference

BI Both Inclusive
BIA British Insurance Association

BIBA British Insurance Brokers Association

BIFFEX Baltic Future Freight Index

BIG British Insurance Group

BIMCO The Baltic and International Council

BIS British Information Services

BIZ, BNSS Business

BK Book, Backwardation, Bank

BKD Booked

BKGD Background

BKGE Breakage

BKP Book Post

BKT Basket, Bracket

B/L Bill of Landing

BL1 Bale

BL2 (Bill of Lading) A document signed by the carrier which acts as a

Contract of Affreightment, a receipt and evidence of title to the cargo.

BLC Ben Line Container

BLDG Building

BLNC Balance

BLR Boiler

BLS Bales

BEAM The Maximum Breadth of a ship

BM Board Measure(Timber), Bosuns' Mate, Bending Moment

B/N Booking Note, Boat Note

BN Been

B/O Brought Over

BO Buyer's Option, Branch Office

BOB Bunker On Board

BOD Bunkers On Delivery

BOFFER Best Offer

BOOKG, BKG Booking

BOR Bunkers On Redelivery

BOS Bill Of Sight

BO'SN(BOSUN) Boat Swain

BOT Board Of Trade

B/P Bills Payable, Between Perpendiculars, Bill of Parcels

BP Booking Prospect

BPB Bank Post Bill

BR Boiler Room, Builders Risks, Book of Reference, Bill Receivable

B/R Bills Receivable

BRAIL Bottom Rail

BRITCONT Chamber of Shipping General Home Trade Charter 1928

BRL Barrel

BRKGE Brokerage

BROB Bunkers Remaining on Board

B/S Balance Sheet, Breaking Stress, Bill of Sale, Bill of Store

BS Boiler Survey

BSA Basic Slop Allocation

BS/P Bills Payable

BSS Basis

BSS 1/1 Basis 1 Port to 1 Port

BST British Standard Time

BT Berth Terms
BTB Back To Back

BTC RATE Berth Term Charter Rate

BTHU British Thermal Unit

BTM Bottom

BTN Brussels Trade Nomenclature

BTOB British Transport Dock Board

BTO BLAME Both To Blame

BTU Boat of Trade Unit

BTWN Between

BUNDLING This is the assembly of pieces of cargo, secured into one manageable unit.

This is relevant to items such as Structural Steel, Handrails, Stairways etc. Whilst
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)

BV Bureau Veritas

BW Ballast Water/Brackish Water, Black & White, Both Wigs

BWAD Brackish Water Arrival Draft

BWT Boiler Water Treatment

BWTK Bleeding Wing Tank

C/A Correction Advice, Centiare, Court Of Appeal, Chartered Accountant

CACTLVO Compromised &/or Arranged &/or Constructive Total Loss of Vessel Only

CAD Cash Against Documents

CAF Currency Adjustment Factor, Cost And Freight

CALC Calculate

CANC Cancelled

CANCL Cancelling Date

CANT, CNT Can Not

CAP Captioned, Capsule

CAPT Captain

CARE Cooperative for American Relief to Everywhere Inc.

CB, C/B Charter Base, Caustic Boiler, Centre of Buoyancy

CBF Container Booking Forecast

CBFT, CFT, CUFT Cubic Feet

CBM Cubic Meter

CBS Container Booking Summary, Chartered Shipbrokers

CBT Clean Ballast Tank

CBTM Centre Bottom Tank

CC Carbon Copy, Cubic Contents, Cancellation Clause, Collecting Commission

CCD Container Cargo Depot

CCL Customs Clearance

CCR Crown Cases Reserved

CCV Carrier's Convenient Vanning

CCY Convertible-Currency

C/D Collection & Delivery, Carried Down, Certificate of Deposit, Current Density,

Commercial Dock, Consular Declaration

CD Country Damage, Canadian Dollar, Container Deport

CDD Certificate of Disability for Discharge

CDT Centre Deep Tank

CDV Current Domestic Value

C/E Customs Entry, Chief Engineer

CERT, CERTIF Certificate, Certification, Certify, Certified

CF Cost and Freight, Carried Forward, Cubic Feet, Carried Forward,

Clearing & Forwarding

CFM Confirm, Cubic Feet Per Minute

CFO Calling For Orders, Channel For Order, Coast For Orders

CFR (or C&F) Cost and Freight

CFR Code of Federal Regulation

CFS Container Freight Station, Cubic Feet per Second

CG Coast Guard, Consul-General, Centre of Gravity

CGA Cargo's Proportion of General Average

CGACT Carriage of Goods By Sea Act 1924

CGE Carriage

C.G.F PROCEEDS Credit Given For Proceeds

C.G.F REC Credit Given For Recovery

CGME China, Glass, Marble, Earthenware

CGO Cargo

CGFP Credit Given For Proceeds

CGOH Cargo Hold

CGUIDE Cell Guide

CHGS Charges

CHNL Channel

CHOP Charterer's Option

CHOPT Charterers Option

CH.PPD Charges Prepaid

CHQ Cheque

CHRG Charge

CHS Continuous Hull Survey

CHTRS Charterers

CI Consular Invoice, Cost and Insurance

CIB Corporation of Insurance Brokers

CIE Captain's Imperfect Entry

CIE Cost, Insurance, Freight

CIF Cost, Insurance & Freight. Seller pays all these costs to a nominated

port or place of discharge.

CIF & C Cost, Insurance, Freight and Commission

CIF & I Cost, Insurance, Freight and Interest

CIFCI Cost Insurance Freight London Terms

CIFLT Cost Insurance Freight London Terms

CII Chartered Insurance Institute

CIR Circular, Commissioners of Inland Revenue

CK Check

CKD Completely Knocked Down

CL Craft Loss, Clause

CLD Cleared Through Customs, Cleared, Called

CLMS Claims

CLP Container Load Plan

CLR Clear, Centre of Lateral Resistance of a Boat

CM Comma

CMD Commissioned

CMDTY Commodity

CMPL Complete

CMNT Cement

CMR Convention In The Contract For The International Carriage Of Goods By Road

CMS Combined Marine Surcharge, Continuous Machinery Survey

CN Credit Note, Consignment Note, Cover Note

CNCL Cancel

CNEE, CON(S) Consignee

CNFM Confirm

CNR Charterers Not Reported

CNTR Container

C/O Chief Officer, Cash Order, Certificate of Origin, Cost Of, Care Of

CO Cylinder Oil, Company

COA Contract of Affreightment - Owners agree to accept a cost per revenue tonne

for cargo carried on a specific number of voyages.

COACP Contract of Affreightment Charter Party

COB Closing of Business, Cargo On Board

COC Central Operations Committee

COD Cash On Delivery, Charge of Destination

COFG ACT Carriage Of Goods By Sea Act

COGSA, Carriage Of Goods By Sea Act(U.S)

CO-INS Co-insurance

COL Collision

COLL DGE Collision Damage

COLLN Collision

CLT, COLCT Collect

COM, COMM Commission

COMB Combination, Combining

COMD Commander

COML Commercial

COMM Communication

COMP Composit
COMPD Compromised, Compound

COMPEN Compensation

COMPLD Complete

COMBO Tokyo bay port port shifting

CON Contract

CONCN Concentration

COND, CONDTN Condition

CONF Conference

CONN Connecticut

CON ROD Connecting Rod

CONS Consumption

CONSGT Consignment

CONSPIC Conspicuous

CONST Constant

CONT continent of Europe

CONTACT DGE Contact damage

CONTD Continued

CONTR Contracted

CONTRA Opposing

CONTRIB Contribution, contributor

CONV Conveyance, Conventional, Converted

CONWOOD The Baltic and International Maritime Conference Wood Chamber 1937

COP Custom Of Port

C ORE 7 Iron Ore C/P From Mediterranean to U.K

C ORE 8 Iron Ore C/P From North Spain to U.K

COS Chief Of Staffs, Cash On Shipment

COW Crude Oil Washing

CP (or C/P) Charter Party, Charter Party of Cargo Prospects, Candle Power

CPA Clams Payable Aboard, Closest Position of Approach,

Certified Public Accountable

CPD Charterers Pay Dues

CPFF Cost Plus Fixed Fee

CPM Cycles Per Minute

CPP Clean Petroleum Products

CPT Carriage Paid To

CQD Customary Quick Despatch

C/R Chief Radio Operator

CR Current Rate, Credit, Crane, Carrier's Risk

CREADINESS, CRDNESS cargo Readiness

CRISTAL Contract Regarding an Interim Supplemental to Tanker Liability for Oil

Pollution

CRS Cranes

CROB Cargo Remaining on Board

CRL Craft Loss

CRO Cancelling Returns Only

CRN Crane

CRT Crate

CS Continuous Survey, Casualty Station

C/S.C Cases, Case

CSCG Container Service Consultative Group

CSD Closed Shelter Deck ship

CSK Cask

CSM, CMS Continuous Survey Machinery

CSO Cargo Shipping Order

CSP Container Service Port

CSSC Consortium Standard Slot Consumption

CST Central Standard Time

CST Container Service Tariff

CST Centistoke

CT California terms, Cubic Tonnage

CTC Corn Trade Clause

CTGE Cartage

CTL Constructive Total Loss

CTLO Constructive Total Loss Only

CTM Cash To Master

CTN Carton

CTNS, COTNS Cottons

CTR Container Fitted

CTS Crates

CUB Cubic

CUCM Cubic Centimeter

CUD Could

CUFT Cubic Feet

CUM Cubic Meter

CUR Currency, Current, Now

C/V/E Cabling /Victualing /Entertainment

CVC Consecutive Voyage Charters

CW Commercial Weight

CWO Cash With Order

CWT Hundredweight

CY Container Yard
CYL Cylinder

CZ Canal Zone

D Depth, Draft

D, USD Dollar(US dollar)

DA Deductible Average

D/A Disbursement Account

DAA Document Against Acceptance

DAC Deferred Attachment Clause

D/AF Discharge Afloat

DAMFORDET Damages for Detention. Penalty if cargo is not ready when ship arrives for working (1st
day of Laycan). This is not detention which is charged for ships time on delay. If the cargo is ready there is
no DAMFORDET.

DAP Diammonium Phosphate

DAPS Days all Purposes (Total days for loading & discharging)

DARC Dangerous Awkward Reefer Container

DAS Delivered Alongside Ship

DB Debit, Donkey Boiler

D.B. Day Book, Deals and Battens

DBB Deal, Battens and Boards

DBK Draw Back

DBL Double

DBT Double Bottom Tank

DBUE & B Double Bottom Under Engines and Boiler

D/C Deviation Clause, Detention Clause, Direct Current

D/D Dry Dock

DD Delivered, Dated

DDA Direct Discharge Additional, Dangerous Drugs Act

DDO Despatch Discharging Only

DDS Delivered In Sound Condition

DD/S Delivered Sound

DDU Delivered Duty Unpaid.

DDP Delivered Duty Paid.

DE Dent

DEC Declaration, December

DED Deductible

DEF Deferred Account

DEG Degrees

DELY, DEL, DY, DLVRY Delivery

DERG, DEM Demurrage

DEMS Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship

DEPT Department

DERR Derricks

DES DEM Despatch Money and Demurrage

DESP Despatch

DESTN Destination

DET Detail, Determiner

DET Detention (See DAMFORDET)

DEU Due To

DEVN, DEV Deviation

DF Dead Freight

DF L Draft Full Load

DFL Dutch Florin

DFT, DRFT Draft

DG Dangerous Good, Diesel Generator

DGA Dangerous Good Anchorage

DD Despatch Half Demurrage

DHDATSBE Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends

DHDWTSBE Despatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends

DIC Delivered-In Charges

DIOT Daily Including Overtime

DIFF Difference

DISB, DISBT, DISBS Disbursement

DISC Discharge, Discussion

DISCH Discharge

DISPT Displacement

DIST Distance

DIV Division, Dividened

DK Deck

DKL Deck Load, Deck Loss

DK LONGY Deck Longitudinal

DKS Decks

DKR Danish Krone

DLA Direct Loading Additional

DLO Dispatch Loading Only

D'LONG Difference In Longitude

DLOSP Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot (Norway)

DM Deutch mark

DMG Damage
DMP Difference of Meridional Parts

D/N Debit Note

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

DNV Det Norske Veritas

DO Diesel Oil

D/O Delivery Order

DOC Document of Compliance, Document

DOD Date Of Delivery

DOLSP Dropping Off Last Sea Pilot (Norway)

DOP Dropping Outward Pilot

DOS Documents

DOT Department of Transport, Department of Overseas Trade

DOZ Dozen

DP Documents Against Payment, Direct Port, Delivery Port

DPR Daily Pro Rata

DPT Discharging Port

DPV Duty-Paying Value

DR Doctor, Double Reduction Gearing

D/R Deposit Receipt, Dock Receipt, Deferred Relate

DRC Damaged Received In Collision( or Condition )

DRK Derrick

D/S Days After Sight, Dry-Dock Survey

DSO Deck Stowage Only

DST Daylight Saving Time

DT Deep Tank, Double Time

DTBA Date To Be Advised

DTD Dated
DTL Detail

DTR, DRCTR Director

DUP Duplicate

DUR Duration

D/V, DV Dual Valuation, Despatch Vessel

DVLPMT Development

DVP Duty-Paying Value

DW, DWT Dead Weight

DWC Dead Weight Capacity

DWCC Dead Weight Cargo Capacity

DWE Deck Watch Error

DWH Waste Head Donkey Boiler

DWN Down

DWT Deck Watch Time

EA Each

E&EL Each and Every Loss

E&EO Each and Every Occurrence

EANDOE Errors and Omission Excepted

E/B East Bound

EC East Coast

ECCA East Coast Central America

ECCP East Coast Coal Port

ECGB East Coast of Great Britain

ECM European Common Market

ECSC European Coal and Steel Community

ECT European Container Terminus

ED Existence Doubtful, Extra Duty

EDC Estimated Tim of Completion

EDH Efficient Deck Hand

EDO Equipment Despatch Order

EDPS Electronic Data Processing System

EE Errors Excepted

E/EA Each and Every Accident

EEC European Economic Commission(or Community)

EEE, ERR Error

EFF Effective, Efficiency

EFTA European Free Trade Area (or Association)

E.G Exempli Gratia(For Example)

EGGS Exhaust Gas Generating System

EIR Equipment Interchange Receipt

EIU Even if Used

EJFC Europe/Japan Freight Conference

E.K. Even Keel

EL Employer's Liability

ELEC Electric

ELECTRO Electronic

ELTCN Electrician

ELVENT Electric Ventilation

ELY Early

EMA European Monetary Agreement

EMERG Emergency

EMPL Estimated Maximum Probable Loss

ENCL Enclosure

ENG Engine

ENTD Entered

ENV Envelope

EOHP Except Otherwise Herein Provided

EOM End Of Month

EOHP Except Otherwise Herein Provided

E/OR Error and Omissions Excepted

EO SURVEY Engine Room and Zero Survey

EP Estimated Position

EPC Export Price Control

EPI Earned Premium Income

EPT Excess Profits Tax

EPU European Payments Union

EQUIPMT, EQMT Equipment

EQUIV Equivalent

ER Equipment Receipt

E/R Engine Room

ERV Each Round Voyage

ESD Echo Sounding Device

EST Estimate, Eastern Standard Time

ESV Each Single Voyage

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETB Estimated Time of Berthing

ETC Estimated Time of Commencement

ETCD Estimated Time of completion of discharging

ETD Estimated Time of Departure

ETL Estimated Time of landing

ETS Estimated Time of Sailing

ETY Empty

EUR Europe

EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community

EVAP Evaporate

EX Example

EXCL, XCL Excluding

EXD Examined, Exchanged, Excluded, Executed

EXEC Executive

EX FACIE In Accordance With The Documents

EX. DIV Without Dividend

EXHV Exhaust Value

EXIM, EI Export Import

EXIM Export Import

EXMD Examined

EXP Expense

EXPLOS Explosive

EXPT, XPRT Export

EX Q Ex Quay

EXS Expenses or Excesses, Ex Ship

EXW Ex Works

F
FA Freight Agent, Free Alongside

F/A Forward/Afterward

F/A Feeder Additional

FAA Free of All Average

F & AP Fire and Allied Perils

FAA S/C Free of All Average but to Pay Salvage Charges

FAC Facultative, facsimile, Forwarding Agents Commission

F&C Full And Complete(cargo)

FAC OBLIG A Facultative Obligatory Cover

F&D Freight and Demurrage

FAP First Aid Post

FAQ First Average Quality

FAS Free Alongside Ship. Seller delivers goods to appropriate dock or terminal at

port of embarkation and buyer covers costs and risks of loading.

FAS First And Second

FB Freight Bill

FBD Freeboard

FBS Franco Belgian Service

FC Freight Rate Conference

FCA Free to Carrier. A modern equivalent of FAS used in intermodal transport where goods are
transferred at a nominated forwarder premises, depot or terminal but not actually put on board vessel.

FCC First Class Charterer

FCH Franchise

FCII Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute

F.CHGS Forwarding Charges

F'CLE DK Forecastle Deck

FCL Full Container Loads

FC/S Free of Capture and Seizure

FCSAD Free of Capture, Seizure, Arrest and Detainment

FCSRCC Free of Capture, Seizure, Riots and Civil Commotions

FCSSRCC Warranted Free of Capture, Seizure Etc, and Of Strike, Riots and Civil

Commotions

FCV Full Contact Value

FD Free Dock, Free Delivery, Free Discharge

FDD Freight Demurrage Deadfreight

FDESP, F/DP Free Despatch

FDF Forced Draft Fan

F/DP Free Despatch

FDIS Free Discharge

FE Far East, Forward End, Full/Empty

FEB Foreign Exchange Bank, February

FEC Far East Conference

FEFC Far Eastern Freight Conference

FEPEM Federation of European Petroleum Equipment Manufacture

FERM Fermentation

FEU Standard 40_ Container

FF,FFR French Franc

FFA Free Form Average, Free From Alongside, Free Foreign Agency

FFCS Fixed Free Contact System

FFD Free From Damage

FFL Fixed & Flashing Light

FFO Fixed and Floating Objects

F.FW Fresh Water, Forward

FGA Foreign General Average, Free of General Average

FGAN Fertilizer Grande Ammonium Nitrate

FH Fore Hatch

F & HE Friday & holidays excepted

FHEX Fridays/Holidays Excluded

FHINC Fridays/Holidays Included

FI Free In, For Instance

FIA Full Interest Admitted

FIAS Free In and Stowed

FIATA International Federation of Forwarding Agent Associations

FIB Free Into Barge

FIBT Free In Berth Terms

FICS Fellow of the institute of Chartered Shipbroker

FIH Free In Harbour

FILO Free In/Liner Out. Seafreight with which the shipper pays load costs and the

carrier pays for discharge costs.

FIN Finnish

FIO Free In/Out. Freight booked FIO includes the seafreight, but no loading /

discharging costs, i.e. the charterer pays for cost of loading/discharging cargo.

FIOS Free In/Out Stowed. As per FIO, but includes stowage costs.

FIOSLS Free In/Out Stowed and Lashed and Secured

FIOST Free In/Out Spout Trimming.

FIOT Free In/Out and Trimmed.

FIP Fair In Place

FIR For Your Reference

FIS Freight Insurance and Shipping Charges

FIT Free In Trimmed, Free of Income Tax

FIW Free In Wagons

FIXING Chartering a Vessel

FLATPACKING Cargo to be presented stacked and secured as an integral unit.

F/L Freight List

FLE Fire Lightening and Explosion

FLG Flag

FLN Following Landing Numbers

FLWG Following

FM Frequency Modulation, Fathoms

FM, EX From

FMC Federal Maritime Commission

FMS Fathoms

FMSWR Flexible Mild Steel Wire Rope

FO (IFO) Fuel Oil/Intermediate FO

FOB Free on Board

FOBOT Free On Board Owners Terms

FOC Flag Of Convenience, Free Of Claims. Free Of Charge

FOD Free Of Damage

FOD ABS Free Of Damage Absolutely

FOFFER Firm Offer

FOG For Our Guidance

FOM Flag, Ownership or Management

FOQ Free On Quay

FOR Free On Rail

FOR & CC Free On Riots and Civil Commotions

FORCE MAJEUR Clause limiting responsibilities of the charterers, shippers and

receivers of cargo.

FORT Free Out Rye Terms

FOS Free On Steamer

FOT Free On Truck, Fuel On Treatment, Fuel Oil Tank

FOW1 First Open Water

FOW2 Free On Wharf

FP Free Port, Floating policy, Fore Part, Flash Port

FPA Free of Particular Average

FPA ABS Free of Particular Average

FPA ABSOLUTELY Free from Particular Average Absolutrly But Including Running Down

INCLUDING RDC Clause

FPA UCB Free from Particular Average Unless Caused By

FPA UNLESS ETC RDC Free from Particular Average Unless Caused By Sinking Stranding, Fire Or

Collision, With Running Down Clause

FPIL Full Premium If Lost

FPIL IP FPIL From An Insured Peril

FPIL PIA FPIL From a Peril Insured Against

FPT Forepeak Tank

FR Frame, Freight Release

FRATE Freight Rate

FRC Free of Reported Casualty

FRCC Free of Riots and Civil Commotion

FREE DESPATCH If loading/discharging achieved sooner than agreed, there will be no

freight money returned.

FREE OUT Free of discharge costs to owners. Includes seafreight only.

FREQ Frequent

FR NO Frame No

FRNT Front

FRO Fire Risk Only

FROF Fire Risk On Freight

FRT Freight

FS Factors Of Safety, Forged Steel

FSF Fellow of Institute Of Shipping and Forwarding Agents

FSL Full Signed Line

FST Floating Storage Tank

FSW Flexible Steel Wire

FSWR Flexible Steel Wire Rope

FT Free Trimming, Freight Ton, Foot/Feet

FTD Fitted

FTH Fathom

FTR Footer

FTW Free Trade Wharf

FV Fishing Vessel

FW Fresh Water

FWAD Fresh Water Arrival Draft

FWAD Fresh Water Atlantic Draft

FWD Freshwater Damage, Forward, Fresh Water Draft

FWDD Fresh Water Departure Draft

FWE Finish With Engine

FWL Full Written Line

FWT Fresh Water Tank

FWT&GD Fair Wear Tear and Gradual Deterioration

FXLE Forecastle

FY Fiscal Year

FYG For Your Guidance

FYI For Your Information

FYR For Your Reference

GA General Average

G/A General Account, General Arrangement

GAA General Average Agreement

G/A CON General Average Contribution

GADV Gross Arrived Damaged Value

GAL General Average Loss

GALV Galvanic, Galvanism, Galvanized

GAQ General Average Quality

GARMT Garment

GARS Gulf of Aden & Redsea

GA/S General Average & Salvage Charge

GA/SC General Average, Salvage & Special Charges

GASV Gross Arrived Sound Value

GATT General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade

GBB Gross Ballast Bonus

GBO Goods In Bad Order

GC General Cargo, Great Circle

GCD Great Circle Distance

G/CPTY Grain Capacity

GCT Greenwich Civil Time

GDS Goods

GEC General Electric Company

GEM Ground Effect Machine

GEN General, Geneva

GENCON Uniform General Charter of the Baltic and International Maritime

Conference

G/ENG Generator Engine

GESAMP Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution

GFA Good Fair Average

G/G DEP General Average Deposit

GLS Gearless

GM Transverse Meter Center Above Center of Gravity

GMB Good Merchantable Brand

GMQ Good Merchantable Quality

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GNCN General Conditions

GN (or GR) Grain (capacity)

GO Gas Oil

G/O General Overhead

GOB Good Ordinary Brand

GOM GM Deducted by Free Surface Effect

GOV Government, Governor

GP Group

GR Gross or Grain

GR/BALE Grain Bale

GRD Geared
GRNTEE Guarantee

GRT Gross Register Tonnage

GSB Good Safe Berth

GSM Good Sound Merchantable

GSP Good Safe Port

GSW Gross Shipping Weight

GT Gross Term, Gas Turbine, Gross Ton

GTEE Guarantee

GTV Gas Turbine Vessel

GYRO, GYC, GY C Gyro Compass

GZ Righting Level

HA Hatch

HABN Have Been

HANDING Handling

HB Hire Base

HBR Harbour

HC Held Covered

HCMC Ho Chi Min City

HD Head, High Density

HDC High Density Cotton

HDLTSBENDS Half Demurrage Lay Time Saved Both Ends

HDWE Hardware

HDWTS Half Despatch Working (or Weather) Time Saved

HEY Heavy

HF Half, High Frequency

H/H(HO/HA) Hold(s)/Hatch(es)

HHD Hoys Head

HHDW Handy Heavy Deadweight(scrap)

HKCL H.K Container line

HKD Hongkong Dollar

HKG Hongkong

HL Hatch List, Heavy Lift

H/M Hull And Machinery

HMD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

HMS Heavy Metal Scrap

HO Hold, Heavy Oil

H/O Head Office

H & O Hook and Oil Damage

HOR Horizon

HOZ Hazard

HP Horse Power, High Pressure, High Power

HPN Horse Power Nominal

HQTRS/HQ Head Quarters

HR Hour

HRC Hot Rolled Coils

HSD High Speed Diesel Oil

HSS Heavy Grain Sorghum, Soybeans

HT Half Time Survey, Hired Transport, Height, Heat, High Tension

HTGC High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

HV Have
HVF High Viscosity Fuel

HVFO High Viscosity Fuel Oil

HVY Heavy

HVING Having

HW Heavy Weather

HW High Water

HWD Heavy Weather Damage

HWF & C High Water Full and Charge

HWM High Water Mark

HWVR(HEVER) However

HYDROCHARTER Nitrate Charter Parts From Norway To All Places

IADB Inter-American Development Bank

IAGW If All Going Well

IAW In Accordance With

IB In Bond, Internal Bond, Invoice Book

IBC Institute Clauses For Builder's Risk

IBID In The Same Place(Ibidem)

IBRD International Bank For Reconstruction And Development

IC OR I/C In Commission

I/C Interchange, Initial Course

ICC Institute Cargo Clause, International Chamber of Commerce

IC & C Invoice Cost and Charges

ICGB International Cargo Gear Bureau

IGHCA International Cargo Handling Coordinational Chamber of Shipping

ICS Institute Of Chartered Shipbrokers

ICU May I Come To See You?

IE That Is

IF In Full

IFC Institute Freight Clause

IFEC Italy Far East Conference

IFO Intermediate Fuel Oil

IGA Inter-Group Agreement

IGC International Grain Code

IGS Inert Gas System

IHP Indicated Horse Power

ILA International Longshoremen's Association

ILL CERT International Load Line Certification

ILO International Labours' Organization

ILOHC In Lieu Of Hold Cleaning

ILS Instrument Landing System

ILU Institute London Underwriters

ILWU International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Unions

IMCO Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization

IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

IMF Intermediate Fuel, International Monetary fund

IMM Immediate

IMO International Maritime Organization

IMOL Molasses Charter Party

IMM Immediate

IMPSBL Impossible
IN Inch(es), Insurance

IN&/OR OVER Goods Carried Below Or On Deck

INC Incorporation, Inclose, Including, Inclusive, Increase

INCE Insurance

INCL Including

IND, INDIC Indication

INDEF Indefinite

INF, INFO Information

INM Incidental Non Marine

INS Insurance

INSP Inspection

INST Instant

INSTR Instruction

INSTRMT Instrument

INST WTIES Institute Warranties

INT Interest

INTA-SCALE International Tanker Freight Scale Association

INTL International

INTERMODAL Carriage of a commodity by different modes of transport, i.e. sea, road, rail and air
within a single journey. INCOTERMS (Refer comments in covering letter)

INT.QK.FL Interrupted Quick Flashing Light

INV Invoice

I/O In Lieu Of, Instead Of

IO, I & /OR O In and/or over-dock

IOP Irrespective of percentage

IOU I Owe You

IOW In Other Words

IPA Including Particular Average

IPC Institute Time Clauses Hulls Port Risks

IPRC Institute Port Risk Clause

IS Intermediate Survey, Iron and Steel

ISO International Organization For Standardization

IST International Shipping Trusteeship

IT In Transit

ITC Institute Time Clause

ITF International Transport-Worker's Federation

IU If Used

IUAI International Union Of Aviation Insurers

IUHTAUTC If Used, Half Time Actually To Count

IUMI International Union of Marine Insurance

IV Invoice Value, Increased Value

IVC Institute Voyage Clauses Hulls

I/W Idle Working

IWL Institute Warranty Limits

A method of Measuring the Space Capacity of Ro/Ro Ships

IWT Inland Water Transport

IYC Institute Yacht Clause

J Judge, Justice

JA Justice of Appeal, Joint Account

JAN January

J. AND/OR L.O Jettison And/Or Loss Overboard

JBO Jute Batching Oil

JCS Japanese Shippers Council

JEFC Japan/Europe Freight Conference

JETT Jettison

JHC Joint Hull Committee

JHU Joint Hull Understanding

JKAG Japan, Korea, Atlantic & Gulf Freight

JKT Jakarta

JMC Joint Maritime Commission

JP Justice of The Peace

JPN Japan

JUL,JLY July

JUN June

J & WO, JOWB Jettison & Washing Overboard

JWOB Jettison Washing Overboard

KC/S Kilocycles Per Second

KD Knock Down

KDC Knocked Down Condition

KDIN Kuwait Diner

KHI Kawasaki Heavy Industries

KMPA Korea Maritime and Port Administration

KNT Knot

KOFMIA Korea Flour Mills Industries Association

KOR Korea

KOSCIA Korea Super Cereal Industries Association

KR Korean Register of Shipping Classification, Krone

KSA Korea Shipowners Association

KSCT Korea Shipping Container and Trucking Co., Ltd

KS LINE Korea Shipping Corporation

KST Korea Standard Time

KT Kilo ton

L Lumber, lloyd

L/A Landing Account, Letter of Authority

L.A Los Angeles

LANBY Large Automatic Navigation Buoy

LASH Lighter Aboard Ship

LANE METER 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.

LAT Latitude

LBP Length Between Perpendicular

LBS Pounds

LC London Clause

L/C Letter Of Credit, Lay/can

LCB Longitudinal Center of Buoyancy from A.P.

LCD Leasing Company Clause

LCF Longitudinal Center of Floatation From A.P.

LCG Longitudinal Center Of Gravity

LCL Less Than a Container Loads

L/D Loading/Discharging

L/D Loss and Damage

LD Load Draft. Light Displacement

LDD Loss During Discharge

L/DEF Latent Defect

LDG Loading

LDG/DELY Landing & Delivery

LDN London

LDO Light Diesel Oil

LDR Leader

LDS Loads

LDT Loss During Transit

LEG CHGS Legal Charge

L/G Letter of Guarantee

LH, LHD Lower Hold

L/I, LOI Letter of Indemnity

LIAB Liability

LIBA Lloyd's Insurance Brokers' Association

LIFO Last in First Out, Liner In Free Out

LJA Line's Joint Account

LKGE Leakage

LKG(E) & BKG(E) Leakage & breakage

LKR Laker( VSL)

LLA Line's Local Agent

LLC London Lighterage Clause

LLDS Lloyd's

LLL. REP Lloyd's List Law Report

LM Last Month

LMAA London Maritime Arbitrators' Association

LMC Lloyd's Machinery Certificate

LMC CS Lloyd's Machinery Certificate continuous survey

LMG Liquified Methane Gas

LMT Local Mean Time

LNG Liquified Natural Gas

LNYD Liability Not Yet Determined

LO Lubricating Oil

LOA Length Overall Of The Vessel

LOC Local Operations Committee

LOH Loss Of Hire

LOL Loss Of Life

LONG Longitude

LONG BHD Longitudinal Bulkhead

LONGL Longitudinal

LONG MT Longitudinal Moment

LOW Last Open Water

L/P Low Pressure

LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas

LPO Lloyd's Policy Office

LPS Loading Port Survey

LPSM Lump Sum

LPT Loading Port

LRMC Lloyd's Refrigerating Machinery Certificate

L/R, L.R Loading Report, Loss Ratio

L/S Lump sum or Lump sum Charter

L/S Longshoreman

LSCLS Livestock Clause

LSHW LIAB Longshoremen's and Harbour Worker's Liability

LT Liner Traffic, Landed Terms

L/T Long Term, Long Ton

LTD Limited

LT/D Lower Tween Deck

LTDW Long Ton Dead Weight

LTGE Lighterage

LTL Less Than Trailer Load

LTR Lighter, Letter

LT SHP Light Ship

LTS Lay Time Saved

LT-V Light Vessel

L/U Laid Up

L/U AGRMT Leading Underwriter Agreement

LS (or LUMPS) Lumpsum

LSD Lashed Secured Dunnaged

LT Liner Terms

L/UW Leading Underwriter

LUA Lloyd's Underwriter's Association

LUCO Lloyd's Underwriter's Claim Office

LVL Level

LW Low Water, In Lieu Weighing

LWL Load Water Line, Low Water Level

LWOST Low Water, Ordinary Spring Tides

LWR Lower

LYCN Laycan (Layday Cancelling Date)

MA Mechanical Advantage

M/A My account

MACH Machinery

MAJ Major

MAL D Malicious Damage

MARPOL 1973 International Convention For The Prevention of Marine Pollution from

Ship 1973

MALPRA Malpractice

MAR Marine, March

MAX Maximum

M/F Manifest

MB Merchant Broker, Motor Boat

MBD Machinery Breakdown

M/C Metalling Clause, Machinery Certificate

MCHY DGE Machinery Damage

MD Mean draft, Months After Date, Midship Draft

M/D Memorandum of Deposit

MDO (DO) Marine Diesel Oil

MDNT Midnight
MDSE Merchandise

M/E Main Engine

MEC Marine Extension Clause

MEAST Measurement Tons

MED Mediterranean Sea

MEDCON Chamber of Shipping East Coast Coal C/P 1921

MEDITORE Timber C/P From White Sea to U.K

MEM Member

MEMO Memorandum

M/F Manifest

MFG Manufacturing

MFO Marine Fuel Oil

MGO Marine Gas Oil

MGR Manager

MGT Management

MH Main Hatch

MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

MHWS Mean High Water Spring Tide

MI Marine Insurance

MIA Marine Insurance Act 1906

MID Middle

MIC Man In Charge

MIN/MAX(M/M) Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity)

MIN DEP Minimum And Deposit premium

MIN. WT Minimum Weight

MIP Marine Insurance Policy

MISC Malaysian International Shipping Cooperation, Miscellaneous

MITE Might

MIXT Mixture

M/L.MOL, MOLES More or Less

MLB Mini Land Bridge

MLD Moulded

MM Merchant Marin

M/M Made Merchantable

MNTIME Meantime

MOA Memorandum Of Agreement

MODIF Modification

MOA Memorandum Of Agreement

MOD Modern

MODIF Modification

MOLCO(MOLCHOP) More or Less Charterer's Option

MOLOO More or Less Owner's Option

MOM Middle Of Month

MOP Muriate Of Potassium

MPACk Missing Package

MPC Manifesto Policing Committee

MPG Miles Per Gallon

MPH Miles Per Hour

MPL Maximum Probable Loss

MPPS Multipurpose

MR Master Receipt

M/R Mean Rate, Mate's Receipt

MRU Much Regret, I Am Unable

MS Machinery Survey, Merchant Shipping

M/S Motor Ship

MSA Merchant Shipping Act

MSC Manchester Ship Canal

MSD Marine Sanitation(Sanitary) Device

MSG Message

MST, MSRMT Measurement

M/T Metric Tonne (i.e. 1,000 kilos)

MT Measurement Ton, Moment, Empty, Midship Tank

MTC Moment to Change Trim One Centimeter

MTG Meeting

MTGOR Mortgagor

MTIME, MT Meantime

MTL Mean Tidal Level

MTM In The Meantime

MTR Matter

M/V, MV Motor Vessel

MVSSL Mother Vessel

M & W Marine And War Risks

MWHILE Meanwhile

MXD Mixed

MYN Minimum

N And

NA No Acceptance
N/A Not Applicable

NAA Not Always Afloat

NAABSA Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground

NAD No Apparent Defect

NAUT Nautical

NAV Navigating Or Navigation

NB Neutral Body, Nota Bene(take note)

NB New Building

NBR(NR) Number

NC No Combo(combination port), New Charter

NCAR No Claim For Accident Reported

NCAD Notice Of Cancellation At Anniversary Date

NCB No Cargo On Board

NCB National Cargo Bureau

NCC No Collecting Commission

N-CONE Non Conference

NCV No Commercial Value

ND Non Delivery

NDAS No D.O at Sea

NDB New Donkey Boiler

NDW Net Deadweight

NE No Effects

NEG Negligence

NEGO Negotiation

NEI Not Elsewhere Included

NEP Not Elsewhere Provided

NES Not Elsewhere Specified

NESTING Implies that cargo is presented stacked in the contour of similarly shaped

cargo, it may be likened to a stack of plates. This is particularly relevant in the

presentation of tankage strakes for transport.

NFA No Further Action

NFB No Fuse Braker

NHP Nominal Horse Power

NIL Nothing, Zero

NITE Night

NK Not Known

NKR Norway Krone

NLUR No Lying Up Returns

NM Non Marine or No Mark

N/M No Mark

NMA Lloyd's Non Marine Association

NN, N/N Not North of, No Name, No Number

NNSS Navy Navigation Satellite System

NO B.N.A Warranted the Vessel is not Calling at British North American Ports or Places

NOE Not Otherwise Enumerated

NO I/C Naval Officer-In-Charge

NOL Neptune Orient Liner

NOM STD Nominal Standard

NOND Non Delivery

NON-REVERSIBLE (Detention). If loading completed sooner than expected, then saved days will not be
added to discharge time allowed.

NOP Not Otherwise Provide

NOR Notice Of Readiness

NORDER In Order To

NOS Not Otherwise Specified

NO S.I No Short Interest

NOV November

N/P Net Proceeds

NP Notary Public

NPF Not Provide For

NR Notice of Readness

NR No Risk

NRAD No Risk After Discharge

NRAL No Risk After Landing

NRAS No Risk After Shipping

NRT Net Restricted Tonnage, Net Gross Tonnage

NRTOR No Risk Until On Rail

NRTWB No Risk Until Waterborne

NS Nuclear Ship

NSPE Not Specially Provided For

NT Net Ton

N/T New Terms, No Terms

NTD Noted

NU Name Unknown

NUBALTWOOD Chamber of Shipping Baltic Wood Charter party 1951

NUR not under repair

NV Norske Veritas Classification, Nuclear Vessel

NVOCC Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier

N/WMN Night Watchman

NY New York

NYK Nippon Yusen Kaisha

NYPE New York Produce Exchange

 O

OA Overall(measurement)

O/A On/About, On or Around

O/A Outer Anchorage

OAP Over Age Premium

O/B On Board, On or Before

OB Oil Bulk Ship

OBL Ordered Bill Of Lading, Original Bill of Landing

OBO Ore Bulk Oil Carrier

OBTN Obtain

OC Old Charter, Open Charter, Over Charge

OCA Outstanding Claims Advice

OC B/CL, OBL Ocean Bill of Landing

OCCASL Occasional

O.CGO Damage Caused by Other Cargo to the Insured Cargo

OCIMF Oil Companies' International Marine Forum

OCL Overseas Container Line

OCP Overland Common Point

OCSC Outside Competition Sub Committee

OCT October

OD Over Draft, Office of Destination, On Deck, On Demand

ODR Order

OECD Organization For European Cooperation And Development

CEEC Organization For European Economic Cooperation

O/F Ocean Freight

OFF Offered, Officer, Office

OFR Off Fair and Refit

OG On Gross, Oil Grand

OGP Original Gross Premium

OGPI Original Gross Premium Income

OGR Original Gross Rate

OM Oil Mooring

OMR Organic Liquid Moderated Reactor

OMROK Office Of Monopoly ROK

ON On Net

ONP Original Net Premium

ONPI Original Net Premium Income

ONR Original Net Rate Owner

ONRPI Original Net Retained Premium Income

ONR TO HO Original Net Rate to Head Office

OO Owners Option

OP, O/P Open Policy, Over Paid, Optional

OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPL Out Port Limit

OPN Open

OPP Opposite

OPT Optional, Option

OR Owner's Risk, Original Rate

O/R Overriding Commission or Overrider

ORB Owner's Risk of Breakage

ORC Owner's Risk of Chafing

ORD Owner's Risk of Damage, Order, Ordinal, Ordinary

ORDET Owner's Risk of Deterioration

ORF Owner's Risk of Fire

ORFR Owner's Risk of Freezing

ORIG, ORIGNL Original

ORL Owner's Risk of leadage

ORS Others

OS Owners, Ordinary seaman

O/S On Sale or Return, On Sample, Out of Stock, Outstanding

OSD Open Shelter Deck Ship

OSD/CSD Open/Closed Shelter Deck Ship

OS & D Over Short and Damage

OSH Open Shelter Deck

OSL On Signed Lines

OSROK Office of Supply ROK

O/T overtime, Old Terms, On Truck

OTC ocean transshipment cargo

OTR Out-Tern Report

OTLX OUT Telex

O/W BASE One Way Base

O'WISE Otherwise

OWS Owners

OZ Ounce

P
PA Particular Average

PAC Pacific Coast Ports, Pacific

PANAMAX Panama Canal Transit Maximum Size Ship

PANSTONE Chamber of Shipping Charter Party 1920

PARA(PAR) Paragraph

PART Particular, Participle

PAS Permanent Administrative, Secretarial

PASS Passage, Passenger

PASSIM Throughout The Book

PASTUS Past Us

PAYT Payment

PB Permanent Bunkers

PBH Partial Bulkhead

PC Period of Charter, Particular Charge or Profit Commission

P/C Percent, Petty Cash

PCC Pure Car Carrier

PCDS Proceeds

PCGO Part Cargo

PCL Parcel

PCS Pieces

PCT Percent

PD Paid, Port Dues, Per Diem, Property Damage

PDPR Per Day Pro Rata

PER Statement By, Period, Person

PERDIEM By the Day

PERF Perfect

PERH Perhaps
PER.INJ Personal Injury

PERM Permanent

PER PRO On Behalf Of(per Procuration)

PERS, ACC Personal Accident

PER SE By Itself

PFD Preferred

PFSA To Say Goodby(pour fairs sea adieux)

PFV To Make a Call(pour faire visit)

PHO Port Health Office

PHOSCON Phosphates Charter-Party From Belgium To North Sea Ports And Baltic

PHPD Per Hatch Per Day

P & I(P/I) Protection and Indemnity

PI Personal Injury

P.I. Philippine Islands

PIA Peril Incurred Against

PICO Port In Charterer's Option

PILF Pilferage

PITWOODCON Chamber of Shipping Pitwood Charter 1924

PKG, PKAG Package, Packing

PKT Packet

PL Partial Loss, Public Liability, Plate

P/L Profit or Loss, Plain Language

PLA Port of London Authority

PLD Plat Form Deck

PLS Please

PLSD Pleased

PM Premium, After Noon

PML Possible Maximum Loss

PMO Passing MUSCAT Outbound

PNC Private and Confidential

PND Pound

P/O Peninsular & Oriental Steamship

POC Port Of Call

POD Paid On Delivery, Port Of Delivery

POLCON The baltic and International Maritime Conference Polish Coal Charter 1950

POLL Pollution

POR Port of Refuge

POST After

PP Picked Port, Particular Port, Parcel Post

P'P Pump

P/P Between Perpendiculars

PPC Pour Prendre Conge, To Take Leave

PPD Prepaid, Postpaid

PPI Policy Proof of Interest

PPP Polluter Pays Principle

PPT Prompt

PR Pro Rata

P.R Port Risk

PRATIQUE Licence or Permission to Use a Port

PRC People's Republic of China

PREC Preceeding

PRED Predicate

PREF Preferred, Preference, Preface

PREM Premium
PRM.RED Premiums Reducing

PRES President

PRIM Primary, Primitive

PRIN Principle

PRO Protest

PROB, PBLM Problem

PROF Professor

PROPCON The Baltic and International Maritime Conference Prop and Pulpwood

Charter 1937

PRORATA In Proportion

PROV Provision

PSA Port of Singapore Authority

PSC Port State Control

PST Pacific Standard Time

PSTN, POSTN Position

P.SETT Previous Settlement

PT Panama Canal Tonnage, Penalty Time, Pint, Port

PTO Please Turn Over

PUB Public, Publication

PUS Past Us

PWR Power

PWSS Port War Signal Station

QC Quantity at Captain's Option

QLTY Quality

Q/M Quarter Master

QN Quotation

QTE Quote

QTINE Quarantine

QTY, Q'TY, QTTY, QNTY Quantity

RBCT Richard Bay Container Terminal

RBR Rubber

R & CC Riots and Civil Commotions

RC Return Clause

RCC & S Riots Civil Commotions and Strikes

RCD Received, Reasonable Cost Down

RCL Ramped Cargo Lighter

RCP Rules for Construction of Policy

RCPT Receipt

RCVD Received

RCVR Receivers

RD Running Lay Days, Reserve Decoration, Running Days

R/D Refer to Drawer

RDC Running Down Clause

RDF Radio Direction Finder

RDK Raised Deck

RDLY Redelivery
RDVOY Round Voyage

RE Referring To, Regarding, Rate of Exchange, Reference

RECAP Recapitulation

RECHECK Check Again

RECOMM Recommend

RECONFIRM Confirm Again

RECTA A Bill of Landing Which Specifies The Name of The Consignee

REDEL Redelivery

REDN Reduction

REFER Refrigerated Vessel Or Refrigerated Space

REF Reference, Ship Fitted With Refrigerated Cargo Installation

REG Regulation

REGT Registered Tonnage

REG.P Registered Port

REM Remainder, Remittance

REMCE, REMT Remittance

REP Representative

REQD, RQ Required

RES Researcher, Reserve

RET Return of Premium

RETRO Retroactive

REUR Refer Tour

REV Revenue

REVERSIBLE (Detention).If loading completed sooner than expected at load port, then days saved can
be added to discharge operations.

RF Reefer

RGDS Regards

RGE Range
RI Reinsurance

RICC Reinsurance of Common Account

RLN Running Landing Number

RM River Moorings

RMC Reference My Cable

RMKS Remarks

RML Reference My Letter

RMS Royal Mail Ship

RMT Reference My Telegram

RNR Renewal Not Required

ROB Remaining On Board

ROC Regional Operations Committee

ROD Refused On Delivery

RO/RO Roll On Roll Off(Out)

ROJA Reinsurance Of Joint Account

ROT Reference (to) Our Telegram

ROTN NO Rotation Number

RP Return Premium

RPM Revolution Per Minute

RPT Repeat, Report

RQ, RQST Request

RQMT Requirement

R/R Railroad

RSA Republic Of South Africa

R/SCH Regional Schedule

RSIDE Right Side

RT Revenue Tonne(i.e. 1 metric Tonne or 1 cubic meter, whichever 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.

RT Revenue Ton, Rye Terms

RTA.CL Rubber Trade Association Clause

RTBA Rate To Be Arranged

RTFO Rye Terms Full Outturn

RTRN Return

RTSD Rye Terms Sound Delivery

RUSSCON Chamber of Shipping Black Sea Berth Contract 1912

RUSSWOOD Chamber of Shipping White Sea Wood Charter 1933

R/V Round Voyage

RVRTG Reverting

RYC Reference Your Cable

RYL Reference Your Letter

RYT Reference Your Telegram

S Summer

SA Safe Arrival, Shipping Application

S/A Sub-agent, Subject to Approval

SA A/C Salvage Association Account

SAH Sun Above the Horizon All Day

S/A L/U Subject to Acceptance by the assured, to be advised to the Leading underwriter only

S AND/OR ND Shortage and/or Non Delivery

SALTCON Salt Charter Party from Mediterranean to Norway

SALVL Salvage Loss

SANR Subject to Approval No Risk

SAPL Sailed as Per List

SARAH Search and Rescue Homing

SAS Special Ammunition Stowage

SASHEX Saturday afternoon Sunday Holiday Excluded

SATPM Saturday PM

SATPMX Saturday PM Excluded

SB Safe berth

SBE Standby Engine

SBH Sun Below The Horizon All Day

SBJ Subject

SBS Survey Before Shipment

SBT Segregation Ballast Tank, Survey Before Shipment

S/C Salvage Charges, Supplementary Call

SCA Suez Canal Authority

SCAN Scandinavian

SCB Safe Charterer's Berth

SCCERT Safety Construction Certificate

SCH Schooner

SCHDL Schedule

SCN Show Cause Notice

SCQ Special Commodity Quotation

SD (or SID) Single Decker, Singapore Dollar, Scandutch

S/D Steel diesel or Short Delivery

SDBC Single Deck Bulk Carrier

SDHF Standard Dutch Hull Form

SDK Shelter Deck

SDNR Screw Down Non Return

SDNRV Screw down non return value

SDR Special Drawing Right

SE Stock exchange

SEAFREIGHT Costs charged for transporting goods over the sea. This does not cover any

haulage or loading/discharging costs but the sea transport only.

SEC Second

SE CERT Safety equipment certificate

SECT Section

SECUS Otherwise

SEL Seoul

SEMBLE It Appears That

SELFD Self Discharging

SEMI-TRAILERS Are Usually 12.0 Meter Flatbed Road Trailers

SEPT September

SEVEN MAJORS BP, EXXON, GULF, MOBIL, SHELL, SOCAL, TEXACO

SF Stowage Factor, Shearing Force

S/F Stowage Factor

S & FA Shipping & Forwarding Agent

S/FEE Survey Fee

SFR Swiss France

S.G. Specific Gravity of Liquid

SG Ship And Goods

SH Shipper

SHD Shelter Deck

SHEX Sunday And Holiday Excluded

SHEXEIU Sunday And Holiday Excluded Even If Used

SHEXUU Sunday And Holiday Excluded Unless Used

SHINC Sundays/Holidays Included

SHP Shaft Horsepower

SHPG Shipping

SH. PMT, SHPT Shipment

SHPR Shipper

SHTG Shortage

SHS Shippers

SHUD Should

SI Sum Insured, Short Interest

SIBOR Singaporian Inter-Bank Offered Rate

SIG Signature

SINGL DKRS Single Deckers

SK Sack

S/K'LER Store Keeper

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.

SKR Swedish Krone

SL Salvage Loss, Sue and Labour Charges

S/L Sue and Labour

SLB Siberian Land Bridge

SL/NL Ship Lost Or Not Lost

SLC Shipper's Load & Count

S/L CH Sue and Labour Charges

SLD Sailed
SLD A.P.L Sailed As Per List

SL/NL Ship Lost or Not Lost

SMC Safety Management Certificate

SMT Ship's Mean Time

SN Shipping Note

SNO Senior Naval Officer

SNR Ship Not Responsible For

S/O Shipowner

SO Ship Operation, Ship's Order, Ship's Option

SOA Ship Operating Agent, State of Account

SOL Ship Owner's Liability, Solicitor

SOC Shipper Owned Container

SOF Statement Of Facts

SOP Sulphate Of Potassium, Ship Operating Agent

SOS Service Of Suit, Save Our Souls

SP Safe Port, Shipping Port

S & P Sale And Purchase

SP CHGS Special Charges

SPA Subject to Particular Average

SPANERUCON Fruit Charter-Party From Spain to UK and Continent

SP CHGS Special Charges

SPCL Special

SPD Speed, Sparred, Steamer Pay Due

SPEC Specification

SPIDERING Is the internal strengthening of circular tanks for transport, this prevents the tanks
becoming warped. The tanks are strengthened with steel or wood crossbeams giving a _spider_ appearance.

SPP Small Packet Post

SPS Safety Ports, Summer Tanks, Port and Starboard

SPT Shipper Pays Taxes

SR Shipping Request

SRBL Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading

SRCC Strikes, Riot & Civil Commotion

SRCERT Safety Radio-Telegraphy Certificate

SRL Ship Repairs' Liability

SR & O Statutory Rules and Orders

SRS Shipping Research Service

S/S Special Survey

SS Steamship

SS&C Same Sea and Coast, Same Sea and Country

SSA Stand Still Agreement

SSBC Sinking, Stranding, Grounding, Burning and Collision

SSE South-South-East

SSHEX (or SSHINC Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded

SATSHEX)

SSHINC (or SATSHINC) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included

SSMUA Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Ltd

SS OR B Stranded, Sunk or Burnt

SSO Struck Submerged Object

SSW South-South-West, Summer Salt Water

ST Short Ton, Straighten, Straight Time

STA Station

STABCAL Stability Calculation

STBD Starboard

STCW Standard of Training, Certification and Watch-Keeping For Seafares 1978

STD Stranded, Standard

STEM Subject To Enough Merchandise (Availability of Cargo)

STERN The After most Part of a Ship

STERCOM Steering Committee

STEVLIAB Stevedores' Liability

STER, STG Sterling

STGE,STOR Storage

STH South

STMT Statement

STOS Station To Station

STP Stop

STS Stevedores

STTN Situation

SU Set Up

SUB Subject (to), Subscription

SUBT Substitute

SUB U/WRS APP Subject To Underwriters' Approval

SUN EXCT Sunday Excepted

SUPER ECO Super Economical

SUPRA Above

SV Sailing Vessel

SVC Service

SVC SPD Service Speed

SW Seawater, Salt Water

SWAD Salt Water Arrival Draft

SWD Seawater Damage, Salt Water Draft

SWDD Salt Water Departure Draft

SWL Safe Within Limit, Safe Working Load,

SWR Steel Wire Rope

SX Sacks

SYND, SYN Syndicate

T Tropical

TAFHEX Thursday Afternoon Friday Sunday holiday excluded

TAN Twilight All Night

TAR Tariff

TARV Tans-Atlantic Round Voyage

T/ATL Trans Atlantic

T AND/OR CTL Total and/or Constructive Total Loss

T & S Touch And Stay

TAX. CAS Taxation Cases

TB Trial Balance

TBA To be Advise

TBCCO Tobacco

TBL, THROBL Through Bill of Lading

TBN To be Nominated, To Be Named

TC a set Length of Time and Provide Technical Management, Crewing Etc.

T/C Time Charter, Till Countermanded

TCATLVO Total or Constructive or Arranged Total Loss of Vessel Only

TCI Time Charterer's Interest

T/CH Time Charterer

TCL Time Charterers' Liability

TCM Transports Combine of Merchandise

TCRVS Trip Charter Round Voyage

TCT Time Charter Trip

T/D Tween Deck

TDO Transshipment Delivery Order

TDW Tonnage Deadweight

TDWCC Tons Deadweight Cargo Capacity

TDY Today

TE Trade Expense

TECH Technical

TEL Telephone, Telegram, Telegraph

TELY Telegraphy

TELCOM Telecommunication

TEMP Temperature

TEU Twenty-Footer Equivalent Unit, Standard 20_ Container

TEX Textile, Texas

TF Tropical Fresh Water

TFO Thin Fuel Oil

TFORE, TH4 Therefore

TFR Transfer

TFW Tropical Fresh Water

T/G Tongued and Grooved

TGM Telegram

TGWU Transport And General Workers Union

THR Thunderstorm With Rain

THRU Through

THS Thunderstorm With Snow

TKS Thanks

T/L Total Loss

TLO Total Loss Only

TLO BY TLV Total Loss Only By Total Loss of Vessel

TLO EXCS Total Loss Only and Excess Liability

TLO/GA Total Loss Vessel Only & General Average

TLVO Total Loss Vessel Only

TLX Telex

TMNL Terminal

TMW Tomorrow

TOB Total Amount On Board

TOD Time Of Despatch

T/OPRTN Terminal Operation

TOR Time On Risk, Time Of Receipt

TOTCOM Total Commission

TOVALOP Tanker Owner's Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability For Oil Pollution

TP, T/P Theft & Pilferage, Third Party, Teleprinter

TPC Tons Per Centimeter Immersion

TPF & T Third Party, Fire and Theft

TPHONE, TEL Telephone

TPI Tons Per Inch Immersion

TPL, TPLIAB Third Party liability

TPND Theft, Pilferage and Non Delivery

TPNSD Theft, Pilferage, Non and/or Short Delivery

TR Transfer

TRANS Transverse

TRANSP, TPT Transportation

TRANS BHD Transverse Bulkhead

TRC Terminal Receiving Charge

TRDG Trading

TRF Tariff

TRFD Transferred

TROP Tropical, Tropic

TRM Transverse Meter-center Above Base Line

TS Tailshaft Survey, Tough-Stay, Tween Screw Ship/Transship

T & S Touch and Stay

T/S Transshipment, Transship

TSKT Top Side Tank

TSR Trans Siberian Railroad

TT Telegraphic Transfer

TTL Total

TTF.CLAUSE Timber Trade Federation Clause

TW Tween Decker

TWA Taiwan

TWMC Transport, Wage, Maintenance And Care

TWN DKR Tween Decker

TWPH Tons Water Per Hour

TX Tax

U You

UA Underwriter Account
U/A Underwriting Account

U&O Use and Occupancy

UBC Universal Bulk Carrier

U/C Under Construction

UCB Unless Caused by

UCE Unexpected Circumstances Excepted

UCM Can You Come and See Me

U/D Under-Deck

U DK Upper Deck

UK CLUB United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance association

UL Unlimited During The Currency Of The Insurance

ULCC Ultra Large Crude Oil Carrier

ULL Ullage

ULT Ultimate

UMV Unpacked Mother Vehicle

UNACCTBL Cannot Accept, Unacceptable

UNAVLBL Unavailable

UNDSTND, USTAND Understand

UNECE United Nation Economic Commission For Europe

UNL Ultimate Net Loss

U & O Use And Occupancy

UOM Unless Otherwise Mentioned

UP Under Proof

UPR Upper

UP.FEE Underwriters Pay Fee

UPS Underwriters Pay Policy Stamp Duty

UP.TAX Underwriters Pay Tax

U/R Under Repair

U/R S Underwriters

UR Your(Yr), Uruguay Round

USA. ATL Port or Places On the Atlantic Seacoast of the United States of America

USC Unless Sooner Commenced

USCG United States Coast Guard

USD Unite States Dollar

UT Unlimited Transshipment

UT/D Upper Tween Deck

UTM Utmost

UU Unless Used

UUIWCTAUTC Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count

UW, U/W Underwriter

V/A Voyage Account

VAT Value Added Tax

VC Valuable Cargo

VCG Vertical Center of Gravity Above Base Line

VCR Vancouver

VD Valued

VENT Ventilator

VERT MT Vertical Moment

VHF Very high Frequency

VIZ As Specified Below, Namely

VLCC Very Large Crude Oil Carrier

VL/F Very low Frequency

VMT Very Many Thanks

VOP Valued As Original Policy

VOY Voyage

VOY NO Voyage No.

VS, VSL Vessel

V/S Visual Signalling

VPD Vessel Pays Dues

VTD Vertical Take Off

VTOL Vertical Take Off and Landing

VTS Vessel Traffic System

W Winter

WA Water Borne Agreement, With Average, Western Australia

WA B/C With Average With Both Crafts

W&S War and Strikes

W&W Wind and Weather

WB Water Ballast, Word Before, West Bound, Warehouse Book, Way Bill

WBD Will Be Done

WBS Without Benefit or Salvage to the Insurer, Without benefit of Salvage

WBT Wing Ballast Tank

WC West Coast

WCA Workmen's Compensation Act

WCB With Cargo On Board

WCCON Whether Customs Cleared Or Not

WCSA West Coast of South America

WCYP What Can you Propose

W/D Warranted, Well Deck, Working Days

WDF Wireless Direction Finder

WEF With Effect From

WELCON Chamber of Shipping Coasting Coal Charter Party 1913

WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions

WG Water Gauge, Weight Guaranteed

WHF Wharf

W/HOUSE, WHSE Warehouse

WHWD Weather Half-Working Day

WHZ Whether

W/I Within

WIBON Whether In Berth Or Not

WICCON Whether In Custom Clearance Or Not

WIFPON Whether In Free Pratique or not

WIPON Whether In Port Or Not

WL,WIL Will

WK Week

WLTOHC (distance) Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming

W/M, WORM Weight or Measurement

WM.FEES Winter Mooring Fees

WMT Wet Metric Tonnage

WNA Winter North Atlantic

WNWD Weather Non-Working Day

W/O Without

W/O,W/OB Washing Overboard

WOC Without Compensation

WOG Without Guarantee

WOL Wharf-Owner's Liability

WORMS Weight, Measurement or Space

WP Weather Permitting, Without Prejudice

WPA With Particular Average

WPD Weather Permitting Day

WPD With Particular Date

WPP Water Proof Paper Packing

WR War Risk

WRI War Risk Insurance

WRK Wreck

WRO War Risk Only

WRRC War Risks Rating Committee

WS World Scale

WT Weight

WTE,CL Wartime Extension Clause

W'TIES Warranties

W.TK Wing Tank

WTS Working Time Saved

WTY Warranty

WUD Would

WVNS Within Vessel's Natural Separation/Segregation

WW Worldwide

W/W Warehouse to Warehouse

WWD Weather Working Day

WWDSHEX Weather Working Day Sunday Holiday Excluded

WWDSHINC Weather Working Day Sunday Holiday Included

WWDSHEXUU Weather Working Laydays, Sunday and, Holidays Excepted Unless Used

WWDSSHEX Weather Working Laydays, Saturday Sunday and Holidays Excepted

WRIC Wire Rods In Coils

WWF Waterfront Worker's Federation

WWR When, Where Ready

WZ,WTH With

XD Ex Dividened

XGE Exchange

XI,XIN Ex Interest

XMBT Exclude Motor Block Turning

XN New Share

X NEW Ex New Issue

XS Excess

XS LOSS Excess Loss Reinsurance

XS OF Excess of

XTRA Extra

Y
Y And

YAR York-Antwerp Rules

YAR 1974 York-Antwerp Rules 1974

YR, UR Your

YRLET Your Letter

YRS Yours, Years

YT Yacht

YTD,YESTDY Yesterday

YTLX Your Telex

Z UTC = GMT