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Tank Manual
PWCN-5L6EKV 1
List of Abbreviations (Tank) 08-04-2003
05. Communication
Author Jens V. Pedersen 08-04-2003
Approval Per W Christensen 08-04-2003

A:
AA Always afloat / Always Accessible
AAE Age and Experience
AAR Against all risks
ABS American Bureau of Shipping
ABT About
ACCT Account
ACC Accepted / Acceptance
A/D After Date
ADDTL Additional
ADCOM Address Commission
ADV Advice
AFRAMAX Average Freight Rate Assessment Scale large tanker (79,999 dwt max)
AFSPS Arrival First Sea Pilot Station
AGT Agent / Against
AGW All going well
AHST Anchor Handling Salvage Tug
AHT Anchor Handling Tug
AHTS Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel
AHV Anchor Handling Vessel
AMT Amount
AMVER Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (US)
ANS Answer
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANTM Admiralty Notices to Mariners
AOR Atlantic Ocean Region
APPRO Approval
APPROX Approximately
APS Arrival Pilot Station
APT After Peak Tank
ARA Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Antwerp
ARB Arbitration
ARCS Admiralty Raster Chart Service
ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
ARR Arrival
ASA Always Safely Afloat
ASAP As Soon as Possible
ASBATANKVOY Association of Shipbrokers and Agents Tanker Voyage Charter party
ATBA Area to be avoided
AUX Auxiliary Engine
AV Average
AVDP Avoirdupois
AWTSBE All Working Time Saved Both Ends
AWTSDO All Working Time Saved Discharging Only
AWTSLO All Working Time Saved Loading Only
AZ Azimuth
B:
BA Breathing Apparatus
BAL Balance
BAF Bunker Adjustment Factor
BB Bare Boat / Ballast Bonus
BBB Before Breaking Bulk (relates to Freight Payment)
BBLS Barrels

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BBTC Bare Boat Time Charter
B/D Barrels per Day
BDI Both Days Inclusive
BDLS Bundles
BENDS Both Ends (e.g. load and discharge port)
B/H Barrels per Hour
BHP (bhp) Brake Horse Power
BIMCO Baltic and International Maritime Council
B/L Bill of Lading
BLK Bulk
BLT Built
B/N Booking Note
BP(bp) Bollard Pull
BRL Barrel
BRG Bearing
BS British Standard
BSI British Standards Institute
BSS Basis
BT Berth Terms
BV Bureau Veritas
BWAD Brackish Water Arrival Draft
C:
CABA Compressed Air Breathing Apparatus
CANCL Cancelled
CAP Capacity
CAPESIZE A vessel to large for Panama & Suez canals
CAPT Captain
CBD Cash Before Delivery
CB&H Continent between Bordeaux and Hamburg
CBM Cubic Meters
CBT Clean Ballast Tank
CC/O Certificate of Consignment / Origin
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CES Coast Earth Station / Committee of European Ship Owners
C&F (CFR) Cost and Freight
CGA Cargo’s proportion of General Average
CHENG Chief Engineer
CH&H Continent between Le Havre and Hamburg
CHOPT Charter’s Option
CHRS Charterers
C&I Cost and Insurance
CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight
CIF&C Cost, Insurance, Freight and Commission
CIFC&E Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission and Exchange
CIFC&I Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission and Interest
CIS Cleaning to Charterers Inspector’s Satisfaction
CLC Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
CLG Canceling
CMG Course Made Good
CMPL Completed
CO Course
C/O Certificate of Origin
COA Contract of Affreightment / Cash on Arrival
COLREGS International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea
COMPL Completing
CONSGT Consignment
CONT Continent
COP Custom of Port
COSP Commencement of Sea Passage
COTP US Coast Guard Captain of the Port
COW Crude Oil Washing
C/P Charter Party
CPP Clean Petroleum Products
CRC Casualty Response Team Coordinator
CST Kinematics CST Viscosity
CSWP Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen

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CT Cubic Tonnage
CUFT/CBFT Cubic Feet
CV Curriculum Vitae
CVS Consecutive Voyages
D:
DB Double Bottom
DC Detention Clause
D/CL Deviation Clause
DECL Declination
DEEPS Deep tanks
DEFREP Defect Report
DEG Degrees
DELD Delivered
DELY Delivery
DELY & REDELY Delivery and Redelivery
DEM Demurrage
DENRSAOCLONL Deemed Earned Non Returnable Ship and/or Cargo Lost or Not Lost
DENS Density
DEP Departure
DES Despatch
DEST Destination
DEV Deviation
DF Deadfreight
DFT Draft
DG Diesel Generator
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DIAM Diameter
DIFF Difference
DIR Direction
DISCH Discharge
DISP Displacement
DIST Distance
DLOSP Dropping Last Outward Sea Pilot
DMG Distance Made Good
DNV Det Norske Veritas
DO Diesel Oil
DOC Document of Compliance
DOP Dropping Outward Pilot
DP Dynamic Positioning / Direct Port
DPP Dirty Petroleum Products
DR Dead Reckoning
DSC Digital Selective Calling
DTBA Date to be advised
DTG Distance To Go
DY Delivery
DWAT Deadweight All Told
DWCC Deadweight Cargo Capacity
DWCT Deadweight Cargo Tons
DWT Deadweight Tonnage
E:
ECS Electronic Chart System
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System
EDT Electronic Data Transfer
EGC Enhanced Group Call
EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EHP Effective Horse Power
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIU Even if Used (related to Laytime)
ELSA Emergency Life Support Apparatus
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMS Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods
EMY Emergency
ENC Electronic Navigational Chart
ENCL Enclosure
EOSP End of Sea Passage

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EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
EQ Equivalent
EQPT Equipment
ERC Emergency Response Team Coordinator
ERLOAD Expected Ready to Load
ERT Emergency Response Team
ESDS Emergency Shut Down System
EST Estimated
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
ETB Estimated Time of Berthing
ETC Estimated Time of Completion
ETD Estimated Time of Departure
ETL Expected to Load
ETR Expected Time of Readiness
ETS Estimated Time of Sailing
ETV Emergency Towing Vessel
EX Excluding
F:
FA Free alongside
FAA Free of all average
FAC Fast as can
FBD Freeboard
FC Full Cargo
FCC First Class Charterers
FD Free Despatch / Free Discharge
F&D Freight and Demurrage
FD&D Freight, Dead freight and Demurrage
FFA Fire Fighting Appliance
FHEX Fridays and Holidays Excluded
FHINC Fridays and Holidays Included
FIFO First-in first-out
FIO Free in and Out
FLUSH Flushing the Line
FMS Fathoms
FOB Free on Board
FOBAS Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis and Advisory Service
FOC Flag of Convenience / Free of Charge
FORT Full out rye terms
FOS Free on ship
FOSC Federal On-scene Coordinator
FPDSO Floating Production, Drilling, Storage and Offloading vessel
FPSO Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel
FPSU Floating Production Storage Units
FRB Fast Rescue Boat
FRC Fast Rescue Craft
FRT Freight
FSA Formal Safety Assessment
FSU Floating Storage Unit
FT Feet / Full terms
FW Fresh Water
FWA Fresh Water Allowance
FWAD Fresh Water Arrival Draft
FWD Forward
FWO For Wireless Orders
FXD Fixed
G:
GA General Average
GALS Gallons
GEOROT Geographical Rotation
GES Ground Earth Station
GL Germanischer Lloyd
GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Position System

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GRT (grt) Gross Register Tonnes
H:
HAZCHEM Hazardous Chemical
HAZMAT Hazardous Material
HBL Hydrostatic Balance Loading
HBR Harbour
HD Half Despatch
HFO Heavy Fuel Oil
HG Heavy Grain
H&M Hull and Machinery (Insurance)
HNS Hazardous and Noxious Substances
HO/HA Holds/Hatches
HP Horse Power / High Pressure
HPN Horse Power Nominal
HR Hour
HRS Hours
HRU Hydrostatic Release Unit
HSC High Speed Craft
HSMS Hull Stress Monitoring System
HT Height
HTR Heater
HW High Water
HWM High Water Mark
HWOST High Water Ordinary Spring Tides
I:
IACS International Association of Classification Societies
IALA International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
IAMI International Association of Maritime Institutes
IAMSAR International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual
IAPH International Association of Ports and Harbors
IATA International Air Transport Association
IBC International Bulk Chemical Code
IC Incident Commander
ICCP Impressed Current Cathodic Protection
ICS International Chamber of Shipping
IFO Intermediate Fuel Oil
IFSMA International Federation of Shipmaster’s Associations
IGC International Gas Carrier Code
IGS Inert Gas System
IHO International Hydrographic Organisation
IHP Indicated Horse Power
ILO International Labour Office
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
IMMY Immediately
IMN Inmarsat Mobile Number
IMO International Maritime Organisation
INCL Including
INCLOT Including Overtime
INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organisation
INTERTANKO International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
IOPC International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
IOPP International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate
IOR Indian Ocean Region
IOU I Owe You
ISF International Shipping Federation
ISGOTT International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals
ISM International Safety Management Code
ISSA International Ship Suppliers Association
ISO International Standards Organisation
ITF International Transport Workers’ Federation
ITOPF International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
ITZ Inshore Traffic Zone
IWL Institute Warranty Lines
J:
JUDY Just a Useful Device for You

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JV Joint Venture
J&WO Jettison and Washing Overboard
K:
KISS Keep it simple stupid
KNTS Knots
KW Kilowatts
L:
LANBY Large Automatic Navigation Buoy
LAT Latitude
LAYCAN Laydays / Canceling (Timeframe within which the vessel has to tender NOR)
LAYTIME Time to be used for Loading / Discharging
LBP / LPP Length Between Perpendiculars
L/C Laydays / Canceling or Letter of Credit
LD Load
LDG Loading
LL Load Line
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LO Lubrication Oil
LOA Length Overall
LOADREADY Ready to Load
LOH Loss of Hire
LOI Letter of Indemnity
LOF Lloyd’s Open Form / Lloyd’s Open Forum
LONG Longitude
LOT Load on Top
LP Low Pressure
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LR Lloyd’s Register
LS Lump sum
LSA Life Saving Appliance
LT Light
LTGE Lighterage
LTR Litres
LW Low Water
LWL Load Water Line
LWOST Low Water Ordinary Spring Tides
M:
M Nautical Mile
MAG Magnet
MAX Maximum
MARPOL International Convention on Preventions of Oil Pollution from Ships
MARS Marine Accident Reporting Scheme
MB Millibar
MBL Minimum Breaking Load
MCHY Machinery
MCO More Charterers Option (related to Cargo Quantity)
MDWT Metric tons dead weight
ME Main Engine
MECH Mechanical
MED Medium
MEPC IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee
MERSAR Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (replaced by IAMSAR)
MES Marine Evacuation System / Mobile Earth Station
MFAG Medical First Aid for Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods
MFRS Manufacturers
MHW Mean High Water
MHWN Mean high Water Neaps
MHWS Mean High Water Springs
MI Mile
MIN Minimum
MIN. B/L Minimum Bill of Lading
MIN/MAX Minimum / Maximum
MIN. WT Minimum Weight
MISC Miscellaneous
ML Milliliter

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MLB Motor Lifeboat
MLW Mean Low Water
MLWN Mean Low Water Neaps
MLWS Mean Low Water Springs
MM Millimeter
MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity
MOB Man Overboard
MODU Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
MOL More or Less (related to Cargo Quantity)
MOLCHOPT More or Less in Charterers Option (related to Cargo Quantity)
MOLOO More or Less in Owners Option (related to Cargo Quantity)
MOO More in Owners Option (related to Cargo Quantity)
MOT Monthly Overtime (related to Chartering)
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
M/R Mate’s Receipt
MRCC Middle Range Crude Carriers
MRCC Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre
MRSC Marine Rescue Sub-Centre
M.S.A. Merchant Shipping Act
MSC Marine Safety Committee (IMO)
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MSRC Marine Spill Response Corporation
MST Measurement
MT Mean Time
MTC Marine Traffic Control
MTH Month
MTL Mean Tidal Level
MTY Empty
N:
N/A Not Applicable
NAA Not Always Afloat
NAABSA Not Always Afloat but Safely Aground
NAV Navigation
NAVAID Navigational Aid
NB Nota Bene (Note well)
NBL No berth list
NCV No Commercial Value
NDFCAPMQS No Deadfreight for Charterers Account provided Minimum Quantity Supplied
NDW Net Deadweight
NE Not Exceeding
NEOBIG Not East of but including Greece
NHC No Heat Crude
NHP Nominal Horse Power
NKK (Class NK) Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
NM Nautical Mile
NN Not North Of
NNGWB Not North of George Washington Bridge (New York/US)
NNH Not North of Cape Hatteras (US)
NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NOM Nominal
NOR Notice of Readiness
NORA Notice of Readiness Accepted
NORT Notice of Readiness Tendered
NORT&A Notice of Readiness Tendered and Accepted
NRC US Coast Guard National Response Center
NRT Net Register Tonnage
NT Neap Tides
NTC Not to Count (Laytime)
NT.WT Net weight
O:
OA On Account Of
OAAOOP On arrival at or off the port
OBL Original Bill of Lading
OBO Ore / Bulk / Oil Carrier
OC.B/L Ocean Bill of Lading

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OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum
OILPOL Oil Pollution
OLB Official Log Book
OMBO One Man Bridge Operation
OO Owners Option / Order Of
OOS Owners Option Substitute
OPA 90 US Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OPN Open
OPRC International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation
OPRN Operation
OR Owner’s Risk
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSP One Safe Port
OSRO Oil Spill Removal Organization
OSV Offshore Supply/Support Vessel
OT Ordinary Tides
O/T Overtime
OWS Owners
OZ Oounce
P:
P.A. Per Annum
PAD Predicted Area of Danger
PANDI (P&I Club) Protection & Indemnity (P & I Insurance)
P/C Part Cargo
P&C Private and Confidential
PCC Pure Car Carrier
PCL Parcel
PCS Pieces
PD Port Dues
PDPR Per day pro Rata
PFD Personal Floating Device
PICO Port in Charterers Option
PKG Package
PLS Please
PLT Per Long Ton
PMS Planned Maintenance System
PMT Per Metric Ton
POB Pilot / Persons Onboard
POC Port of Call
POR Pacific Ocean Region
P.O.R. Port of Refuge / Port of Registry
PP Pages
PPD Prepaid
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPM Parts Per Million
PPT Prompt (loading)
PR Pro rata / Pair
PRESS Pressure
PROP Propeller
PSC Port State Control
PSI Pounds per Square Inch
PST Protected Slop Tanks
PSV Platform Supply Vessel
PT Private Terms
PTA Prepaid Ticket Advice
P/V Pressure-Vacuum (valve)
Q:
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
QI Qualified Individual
QN Quotation
QLTY Quality
QRA Quantified Risk Assessment
QTLY Quarterly
QTY Quantity

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R:
RAS Replenishment at Sea
RCDS Raster Chart Display System
RCV Receiver
RD Running Days / Relative Density
RDF Radio Direction Finder
RECAP Recapitulation (of Fixture)
RECD Received
REDEL Redelivery
REG Registered
RES Residue
REVS Revolutions
RIB Rigid Inflatable Boat
RINA Registro Italiano Navale
RNC Raster Nautical Chart
ROB Remaining on Board
ROE Rate of Exchange
RPM Revolutions per Minute
R/V Round Voyage
RVP Reid Vapour Pressure
RW Redwood
S:
SA Safe arrival / Subject to Approval
SAR Search and Rescue
SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite
SART Search and Rescue Transponder
SATCOM Satellite Communication
SB Safe Berth
SBM Single Buoy Mooring
SBT Segregated Ballast Tank
SBV Stand By Vessel
SCNT Suez Canal Net Ton
SCR Ship Owner’s Casualty Representative
SD Short Delivery
SDG Sounding
SDWT Summer Dead Weight
SEC Second
SECS/RW Seconds/Redwood (Viscosity US)
S&HE Sundays and Holidays Excepted
SEP Separate / Separation
SES Ship Earth Station
SF Shear Force
SFOC Specific fuel oil consumption
SG Specific Gravity
SGD Signed
SHDEL Short Delivery
SHEX Sundays and Holidays Excluded
SHINC Sundays and Holidays Included
SHIPT Shipment
SHKLS Shackles
SHP Shaft Horse Power
SIG Signal
SIRE Ship Inspection Report
SLD Sailed
SMC Safety Management Certificate
SMPEP Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan
SMS Safety Management System
SMT Spill Management Team
SOF Statement of Facts
SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
SOPEP Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan
SOS Save Our Souls
SPD Speed
SPEC Specification
SP.GR. Specific Gravity
SPM Single Point Mooring

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SP Safe Port
SQ Square
SRPORTS US Atlantic ports south of Norfolk, Va (Southern Range)
S/R Signing / Releasing (Bill(s) of Lading)
SSB Safety / Standby Vessel (Offshore)
STBD Starboard
STC Said to Contain
STCW Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
STOA Subject to Owner’s Approval
STRG Steering
STW Said to Weight
SUB Substitute vessel
SW Salt Water
SWAD Salt Water Arrival Draft
SWL Safe Working Load
T:
T Tonnes
TAFHEX Thursday Afternoons, Fridays and Holidays Excluded
TBA To be agreed / to be arranged
TBN To be nominated / to be named
T/C Time Charter
TCH Time Charter Hire
TCP Time Charter Party
TCT Time Charter Trip
TDG Trading
TDW Tons Deadweight
TECH Technical
TIB Trimmed in Bunkers
TIP Taking Inward Pilot
TK Tank
T/L Total Loss
TLO Total Loss Only
TOE Tons oil equivalent
TONN Tonnage
TPC Tons per Centimeters (Immersion)
TSS Traffic Separation Scheme
TT Turn Time
TTC Time to Count
TVP True Vapour Pressure
U:
UCE Unforeseen Circumstances Excepted or Unless Commenced Earlier
UHC Ultra High Pressure
ULBC Ultra Large Bulk Carrier
ULCC Ultra Large Crude Carrier
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UOPC Usual Owners Protection Clauses
USAC United States Atlantic Coast
USC Unless sooner Commenced
USCG United States Coast Guard
US OSC United States On-Scene Coordinator
USWC United States West Coast
UTC Universal Time Coordinated
UU Unless Used (Laytime)
V:
VAR Variation / Variable / Various
VC Voyage Charter
VDR Voyage Data Recorder
VEL Velocity
VGC Very Good Condition
VIP Very Important Person
VLBC Very Large Bulk Carrier
VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier
VLOO Very Large Ore / Oil Carrier
VLPC Very Large Product Carrier
VLR Very Long Range

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VOL Volume
VOY Voyage
VRP Vessel Response Plan
VTMS Vessel Traffic Management Service
VTS Vessel Traffic Services / System
VSL Vessel
W:
WB Water Ballast
WBT Water Ballast Tank
WCCON Whether Custom Cleared or Not (Laytime)
WD Warranted
W/D Working Days
WFA With Following Alteration
WG Weight guaranteed
WIBON Whether in Berth or Not
WIFPON Whether in Free Pratique or Not
WIPON Whether in port or not
WIWL Within Institute of Warranty Limits
WKG Working
WKS Weeks
W/M Weight / Measurement
WOW Waiting on Weather
WP Weather Permitting
WS World Scale
WSHTC (WHTC) World Scale Hours Term Condition
WSNP Weather Safe Navigation Permitting
WT Weight
WTS Working Time Saved
WVNS Within Vessels Natural Segregation
WW World Wide / Weather Working
WWD Weather Working Days
WWR When / Where Ready
X:
Y:
YAR York-Antwerp Rules
YD Yard
YDAY Yesterday
YDS Yards
YR Year
YRS Years
Y/YR You / Yours
Z:
Z.T. Zone Time

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