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Free On Rail.
FOS Free on ship.
FOT Free On Truck.
FOW (fow) First open water;--e.g After ice in Baltic or St Lawrence. Great lakes trading needs FOW in St Lawrence for example;-- free on wharf; free on wagon. OR Free on Wharf.
FP (fp) (In) free pratique; flash point; Fore Peak--Ballast or Fresh water tank forward of collision Bulkhead.--
FRT(frt) Freight.
PFSO; FSO Petroleum Floating Storage Offloading; Floating Storage Offloading;
FT Fuel terms; also, full terms.
FTC(ftc) Free Transferable Currency.
FTD(ftd) Fitted.
FTTM First thing tomorrow morning.
FV Fishing vessel.
FW(fw) Fresh water.
FWA Fresh water allowance.
FWAD Fresh Water Arrival Draft
FWD(Fwd,fwd) Forward.==Opposite of aft==
FWDD Fresh Water Departure Draft
FWE
 Finished With Engine. (Usually seen on master’s Arrival reports.)
FYG (fyg) For Your Guidance
FYPG (fypg) For Your Private Guidance
FYVPG (fyvpg) For Your Very Private Guidance
FXTR (fxtr) Fixture.
GD(gd),GDAY(Gday) Good Day
G (g); GN (or GR) Grain capacity;Grain (capacity)
G.A; GA PLAN General Average; General Arrangement Plan.
G.B. Great Britain.
G/B (GR/BL) Grain / bale capacity.
GBB Gross ballast bonus.
GC General cargo; great circle.
Gdy Good Day.
GENCAR General cargo.
GEOG RTN (GEOG ROT) In geographical rotation.
G-H RGE Gibraltar - Hamburg range
GIB Gibraltar.
GL Germanischer LLoyd ---Germany Classification Society---
GLESS Gear less.
GRD;(Grd)GLS;Gless. Geared;Gearless;Gearless;
GO. Gas oil.
GNCN; Gencon. General Conditions
GENCON'94 , GCN(gcn) Gencon'94 charter party(code name)
GOP Gross operating profit.
GP General purpose
GR(gr) Grain.
GRT (grt) Gross register tonnage.
GT (gt) Gross tonnage.
Gross Terms. Under which the carrier has to arrange and pay for cargo -handling,although laytime will probably apply.
GSB (gsb) (1 gsb) Good Safe Berth (One good safe Berth)
GSP (gsp) (1 gsp Good Safe Port (One good safe Port)
GSSL Ports of Genoa, Savona, Spezia or Leghorn.
GSSLNCV Ports of Genoa, Savona, Spezia, Leghorn, Naples, Civetta or Vecchia
GTEE (gtee) Guarantee
Guar. (Gtee)
 Guaranteed.
H.A. or D. Le Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk.
H.H. (H/H) Ports between and inclusive of Le Havre and Hamburg.
Ha (ha) Hatch, hatchway.
H AND M. (h and m) Hull and Machinery.
HAT Highest astronomical tide.==The opposite to Lowest Astronomic Tide==
HBI Hot Briquetted Iron.
HBR Hamburg range.
HC ,H/C (h/c) hatch cover; hold cleaning
HCHTRS Head charterers.
HCM Ho Chi Minh City.
HD (hd) Half dispatch.
HDLTSBENDS. Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends
HDWTS Half Despatch Working Time Saved
HDWTSBE, Half dispatch working time saved both ends
HDATS. Half dispatch all time saved.
HDATSBE Half dispatch all time saved both ends.
HFA(hfa) Haifa.
HFO Heavy fuel oil.
HG
 Heavy grain.
HHDW Handy Heavy d.w. (scrap)
HHDWS(hhdws) Heavy, handy, deadweight scrap (scrap stowing deadweight i.e about 40-50 cuft per ton)
HLESS Harmless
HMB Heavy motor block
HMS Heavy Melting Scrap
HNS Hazardous and Noxious Substances
HO Hold
HOHA(Ho/Ha) Holds/hatches.
HR Hellenic Register.---Greece(Greek) Classification Society---
HR(hr) Here; Hour.
HRC Hot Rolled Coils
HR/HRDS Hampton Roads
HSD High speed diesel.
HSS (hss) Heavy grains, Soyabeans and sorghums
HTUTC (htutc) Half Time Used To Count.
HV (hv) Have.
H/V Hague Visby Rules.
HVF Heavy viscosity fuel oil.
HW High Water
HWDW
Heavy, handy, dead weight.
HWLTHC. Height waterline to top hatch.
HWONT High water on ordinary neap tides
HWOST High water on ordinary spring tides=The opposite to Low Water on Ordinary Spring Tides.
IAC (iac) In all case
I.A.C.S. (IACS) International Association of Classification Societies.
IATA International Air Transport Association.
IBC Intermediate bulk carrier.
ICC International Chamber of Commerce.
ICS Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers; International Chamber of Shipping.
IDL International Date Line.
IFO (ifo) Intermediate fuel oil.
IGM Import general manifest.
IGS Inert Gas System.
IHP Indicated horse power.
ILO
International Labour Organisation Geneva.
ILOHC (ilohc) In lieu of hold cleaning.
ILOW In lieu of weighing.
IMB International Maritime Bureau.
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods.
IMCO Intergovernmental Maritime Consultitive Organisation.
IMO International Maritime Organisation
IN &/OR OVER Goods carried below or on deck
INCL(incl) Including.
INCLOT(inclot) Including Overtime.
IND(ind) Indication
INDO Indonesia.
INMARSAT International Maritime Convention on Communication by Satellite.
INS(ins) Insurance.
INTERCARGO International Association of Dry Cargo shipowners.
INTERTANKO International Association of Independent Tanker Owners.
IOPC International Oil Pollution Compensation.
IOT (INCLOT)
Including overtime.
IRS Indian Register of Shipping. ---India Classification Society---
ISF International Shipping Federation.
ISM International Safety Management (Code).
ISO International Standards Organisation.
ITF. International Transport Worker’s Federation.
ITFW. International Transport Worker’s Federation.
IU (iu) If Used
IUATUC If used actual time used to count
IUHTAUTC If Used, Half Time Actually used to Count
IWL Institute Warranty Limits==Geographical limitations to permitted trading areas,drawn up and imposed by underwriters, and commonly applied throughtout the Maritime world.
j. & w.o. Jettison and washing overboard.
JBL Jubail
Jett Jettison.
JR Yugoslav Register----- Yugoslav Classification Society---
JV Joint venture.
KI Klasifikasi Indonesia----Indonesia Classification Society---
KTS, k, kn, knt, kt, knot Knot; Knots nautical miles (6080 feet or 1853 metres) per hour.
KMT Distance from keel to mast.
KR Korean Register--- Korean Classification Society---
KRS Koreans.
L. Laden.
L/D (l/d)
 Loading/discharging.e.g L/D 2000/2500Mt
LA Los Angeles
LASH Lighter aboard ship (barge carrier).
LAT Lowest Astronomicl tide; latitude.
Laycan (L/C, LYCN) Laydays /commencing; laydays/ canceling dates; or laydays/canceling.
LB Long Beach
LBP Length between perpendiculars.(of a Ship)
LC (L/C) . letter of credit;London clause;laycan.
L/C/D (l/c/d) Lashed/Secured/Dunnaged.
LCL (lcl) Less than Full Container Load.
LCI Lambert’s Capesize Index.
Lcr Lowest current rate.
LDN. Laden;London
LDO. Light diesel oil.
L/P (l/p) Loading Port.
LDPT. Load Port
LEFO
Land’s end for orders.
LGFM Lond Grain Fixures Market
LHAR London, Hull, Amsterdam or Rotterdam.
LIFO (lifo) Liner in, Free out; Last in, First out.
Liner Terms; LT The responsibilty and cost of loading,carrying,discharging cargo is that of the shipowner(carrier) from the moment the goods are placed alongside the carrying vessel,until they are fully discharged alongside at their destination port .
LL loadlines; Laden legs.
LLT London landed terms.
LM Lane metres.
LMC Lloyd’s machinery certificate.
LMMA London Maritime Arbritation Association.
LNG Liquefied natural gas (carrier).
LO Lubricating oil.
LO/LO Load-on and load-off or Lift-on and lift-off vessel.
LOA Length Overall (of the vessel)
LOF Lloyd’s Open Form. (Salvage Agreement), 1995.
Log Book Official Document recording daily the main details of a voyage,not to be confused with the Log Abstract.
LOI; L/I Letter of indemnity.
LOW Last open water.
LPD Load port disbursements.
LPG (of a vessel) Liquified petroleum gas or (of a vessel)
Lpl. Liverpool
LQT
Liverpool quay terms.
LR Lloyds Register of Shipping.--- British (UK) Classification Society---
LRATE Load rate.
LS Lumber (timber) summer loadline.
LS; L/S; (or LUMPS) L'sum Lumpsum
LSD Landing ship dock; landing storage and delivery
LSD Lashed Secured Dunnaged
LSLSDU Loaded, stowed, lasned, secured, dunnaged and unlashed.
LT (lt) Local Time.
LT (It/Its) Long tons;==A ton of 2240 pounds,equivalent to 1.016 metric tonnes==; Liner terms; London terms.
Lt. V Light vessel.
LDT (ldt) Light Displacement tonnes
LTBENDS Liner terms, both ends.
LTS (BE) Laytime saved (both ends).
LW Low Water
LWOST Low Water On Ordinary Spring Tides==A measure of water depth at the low water mark on ordinary.==
LWT (lwt) Lightweight tonne.
LWNA Lumber Winter North Atlantic (loadline).
LYCN Laycan (Layday Cancelling Date)
M Metre; measure; measurement.
M/R Mate’s receipt.
M/V. Motor Vessel.
MAA
Mina Al Ahmadi
MAP Mono-ammonium phosphate
MARPOL Convention for the Prevention of Maritime Pollution from ships (1973/1978).
MATS Material(s), (i.e. dunnage).
MB Merchant Broker
MB/T Motor blocks/ turnings.
MBTE Methyl, butyl, tertiaer ether
MDO.(mdo) Marine diesel oil.
M/E Main Engine
MGO Main Gas Oil
MED Mediteranean.
MEM (mem) Moment.
MEG Middle East Gulf.
MEX Mexico.
MH Main hatch.
MHWN Mean high water neaps: and
MLWN Mean low water neaps==Average depths of water available at the times of low and of high tides during periods of Neap Tides.
MIC Man-in-charge.
MICS. Member of The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.
MIN/MAX (min/max) Minimum/Maximum== refering to a fixed cargo size (e.g 5,000 tonnes min/max
MIO(mio) Millon(s).
ML
Motor launch.
MLD Moulded.
MLLW Mean low low water.
MLS Miles.
MLW Mean low water.
MHWS Mean High water Springs: and
MLWS Mean low water Springs==Average depths of water available at the times of low and of high tides during periods of SpringTides. Some charts are calculated against these "averages" rather than based on chart datum.
MOL. More or Less.=refering to a cargo size option
M/M Minimum/ Maximum.
MOA Memorandum of Agreement--- A contract form specifying the terms and conditions covering the sale and purchase of a merchantship--
MOLCHOPT (MOLCHOP, MOLCO) More or Less Charterers Option,refers to cargo quantity.
MOLOO More or Less Owners Option
MOP Muriate of Potash (fertiliser)
MOS (mos) Months.
MPP(mpp) Multi-purpose vessel.
MRNG(mrng) Morning.
MRX Medium range cross-purpose tanker.
MS Motor shop; motor spirit; machinery survey.
MSA Merchant Shipping Act.
MSC Manchester Ship Canal;Maritime Safety Committee (of IMO).
Mst Measurement.
MSV Motor support vessel.
(Mts); MT
 Metric tons (tonne); ---A tonne of 2,204 pounds or 1,000 kilograms,equivalent to 0.9842 Long tons-==; multimodal transport; main terms; motor tanker.
MTL Mean tidal level.
MTO Multimodal transport operator.
MTPA Million metric tonnes per annum.
MV Motor vessel.
MTN, mtn, Mts Metric tons
N(n) And
N CONT (NO CONT) North Continent.
N(NTH) North.
n.E. Not east of.
n.e.p.(NEP) Not elsewhere provided.
n.m. Nautical mile.
n.N.(N/N) Not north of
N.O.P. Net operating profit.
n.o.p. Not otherwise provided.
n.S. Not south of.
n.W. Not west of.
N.Y.T. New York Standard Time.
NYPE,(nype) New York Produce Exchange Charter Party== Time Charter Form==
N/B, NB. New building.
N/t
New terms (grain trade).
NA (na) North Atlantic; North America; nearest approach.
NAA(naa) Not always Afloat
NAABSA(naabsa) Not Always Afloat but Safely Aground
NCB National Cargo Bureau
NCSA North Coast South America
NDFCAPMQS No Deadfreight For Charterers Account Provided Minimum Quantity Supplied.
NEAP TIDES(neap tides) The opposite to Spring Tides==Neap Tides occur when the tidal range is at its lowest.
NEGOS Negotiations.
Neobig Not East of but including Greece.
NES(n.e.s) Not elsewhere specified.
NETT TERMS(Nett Terms) Opposite to Gross Terms==Cargo-handlings is the responsibilities and for the account of the Charterers or the cargo seller.==
NWE North West Europe
NEWCT North East of West Coast Italy.
NHP Nominal horse power.
NJ New Jason clause in C/P.
NK Nippon Kaiji Kyokai---Japanese Classification Society---
NMPD Nautical miles per day.
NNGWB Not north of George Washington Bridge (i.e. New York).
NOLA New Orleans
NOPAC
North Pacific (Ports)
NOM(nom) Nominations
NON REV Non Reversible Laytime
NOR (N/R), (nor) Notice of Readiness.
NOR T & A Notice of Readiness tendered and accepted.
NORT Notice of Readiness tendered.
NPK Nitro Phosphatic Kompound
NR Northern Range of Ports (in US)
NR T (nrt) Not register tonnage.
NRT(nrt) Net Restricted Tonnage
NS No sparring.
NIS Norwegian International Ship Registry
NSW New South Wales (Australia)
NT Net tonnage; neap tides; new tonnage.
NTC Not to count.
NTCEIU Not to count, even if used.
NTCEUU Not to count, unless used.
NV Norske Veritas-----Norwegian Classification Society---
NVOCC Non-vessel owing common carrier.
NY (NYK) New York.
O.O.
Owner’s option.
o.t. Overtime.
O/B On board.
O/C Open charter; ore carrier
O/D Over deck.
O/O Oil/ore (or ore/oil) carrier.
o/w Outward.
oa Overall
O/A(oa) of vessel OK Over age of vessel okay.
oaaoop On arrival at or of the port.
OABE (oabe) Owners agents both ends
OAFSP On arrival first sea pilot.
OAGE Overage.
OAHPS
On arrival harbour pilot station
OAL Overall length (same as LOA).
OAPEC Organisation of Arabic Petroleum Exporting Countries.
OBO Oil, bulk, ore carrier.
OBQ On board quantity.
Oc B/L Ocean bill of lading.
OCC Outward clearance certificate; Oil Co-ordination Committee.
OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum
ODM Oil discharge monitor
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
O-H (O/H) Off-hire.
OHBC
Open hatch bulk carrier.
OO (oo) Owners Option.
OPA (US) Owners Protecting Agent or Oil Pollution Act (USA), 1990
OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
OPT(opt) Option.
O/S(o/s) Out Standing.
OSB One safe berth.
OSD/CSD Open shelter deck or closed shelter deck (vessel).
OSH Open Shelter Deck
OSP One safe port.
OSPB One safe port or berth.
OSV Offshore supply vessel.
ONW(onw) Onwards.
OWISE(owise) Otherwise.
OWS;OWNS (owns) Owners
Overage Quantity of cargo loaded in excess of minimum agreed. OR An additional premium payable by cargo owners when loading their cargo on a vessel over a given age.
PANDI; P & I; pi
Protection and Indemnity's (Club) name.
P + C (P AND C) Private and confidential.
p.f.t. Per freight ton.
p.p. (pp) Picked ports.
PPSE (ppse) Please Propose, Propose ( i.e. in offering a piece of business in chartering)
P/s; Pls; PLS Please.
p.p.i. Policy proof of interest.
p.t. (PT) Per ton; private terms.
PA (P/A) Particular average.
PAD Pacific Australia Direct
PASTUS;PUS Past Us (ie.on commission)
PANAMAX Vessel build to maximum dimensions of Panama Canal.
PB Permanent bunkers; poop and bridge.
PBF Poop, bridge and forecastle.
PC Port Consumption
PC Period of Charter, Port Clearance
P/C; pc; PCGO(pcgo) Part cargo, parcel cargo.
PCC Pure car carrier.
PCM
Per calender month (hire).
PCNT Panama Canal Net Tonnage.
PCO (PICO) Port in charterer’s option.
PCT(pct) Percentage; Percent.
PCTC Pure car and truck carrier.
PD Port dues.
PDM Punta De Madeira.
PDPR; pdpr Per day pro-rata.
PER SE By Itself
PERDIEM By the Day
PF(pf) Pro Forma.
PG (P/G) Persian Gulf (also, referred as AG = Arabian Gulf)
PHC Port handling charges.
PHD Per hatch day.
PHPD Per Hatch Per Day
PHO Port health officer.
PIC Person in charge.
PICO Port In Charterer's Option.
PIOPIC P & I Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause.
PMO
Passing Muscat outbound
PMT Per metric ton.
POA Place of acceptance.
POB Pilot on board.
poc (POC) Port of call.
pod (POD) Port of Discharge
POL Petroleum, oil and lube Or Port of Loading
por (POR) Port of refuge.
POPS Purchase Options.
PPSE;(ppse); PPOSE (ppose) Propose.
PPROPOSE.(ppropose); Please Propose
PPS Pumps (capacity in cubic metres).
PPT(ppt) Prompt==Indicates that a cargo or a ship is available promptly==
PMT (pmt) Per Metric Ton.
PPUK Picked ports of U.K
PQ Province of Quebec.
PR Polski Rejestr----- Polish Classification Society---
PRC People’s Republic of China.
PR (pr Pro Rata.
PRIV(priv) Private.
PROBO Combined Products and Bulk Carrier
PSG Passing
PSI
Pounds per square inch; pre shipment inspection.
pssg (PSSG) Passing.
PLS(pls) Please.
PLT(plt) Per Long Ton
PST(pst) Per Short Ton; Pacific Standard Time.
pt B Port bunkers.
PWH Per Workable Hatch.
PWHD Per Workable Hatch Day.
PWWD(pwwd) Per Weather Working day.
Q88 Questionnaire 88. The Current Standard Tanker Voyage Chartering Questionnaire 1988---usually given by the Oil tanker owners to the charterers or to prospective buyers, showing among other techinical details,including General Information,and Loadline,ownership & operations,classification(class history) & certification,recent operational history,structural conditions,cargo pumps,dimensions,etc.--- of the vessel-- (Metric system to be applied where not otherwise, it will be specified)
q.c Quantity at Captain's option
q.n. Quotation.
qlty Quality.
QTTY(qtty) Quantity.
QWT Quay weight; Quay weight and Tonnage Dues.
R of T Range of tide.
r.d. Running days.
R/E
Rate of exchange.
R/P Return to port for orders.
R/T Revenue ton.
R/V (RV) Round voyage.
RAPL Rotterdam – Amsterdam Pipeline.
RBAY Richards Bay
RBCT Richards Bay Coal Terminal.
RC Running Costs----The expenses of operating a merchant ship.---
RCN Research octane number.
RCVR (rcvrs) Receivers.
RDC (rdc) Running down clause.
Rds Roads.
RGDS (rgds); BRGDS (brgds) Regards; Best Regards
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