Re-cap
|
Recapitulation
(summary of main Chartering(negotiation) terms/points).
|
| REDEL(redel)
|
Re-delivery of Vessel on Time Charter |
| RELET
|
To
sub-charter ( a chartered vessel) |
| REM(rem) |
Remit |
| REV.
|
Reversible(as
in Laytime) |
| RNR
(rnr) . |
Rate
not reported |
| Roads
(roads) |
Anchorage
Area |
| ROCKPHOS
|
Phosphate
Rock. |
| RI |
Registro
Italiano Navale- Italian Classification Society--- |
ROB
|
Remaining
on board. |
| RORO
(ro-ro) |
Roll-on/roll-off
(vessel). |
| ROTT
|
Rotterdam
|
| RPM
|
Revolutions
(or rotations) per minute. |
| RPS
|
Revolutions
(or rotations) per second. |
| RPT
(rpt) |
Repeat.
|
| RS |
Register
of Shipping of the Russia-- Russian Classification Society- |
| RT
|
Right
time of ship departure/arrival or rye terms. |
| RT
|
Revenue
Tonne |
| RTBA
|
Rate
to be agreed. |
| RTD
|
Round
trip distance |
| S
. |
Summer
loadline; south |
| S
& P (S AND P). |
Sale and purchase |
| S
d/k |
Shelter
deck |
s.s.
& c.
|
Same
sea and country coast. |
| S/a
|
Safe
arrival; subject to approval. |
| S/A
(S.A.) |
South
America; South ; Australia; South Africa; safe anchorage;
Salvage Association. |
| SA
|
Safe
Anchorage |
| S/F;SOF;
S.O.F.(s.o.f.) |
Statement
of facts. |
| S/N
|
Shipping
note. |
| S/o
|
Shipowner.
|
| S/S
|
Suez
laden, Suez ballast. |
| SA/SHEX
|
Saturday
afternoon/Sundays and holidays excepted.(Excluded) |
| SABIO.
|
Stem
and Berth in order |
| SATPM
|
Saturday
P.M. |
| SATSHEX;
SSHEX |
Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays excepted(Excluded) |
SATPMSHEX;
|
Saturdays
PM Sundays and holidays excepted(Excluded) |
| SB
(sb) |
Safe
berth. |
| SBE
|
Standby
engine. |
| SBM
|
Single
buoy mooring (for oil tankers); soyabean meal (cargo). |
| SBT
|
Segregated
ballast tanks. |
| SCNT
|
Suez
Canal Net Tonnage. |
| SD(sd) |
Single decker; self-discharging. |
| SDBC
(sdbc) (sid bc) |
Single Decker bulk carrier |
| SDSTBC.(sdstbc) |
Single
Decker Self-trimming bulk carrier ===Of a vessel's description= |
| SDR
|
Special
Drawing Rights (IMF). |
| SDWT
(sdwt) |
Summer
deadweight. |
| SEA
|
South
east Asia |
|
SELFD |
Self
Discharging (of a vessel) |
SEP
|
Sepetiba
|
SEMI-TRAILERS
|
Are
usually 12.0 meter flatbed road trailers |
| SFA
|
Securities
and Futures Authority |
| SF
.(sf) |
Stowage
factor; Summer Freeboard; San Francisco |
| SFS(sfs) |
Sun
Flowers. |
| SG
|
Specific
gravity. |
| SH
|
Second
Half |
SHEX
|
Sundays
and holidays excepted.(excluded) |
| SHEXEIU
|
Sundays
and holidays excepted, even if used. |
| SHEXUU
|
Sundays
and holidays excepted, unless used. |
| SHEXEIUBE
|
Sundays
and holidays excepted, even if used both end==not to count).
|
| SHEXEIU
|
Sundays
and holidays excepted, even if used both ends.=not to count.
|
| SHINC
|
Sundays,
Holidays Included |
| SHU
|
Shuaibu
(port). |
| Sim
|
Similar |
| Sub
. |
Substitute |
SITPRO
|
Simplification
of International Trade Procedures (Board). |
| SKO
|
Superior
kerosene oil. |
| SKOR
|
South
Korea |
| SL
|
Sailed.
|
| SLT
|
Sludge
Tank. |
| SMC |
Safety Management Certificate. |
| SOB
|
Shipped
on board. |
| SOC
|
Shipper
Owned Container |
| SOF
(sof) |
Statement
of Facts |
| SOLAS
|
International
Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (1974/78). |
| SOUS
PALAN(Sous Palan) |
Under hook--cargo will be brought alongside the carrying
vessel--ie under her "hooks"----free of expence
to the cargo buyer or the carrier. |
SP
(sp)
|
Safe
Port |
| SPASS
|
Skaw
- Passero (range) |
| spd
|
Speed, Ship pays dues |
| SPD/CONS.
|
Speed
and Consumption.==eg spd/cons (of the vls) on abt 25.0 mt=== |
| SPT;SPOT;(spt) |
Spot (ie a Cargo or a Vessel is immediately avaliable) |
| SPM
|
Single
point mooring. |
| SPN
|
Spain. |
| S+R
B/L |
Signing
and Releasing Bills Of Lading. |
| S+R
. |
Signing
and Releasing |
| SRBL |
Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading |
| SS
(ss) |
Special
Survey;Steamship; Service speed. |
SSHEX
(or SATSHEX)
|
Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays Excluded |
| SSHINC
(or SATSHINC) |
Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays Included |
| SSW
(ssw) |
Summer
salt water. |
| STBC
(stbc) |
Self-trimming
bulk carrier. |
| STEM(Stem) |
Refering
to the readiness of cargo which is often a prerequisite
to the fixing of a vessel. |
| STW(stw) |
Stowage. |
| SUB(sub);SUBS(subs)
|
Substitute/Subject;Subjects |
|
Sub Dets |
Subject
Details. |
| Sub
Stem |
Subject
Stem==i.e subject to the cargo availabilty on the required
dates of shipment being confirmed.== |
| Suezmax
(tanker) |
(Oil
Tanker) Ship designed to transit the Suez Canal with full
cargo |
| SV
|
Sailing
vessel. |
| SW
|
Salt
water; shipper’s weight. |
| SWAD
|
Salt
Water Arrival Draft(Draught) |
| SWDD
|
Salt
water departure draft. |
| SWL(swl) |
Safe working load (of cranes, derricks). |
| SWSD |
Salt
Water Sailing Draft(Draught) |
| SWW(sww) |
Single
Swinging Winches. |
T
|
Tropical
loadline |
| T/C(t/c
or tc); T/C Trip (TCT) (tct) |
Time
Charter; Time charter trip |
| T/P
|
Trans
Pacific. |
| T/S
|
Time
sheet; transshipment. |
| TAFHEX
|
Thursday
afternoons Fridays and holidays excepted. |
| TARV
(TA R/V) |
Trans
Atlantic Round Voyage |
| TBA
|
To
be advised. |
| TBD
|
To
be declared. |
| TBMA
|
To
be mutually agreed. |
| TBN
|
To
be Nominated/To be Named.or To be narrowed |
| TBRN;
TRND . |
To
be re-named. |
| TC
(T/C, t/c) |
Time
charter. |
| TCE
|
Time
charter equivalent. |
| TCH
(tch) |
Time
charter hire. |
| TCM
|
Convention
on the International Combined Transport of Goods. |
| TCT
(tct) |
Time
charter Trip. |
| TCY
|
Time
charter yield |
| TDK(tdk)
|
Tween
decker.(of a Vessel) |
| TDW
(tdw) |
Tons
deadweight. |
| TECH
|
Toxic,
explosive, corrosive and hazardous (dangerous cargo) |
| TELCON(telcon) |
Telephone
Conversation. |
| TEU
|
Twenty
foot equivalent unit.(of a container) |
| TF(tf) |
Therefore. |
| TFW
|
Tropical
fresh water loadline. |
| THC
|
Terminal
handling charges, |
| TIB
|
Trimmed
in bunkers. |
| TIP
|
Taking
inward pilot. |
| TL |
Turkish
LLoyd ----- Turkish Classification Society--- |
| TMK
(tmk) |
Tonnage
mark. |
| TNC
|
Time
to next cargo |
| TNGE
(tnge) |
Tonnage. |
| TOM(tom) |
Tomorrow. |
| TOTCOM
(ttl comm) |
Total
commission. |
| TOVALOP
|
Tanker
Owners Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability for oil
Pollution |
| Tp
|
Time
in port. |
| TPC.
|
Tons
per centimeter (immersion) ==of a vessel's description.=== |
| TPCM
|
Tons
per cubic metre. |
| TPD
|
Tons
per day. |
| TPI
(tpi) |
Tons
per inch. |
| TPRV
(TP R/V) |
Trans
Pacific Round Voyage. |
| TR
(tr) |
Tons
registered. |
| TUB.
. |
Tubarao |
| Ts
|
Time
at sea. |
| TSP
|
Triple
super phosphate |
| TST
|
Topside
tank. |
| TT
(tt) |
Turn
Time; Telegraphic transfer; That; TankTop. |
| TTBE.(ttbe)
|
Turn
Time Both Ends. |
| TTL
(ttl) |
Total.
|
| TWD(twD)
|
Tween
Decker. |
| TWHD
|
Tons
per working or Workable hatch per day. |
| TYT
(tyt) |
Thanks
your telex. |
| U.K.f.o.
|
United
Kingdom for orders. |
| U.K.H.A.D.
|
United
Kingdom and Le Havre-Antwerp-Dunkirk range. |
| U.K.H.H.
|
United
Kingdom and Le Havre-Hamburg range. |
| U/D
(u/d); U/on deck |
Under
deck; Under or on deck. |
| UK/Cont
(B.H.) |
United
Kingdom or Continent (Bordeaux-Hamburg range). |
| UK/Cont
(G.H.) |
United
Kingdom or Continent (Gibraltar-Hamburg range). |
| UK/Cont
(H.H.) |
United
Kingdom or Continent (Le Havre-Hamburg range). |
| UKC
|
United
Kingdom or Continent |
| ULCC
|
Ultra
large crude carrier. |
| UNCITRAL
|
United
Nations’ Commission on International Trade Law. |
| UNCTAD
|
United
Nations’ Commission on Trade and Development. |
| USAC
|
United
States Atlantic Coast. |
| USC
(usc) |
Unless
sooner commenced. |
USCG
|
United
States Coast Guard. |
| USD
(US$) |
United
State Dollar. |
| USEC
(USEA) |
United
States East Coast. |
| USG;US
GULF. |
United
States Gulf of Mexico, U S Gulf. |
| USNH |
United States North of (Cape) Hatteras (northern range).
|
| USNP
|
United
States North Pacific. |
| USSH
|
United
States South of (Cape) Hatteras. |
| USWC
(USWE) |
United
States West Coast. |
| UU
(uu) |
Unless
Used |
| UUATUTC
|
Unless
Used (Which Case) Actual Time Used To Count |
| UUIWCTAUTC
|
Unless
Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count |
| UU/IUATUTC
|
Unless
Used/If used (in which Case) Actual Time Used To Count |
| ULCC(ulcc) |
Ultra
Large Crude Carrier( >300,000 dwt) |
| Ullage |
Distance
from surface of (oil)cargo to underside of deck--i.e.--refering
to empty space above cargo left to allow for expansion for
heating(oil) during the voyage. |
| V/C
(v/c) |
Voyage
charter |
| VGO
|
Vacuum
gas oil. |
| VLBC
|
Very
Large Bulk Carrier(of a vessel) |
| VLCC
|
Very
Large Crude Carrier (of a vessel ) (>200,000 and
300,000 dwt) |
| VLOO
|
Very
large ore/oiler (carrier). (>200,000 dwt) |
| VLPC |
Very
Large Product Carrier. (200,000 dwt) |
| VOC
|
Vessel
operating carrier. |
| VPD
|
Vessel
Pays Dues |
| VTMS
|
Vessel
traffic management system. |
| VTS
|
Vessel
traffic system |
| V/M |
Very
Much. |
| W
|
Worldscale;
Winter loadline mark. |
| WS
|
Worldscale(
i.e Tanker Freight Schedule) |
| WW
|
World
Wide. |
| WW
|
Weather
Working |
| WWD
|
Weather
Working Day |
| W/I
(w/i) |
Within
|
| W/M
(w/m) |
Weight and/or measurement. |
| W-A,
W/A,WAF |
West
Africa, (coast) |
| WCA,
|
West
Coast Africa. |
| WAG.
|
West
Asia gulf |
| WB
|
Water
ballast, waybill. |
| WWWW
(W/W/W/W) |
WCCON;
WIFPON; WIPON; WIBON;(wccon;wifpon;wipon;wibon.)--Refering
in the main terms C/P negotiations, how NOR are to be given
or when laytime should starts/commences - In a congestion
ports, charterers should think carefully about these terms,
as owners usually seeks these provisions (4 X W ) to cover
themselves.-- |
| 4
X W |
WCCON
/ WIFPON /WIPON / WIBON; |
| WCCOM
(WICCON) |
Whether
(in) customs cleared (clearance) or not |
| WCCON
|
Whether
Customs Cleared Or Not |
| WIFPON
|
Whether
in free pratique or not |
| WIPON
|
Whether
in Port Or Not. |
| WIBON
|
Whether
In Berth Or Not |
WECON
|
Whether
entered (in) Customs of not. |
| WCNA |
West Coast of North America. |
| WCSA
|
West
coast of South America |
| WCUK
|
West
Coast United Kingdom. |
| WCUS
|
West
Coast United States. |
| WCYO.(wcyo) |
What
Can You Offer.(in seeking/and or offering in chartering
Bix |
| WCYP.(wcyp) |
What
Can You Propose(in seeking/and or proposing in chartering
Bix |
WD
(wd)
|
Working
days. |
| WE/EI
|
West
Britain/East Ireland. |
| WEST
|
Western
Europe. |
| WFA
|
With
following alterations |
| WHD
|
Per
working (workable) hatch per day. |
| WHT
|
Wheat
|
| WHTC |
Wordscale—hours, terms and conditions. |
| WL
|
Waterline. |
| WLTHC
|
Waterline
to top of hatch coaming. |
| WLTOHC
|
Water
Line-To-Hatch Coaming |
| WNA.
|
Winter
North Atlantic loadline mark. |
| WOB
|
Washed
overboard. |
| WOG
(wog) |
Without
Guarantee |
| WP
|
Weather
Permitting |
| WPD
|
Weather
Permitting Day |
| WRIC
|
Wire
Rods In Coils |
| WSNP
|
Weather
And Safe Navigation Permitting |
| WSHTC
or WHTC |
Worldscale
Hours Terms and Conditions. |
| WT;
W/TS |
Wing
tanks |
| WTS
|
Working
time saved. |
| WTSBE
(Also, WTSBENDS). |
Working
time saved both ends |
| WVNS
|
Within
Vessel's natural segregation |
| WWAWIWL
|
Worldwide
and always within Institute Warranty Limits |
| WWDSHEX
|
Weather
working days, Sundays and holidays excepted.(Excluded) |
| WWF
|
Waterside
Workers' Federation |
| WWR;
W W Ready. |
When,
Where, Ready == Refering to a position where a vessel
will be handed over to buyers or will be delivered on to/redelivered
off of time-charter |
| X
Shex. |
Sundays
and holidays excepted |
| XS
|
In
excess of. |
| X-Whse
|
Ex-warehouse. |
| YAR;
YA or Y/A (RULES) |
York
Antwerp Rules. |
| THE
AUTHOR. |
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