MARITIME ABBREVIATION
A
aaaa
abs
abt
acct or a/c
acot
addr
agw
ah
aht
aid
aims
anfood
aphos
aps
ara
arag
asf
aux
awb
awes
always afloat always accessible
American Bureau of Shipping
about
account
Advisory Committee of Offshore Technology
address (commission)
all going well
antwerp-hamburg range
Anchor Handling Tug
Agency for International Development
American Institute of merchant Shipping
animal food (type of cargo)
african phosphate c/p
Arriving Pilot Station
antwerp-rotterdam- amsterdam
Antwerp - Rotterdam - Amsterdam - Gent
Asian Shipowners' Forum
auxiliary
air waybill
Association of Western European Shipbuilders
B
b
b/l
b/n
b/s
b4
ba
baf
bbb
bc
be
bends
bfi
bgd
bhp
biac
bifa
biffex
bimco
bisco
bl
blk
blt
boc
Beam
bill of lading
booking note
bill of sale
Before
buenos aires
bunker adjustment factor
before breaking bulk
Bulk Carrier
both ends
both ends
Baltic Freight Index
bagged
brake horse power
Business and Industry Advisory Committee
British International Freight Association
Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange
Baltic and International Maritime Council
British Iron and Steel COrporation
bale
bulk
Built
Bulk Oil Carrier
bod
br
br
brg
brkrs
brl
bs
bsc
bsea
bsi
btms
bv
C
c&f
c.i.s.
cabaf
caf
can
cancl
casa
cbm
cbs
cc
cc
ccc
cf
cfr
cfs
cgo
chopt
chrts
cif
cif
cip
cmi
cmpl
cob
cob
cob
cod
cogsa
comb
coms
Cont
cont
cop
board of directors
Bulgarian Register
brazil
Bridge
brokers
barrel
Bahamas
British Shippers Council
black sea
British Standards Institution
bottoms (parcels)
Bureau Veritas
Cost and Freight
commonwealth independent states (ex soviet republics)
currency and bunker adjustment factor
currency adjustment factor
canada
cancelling
casablanca
cubic metres
Cyprus Bereau of Shipping
cargo capacity
Cement Carrier
customs cooperation council
cubic feet
Cost and FReight
container freight station
cargo
charterers option
charterers
cost insurance freight
Cost Insurance and Freight
Carriage and Insurance Paid to
Committee maritime international
Completed
Clean On Board
cargo on board
closing of business
cash on delivery
carriage of goods by sea act
Combinable
commissions
Container Ship
Continent
custom of the port
core7
cp
cpt
cpt
cqd
crns
csc
csh
ct
ct
ctl
cuft
cyl
D
d
d.o.
da
daf
dap
dap
dd
ddp
ddu
ddu
de
dely
dems
deq
des
df or d.f.
dims
disp
doc
dolsp
dop
dpa
drft
drgr
drx
dur
dw
dwcc
dwt
E
ec
ecgb
c/p for iron ore transportation
charter party
Carriage Paid To
captain
customary quick despatch
cranes
container safety convention
Cargo Ship
Chemical Tanker
combined transport
constructive total loss
cubic feet
Cylinders
Depth
Diesel Oil
disbursement accounts
Delivered At Frontier
days all purposes
dia-ammonium sulphate
dry dock
delivered duty paid
Delivered Duty Unpaid
Delivered DUty paid
Deemed / Earned (freight)
delivery
Demurrage
Delivered Ex Quay
Delivered Ex Ship
dead freight
dimensions
Displacement
document of compliance (ism)
dropping outward last sea pilot
Dropping Out Pilot
designated person ashore (ism)
draft
Dredge - r
hellenic drachma (currency)
duration
Dead Weight
dead weight- cargo capacity
deadweight
east coast
east coast Great Britain
ecsa
ecuk
ecus
efta
egy
eiu
epirb
er
eta
etc
etd
ets
euc (euro)
excl
exw
F
f.o.
fac
fas
fas
fb
fca
fcc
fcl
fcr
fd
fd&d
fdd
fdeocl
ferts
feu
fgi
fhex
fhex
fhinc
filo
fio
fios
fiost
fiot
fish
flg
flo-flo
flt
fmc
fms
east coast south america
east coast United Kingdom
east coast United States
european free trade association
Egypt
even if used
emergency position indicating radio beacon
Engine Room
estimated time of arrival
expected time of commencement (or completion)
estimated time of departure
estimated time of sailing
european currency units
excluding
Ex Works
Fuel Oil
fast as can
free alongside ship
Free Alongside
Ferry Boat
Free CArrier
first class charterers
Full Container Load
Floating Crane
free despatch
freight deadfreight & demurrage
freight demurrage defence (p&i)
freight deemed earned on completion loading
fertilizers
Forty Feet Equivalent Units
for guidance and information
fridays holidays excluded
fridays holidays excluded
fridays holidays included
free in liner out
free in out
free in out stowed
free in out spout trimmed
free in out trimming
Fishing Boat
flag
FLoat On - FLoat Off
full liner terms
federal maritime commission
fathoms
fob
fob
fob
foq
for
fot
fpa
fpt
fr
fr
frght
fso
ftc
fui
fw
fwa
fwad
fwd
fwd
fxd
fyg
G
ga
ga
gatt
gc
gcn
gd
geo
gib
gl
gmdss
gmt
gr
Gr
gr
grd
grls
grt
gspb
gtee
H
h.s.a.
ha
hd
hdwts
free on board
free on board
Free On Board
free on quay
free on rail
free on truck
free of particular average
fore peak tank
freight
France
freight
fleet safety officer (ism)
Free Transferable currency
for your information
fresh water
fresh water allowance
fresh water arrival draft
fresh water draft
forward
fixed
for your guidance
general average
Go Ahead (telex operator)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Gas Carrier
gencon
good
geographical (rotation)
Gibraltar
Germanischer Lloyd
global maritime distress and safety system
greenwich mean time
grain
Greece (Hellas)
greece
geared
gearless
gross register tons
Good Safe Port Berth
guarantee
hellenic shipbrokers association
hatch
half despatch
half despatch working time saved
hf
hfo
hh
hh or hoha
hhs
hk
hl or h/l
ho
hoha
hond
hrs
hrs
hsa
hss
hss
I
i/o
icc
ics
ics
ifo
igs
ihp
ilohc
ilow
imco
imdg code
imo
incl
inclad
inco terms
isf
ism
iso
iwl
J
jpn
K
kr
L
l
l.b.h.
l.m.c.
l.t.
l/c
l/c
Hydrofoil
heavy fuel oil
holds hatches
holds / hatches
heavy handy scrap
hong kong
Heavy Lift
hold
holds hatches
Honduras
Hellenic Register of Shipping
hours
Hellenic Shipbrokers Association
heavy grain,soya,sorghum
High-speed Sea Service
instead of
international chamber of commerce
international chamber of shipping
institute of chartered shipbrokers
intermediate fuel oil
inert Gas System
Indicated Horse Power
in lieu of holds cleaning
in lieu of weight
intergovernmental maritime commission
international maritime dangerous goods code
international maritime organization
Including
including address
international commercial terms
international safety federation
bla bla bla
bla bla bla
institute warranties limits
japan
Korean Register of Shipping
Length
length / breadth/ height
Lloyd's machinery certificate
Long Tons
lay can
letter of credit
l/d
la
lash
lash
lat
lbp
lc or l/c
ldg
lgc
lhar
lifo
lo/lo
loa
loi
long
lpg
lpgc
lr
ls
lsc
Lubs
M
m.
m.e.
m/s
m/v
m/y
mald
mdc
mdo
me or m.e
med
mga
mgo
mic
mid
min/max
mip
miss
mm
moa
mol
molchopt
moloo
mop
mos
loading / discharging
los angeles (usa)
Lighter Aboard SHip
Lighter Aboard Ship
latitude
Length Between Perpeticulars
letter of credit
loading
Liquefied Gas Carrier
london, hull, antwerp, rotterdam range
liner in free out
Lift On / Lift Off
Length Over All
Letter Of Indemnity
longitude
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
liquefied petroleum gas carrier
Lloyds Register
Light Ship
Live Stock Carrier
Lubricants
metres
Main Engine
motor ship
motor vessel
Motor Yacht
Maldives Islands
marina di carrara
marine diesel oil
main engine
mediterranean
master's general account
marine gas oil
man in charge
middle
minimum/maximum
marine insurance policy
mississippi river
minimum/maximum
memorandum of agreement (S&P)
more or less
more or less at charterers' option
more or less at owners' option
muriate of potash
months
mou paris
mpp
mrble
mt
mtc
mti
mv or m/v
N
na or n/a
naa
naabsa
ncb
ncr
ncv
ng
nhp
nk
No
nola
NOR
norgrain
nr or n.r.
nrt
nsf
ny
nype
nype
O
oa
obc
obct
obo
oc
od
onw
ooc
opt
osd
osd
ows
P
p&c
p&i
p.p.i.
p/f
p/l
memorandum of understanding (paris)
multi purpose (type of ship)
marble
metric tons
moment to alter trim once centimeter
moment to alter trim one inch
motor vessel
not applicaple - not acceptable -not available
not always afloat
not always afloat but safely aground
national cargo bureau
non conformance report (ism)
no commercial value
Nigeria
nominal horse power
nippon kaiji Kyokai
Number
North Lakes
Notice of Readiness
voyage c/p for carriage of grains (usa-can)
northern range (from norfolk to portland in usec)
net register tons
Norwegian Sales Fort
new york
new york produce exchange charter party
New York Produce Exchange (charter party)
over aged
Ore Bulk Carrier
Ore Bulk Container
Oil Bulk Ore
Ore Carrier
outside diameter
onwards
Ore Oil Carrier
option
Open Shelter Decker
open shelter decker
owners
Private & Confidential
protection and indemnity (club)
policy proof of interest
proforma
partial loss
p/n
pa
pan
pandi
pass
pb
pc
pcc
pd
pd
ph
phil
phos
pls
plts
pmo
pmt
pod
pod
posn
ppse
ppt
pr
prt
psa
psc
pt
pton
pts
pus
pus
pv
pwh
Q
qar
qt
qte
R
r
r/v
rd
rdc
rdly
rdr
redely
ref
promissory note
particular average
Panama
p&i
Passenger Ship
permanent bunkers
Product Carrier
Pure Car Carrier
Per Day
port dues
per hatch
Philippines
phosphate
please
palletes
passing muscat outbound
Per Metric Ton
paid on delivery
port of delivery
position
propose
prompt
Polski Rejestr Statkow
port
Passenger Ship Association
port state control
Product Tanker
Per Ton
spanish pesetas (currency)
past us (commissions)
past us (coms)
Peru
per workable hatch
quality assurance representative (ism)
Qatar
quote
Are
round voyage
running days
running down clause
redelivery
radar
redelivery
Refrigerator Ship
reg
rep
req
rge
ri (rina)
rnd
rnge
RoRo
rqrd
rt
rt
ryt
S
s&p brkr
s.s.
s/n
s/p
s/r
s/s
saoclonl
SatCom
SatNav
satshex
sb
sbm
se
shex
shinc
sid
smc
smm
smp
sms
sob
Sof
solas
sop
sopep
sp
sp
spn
spore
spt
sr
src
sshex
regarding
representative
require
range
Registro Italiano
round (voyage)
range
Roll on Roll off
required
Radio Telephone
radio telephone
re your telex / telegram / telephone
sale and purchase broker
Special Survey
shipping note
Submersible Pontoon
Signing / Releasing (bills of lading)
Steamship
Ship And Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost
Satellite Communication
Satellite Navigation
saturdays sundays holidays excluded
safe berth
soya bean meal
south east
Sundays Holidays Excluded
sundays holidays included
single decker
safety management certificate (ism)
safety management manual (ism)
soya bean meal pallets
safety management system (ism)
shipped on board
Statement of Facts
Safety Of Life At Sea
sulphate of potash
shipboard oil pollution emergency plan (ism
safe port
Spain
spain
Singapore
spot
Soviet Register
Slops Receiving Station
Saturdays Sundays Holidays Excluded
ssv
ssw
st
stbd
stc
stcw code
stcw convention
stds
stem
stg
stl
sub
swd
swl
syna
T
t/l
tc
tct
teu
tg
tnge
tns
tpc
tpi
tr
ts
tsh
tsp
tss
ttl
tw
tween
U
u
uce
uk
uk/cont
ulcc
unqt
up river
usa
usd
usec
usg
usnh
Support Supply Vessel
sawn soft wood
Side Tank
Starboard
Said To Contain
SEAFARERS' training certification and watch-keeping
international convention on standards of training certification and
watch-keeping for seafarers
standards
subject to existence of merchandise
Salvage Tug
steel
subject to
salt water draft
Safe Working Load
synacomex
total loss
time charter
time charter trip
Twenty Feet Equivalent Units
Tug
tonnage
tons
tons per centimetre
tons per inch
Trawler
tons
Tanker Ship
triple super phosphate
tailshaft survey
total
tween decker
tweendecker
You
unforseen circumstances excepted
united kingdom
united kingdom / continent range
Ultra Large Crude Carrier
unquote
upper ports of river parana (argentina)
United States of America
united states dollars
united states east coast
United States Gulf
united states, north of cape hateras
uswc
uu
V
Vaoclonl
vlcc
vol.
W
wb
wc
wci
wci
wcsa
weccon
wechon
wibon
wiccon
wifpon
wipon
wlthc
wog
wp
wr
wr
ww
wwd
wwd
wwr
wwww
X
Y
yu
Z
z.t.
united states west coast
Unless Used
Vessel And Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost
Very Large Crude Carrier
volume
Water Ballast
west coast
West Coast India
west coast italy
west coast south america
whether entered customs clearance or not
whether entered customs house or not
weather in berth or not
weather in cargo clearance or not
weather in free pratique or not
weather in port or not
Water Line to Top of Hatch Coming
Without Guarantee
Weather Permitting
War Risks
without responsibility
world wide
Winches Working Day
Weather Working Days
when where ready
wipon / wifpon / wiccon / wibon
Yugoslavia
Zone Time