ACRONYMSFollowing is a list of acronyms commonly used in the maritime and petroleum industries.  While Enercon Group Inc. has endeavored to make this list as complete and accurate as possible, we do not suggest that all common acronyms are contained herein or that the descriptions of the abbreviations are the only accepted ones.  Accordingly, we invite input from our clients and web page visitors who wish to contribute with additions and/or corrections. 

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A A1    ABS Class of Vessel

AAAA    Always Afloat, Always Accessible

AAPA    American Association of Port Authority

AARA    Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area

AAS    Annual Automation Control Survey

AASO    Association of American Shipowners

ABC    Activity-Based Costing

ABCU    Automated Bridge Control System For Unattended Engine Room

ABN    Abandoned

ABS    American Bureau of Shipping

ABT    About

AC    Alternating Current

ACC    Automatic Control System Certified

ACCU    Automatic Control System Certified For Unattended Engine Room

ACFN    American Committee for Flags of Necessity

ACG    Annual Cargo Gear Survey

ACP    Alternative Compliance Program

ACS    American Chemical Society

ACS    Arab Classification Society

ADA    Americans With Disabilities Act

ADEC    Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

ADCOM    Address Commission

A/F    All Fast  

AFL-CIO    American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

AFRA    Average Freight Rate Assessment

AFRAMAX    A tanker of such size as to take commercial advantage under World scale (generally, tankers 80,000-119,000 DWT)

AFSPS    Arrival First Sea Pilot Station (Norway)

AG    Accessibility Guidelines

AG    Algeria (Flag)

AG    Arabian Gulf (See PG)

AHL    Australian Hold Ladders

AHS    Annual Hull Survey

AI    Artificial Intelligence

AID    Agency for International Development

AIGSS    Annual Inert Gas System Survey

AIMS    American Institute of Merchant Shipping

AIMU    American Institute of Marine Underwriters

ALLI    Annual Load Line Inspection

A.M.C.    American Maritime Cases

AMS    Annual Machinery Survey

AMVER    Automated Mutual – Assistance Vessel Rescue System

AMWELSH 93    Americanized Welsh Coal Charter (1993)

ANPRM    Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ANSI    American National Standards Institute

ANT    Netherlands Antilles (Flag)

ANTHAM    Antwerp-Hamburg Range

APA    Administrative Procedure Act

API    American Petroleum Institute

API (See Measurement Definitions)

APS   Arrival Pilot Station

ARA    Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam (range)

ARAG    Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Gent Range

ARCS    Admiralty Raster Chart Service (U.K. Hydrographic Office)

ARE    United Arab Emirates (Flag)

ARMS    Automated Requisition Management System

ARO    Agreement on Rules of Origin (GATT 1994)

ARPA    Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARPAS    Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

ARS    Annual Cargo Refrigeration System Survey

A/S    Alongside

AS    Annual Survey

ASBA    Association of Shipbrokers and Agents (U.S.A.) Inc.

ASBA II    A Type of Standard Voyage Charter Party Issued by ASBA

ASBATANKVOY A Type of Standard Voyage Charter Party Issued by ASBA

ASEE    American Society for Engineering Education

ASF    Asian Shipowners Forum

ASME    Association of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM    American Society for Testing and Materials

ATC    Affordability Through Commonality (NAVSEA Program)

ATDNSHINC    Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays Included

ATONIS    Aids To Navigation Information System

ATUTC    Actual Time Used To Count

AUS    Australia (Flag)

AUTODAM    Automated Damage Control

AUX(AX)    Auxiliary

AUX KW    Auxiliary/Generators Kilowatts (total)

AUXMIS    Auxiliary Management Information System

AXBS    Auxiliary Boiler Survey

AXFTBS    Auxiliary Eire-Tube Boiler Survey

AXWHBS    Auxiliary/Waste Heat Boiler Survey

AXWTBS    Auxiliary Water-Tube Boiler Survey

AZE    Azerbaijan (Flag)  

B

BAF    Bunker Adjustment Factor

BBB    Before Breaking Bulk (i.e. before discharge of cargo commences)

BBLS    Barrels

BCM    Bow to Center Manifold

BDI    Both Dates Inclusive

BECU    Billion ECU

BEL    Belgium (Flag)

BENDS    Both Ends

BFI    Baltic Freight Index

BH    Belize (Flag)

BHD    Bulkhead

BHS    Bahamas (Flag)

BI    Both Inclusive

BIIBA    British Insurance and Investment Brokers Association

BIMCO    Baltic and International Maritime Council

BISD    Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (GATT)

BK    Book

BKI    Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia (Indonesian Class Society)

B/L or BL    Bill of Lading

BL    Bulgarian Lloyd (Class Society)

BLADING    See B/L

BLG    Subcommittee on Bulk Liquids and Gases (IMO)

BLK    Bulk

BLKCAR (B/C)    Bulk Carrier

BLR    Boiler

BLRHS    Boiler Heating Surface (Combined)

BM    Beam  

BM    Boom

BM    Mayanmar (Burma) (Flag)

BMLA    British Maritime Law Association

BMP    Best Manufacturing Practices (U.S. Navy Program)

BMU    Bermuda (Flag)

B/N    Booking Note

BNM    Broadcast Notice to Mariners

BOB    Bunkers on Board

BOFFER    Best Offer

BOPEC    Bonaire Petroleum Corporation N.V.

BORCO    Bahamas Oil Refining Corp.

BR    Brazil (Flag)

BR    Brazilian Class Society

BRG    Bearing

BRM    Bridge Resources Management

BROB    Bunkers Remaining On Board

BS    Boiler Survey

BS&W    See S&W

BSS    Basis

BSS 1/1    Basis 1 Port to 1 Port

BT    Berth Terms

BT    Bow Thruster

BTM    Bottom

BTU    British Thermal Unit – 0.252 kcal

BV    Bureau Veritas (French Class Society)

BWAD    Brackish Water Arrival Draft

BWT    (Vessel) To Be Used AsBreakwater    

C

C    Center (CNTR)

C&F    Cost, Insurance & Freight

C&F FO    Cost and Freight Free Out 

CA    Center Aft  

CA    Controlled Atmosphere

CAC    Citizens Advisory Council

CAD    Computer Assisted Design

CAM    Computer Assisted Manufacture

CAP    Condition Assessment Program

CAPESIZE    Bulk Carrier 100,000-180,000 DWT

CAS    Condition Assessment Survey

CAS    Continuous Automatic Control System Survey

CASP    Computer Assisted Search Planning System

CAXBS    Composite Auxiliary Boiler Survey

CBFT    Cubic Feet 

CBM/cu.m.    Cubic Meters

CBS    Cyprus Bureau of Shipping (Class Society)

C.B.T./CBT    Clean Ballast Tanks

CCC    Clean Caribbean Cooperative

CCC    Commodity Credit Corp.

CCC    Customs Co-Operation Council

CCF    Capital Construction Fund (U.S.)

CCS or CS    China Class Society (Formerly ZC)

CDI    Chemical Distribution Institute

CDS   Construction-Differential Subsidy (46 USC Title V)

CE-CAD    Civil Engineering CAD

CEC    Commission of the European Communities

CEDS    Civil Engineering Data System

CENSA    Council of European & Japanese National Shipowners Associations

CERCLA    Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act ("Superfund")

CERT    Certificate

c.ft./cuft    Cubic Feet (ft3)

CF    Center Forward

CFE/TLE    Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty Implementation

CFR    Code of Federal Regulations (U.S.)

CFTBS    Cylindrical Fire-Tube Boiler Survey

CGDDMS    CG Digital Data Management System

CH    China (Flag)

CHCP    Cargo Handling Cooperative Program

CHOPT    Charterer's Option

CHS    Continuous Survey of Hull

CHTRS    Charterers

CIF    Cost Insurance Freight

CIP    Carriage and Insurance Paid To

CIRC    Circulating

CIRM    International Radio-Maritime Committee

CIRRS    Commercial Interest Reference Rates

CIT    U.S. Court of International Trade

CKD    Completely Knocked Down

CL    Continuous Liner

CLC    Civil Liability Convention (And 1992 Protocols)

CLPR    Czech Register of Shipping (Class Society)

CMA    Companie d'Affretement

CME    Assessment Model for Coastal and Marine Environments

CMF    Composite Meter Factor

CMI    Committee Maritime International (Maritime Law Association)

CMS    Continuous Survey of Machinery

CNG    Compressed Natural Gas

CO    Cargo Oil

COA    Contract Of Affreightment

COB    Closing of Business

COB    Container/Oil/Bulk Carrier

COBRA    Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

COD    Cash On Delivery

COE    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

COFR    Certificate of Financial Responsibility (OPA 90)

COGSA    Carriage of Goods by Sea Act(s)

COI    Certificate of Inspection (Coast Guard)

COI    Certificate of Insurance

COLREGS    Collision Regulations (IMO)

COMA    Committee on Measurement Accountability

COMB    Combination

COMM    Commenced

CONS    Construction (CONSTR)

CONS    Consumption

CONT    Continued

CONVER    Conversion

COP    Custom of the Port

COR    Certificate of Registry (U.S. Coast Guard)

CORE    National Contingency Response

COSCO    China Ocean Shipping Co.

COT    Cargo Oil Tank 

COT    Curacao Oil Terminal

COTP    Captain Of The Port

COW    Crude Oil Washing

C/P (CP)    Charterparty or Charter Party

CPT    Carriage Paid To

CPY    Cargo Preference Year

CR    China Corporation Register of Shipping (Taiwan Class Society)

CR    Current Rate

CRF    Construction Reserve Fund

CRISTAL    Contract Regarding an Interim Supplement to Tanker Liability

CRN    Crane

CRS    Continuous Refrigeration Survey

CRS    Croatian Register of Shipping (Class Society)

CSA    Caribbean Shipping Association

CSM    Closed System Measurement

CST    Centistokes

CST    Central Standard Time

CT    Cargo Tank

CTAC    Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee

CTC    Cargo Tank, Center

CTL    Constructive Total Loss

CTR ContainerFitted

CTSH    Correction Temperature of Tank Shell

CTW    Cargo Tank, Wing

CTX    Cargo Tank, Common

C/V    Consecutive Voyage

CV    Cape Verde Islands (Flag)

CVM    Contingent Valuation Method

CWA    Clean Water Act

CWA    Cooperative Working Agreements

CWTBS    Cylindrical Water-Tube Boiler Survey

CY    Cyprus (Flag)

CYCLD    Cycloidal Propeller

D

D&O    Directors And Officers (Insurance Policy)

DA    Double-Acting

DAF    Delivered At Frontier Cargo

DAM    Damage

DAMFORDET    Damages for Detention

DAPS    Days All Purposes

DB    Double-Bottom

DBH    Destroyed By Hurricane

DBS    Destroyed By Storm

DC    Direct Current

DD    Dry-Docking

DDP    Delivered Duty Paid

DDU    Delivered Duty Unpaid

DE    Subcommittee on Ship Design and Equipment (IMO)

DEM    Demolished

DEM    Demurrage

DEN    (See HSE)

DEQ    Delivered Ex Quay (Duty Paid)

DES    Delivered Ex Ship

DESC Defense Energy Support Center

DEU    Germany (Flag)

DF    Direction-Finder

DFSC Defense Fuel Support Center

DGPS    Differential Global Positioning System

DHDATSBE    Dispatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends

DHDWTSBE    Dispatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends

DIES    Diesel

DIR    Direct

DIS    Danish International Ship Register

DISCH    Discharge

DK    Deck

DLA    Defense Logistics Agency

DNK    Denmark (Flag)

DNV    Det Norske Veritas (Norwegian Class Society)

DO    Diesel Oil

DOC    Document Of Compliance (Part of ISM Code)

DOD    Department Of Defense

DOE    Department Of Energy

DOI    Department Of the Interior

DOP    Dropping Outward Pilot

DOT    Department Of Transportation

d.p.p.    Dirty Petroleum Products

DR    Dead Reckoning

DR    Double Reduction

DRK    Derrick

DSB    Dispute Settlement Body

DSC    Subcommittee on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes,and Containers (IMO)

DSU    Dispute Settlement Understanding

DTS    Defense Transportation System

DW    Distilled Water

DWCT    Deadweight Cargo Tons, or the weight of to be transported under a charter party

DWT    Deadweight Tons    

E

E&P    Exploration And Production

EA    Environmental Assessment

EAA    Export Administration Act

EATA    Europe Asia Trades Agreement (Conference)

EC    East Coast

EC    European Community

ECC    Environmental Coordinating Committee

ECDIS    Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems

ECJ    European Court of Justice

ECNH    East Coast North of Hatteras

ECSA    European Community Shipowners Associations

ECU    European Currency Unit

EDI    Electronic Data Interchange

EEE    "European-Economic-Ecological" Tanker Design

EEZ    Exclusive Economic Zone

EIU    Even If Used

ELVENT    Electric Ventilation

EMER    Emergency

EMSIS    Emergency Shipping Information System

EMT    Emergency Medical Technicians

EMU    Economic and Monetary Union

ENC    Electronic Navigation Chart

ENG    Engine

EPA    Environmental Protection Agency

EQS    Environmental Quality Standard

EQUIP    Equipment

EQUIV    Equivalent

ER    Engine Room

ESFRS    Electronic Supply Fund Reporting System

ESP    Enhanced Survey Program

ESP    Spain (Flag)

EST    Estonia (Flag)

ETA    Estimated Time of Arrival

ETC    Estimated Time of Completion

ETD    Estimated Time of Departure

ETS    Estimated Time of Sailing

EU    European Union

EURO    European Vessel

EUROS    European Community Ship Register

EUSC    Effective United States Control Vessels

EXIMBANK    Export-Import Bank

EXP    Expires

EXT    Extension

EXW    Ex Works

F

FACS    Federation of American Controlled Shipping

FAR    Federal Acquisition Regulations

FAS    Free Alongside Ship

FASA    Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994

FASA Federation of ASIAN Shipowners Association

FC    Facilitation Committee (IMO)

FCA    Free to Carrier

FD    Free Discharge

FD&D/FDD    Freight, Demurrage, And Deadfreight

FDESP    Free Dispatch

FDIS Free Discharge

FEMSS    Facility Engineering Management Support System

FEPORT    Federation of European Private Terminal Operator

FEU    Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit (Container)

FHEX    Fridays, Holidays Excepted (Muslim Countries)

FHINC    Fridays, Holidays Included (Muslim Countries)

FIATA    Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

FILO    Free In/Liner Out

FIN    Finland (Flag)

FIO    Free In and Out

FLO/FLO    Float On / Float Off

FMC    Federal Maritime Commission

FMF    Foreign Military Financing

FMIS    Facility Management Information System

FMS    Fathoms

FN    Fidenavis S.A. (Spanish Class Society)

FND    Foundered

FO    Fuel Oil

FOB    Free On Board

FOG    For Our Guidance

FOM    Flag/Ownership/Management

FON    Freedom Of Navigation

FONASBA    Federation Of National Associations of Shipbrokers & Agents

FONSI    Finding Of No Significant Impact (Environmental Assessment)

FOQ    Free On Quay

FOS    Full Operational Status

FOSC    Federal On-Scene Coordinator

FOW    First Open Water

FOW    Free On Warf

FP    Subcommittee on Fire Protection (IMO)

FPA    Free of Particular Average

FPS    Floating Production and Storage

FR    Federal Register (U.S.)

FR    Frame (FRM)

FRA    France (Flag)

FRN    Foreign Vessel

FRP    Facility Response Plan

FSH    Fishing Vessel

FSI    Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation

FT3    Cubic Feet

FTBS    Fire-Tube Boiler Survey

FUND    Ship Financing Revolving Fund

F/V    Fishing Vessel

FV    First Visit

FW    Free Water

FW    Fresh Water

FWAD Fresh Water Draft On Arrival

FWD    Forward

FWDD Fresh Water Departure Draft

FWE    Finished With Engines

FWPCA    Federal Water Pollution Control Act

FY    Fiscal Year  

FYG    For Your Guidance

FYI    For Your Information

 

G

G7    Group of Seven Nations (United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy)

G.A./GA    General Average

GAA    General Agency Agreement

GATS    General Agreement on Trade in Services

GATT    General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade 1994 (now WTO)

GBR    United Kingdom (Flag)

GCBS    General Council of British Shipping

GEN    General Cargo

GFP    Government-Furnished Property

GIFA    Governing International Fisheries Agreements

GIS    Geographic Information System

GIS    German International Ship Register

GL    Germanischer Lloyd (German Class Society)

GLS    Gearless

GMDSS    Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)

GMT    Greenwich Mean Time (Universal/Zulu Time)

GN    Grain

GNCN    General Conditions

GNSS    Global Navigational Satellite System

GO    Gas Oil

GOM    Gulf Of Mexico

GOV    Gross Observed Volume

GPA    GATT Procurement Agreement

GPG    General Policy Group (IACS)

GPS    Global Positioning System

GRC    Greece (Flag)

GRD    Geared

GRN    Grounded

GRS    Gears

GRT    Gross Registered Tonnage

GSB    Guaranteed Safe Berth 

GSV    Gross Standard Volume

GT    Gross Tons

GTEE    Guarantee

H

HA    Hatch

HANDYMAX    Bulk Carrier 35,000-50,000 DWT

HANDYSIZE    Bulk Carrier 10,000-35,000 DWT

HAZMAT    Hazardous Materials

HAZMAT    NOAA's Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division

HBL    Hydrostatically Balanced Loading

HC    Hydraulic Coupling

HCPV    High Capacity Passenger Vessel

HDLTSBENDS    Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends 

HDWTS    Half Dispatch Working Time Saved 

HE    Human Element

HF    High Frequency

HFO    Heavy Fuel Oil

HMS    Heavy Metal Scraps

HMT    Harbor Maintenance Tax

HNS    Hazardous and Noxious Substances

HO    Heavy Oil  

HO    Hold

HO    Honduras (Flag)

HO    Hydrographic Office (UK)

HOR    Horizontal

HP    High-Pressure

HP    Horsepower

HPTB    High Pressure Turbine

HR    Hellenic Register (Greek Class Society)

HS    Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

HSC    High Speed Craft Code (IMO)

HSE    Health, Safety and Environmental Group (U.K.)

HSE    Health & Safety Executive (UK)

HTS    Harmonized Tariff Schedule

HTSUS    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

HVR    Hague-Visby Rules

HW    Heavy Weather

HW    High Water

HYPOT    High Potential Test for Electric Equipment

 

I

IACS    International Association of Classification Societies

IALA    International Association of Lighthouse Authorities

IAPH    International Association of Ports and Harbors

IAW    In Accordance With

IBC    International Code for Vessels Carrying Chemicals in Bulk (IMO)

ICC    International Chamber of Commerce

ICCL    International Council of Cruise Lines

ICJ    International Court of Justice

ICS    International Chamber of Shipping

ID    Owner Identification Number

IEC    Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEU    Independent Economic Unit (Employed Person)

IFO    Intermediate Fuel Oil

IFR    Interim Final Rule

IG    Inert Gas

IGC    Intergovernmental Conference (EU)

IGC    International Code for Vessels Carrying Liquefied Gases (IMO)

IGS    Inert Gas System

IHB    International Hydrographic Bureau

IHO    International Hydrographic Organization

ILA    International Longshoremen's Association

ILO    International Labor Organization

ILU    Institute of London Underwriters

ILWA    International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

IMB    International Maritime Bureau

IMDG    International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

IMF    International Monetary Fund

IMIF    International Maritime Industries Forum

IMLI    International Maritime Law Institute (IMO)

IMO    International Maritime Organization (UN)

IMPA    International Maritime Pilots Association

IN    India (Flag)

INBD    Inboard

INCOTERMS    International Commercial Terms

IND    Indication

INMARSAT    International Maritime Convention on Communication by Satellite

INT    Intermediate Survey or Interval

INTERCARGO    International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners

INTERTANKO    International Association of Independent Tanker Owners

IOPC    International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (See CLC)

IP    Institute of Petroleum

IRIS    Incident Reporting Information System

IRL    Republic of Ireland (Flag)

IRM    Information Resources Management

IRN    Iran (Flag)

IRQS    Indian Register Quality Systems

IRS    Indian Register of Shipping (Class Society)

IS    Intact Stability Code (IMO)

ISF    International Shipping Federation  

ISGOTT    International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals  

ISIP    International School for Inspectors of Petroleum

ISM  ISMInternational Safety Management Code (ISM Code) “International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for

Pollution Prevention.”  

ISMA International Ship Managers Association

ISO    International Standards Organization

ISOA    International Support Vessel Owners Association

ISR    Israel (Flag)

ISTEA    Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

IT    Independent Tank

IT    Information Technology

IT    Italy (Flag)

ITB    Integrated Tug Barge

ITC    Independent Tank, Center

ITC    International Tonnage Convention

ITC International Trade Commission

ITF    International Transport Workers Federation

ITOPF    International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation

ITW    Independent Tank, Wing

ITX    Independent Tank, Common

IU    If Used

IUHTAUTC    If Used, Half Time Actually to Count

IUMI    International Union of Marine Insurance  

IWL    Institute Warranty Limits 

J

JETRO    Japan External Trade Organization

JIP    Joint Industry Project

JMIE    Joint Maritime Information System

JPN    Japan (Flag)

JU    Jack-Up (MODU)

JV    Joint Venture  

K

KOR    South Korea (Flag)

KR    Korean Register of Shipping (Class Society)

KTM    Keel To Mast

KW    Kilowatt  

L

LAMP    Large Amplitude Motions and Loads

LAN    Local Area Network

LAT    Latitude

LAWS    Legal Automated Workstation System

LBP    Length Between Perpendiculars

LBR    Liberian (Flag)

L/C    Letter Of Credit

LC    Landing Craft

LCAC    Landing Craft Air Cushion

LCL    Less than Container Load

LDGINST    Loading Instrument

LDGMANUAL    Loading Manual

LDRS    Legal Document Research System

LDT    Light Displacement Ton

LEIS    Law Enforcement Information System

LEV    Level (LEVL)

LGC    Liquefied Gas Carrier

LHG    Liquefied Hazardous Gas

LHWCA    Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act

LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate

LIQD    Liquid

LIQDLEVL    Liquid Level

LIST    London Institute of Shipping and Transport

LL    Loadline (International Convention On Load Lines)

LLP    Lloyd's of London Press

LNG    Liquefied Natural Gas

LO    Lubricating Oil

LO/LO    Lift On/Lift Off

LOA    Length Overall

LOC    Location

LOF (95)    Lloyd’s Open Form (of Salvage Agreement) (1995)

LOI    Letter of Indemnity

LOIS    LORAN-C Operations Information System

LONG    Longitude

LONG    Longitudinal

LOP    Letter of Protest (See NOP)

LOP    Line of Position

LOT    Load On Top

LP    Low Pressure

LPG    Liquefied Petroleum Gas

LPTB    Low Pressure Turbine

LR    Lloyd's Register of Shipping (British Class Society)

LR1    (Large Range 1) Vessels 50,000-79,999 DWT

LR2    (Large Range 2) Vessels 80,000-159,000 DWT

LSC    Liberian Shipping Council

LSI    Life-Saving Index (Coast Guard)

LT    Local Time

LT    Long Ton

LTM    Long Ton/Miles

LU    Laid-Up

LUFS    Large Unit Financial System

LV    Last Visit

LVA    Latvia (Flag)

LW    Long Water

LW    Lower

LYCN    Laycan (Layday Canceling Date)

M

M(MN)    Main

M&R    Maintenance And Repair

MAP    Military Assistance Program

MARAD    Maritime Administration (U.S.)

MARBS    Marine Assistance Request Broadcasts

MARDEZ    Maritime Defense Zones

MARIENV    International Conference on Technologies for MarineEnvironment Preservation

MARITECH    Maritime Systems Technology Program (U.S.)

MARPOL    Marine Pollution Prevention (International Convention) MARSNautical Institute Marine Accident Reporting System

MAS    Mandatory Annual Survey (SOLAS, MARPOL)

MAT    Materials

MAYDAY    Distress Signal (Spoken Word)

MB    Main Bearing

MB    Merchant Broker

MCRC    Marine Casualty Response Center (ABS Marine Services)

MCT    Marine Custody Transfer

MCTM    Marine Custody Transfer Measurement

MDO    Marine Diesel Oil

ME    Main Engine

ME    Marine Engineer(ing)

MEHRA    Marine Environmentally High Risk Areas

MEP    Marine Environmental Protection

MEPC    Marine Environmental Protection Committee (IMO)

MERCOSUR    South American Common Market

MERPAC    Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

M/F    Made Fast

MF    Meter Factor

MFCMA    Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act

MFN    Most Favored Nation

MGO    Marine Gas Oil

MIS    Missing

MISC    Malaysian International Shipping Corporation

MIT    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MLM    International Convention On Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993

MLW    Mean Low Water

MMD    Merchant Marines Document (USCG)

MMLD    Merchant Marine Licensing & Document System

MMPA    Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972

MMS    Minerals Management Service (U.S.)

MO    Month

MOC    Memorandum Of Consultation

MODU    Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

MOLCHOPT    More Or Less Charterer's Option (see MOLCO)

MOLCO    More Or Less Charterers’ Option (see MOLCHOPT)

MOLOO    More Or Less Owners’ Option

MOPU    Mobile Offshore Production Unit

MOT    Motor

MOU    Memorandum of Understanding (Port State Control)

MPA    Marine Protection Area

MPG    Miles Per Gallon

MPMS    Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards (API)

MRR    Maritime Regulatory Reform

MRS    Mobility Requirements Study

MS    Marshall Islands (Flag)

MSB    Maritime Subsidy Board

MSC    Marine Safety Committee (IMO)

MSC    Maritime Safety Committee

MSC    Maritime Safety Center (US Coast Guard)

MSC    Military Sealift Command

MSDS    Material Safety Data Sheet

MSIS    Marine Safety Information System

MSNAP    Merchant Ship Naval Augmentation Program

MSO    Marine Safety Office

MSRC    Marine Spill Response Corporation

MSS    Mobile Satellite Services

M/T or MT    Motor Tanker

MT    Malta (Flag)

MT    Meters

MT    Metric Ton

MTMC    Military Transportation Management Command

M/V    Motor Vessel (Diesel)

M/V or MV    Motor Vessel

MX    Mexico (Flag) 

N

N    New

NA    Not Applicable

NA&ME    Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

NAABSA    Not Always Afloat But Safe Aground

NAFO    Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NAFTA    North American Free Trade Agreement

NATO    North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAV    Naval Vessel

NAV    Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (IMO)

NAVIC    Navigation and Inspection Circular (U.S. Coast Guard)

NAVSEA    Naval Sea System Command

N/B    New Building

NBS    National Bureau of Standards (see NIST – renamed in 1989)

NBSAC    National Boating Safety Advisory Council

NC    Non-Continuous Liner on Tailshaft

NCB    National Cargo Bureau

NCP    National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

NDRF    National Defense Reserve Fleet

NEC    National Economic Council

NECAD    Naval Engineering CAD

NGMTS    Negotiating Group on Maritime Transport

NGO    Non-Governmental Organization

NIC    Newly Industrialized Country

NIMIS    NPFC Integrated Management System

NIS    Newly Independent States

NIS    Norwegian International Ship Register

NIST    National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly NBS)

NK    Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Japanese Class Society)

NL    No Liner On Tailshaft

NLD    Netherlands (Flag)

NLRB    National Labor Relations Board

NM    Nautical Mile

NMD    Norwegian Maritime Directorate

NMEI    National Maritime Enhancement Institute

NMFS    National Marine Fisheries Service

NMREC    National Maritime Resource Center

NOAA    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

NONCOND    Non-Condensing

NOP    Notice of Protest (see LOP)

NOR    Norway (Flag)

NOR/N.O.R.    Notice Of Readiness

NOS    National Ocean Service (Part of NOAA)

NOTMAR    Notice To Mariners

NPDES    National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPFC    National Pollution Funds Center

NPRM    Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NPV    Net Present Value

NRC    National Research Council

NRC    National Response Center

NRDA    Natural Resource Damage Assessment (OPA 90)

NRT    Net Registered Tonnage

NSCSA    National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia

NSF    National Science Foundation

NSFCC    National Strike Force Coordinator

NSI    National Shipbuilding Initiative

NSR    Northern Sea Route (Northeast Passage - Japan/European Continent)

NSRP    National Shipbuilding Research Program

NSV    Net Standard Volume

NSW    Net Standard Weight

NT    Net Tons

NTIS    National Technical Information Service

NTSB    National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)

NTU    Non-Transportation Use

NVIC    Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (USCG)

NVOCC    Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier

NYME    New York Mercantile Exchange

NYPE    New York Produce Exchange (Time Charter Party)

NYSA    New York Shipping Association

NYSMA    New York Society of Maritime Arbitrators

O

OB    Oil-Lubricated Stern Bearing

OBO    Ore/Bulk/Oil

OBQ    On-Board Quantity (before loading)

OC    Oil-Lubricated Stern Bearing, Continuous Liner on Tailshaft

OCIMF    Oil Companies International Marine Forum

OCMI    Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (USCG)

OCS    Outer Continental Shelf

ODP    Ocean Drilling Program

ODS    Operating Differential Subsidy

ODSA    Operating Differential Subsidy Agreement

OECD    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OFAC    Office of Foreign Assets Control

OMBO    One Man Bridge Operation

ONR    Office of Naval Research

ONS    Offshore Northern Seas Conference

OO    Owners Option

OPA 90    Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (U.S.)

OPBO    One Person Bridge Operation

OPDS    Offshore Petroleum Discharge System

OPEC    Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

ORO    Ore/Oil Carrier

OSH    Open Shelter Deck

OSHA    Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSR    Outstanding Recommendation Against Class

OSRO    Oil Spill Removal Organization

OSV    Offshore Supply Vessel

OT    Oil Tight

OTBD    Outboard

OTC    Offshore Technology Conference

OUPV    Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels  

OWS Owners 

P

P    Port

P&I    Protection And Indemnity (Insurance Clubs)

PA    Port Aft

PAJ    Petroleum Association of Japan

PAK    Pakistan (Flag)

PANAMAX    A tanker of the maximum size capable of transit of the Panama Canal (approx. 50,000-80,000 DWT) (breadth normally the limiting factor)

PASS    Passenger

PBOS    Planning Board for Ocean Shipping

PC    Part Cargo

PC    Period Charter

PCC    Pure Car Carrier

PCD    Pacific Coast District

PCGO    Part Cargo

PCT    Percent

PCTC    Pure Car Truck Carrier

PDDS    Personnel Data Decision System

PDPR    Per Day Pro-Rated

PE    Peru (Flag)

PET    Portable Electronic Thermometer

PF    Port Forward

PFD    Personal Flotation Device

PFDMA    PFD Manufacturers Association

PG    Persian Gulf (See AG)

PGE    Permanent Group of Experts (In Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures)

PHL    Philippines (Flag)

PHPD    Per Hatch Per Day

PI    Port Inboard

PIC    Person In Charge

PIMA    Petroleum Industries Marine Association (of Japan)

PIOPIC    P and I Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause

PIST    Piston

PL    Public Law

PLS    Position Location Systems

PLTG    Plating

PMA    Pacific Maritime Association

PMU    Portable Measurement Unit

PN    Panama (Flag)

POB    Pilot On Board

POL    Poland (Flag)

POSH    Port Out Starboard Home

PP    Port Prefix (For Survey Report Number)

PPM    Parts Per Million

PR    (See PRS)

PRC    Peoples Republic of China

PREP    National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program

PRES    Pressure

PROP    Propeller

PROV    Provisional

PRP    Potentially Responsible Party

PRS    Polish Register (Class Society)

PSC    Port State Control

PSI    Port State Initiative (U.S. Coast Guard)

PSI    Pounds Per Square Inch

PSIX    Port State Information Exchange

PSU    Portable Sampling Unit

PTSA    Port and Tanker Safety Act

PUF    Passenger User Fee

P/V    Pressure Vacuum (Valve)

PVA    Passenger Vessel Association

PVO    Passenger Vessel Operator

PWS    Prince William Sound

PWSA    Ports and Waterways Safety Act

PWWD    Per Weather Working Day

Q

QAT    Qatar (Flag)

QCG    Quadrennial Cargo Gear Survey

QD    Quadruple Screw

QI    Qualified Individual (OPA 90)

QMED    Qualified Members of Engine Department

QN    Quintuple Screw

QSCS    Quality System Certification System

R

R    Reconditioned

R&D    Research And Development

RAP    Remedial Action Projects

RB    Rubber Stern Bearing

RBS    Recreational Boating Safety

RC    Rubber Stern Bearing, Continuous Liner on Tailshaft

RCAC    Regional Citizens Advisory Council

RCRA    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RCVR    Receiver(s)

RDF    Radio Direction Finder

RE    Regulatory Evaluation

REEFER    Refrigerated Cargo Ship or Container

REF    Refrigeration

REP    Reporting System

REV    Reversing

REVRPT    Revised Report

RFG    Reformulated Gasoline (Clean Air Act)

RI    (See Rina)

RINA    Registro Italiano Navale (Italian Class Society)

RINA    Royal Institute of Naval Architects

RM    Room

RN    Rubber Stern Bearing, Non-Continuous Liner on Tailshaft

RNR    Rumanian Register (Class Society)

RO    Rumania (Flag)

ROB    Remaining On-Board (after discharge)

RORO    Roll On/Roll Off

ROS    Reduced Operational Status

RP    Rinave Portuguesa (Portuguese Class Society)

RPR    Repairs

RPT    Report

RR    (See RNR)

RRF    Ready Reserve Force

RRS    Russian Register of Shipping (Class Society)

RS    Russia (Flag)

RS    Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

RSPA    Research and Special Programs Administration

RT    Revenue Ton

RVP    Reid Vapor Pressure   

S

S    Starboard

S&W    Sediment & Water (formerly BS&W)

SA    Shipyard Agreement

SA    Starboard Aft

SAFCON    Safety Construction Certificates

SAIL    System to Automate and Integrate Logistics

SALM    Single Anchor Leg Mooring

SAR    Search And Rescue

SAR    Subcommittee on Radio Communication and Search and Rescue (IMO)

SARMIS    SAR Management Information System

SARSIM    SAR Simulation Model

SAS    Annual Special Survey of Hull

SATPM    Saturday P.M.

SAU    Saudi Arabia (Flag)

SB    Safe Berth

SBD    System-Based Design

SBM    Single Buoy Mooring

SBT    Segregated Ballast Tanks

SCA    Suez Canal Authority

SCAC    Standard Carrier Alpha Code

SCAMP    Shipboard Computer-Aided Maintenance Program

SCM    Stern To Manifold (Distance)

SCRS    Croatian Register of Shipping (Class Society)

SCVNG    Scavenging

SD    Single Decker

SDR    Special Drawing Rights

SDWT    Summer Deadweight

SEBS    Single-Ended Boiler Survey

SELFD    Self Discharging

SEMI    Semi-Submersible (MODU)

SERV    Service

SF    Starboard Forward

SF    Stowage Factor

SH    Superheater

SHC    Shipping Coordination Committee

SHEX    Sundays and Holidays Excluded

SHINC    Sundays and Holidays Included

SI    Starboard Inboard

SI    International System of Units

SIGTTO    Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators

SIS    Special Intermediate Survey

SL    Bale (Capacity)

SLC    Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate

SLE    Safety Equipment Certificate

SLF    Subcommittee on Stability Loadlines and Fishing Vessel Safety (IMO)

SLP    Passenger Ship Safety Certificate

SLR    Cargo Ship Safety Radio Telegraphy/Telephony Certificate

SMA    Society of Maritime Arbitrators

SMC    Safety Management Certificate (IMO)

SML    Small

SMS    Safety Management System (ISM)

SNAME    Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

SNC    Survey Not Complete

SNK    Sunk

SNPRM    Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

SNUBA    Surface Nexus Underwater Breathing Apparatus

SOC    Shipper Owned Container  

SOC    Society

SOF    Statement of Facts

SOLAS    Safety Of Life At Sea (International Convention)

SOPEP    Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

SOS    Morse Code Distress Signal (…---…)

SP    Safe Port

SP MAT    Special Material

SPC    Self-Polishing Copolymer (Anti-Fouling Compound)

SPM    Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

SPM    Single Point Mooring System

SPR    Strategic Petroleum Reserve

SRA    Ship Repair Agreement

SRBL    Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading

SS    Special Survey

SS    Steam Ship

SSA    Special Periodical Survey of Automated Control System

SSC    Ship Structure Committee

SSG    Special Safeguard (In Agreement on Agriculture)

SSH    Special Periodical Survey of Hull

SSHEX    Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded

SSHINC    Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included

SSIGS    Special Periodical Survey of Inert Gas System

SSM    Special Periodical Survey of Machinery

SSTDP    Sealift Ship Technology Development Program

ST    Special Treatment

STAA    Surface Transportation Assistance Act

STAB    Stability

STARS    Ship Tracking and Retrieval System

STBD    Starboard

STCW    Standards For Training Certification and Watchkeeping (IMO Convention)

STEM    Subject To Enough Merchandise

STEM    (See Tanker Definitions)

STL    Scuttled

STO    Now used as a Storage Tanker

STW    Subcommittee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (IMO)

SUB    Subject (To .....)

SUEZMAX    A tanker of the maximum size capable of transit of the Suez Canal (approx. 150,000-200,000 DWT)

SUPER    See CERCLA

SV    Single Visit

SVY    Survey

SWAD    Salt Water Arrival Draft

SWATH    Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull

SWDD    Salt Water Departure Draft

SWE    Sweden (Flag)

SYST    System    

T

T-ACS    Auxiliary Crane Ship

TAG    Technical Advisory Group

TALFF    Total Allowable Level of Foreign Fishing

TAPS    Trans Alaska Pipeline Service

TAX    Storage Tanks Tax

T/B    Integrated Tug/Barge

TBN    To Be Nominated

TBS    To Be Scrapped

TBS    Tubeshaft

TBT    Technical Barriers to Trade

T/C or TC    Time Charter

TCV    Total Calculated Volume

TDWDT    Tropical Deadweight

TEA    Targeted Export Assistance

TEU    Twenty Foot (Container) Equivalent

TF    Tropical Fresh

TL    Turkish Lloyd's (Class Society)

TLP    Tension Leg Platform

TNK    Tank

TO    Tender Offer

TOCA    Transfer Of Class Agreement (IACS)

TOT    Total Loss

TOV    Total Observed Volume

TOVALOP    Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement concerning Liability for Oil Pollution (now defunct)

TPI    Tons Per Inch (Immersion)

TPC    Tons Per Centimeter (Immersion)

TPRB    Trade Policy Review Body

TR    Triple Screw

TRANS    Transverse

TRB    Transportation Research Board

TRIM & STAB    Trim And Stability Booklet

TSAC    Towing Safety Advisory Committee

TTL    Total

TU    Turkey (Flag)

T/V    Tanker Vessel

TW    Tween Decker

TW    Twin Screw

TWEA    Trading With the Enemy Act

TWN    Taiwan (Flag)

TYP    Type

U

UC    Unanimous Consent

UK P&I    United Kingdom Mutual

UKAPTO    United Kingdom Association of Private Terminal Operators

UKR    Ukraine (Flag)

UL    Underwriters Laboratories

ULCC    Ultra Large Crude Carrier (over 320,000 DWT)

ULMS    Unit Logistics Management System

UMIB    Urgent Marine Information Broadcast

UMIS    Reserve Unit Management Information System

UN    United Nations

UPR    Unearned Passenger Revenue

UR    Ukrainian Register

UR    Uruguay Round

USAID    United States Agency for International Development

USC    United States Code  

USC    Unless Sooner Commenced

USCG    United States Coast Guard

USD    United States Dollar

USDA    United States Department of Agriculture

USEPA    United States Environmental Protection Agency

USG    United States Code of Federal Regulations

USTR    United States Trade Representative  

UU    Unless Uses

UUTWCTAUTC    Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count 

V

VAT    Value Added Tax

VC    St. Vincent & The Grenadines (Flag)

VCF    Volume Correction Factor

VCV    Vapor Control Valve

VEF    Vessel Experience Factor

VGB    Virgin Islands, British

VIDS    Vessel Identification System

VIRES    Vietnam Register

VLBC    Very Large Bulk Carrier (over 180,000 DWT)

VLCC    Very Large Crude Carrier (between 160,000 - 320,000 DWT)

VNM    Vietnam (Flag)

VNTSC    Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

VOSS    Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System

VPD    Vessel Pays Dues

VPQ    Vessel Particulars Questionnaire

VRP    Vessel Response Plan

VRS    Vapor Recovery System

VSOA    Vessel Safety and Operations Audit

VTS    Vessel Traffic System

VUT    Vanuatu (Flag)  

W

W    Waived

WB    Water Ballast

WBT    Water Ballast Tank

WCCON    Whether Customs Cleared Or Not

WCO    World Customs Organization (Ex Customs Cooperation Council)

WEMT    West European Confederation of Maritime Technology Societies

WHBS    Waste Heat Boiler Survey

WHFTBS    Waste Heat Fire-Tube Boiler Survey

WHOI    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WHWTBS    Waste Heat Water-Tube Boiler Survey

WIBON    Whether In Berth Or Not

WIFPON    Whether In Free Pratique Or Not

WIPON    Whether In Port Or Not

WISTA    Women's International Shipping and Trading Association

WLTHOHC    Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming

W/M    Weight or Measurement

WMO    World Meteorological Organization

WMU    World Maritime University (Malmo, Sweden)

WNA    Winter North Atlantic

WOG    Without Guarantee

WOG    Without Guaranty

WP    Weather Permitting

WP    Working Paper

WP/E    Working Party on Electricity (IACS)

WP/FPS    Working Party on Fire Protection and Safety (IACS)

WP/HE    Working Party on Human Element (IACS)

WP/M    Working Party on Machinery (IACS)

WP/S    Working Party on Strength of Ships (IACS)

WP/SRC    Working Party on Surveyors Reporting and Certification (IACS)

WP/SSLL    Working Party on Stability Subdivision and Load Lines (IACS)

WQIS    Water Quality Insurance Syndicate

WRIC Wire Rods in Coils 

WRK    Wrecked

WS    Worldscale

WTBS    Water-Tube Boiler Survey

WTO    World Trade Organization

WTR    Water  

WWD    Weather Working Days 

WWR    When, Where Ready  

X

XO    Executive Officer

XOL    Excess Of Loss (Insurance)  

Y

YAR    York Antwerp Rules

YGS    Year of Grace Survey

YRS    Years

Z

Z    Zulu (GMT/Universal Time)

ZAF    South Africa (Flag)

ZC    (See CCS or CS)

ZULU    (See Z and GMT)

 

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Updated February 3, 2002