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Abbreviation a a.d.f a.o.e a.o.r. a/e A/F a/f a/o a/r a/s a1 aa aaaa AAPA aar AASO ab ABCU abs abt acct or a/ acot ACS ACS ad ad.val. adcom add'l ADEC adf af afaa AFRA afsps ag agw ah AHS aht aid aims ALLI alt AMS ANSI aoh ap APF apg API apprx aps ara arag arb arnd

Explanation Ampere or Area or Aft automotive diesel fuel Any one event Any one risk Accept / except All Fast Also for (referring to port/s to be touched by ship) and/or; Account of All risks or Against all risks Alongside or After sight or Account sales First class condition Always afloat or Always accessible or Apparent altitude Always afloat always accessible American Association of Port Authority Against all risks or All and any risk Association of American Shipowners From Automated Bridge Control System For Unattended Engine Room American Bureau of Shipping About Account Advisory Committee of Offshore Technology American Chemical Society Arab Classification Society After date According to value (ad valorem) Address commission additional Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation automotive diesel fuel Advance freight as far as applicable Average Freight Rate Assessment Arriving first sea pilot station Arabian Gulf All going well Antwerp-Hamburg range or Aft hatch Annual Hull Survey Anchor handling tug Agency for International Development American Institute of Merchant Shipping Annual Load Line Inspection Altered or Altitude Annual Machinery Survey American National Standards Institute After office hours Additional premium or All purposes or Auto pilot Afloat Prepositioning Force Arabian Persian Gulf American Petroleum Institute approximately Arriving pilot station Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Gent Arbitration Around

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ARPA artd AS asa ASBA asf ASTM ata atc atd atdn atdnshinc Atl ats aussie aux av awb awes awtsbe awtsdo awtslo b b to b b.d.s. b/d b/e b/f b/h b/l b/n b/p b/s b4 ba bactap baf bal baltime bb bbb bbls bc bcm bd ft bdi bdle(/s) be BECU beh bends bends bfc bfi bgd BHD bhd bhp Automatic Radar Plotting Aid After right and true delivery Annual Survey Always safely afloat

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Association of Shipbrokers and Agents (U.S.A.) Inc. Asian Shipowners'' Forum American Society for Testing and Materials Actual time of arrival Actual time counting Actual time of departure Any time day or night Any time day or night sundays and holidays included Atlantic Ocean All time saved Australia Auxiliary Ad valorem Air way bill Association of Western European Shipbuilders All working time saved both ends All working time saved discharging only All working time saved loading only Beam Both to blame (collision clause) Brokers daily statement Bar draught or Banker's draft or Barrels per day Bill of exchange or Bill of entry (customs) Brought forward Bill of health or Bordeaux/Hamburg range of ports or Barrels per hour Bill of lading Booking note Bill payable or Between perpendiculars or Brake power Bill of sale or Balance sheet or Bill of store or Boiler survey Before British Admiralty or Buenos Aires or Bale (cap. of vessel) or Breathing apparatus but as close to as possible Bunker adjustment factor Balance Time charter party
Ballast bonus or Back to back or Bulbous bow or Breakbulk or Bahia Blanca or Below bridges or Bill book Before breaking bulk

Barrels Bulk Carrier Bow to Center Manifold Board foot (timber) Both dates inclusive Bundle(/s) Benzene or Both ends Billion ECU Basis empty holds Both ends Both ends Baltimore form C (charter party) Baltic Freight Index Bagged Bulkhead Bulkhead Brake horse power

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BIA biac bifa biffex bimco bisco bk bkrpt blading bldg blk bls blt bly bm bmf bo boc bod boffers bor bord.arb. boro bosp box bpb bpc br brkrs BRM brt BS bs/l bsa bsc bsea bsi BT BTU bu bv bwad bwsc bwt bx c ore 7 c&f c.i.s c/p (CP) cabaf caf cancl CAP CAS CBFS cbm cbs ccc Best Information Available

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Business and Industry Advisory Committee British International Freight Association Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange Baltic and International Maritime Council British Iron and Steel Corporation Bank or Book or Backwardation or Bar keel Bankrupt Bill of lading or Bleeding (wing tanks) Building Bulk Bales or barrels Built Barley (Beam) breadth moulded or Board measurement Board measurement feet = 1' x 1' x 1'' Bad order or Buyer's option or Branch office Bulk Oil Carrier Board of Directors Best offers Bunkers on redelivery Bordeaux arbitrary Bulk, oil and ro/ro vessels beginning of sea passage Box shaped holds Bank post bill British Phosporous Commission Brazil or Bill receivable or Bordeaux/Rouen or Builder's risk Brokers Bridge Resources Management Brutto register tons Boiler Survey or Balance sheet or Bill of sale or Bill of store Bills of lading British Shipbrokers Association British Shippers Council Black Sea British Standards Institution Bow Thruster British Thermal Unit - 0.252 kcal or Bow thrust unit Bushel Bureau Veritas Brackish water arrival draft Baltic and White Sea Conference Bleeding wing tanks box Ore charter party Cost & Freight Commonwealth Independent States (ex Soviet Republics) charterparty Currency and bunker adjustment factor Currency adjustment factor cancelling Condition Assessment Program Condition Assessment Survey Carbon black feed stock Cubic meters Cyprus Bureau of Shipping Customs Cooperation Council

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ccc cf cfr cfs cgo chopt chrts CHS cif cip CLC CMF cmi cmpl CMS CNG coa cob COB cod COFR cogsa coh coms cont cop COW cp cpp cpt cqd crns csc csh CSO ct ct CT ctl cuft CWA cyl d da daf dap DB dd ddp ddu del dely dem deq des df or d.f. dims DIS

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Communist Controlled Countries Cubic feet Cost and freight Container freight station Cargo Charterer''s option Charterers Continuous Survey of Hull Cost insurance and freight Carriage and insurance paid to Civil Liability Convention (And 1992 Protocols) Composite Meter Factor Committee Maritime International Completed Continuous Survey of Machinery Compressed Natural Gas contract of affraightment Closing of business Close of Business Cash on delivery Certificate of Financial Responsibility (OPA 90) Carriage of goods by sea act Cuba, Orinoco River and Haiti Commissions Continent Custom of the port Crude Oil Washing Charter party Clean petroleum product Captain Customary quick despatch Cranes Container safety convention Cargo ship Company Security Officer Chemical tanker Combined transport Cargo Tank Constructive total loss Cubic feet Clean Water Act Cylinders Depth Disbursement accounts Delivered at frontier Dia-ammonium sulphate Double-Bottom Dry dock Delivered duty paid Delivered duty unpaid Delete Delivery Demurrage Delivered ex-quay Delivered ex-ship Dead freight Dimensions Danish International Ship Register

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disp dlosp DNV do doc DOS DoS dpa dpp drft drx dur dwt ec ecgb ecsa ecu ecuk efta egy eiu epirb er ESP eta etc etd ets excl exw f&c f&d f/n f/r fac faccop faf fak faop faq fas fb fbm fbt fc/lcl fca fcar fcc fcc fcl fcr fcr fcsrcc fd fd fd&d fdd fdeocl Displacement Dropping last outward sea pilot

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Det Norske Veritas (Norwegian Class Society) Diesel oil Document of compliance (ism) Declaration of Security Declaration of Security Designated person ashore (ism) Dirty petroleum products Draft Hellenic Drachma (currency) Duration Deadweight East Coast East Coast Great Britain East Coast South America European currency units East Coast United Kingdom European Free Trade Association Egypt Even if used Emergency position indicating radio beacon Engine room Enhanced Survey Program Estimated time of arrival Expected time of commencement (or completion) Estimated time of departure Estimated time of sailing Excluding Ex-works Full and complete Freight and demmurrage Fixing Note Freight release Fast as can As fast as ship can load/discharge according to custom of port Fuel adjustment factor Freight all kinds full away on passage Fair average quality Free alongside ship Ferry boat Foor board measure Flatbed trailer One shipper/more than one receiverFrowa First carrier Free of claim for accident reported First class charterers First call charterers Full container load Floating crane Forwarder's certificate of receipt Free of capture seizure riots and civilcommotions Free despatch Free discharge (cost) or Free delivery or Free dispatch Freight deadfreight & demurrage Freight demurrage defence (P&I) Freight deemed earned on completion loading

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feast fefc ferticon ferts ferts feu ffa ffa ffa ffxd fgf fh fhex fhex fhinc fhinc fia fib fifo fifo filo FIO fio fios fiost fiot fislo fiw fixture flg flwg flws fm fmc fmc fms fo fo fo foa fob fob fobs fobt foc fod fol fonsaba foq foq for for fos fot fot fow fpa fpa Far East Far East Freight Conference Fertilliser charter party Fertilizers Fertilizers Forty foot equivalent unit Fat free acid Forward freight agreement

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Free from average or Fire fighting appliances or Free from alongside Fully fixed Fully godd fair Fore-hatch Fridays holidays excluded Fridays & holidays excluded Fridays holidays included Fridays & holidays included Full interest admitted Free into barge or Free into bunkers First in first out First in frist out Free in/liner out Free In and Out Free in and out Free in and out plus stowed Free in and out plus stowed and trimmed Free in and out plus trimming Free stowed liner out Free in waggon Agreement of contract for transportation Flag Following Follows Fine-measurement or From Federal Maritime Commission Federal Maritine Commission (USA) Fathoms Fuel oil Fuel oil Fuel oil or Free overside or Firm offer or For orders or Full our terms Fob airport Free on board Free on board (Incoterms) Free on board and stowed Free on board and timmed Free of charge of Flag of convenience Free of damage Free on lighter The Federation of National Shipbrokers abd Agents Free on quay Free on quay Free on rall Free on rail (named points=Incoterms) Free on ship Free on truck Free on truck or train First open water or Free on waggon Free of particular average Free of particular average

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FPSO fpt fpt fr fr fr fr&cc frc freq frght frisco frt frt fwd frt ppd fso ft fta ftc ftd ftrr&i fw fwa fwad fwad fwc fwd fwdd fxd fyg fyi g g-h ga ga(p) ga.con. ga.dep. ga/(arb) gatt gatt gbo gcn gcn gd gencon genwaybill geo gf gfa gib gl gl gless glr gm gmdss gmt gmt gnc

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Floating Production Storage and Offloading Fore peak tank Fore peak tank Freight France Francs or Flat rack (container) Free of riot and civil commotion Free carrier (Incoterms) Frequency Freight San Francisco Freight Freight forward Freight prepaid Fleet safety officer (ism) Foot or Feet or Full terms Free Trade Agreement or Freight Transport Association Free transferable currency Fitted For their respective rights and interests Fresh water Fresh water allowance Fresh water arrival draft Fresh water arrival draft Fully loaded weight and capacity Forward Fresh water departure draft Fixed For your guidance For your information Grain capacity or Gram Ghent/Hamburg (range) General average General agreement (plain) General average contribution General average deposit General average/(arbitration) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Goods in bad order Gencon General cargo charter party Geared General cargo charter party General Sea Waybill Geographical (rotation) Government form Good fair average Gibraltar Germanischer Lloyd Gearless or Germanischer Lloyd Gearless German Liner Replacement Gram Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Greenwich mean time Greenwich Mean Time Global Navigation Chart

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gns go go GOM gop gp gp gr gr/bl grainvoy grd gri grt grt grt gsaaaab gsbaa gsm gspd GSV gt gt gtee gvw h h+m h-type h.a. or d. h.h. h.s.a. h/c h/h ha HBL hd hdl hdwtsbends HF hf hfo hfo hg hg hh hhd hhdw hkg hl hms ho ho/ha hon HP hp hr hrds hrs hrs German North Sea Gas oil Gas oil Gulf of Mexico Gross operating profit General Purpose Crew General Purpose Crew Grain (Capacity of vessel) Grain/bale Grain charter party Geared General rate of increase Gross register tons Net register tons

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Gross tonnage / Gross ton or Gross register ton Good safe always afloat always accessible berth Good and safe berth always afloat Good sound merchantable Good safe port berth Gross Standard Volume Gross tons Gross tonnage / Gross ton or Gross register ton Guarantee Gross vehicle weight hour Hull and machinery Hakodate (vessel) type Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk Havre to Hamburg (inclusive) Hellenic Shipbrokers Association Held covered Hold/hatch Hatch Hydrostatically Balanced Loading Half despatch or Per hatch per day Hatch delivery Half despatch working time saved both ends High Frequency Half Heavy fuel oil Heavy fuel oil Heavy grain Heavy goods vehicle Hold hatches Hogshead Handy heavy deadweight (e.g. scrap) Hong Kong Heavy lift Her (His) Majesty's Ship Hold or Head office Hold/hatch Honorary Horsepower of High-Pressure Horse-power hour Hampton Roads (New York) Hellenic Register of Shipping Hours

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hsd HSFO hss ht hvf HW hw hwm hwont hwost I.m.c. i/f i/o i/o IACS IAW ib. ibnr ic&c ica icc icc icd ices ichca ics ics ics icw id iff ifo ifo IGS igs ihp ihp ila ilo ilohc ilow imco imdg imdg code imf imo imo in liq in. incl inclot inco terms ind info innngwb ins insp inst. Half shelter decker high sulphur fuel oil

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Heavy grain, soya beans, sorghum Height Heavy fuel High Water High water High water mark High water on neap tides High water, ordinary spring tide Lloyd''s Machinery Certificate Insufficient funds Instead of In and/or over (stowage of cargo under or on deck) International Association of Classification Societies In Accordance With Ibidem (in the same place) Incurred but not reported Invoice cost and charges Inter Club Agreement International Chamber of Commerce International Chamber of Commerce or Institute Cargo Clause or Interstate Commerce Commision Inland clearance depot International Council for the Exploration of the Sea International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association International Chamber of Shipping Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers International Chamber of Shipping In connection with Import duty or Inside diameter Institute of Freight Forwarders Intermediate fuel oil Intermediate fuel oil Inert Gas System Inert gas system Indicated hourse power Indicated horse power International Longshoremen's Association International Labour Office In lieu of holds cleaning In lieu of weight Intergovernment maritime commission International Maritime Dangerous Goods (Code) International maritime dangerous goods code International Monetary Fund International Maritime Organization International Maritime Organization In liquidation Inch (-es) Including Indcluding overtime Internaitonal commercial terms Independent Information If New York, not north of George Washington bridge Insert Inspection or Inspector Instant or Present month

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inst. intertanko intn inv iop IOPC iou ipf ipso facto ird iro isf ISGOTT islwg ism ISO iso ISPS Code ISSC ITF itf ITOPF iv iwl iwl jcc jcra jet jpn jpn jsa jst JV k k.d. k.d.f. kero kg kn kos kph kr kt kt ktm l&d l&r l.b.h. l.t l/c l/c l/c or lc l/d la la lakes lash lat

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Clauses oficially accepted by the Institute of clauses London Underwriters International Association of Independent Intention Invoice Irrespecitve of percentage International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (See CLC) I owe you Intaken piled fathorn By the fact itself Inland rail depot In respect of International Safety Federation International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals International Shipping Legislation Working Group (UNCTAD) International Safety Management International Standards Organization Instead of or International Standard Organization International Ship and Port Facility Security Code International Ship Security Certificate International Transport Workers Fedration International Transportworkers Federation International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Invoice value or increased value Institute Warranties Limits Institute Warranty Limits Joint Cargo Committee Joint Common Risks Agreement Jet fuel Japan Japan Japanese Shipowners' Association Japan Standard Time (GMT+9) Joint Venture Kilo or Knot Knocked down Knocked down flat Kerosene Kilogram Knott(s) Kilos Kilometres per hour Korea Knott(s) Kilo ton Keel To Mast Loss and damage Lake and rail Length / breadth / height Long tons Lay can Letter of Credit Letter of credit Loading / discharging Los Angeles (USA) Los Angeles or Letter of: Authority or Appointment Great Lakes (US/CA) Lighter aboard ship Latitude

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lat laycan lb lb.(s) lbp lbp LC lc lcl lcl/fcl lcm ld ldd ldg ldg lf lgc lh lhar liba lifo lkg&bkg ll lmc lmt LNG lng lo-lo loa loa loh loi loi long long lop LOT lpg lpg lpgc lps lr lr lr lrg ls ls ls lsd lst lt lt.v. lta ltbends ltge lts lubs lwh Latitude Laydays/cancelling pounds Pound(s) Length between perpendiculars Lenght between perpendiculars Lay Can Laycan or Last cargo Less than full containerload

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More than one Shipper/one Consignee Least common multiple Load Leaded Loading Loading Low frequency Liquified gas carrier Lower hold London, Hull, Antwerp, Rotterdam range Lloyd's Insurance Brokers Association Liner in free out or Last in first out Leakage and breakage Load lines or Long Lenghts Lloyd's machinery certificate Local mean time Liquefied Natural Gas Liquified Natural Gas Lift-on, lift-off or Load-on, load-off Length over all Lenght overall or Letter of Appointment Loss of hire Letter of Indemnity Letter of Indemnity Longtitude Longitude letter of protest Load On Top Liquified petroleum gas Liquified Petroleum Gas Liquified petroleum gas carrier Lumpsum Lloyds Register Long range Lloyd's Register Large Light ship Lump sum Lumpsum Lashed, secured and dunnaged Local standard time Long ton (2240 lbs) Light-vessel Long term agreement Liner terms both ends Lighterage Laytime saved Lubricants Length, width, height

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lwm lwost lwr m m. m.e. or me m/d m/m m/s m/s m/s m/v or mv m/y MARPOL max maxbactap mbt mco MCS mdo mdo mdse mdwt mech med meg memo messrs mfg mfrs mg/r mga mgo mgt mh mhe mhws mic mic mid min min/max or mip MISC miti mkt mlb mld mlws moa mod moh mol molchopt molco moloo mom mop Low water mark Low-water ordinary spring tides Lower

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Measurement (ton of 35,3 cubic feet) Metres Main engine Months after date or Malicious damage Minimum/Maximum Motor ship Mate's Receipt Motor ship or Months after sight Motor vessel Motor yacht Marine Pollution Prevention (International Convention) MARS Nautical Institute Marine Accident Reporting Maximum System max but as close to as possible Moterblocks turnings Maximum continous output Maritime Security Code Marine diesel oil Marine diesel oil Merchandise Metric tons dead weight Mechanical Mediterranean Middle East Gulf Memorandum Messieurs or Gentlemen or Sirs Manufacturing Manufactures Managing/Manager Master''s general account Marine gas oil Management Main hatch Materials handling equipment Mean high water spring tides Man in charge Man in charge Middle Minute or Minimum Minimum / maximum Marine insurance policy Miscellaneous Ministry of International Trade & Industry (JP) Market Mini-landbridge Moulded Mean low water spring tides Memorandum of Agreement Ministry of Defence Medical Officer of Health More or less More or less in Charterers option More or less Charterers option More or less Owners option Moment Muriate or potash

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mos mot mou paris mph mpp mr ms MSS mst MT mt mths mtl mv n n.r. N/B na na or n/a naa naabsa nap nb ncb ncr ncsa ncv ndfcapmqs ndv ne nei neobig neobigeayf neobigeyfy nep nes newci ng ngl nhc nhp nkk nkorl NM nn nnogwb no no noa nobl noc noe nograin nohp noibn nola non mech non rev Months

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Ministry of Transport (now Dept. Of Transport) or Monthly overtime Memorandum of Understanding (Paris) Miles per hour Multi-purpose (type of ship) Medium range Months after sight or Machinery survey Maritime Safety and Security Measurement Meters Motor tanker or Empty or Metric tons or Mean time Months Mean tidal level Motor vessel and No risk until confirmed or Net register New Building North America or North Atlantic or Not absolutely or Nearest approach or Not availabe or Not applicable or No account or No advice Not applicable / Not acceptable / Not available Not always afloat Not always afloat but safely aground Naphta Newbuilding or Northbound or Nota bene National Cargo Bureau Non-conformance report (ism) North Coast South America No commercial Value No deadfreight for Charterers account provided minimum quantity supplied Net deadweight Not east (of) or Not exceeding Not elsewhere included Not east of but including Greece Not east of but including Greece and excluding Albania, Yoguslavia and former Yoguslavia Not east of but including Greece and excluding Yoguslavia and former Yoguslavia and Albania Not elsewhere provided Not elsewhere shown (or specified) Not east of West Coast Italy Nigeria Natural gas liquid No heat crude Nominal horse power Nippon Kaiji Kyokai No known or reported loss Nautical Mile Not north not north of george washington bridge Number Number Not overaged Not On Banned List Notice of cancellation Not otherwise enumerated Grain Charter Party Not otherwise herein provided Not otherwise indicated by number, not otherwise indexed by name New Orleans (Louisiana) Non mechanical Non reversible

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nop nop nop nor nor nora nos npl nrad NRC nrt nsf nspf nspf nsw nt nt nubaltwood nv NVOCC nwobi ny nype nype nysa o&r o&s o/a o/a o/c o/n o/o o/s oa oa obo obo OBQ occ OCD OCIMF od od oecd ogsb onw oo ooc op OPA 90 opec OPL opt opt or orb orc ord Not elsewhere provided Not otherwise provided

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Normal Operating Power (service speed) Notice of readiness Note of readiness or Not otherwise rated Notice of readiness accepted Not otherwise shown/specified or Numbers Norwegian policy lomits No risk after discharge National Response Centre Net register tons Norwegian sales form Not specially/specifically provided for Not specially/specifically provided for New South Wales Net tons New terms or New tonnage or Net terms Timber Charter Party Norwegian Veritas Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier not west of but including New York New York Produce Exhange (charter party) New York Produce The New York Shipping Association Ocean and rail Ocean and air Open account or On account of or Over all Open account or On account of or Over all Open charter or Overcharge Order notify Order of or Oil-Ore carrier or Ocean/ocean (movement) On sale or Out of stock Over aged Over age Oil bulk ore Oil/bulk/ore (carrier) On0Board Quantity (before loading) On-carriage charges or Occupied olio combustibile denso (Fuel oil) Oil Companies International Marine Forum Outside diameter On deck or Outer diameter Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development One good safe berth Onwards Owner's option Ore oil carrier Open policy or Option Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (U.S.) Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Outside Port Limits Option Option Owner's risk Owner's risk of breakage Owner's risk of chafing Owner's risk of damage

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ordet orf orl ors orw os&d osd osp OSRO OSS ost ot ows p&c p&c p&i p+i p.p.i p/e p/f p/l p/l p/n p/o p/p p/s pa pa pac pan pandi pb pb pbl pc pc pc pcc pcl pcnt pco pcs pct pctc pd pd pd stg pdaopr pdopr pdpr pds PFSA PFSO PFSP pg phil phpd pi Owner's risk of detoriation Owner's risk of fire/freezing Owner's risk of leakage Owner's risk of shifting Owner's risk of becoming wet Over short and damage Open shelterdecker One safe port Oil Spill Removal Organization On Scene Security

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Ore Sea Transport or Ordinary spring tides Overtime or On truck or railway or Open top (container) Owners Private & Confidential Private and confidential Protection and indemnity (club) Protection and Indemnity Policy proof of interest Purchase enquiry Proforma Partial loss Partial loss Promissory note Pier/ocean Pier/pier Public sale Particular average Particular average Pacific Coast Panama Protection and indemnity (club) Permanent bunkers Permanent Bunkers Parallel Body Length Product carrier Per container or Part cargo Percentage or % Pure car carrier or Pre-carriage charges Parcel panama canal net tonnage Port, charterers' option Pieces Percentage or % Pure car/truck carrier Per day or port dues Per diem (per day) or Port dues or Paid or Passed British Pound Sterling (GBP) Per day and/or pro rata Per diem or pro rata per day pro rate Pound Sterling Port Facility Security Assessment Port Facility Security Officer Port Facility Security Plan Persian Gulf (now AG) Philippines Per hatch per day Protection and Indemnity

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pic pkd pkge plc pls pls plt pltc pm pmo pmo pmqs pmt pmt po-po pob poc pod pod por posn pp pp(d) ppi PPM ppm ppse ppt ppt pr prc pref probo prt ps psc psg PSI pt pt pto pton pty pus pw py qar qc QI qn qte qte qty qwct qy r&cc r&l r&o Person in charge Partially knocked down Package Public Limited Company Please Please Per long ton Port liner term charge Per month or Afternoon Passing muscat outbound Passing Muscat outbound

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Provided minimum quantity supplied Per metric ton Per metric ton Push-on/push-off Pilot on board, or port office box port of call Paid on delivery Pay on delivery or Port of discharge or Proof of Delivery Port of refuge or Port of registry Position Picked ports or On behalf of (per procurationem) Prepaid Policy proof of interest Parts Per Million Parts per million Propose Prompt Prompt Polski Rajestr Statkow People's Republic of China Prefer/Preferable/Preferably Product/bulk/ore carrier Port Port side Port state control Passing Pounds Per Square Inch Product tanker Port or Private terms Please turn over Per ton Proprietary Past us Packed weight or Piece weight Py-gas Quality assurance representative (ism) Quality at Captain's option Qualified Individual (OPA 90) Quotation Quote Quote Quantity Quay weight crane tonnage dues Query Riots and civil commotion Rail and lake Rail and ocean

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r.s.v.p. r/p r/t r/v r/v or rnd ra rc rc&l rcc&s rcvd rd rd rdc rdc rdly rdr re. rec redel redely reefer ref refg reg rep req rg rge rge or rng rina rit rnr ro ro ro-ro rob RORO rp rpm rqrd rs rs&cc RSO rx s&p s&p brkr s.s. s.t.c. s/a s/fa s/n s/r s/s s/s/r/cma sa sae SAR SatCom

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Repondez, s'il vous plait (Please reply) Return of post (for orders) Round trip or Radio telephone or Rye terms Round voyage Round voyage Receivers' approval Refrigerated container Rail, canal and lake Riots, civil commotion and strikes Received Running days Road or Running days Running down clause Running down clause Redelivery Radar Relating to or With reference to Received Redelivery Redelivery Refrigerated container Reference Refrige-rating/-rated/-ration Regarding Representative Require Range Range Range Registro Italiano Refining in transit Rate not reported Registered office Registered office Roll-on/roll-of Remaining on board Roll On/Roll Off River Plate or Return Premium Revolutions per minute Required Rupees (Currency of India) Riots, strikes and civil commotions Recognized Security Organization Receiver (radio) Sale and purchase Sale and purchase broker Special survey Said to contain Subject to approval Shipping and forwarding agent Shipping note Signing/releasing Steamship Stem, suppliers, receivers, charterers management South Atlantic or South America or South Africa or South Australia or Socite Anonyme or Safe arrival or and Subject to approval Stamped addressed envelope Search And Rescue Satellite Communication

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satcoms SatNav satshex or sb sb sbm sbm sbp sbt SBT sbt sc&s SCAC scnt sd sdbl sdd sdg SDWT See-Bee sf sfb sg shex shex shinc shinc shmt shp si/tw sid sit sl sl&c sl&t sld sls&c slsd smc smm sms so sob soc SoCPF sof sol solas solas sopep souspalan sp sp spd SPM spm spore spt Sattelite communications Satellite Navigation

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Saturdays Sundays Holidays excluded Safe berth Safe berth or Southbound Single buoy mooring Single Buoy mooring or Soy bean meal Safe berth-port Bow to Centre Manifold Segregated Ballast Tanks Segregated ballast tanks Strapped, corded and sealed Standard carrier alpha code Suez canal net tonnage Single deck or Sight draft or Short delivery Sight draft, B/L attached Store door delivery Siding Summer Deadweight Sea Barge carrier Stowage factor or Single factor Summer free board Specific gravity Sundays Holidays Excluded Sundays and holidays excepted Sundays Holidays included Sundays and holidays included Shipment Shaft horse power Single/tweendeck Single decker Stopping in transit Salvage loss Shipper's load and count Shipper's load and tally Sailed Shipper's load, stow and count Stowed, lashed, secured, dunnaged Safety Management Certificate (ism) Safety Management Manual (ism) Safety Management System Ship's option or Shipping order Shipped on board Shipper's own container Statement of Compliance for Port Facility Statement of facts Shipowner's liability or Shipper owned/leased Safety of Life At Sea Safety of Life at Sea Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan (ism) Under hook discharge safe port Safe port Steamer pays dues Single Point Mooring System Saturday p.m. or Single point mooring Singapore spot

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sr src ss ss SSA sshinc SSO SSP sst ssw st stb(d) stbd STCW stds stds stem stem stew conve stewcode stg stl stof str sts stw stwg stwge su sub sub subs sucl sulcl sv svp swad swad swd swdd swl swl syna t t&p t/c t/l ta tac tarps tarv tba TBN tbn tc tc tch tcl Soviet Register Slops Receiving Station Stainless Steel

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Shipside or Special survey or Steamship or Self-sustained or Screw steamer Ship Security Assessment Saturdays, Sundays and holidays included Ship Security Officer Ship Security Plan Short ton (2000 lb. Avoirpois) Summer salt water Side tank Startboard Starboard International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 Standards Standards Subject to existence of merchandise Cargo availability International convention on standards of training certification and watch-keeping for seafarers Seafarers training certification and watch-keeping Salvage tug Steel Statement of facts Steamer of Strait ship to ship Said to weigh Stowing (cbm/feet) Stowage Set up Subject to existence of merchandise Subject to, or Substitute Subjects Set up carload Set up in less than carload Sailing vessel Single voyage permit Salt water arrival draft Salt water arrival draft Salt water draft Salt water departure draft Safe working load Safe working load or Statutory water level Synacomex Ton of 1000 Kilos Theft (petty) and pilferage Time Charter or Till countermanded or Temperature controlled container Total loss Transatlantic Transatlantic Carrier Association Tarpaulins Trans atlantic round voyage To be advised / agreed To Be Nominated To be named / nominated / narrowed Time charter Time Charter or Till countermanded or Temperature controlled container Time Charter hire tankcleaning

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tct TCV tdw teu teu tg thc thp tib tip tiw tl tlo tlx tnge tns / ts tomk ton ton tor tovalop tpc tpi tq tr ts tsp tss tt ttl tv tw twd tx u.d. u/c uae uh uk uk/cont ukc ukfo ulbc ulcc ums und unl unqt us usa usac USCG usd usda usec usg usnh usnopc Time Charter trip Total Calcuated Volume Tons deadweight Twenty feet equivalent unit Twenty foot equivalent unit Tug Terminal handling charge Thrust horse-power Trimmed in bunkers Taking inward pilot Total insured value Total loss Total loss only Telex Tonnage Tons To make Ton of 1000 Kilos Turn over or Transfer order Time on risk

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Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement to Limit Oil Pollution Tons per centimetre Tons per inch As found, or Just as it is Tons registered or All risks Tons Triple super phosphate Twin screw ship Telegraphic transfer Total Time volume Tween (deck) Tweendecker Telex or Transmitter (Radio) Under deck Undercharge United Arab Emirates Upper hold United Kingdom United Kingdom / continent range United Kingdom / Continent United Kingdom for orders Ultra Large Bulk Carrier Ultra Large Crude Carrier Unleaded motor spirits Undarker Unleaded Unquote United States United States of America United States Atlantic Coast United States Coast Guard United States Dollars United States Department of Agriculture United States East Coast United States Gulf United States North of Cape Hatteras United States North Pacific

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ussa uswc uu uw v.v. val var VAT vatos vc VCF VEF veg vegoil vip viz vlcc vlcc vlpc vol VPQ VRP vsl w w&f w&i w&m w&r w/m wa waf wb wb wb wc wccon wci wci wcmex wcsa wcsa wcuk wcus wcyo weccon wechon welcon wg wgt whd whf whse wibon wibon wiccon wifpon wipon wiwl

Abbreviation list
United States Salvage Association United States West Coast Unless used Underwriter(s) Vice versa Value Variable or Various Value Added Tax Valid or value - at time of shipment Valuation clause Volume Correction Factor Vssel Experience Factor Vegetable oil Vegetable oil Very Important Person or Volume incentive program Videlicet (=namely) Very large crude carrier Very Large Crude Carrier Very Large Products Carrier Volume Vessel Particulars Questionnaire Vessel Response Plan Vessel Weight per 1000 kilos Water and feed Weighing and inspection War and Marine Water and rail Weight/Measurement With average West Africa Water ballast Water ballast Westbound, or Waybill or Water ballast West coast Whether customs cleared or not West Coast India West Coast India West Coast Mexico West Coast South America West Coast of South America West Coast United Kingdom West Coast United States What can you offer? Whether entered customs clearance or not Whether entered customs house or not Coal charter party Weight guaranteed Weight Working hatch per day Wharf Warehouse Whether in berth or not Whether in berth or not Whether in cargo clearance or not Whether in free pratique or not Whether in port or not within institute warrant limit

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wltm wmed wmo wna wo wob wog wp wp wpa wr wro wrtd ws wshtc wsnp wtba wts wtsbe wty wvns ww wwd wwf wwr y/a yar yday yr yugo water level to manifold West Mediterranean

Abbreviation list

World Meterological Organisation Winter North Atlantic Written off Washed overboard Without guarantee or With other goods Weather permitting Weather permitting or Without prejudice With particular average War risks or Without responsibility or Warehouse receipt War risk only Without reference to date World scale World scale hours terms and conditions Weather and safe navigation permitting Wording to be agreed Working time saved Working time saved both ends Warranty Within vessels natural segregation World Wide or Weather working Weather working days Australian Waterside Workers Federation When where ready York/Antwerp (rules) York-Antwerp Rules Yesterday Your or Year Yugoslavia

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