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Shipping Abbreviation
AA Always Afloat AAAA Always Afloat Always Accessible ABS American Bureau Of
Shipping AFSPS Arrival First Sea Pilot Station AGW All Going Well ANTHAM Antwerp
Hamburg Range APS Arrival Pilot Station ARA Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Range ARAG
Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Ghent Range AS or A/S Alongside ASPW Any Safe Port
Worldwide ATDNSHINC Any Time Day Night Sundays Holidays Included BAF Bunker
Adjusting Factor BBB Before Breaking Bulk BDAYS Banking Days BDI Both Dates Inclusive
BENDS Both Ends BHP Break Horse Power BI Both Inclusive BIMCO The Baltic &
International Maritime Council BL Bale B/L Bill Of Lading BLT Built BOB Bunker On Board
BROB Bunkers Remaining On Board BSS Basis BT Berth Terms BV Bureau Veritas BW
Brackish Water BWAD Brackish Water Arrival Draft CAF Currency Adjusting Factor CFT
Cubic Feet CFR Cost & Freight CHOPT Charterer's Option CIF Cost Insurance & Freight COA
Contract Of Affreightment COACP Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party COB Closing Of
Business COBLDN Closing Of Business London COGSA Carriage of Goods By Sea Act COD
Cash On Delivery CONT Container Vessel CONT Continent (Europe) COP Custom Of Port C/P
or CP Charter Party CPD Charterers Pay Dues CQD Customary Quick Despatch CR Crane
CROB Cargo Remaining Onboard CST Centistoke CUFT Cubic Feet CUM Cubic Meters D/A
Disbursement Account DAP or DAPS Days All Purposes DBL SKIN Double Skinned DDP
Delivered Duty Paid DELY Delivery DEM Demurrage DERR or DER Derrick DES or DESP
Despatch DEQ Delivered Ex Quay DHDATSBE Demurrage Half Despatch On All Time Saved
Both Ends DHDWTSBE Demurrage Half Despatch On Working Time Saved Both Ends DLOSP
Dropping Last Outwards Sea Pilot DNV Det Norske Veritas DO Diesel Oil DOLSP Dropping
Off Last Sea Pilot DOP Dropping Outward Pilot DOT Department Of Transport DWT
Deadweight EC East Coast EIU Even If Used ELVENT Electrically Ventilated ETA Expected
Time Of Arrival ETC Expected Time Of Completion ETD Expected Time Of Departure ETS
Expected Time of Sailing EXINS Extra Insurance EXW Ex Works FA Free Alongside FAC
Fast As Can FAS Free Alongside Ship FCA Free Carrier FD Free Despatch FDD Freight
Demurrage & Deadfreight FDEDANRSAOCLONL Freight Deemed Earned Discountless &
Non-Refundable Ship And Or Cargo Lost Or Not Lost FE Far East FHEX Fridays Holidays
Excluded FHINC Fridays Holidays INCluded FIO Free In Out FIOST Free In Out Stowed &
Trimmed FIOT Free In Out Trimmed FIT Free In Trimmed. FIW Free In Wagon FO Fuel Oil
FOB Free On Board FOC Flag Of Convenience FOG For Our Guidance FOR Free On Rail FOQ
Free On Quay FOT Free On Truck FOW First Open Water FOW Free On Wharf FREE EXINS
Free of Extra Insurance FT Feet FWAD Fresh water Arrival Draft. FWDD Fresh Water
Departure Draft FYG For Your Guidance FYI For Your Information GA General Average
GASBENDS Good And Safe (Port) Both Ends GENCON General contract GL Germanischer
Lloyd GLESS Gearless GO Gas Oil GNS German North Sea GR Grain GMDSS Global
Maritime Distress Safety System GTEE Guarantee HA Hatch HDLTSBENDS Half Despatch
Lay Time Saved Both Ends HDWTSBENDS Half Despatch Working Time Saved Both Ends
HBF Harmless Bulk Fertilizer HDWTS Half Demurrage Weather Time Saved HFO Heavy Fuel
Oil HHDW Handy Heavy Deadweight HMS Heavy Metal Scraps HO Hold HSS Heavy Soya
Sorghum HW High Water IFO Intermediate Fuel Oil IMDG International Maritime Dangerous
Code. IU If Used IMO International Maritime Organisation. IUHTAUTC If Used Half Time
Actually Used To Count I.W.L. Institute Warranty Limits KR Korean Register LAT Latitude
LAY/CAN (Laycan) Layday Cancelling date LC Letter Of Credit LOI Letter Of Indemnity
LOW Last Open Water LR or LRS Lloyds Register (Lloyds Register Of Shipping) LSD Lashed
Secured Dunnaged LSM Lumpsum L.T. Liner Terms LT or LTONS Long Tons LTS Laytime
Saved LW Low Water MB Merchant Broker MDO Marine Diesel Oil MGO Marine Gas Oil
MIN/MAX Minimum/Maximum MOA Memorandum Of Agreement MOLCHOP More Or Less
In Charterer's Option MOLOO More Or Less In Owner's Option MOT Ministry Of Transport
MT (MTONS) Metric Tons NAABSA Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground NCB National
Cargo Bureau NCSA North Coast South America NE Not East NKK Nippon Kaiji Kyokai NN
Not North NOLA New Orleans NOR Notice Of Readiness NS Not South NW Not West NYPE
New York Produce OO Owners Option OSH Open Shelter Deck OT On Truck PASSERO
Cape Passero PDPR Per Day Pro Rata PHPD Per Hatch Per Day PHPWD Per Hatch Per
Working Day PWWD Per Weather Working Day REDELY Redelivery RNR Rate Not
Reported ROB Remaining On Board ROC Reference Our Cable ROTLX Reference Our Telex
RPM Revolutions Per Minute RYC Reference Your Cable RYTLX Reference Your TeLeX
SSHEX or SATSHEX Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded SSHINC or SATSHINC
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included SB Safe Berth. SELFD SELFDischarger SF Stowage
Factor SHEX Sundays, Holidays Excluded SHINC Sundays, Holidays Included SID Single Deck
SKAW Skaggens Odde SOF Statement Of Facts SOM Swedish Official Measure SP(S) Safe
Port(s) SPORE Singapore SRBL Signing & Releasing Bill(s) Of Lading S.T. Short Tons STEM
Subject To Enough Merchandise SW Salt Water SWAD Salt Water Arrival Draft SWDD Salt
Water Departure Draft TC or T/C Time Charter TCP Time Charter Party TEU Transport
Equivalent Unit (the standard 20' container) TIP Taking Inbound Cargo TL Total Loss TOP
Taking Outbound Pilot TWN Tweendecker USAC US Atlantic Coast USC Unless Sooner
Commenced USCG US Coast Guard USEC US East Coast USG UU Gulf USNP or USNOPAC
US North Pacific USWC US West Coast UU Unless Used UUIWCTAUTC Unless Used In
Which Case Time Actually Used To Count. VPD Vessel Pay Dues WC West Coast WCCA
West Coast Central America WCCON Whether Custom Cleared Or Not WCSA West Coast
South America WIBON Whether In Berth Or Not WIFPON Whether In Free Pratique Or Not
WIPON Whether In Port Or Not WLTPOHC Waterline To Top Of Hatch Coaming WOG
Without Guarantee Working Copy Unchecked copy of C/P or MOA WP Weather Permitting.
WRIC Wire Rods in Coils. WWD Weather Working Days. WWR When, Where Ready.
WWWW Wibon Wiccon Wifpon Wipon. YAR York Antwerp Rules YC Your Cable. AA -
Always Afloat Maritime Abbreviations. (Info from U&D Shipping Transportation & Trading
Ltd)