ABS Class notation of vessel Always Afloat or Safe Aground. Condition for a vessel whilst in port Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam Area Annual Automation control Survey
BMEA BNM BOSV BRM BT BTN BTU BWMP
British Marine Equipment Association Broadcast Notice to Mariners British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association Bridge Resources Management Berth Terms Brussels Tariff Nomenclature British Thermal Unit Ballast Water Management Plan
C&F C&F FO C.B.T /CBT Cft/CF C/P /CP CAD CBM
Cost, Insurance & Freight Cost and Freight Free Out Clean Ballast Tanks Cubic Feet (ft3) Charterparty or Charter Party Cash Against Documents Cubic Meters
DAF DAM DAPS DBB DBS DD DDP
Delivered At Frontier Cargo Damage Days All Purposes Deals ,battens an Boards Destryed By Storm Dry Docking Delivery Duty Paid
ECU ECS EDH EDI EFIP EGNOS EHMA EIA EXL
European Currency Unit Electronic Chart System Efficient Deck Hand Electronic Data Interchange European Federation of Inland Ports European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service European Harbour Masters Association Environmental Impact Assessment Excess Of Loss
FOC FOW FPA FPDSO FPS FR FRB FRC FRP
Flag of Convenience Free On Warf Free of Particular Average Floating Production, Drilling, Storage and Offloading vessel Floating Production and Storage First Refusal. First attempt at best offer that can be matched Fast Rescue Boat Fast Rescue Craft Facility Response Plan
GMDSS GMT GNCN GOV GRT GSV GT
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Greenwich Mean Time (Universal/Zulu Time) General Conditions Gross Observed Volume Gross Registered Tonnage Gross Standard Volume Gross Tons
H&M HAZMAT HBL HCPV HCRF HDLTSBENDS HDWTS HF HFO
Hull and Machinery NOAA's Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division Hydrostatic Balanced Loading High Capacity Passenger Vessel Hydrographic Chart Raster Format Half Dispatch Lay Time Saved Both Ends Half Dispatch Working Time Saved High Frequency Heavy Fuel Oil
IFR ILDD IMGS IMO INBD INLS-code INMARSAT INTERCO INTERTANKO IRF IRIS IS ISDN ISDP ISF ISGOTT ISM ISSN ITB ITC ITZ IUHTAUTC IWS JMIE JU
Interim Final Rule In Lieu of Dry Dock, Class survey Interim Final Rule International Medical Guide for Ships Inboard International Noxious Liquid Substances Intern. Maritime Convention on Communication by Satellite International Code of Signals Intern. Association of Independent Tanker Owners Invoice Request Form Incident Reporting Information System Interim Final Rule Intact Stability Code (IMO) Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated Ship Design and Production International Shipping Federation International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals International Safety Management Code (ISM Code) International Standard Serial Number Integrated Tug Barge International Tonnage Convention Inshore Traffic Zone. Navigational lane If Used, Half Time Actually to Count In Water Survey Joint Maritime Information System Jack-Up (MODU)
KN KPSS KTM kVA
KNOTS Kuching-Pending and Sarikei Service Keel To Mast kilo Volts Amps
L/C L/D L/T LAMP LANBY LAWS LBS LCAC LDGMANUAL LDRS LDT LEL LGC LHG LI LIFO LL LMC LNG LO/LO LOP LOT LPG LR LSI LSS LWONT
Letter Of Credit average load/discharge rate per day, in tons Long tons (2,240 lbs.) Large Amplitude Motions and Loads Large Automatic Navigation Buoy Legal Automated Workstation System Lifeboat stations Landing Craft Air Cushion Loading Manual Legal Document Research System Light Displacement Ton Lower Explosive Limit Liquefied Gas Carrier Liquefied Hazardous Gas Loading Instrument Liner In Free Out Loadline Lloyds Machinery Certificate Liquefied Natural Gas Lift On/Lift Off Line of Position Load On Top Liquefied Petroleum Gas Lloyd's Register of Shipping Life Saving Index Limited Smooth Water Servic Low Water Ordinary Near Tides
M&R M/T MV MAIB MARSB MARDEZ MARPOL MARS MAYDAY MB MCDS MCRC MCTM MEHRA MEP MFCMA MGO MIB MIN MIS MLB MLW MMD MMLD MMSI MNTB MOB MODU MOP MPA MRCC MSB MT
Maintenance & Repair Metric tons (2,250 lbs. Motor Vessel Marine Accident Investigation Branch Marine Assistance Request Broadcasts Maritime Defense Zones Marine Pollution Prevention Marine Accident Reporting Scheme Distress Signal Main Bearing Modular Cargo Delivery System Marine Casualty Response Center Marine Custody Transfer Measurement Marine Environmentally High Risk Areas Marine Environmental Protection Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act Marine Gas Oil Marine Index Bureau Marine Information Note Missing Motor Lifeboat/li> Mean Low Water Merchant Marines Document (USCG) Merchant Marine Licensing & Document System Maritime Mobile Service Identity Merchant Navy Training Board Man Overboard Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Mobile Offshore Production Marine Protection Area Maritime rescue coordination centre Maritime Subsidy Board Metric Tons
NA NAVSEA NFTZ MIMIS MNNAVTEX NOP NORSKE VERITAS NPV NSV NSW NT MVOCC
Not Applicable Naval Sea System Command Non free trade zone NPFC Integrated Management System. Navigational and meteorological warning broadcast service Notice of Protest Norwegian classification society Net Present Value Net Standard Volume Net Standard Weight Net Tons Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier
O/T OBQ OILPOL OOD OOG OOW ORO OSV OT OTBD
Overtime On-Board Quantity Oil Pollution Officer of the deck Out Of Gauge Officer of the watch Ore/Oil Carrier Offshore Supply Vessel Oil Tight Outboard
Protecting & Indemnity Club Pushing and Towing Purposes Pressure Vacuum - Valve Passenger/Vehicles Ferry maximum size capable of transit of the Panama Canal Port Billing Rate Pure Car Carrier Part Cargo Per Day Pro-Rated Port Forward Personal Flotation Device Per Freight Ton Per Hatch Per Day Port Inboard Person In Charge Position Location Systems Port Liner Term Charges Preventive Machinery Maintenance system Planned Maintenance System Purchase Order Port Out Starboard Home Port Prefix Port Forward Parts Per Million Propeller Port State Control Pounds Per Square Inch Portable Sampling Unit Power Take Off Passenger User Fee Per Weather Working Day
QC QIT QSCS
Quality Coordinator Quality Improvement Team Quality System Certification System
Research And Development Radio Direction and Range Replenishment at Sea Recreational Boating Safety Receivers) Radio Direction Finder Refrigerated Cargo Ship or Container Refrigeration Reporting System Reversing Revised Report Request For Class Request For Invoice Request For Approval Request for Quote Restricted Greater Coasting Service River and Harbour Service Rigid Inflatable Boat Room Remaining On-Board Rate Of Exchange Roll On/Roll Off Rapid Response Damage Assessment Russian Register of Shipping Rapid Response Team
SAF SAIL SALM SARMIS SATPM SBS SBT SCA SCAC SCAMP SCM SCRS SDWT SELFD SER SLC SLE SLP SNAC SOC SOS SP SP MAT SPM SRTS SSHINC STARS STD SUEZMAX SVY SWAD
Special Attendance Fees System to Automate and Integrate Logistics Single Anchor Leg Mooring SAR Management Information System Saturday P.M. Shipboard System Segregated Ballast Tanks Suez Canal Authority Standard Carrier Alpha Code Shipboard Computer Aided Maintenance Program Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Croatian Register of Shipping Summer Deadweight Self Discharging Service Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate Safety Equipment Certificate Passenger Ship Safety Certificate Single Number Access Code Shipper Owned Container Morse Code Distress Signal Safe Port Special Material Single Point Mooring System Survey Report Tracking Sheet Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included Ship Tracking and Retrieval System Short Term Disability Tanker with max. size capable of transit of the Suez Canal Survey Salt Water Arrival Draft
T&SP T/C T/S TAX TBS TCS TCV TEU TFW TLFG TNK TO TOCA TOT TOV TPC TPI TRC TRF TW
Towing and Salvage Purposes Time Charter Tug/Salvage Storage Tanks Tax To Be Scrapped Tanker Caustic Soda Total Calculated Volume Twenty Foot Tanker Fresh Water Tanker, Liquefied Flammable Gases Tank Tender Offer Transfer Of Class Agreement (IACS) Total Loss Total Observed Volume Tons Per Centimeter Tons Per Inch (Immersion) Type Rating Certificate Telecommunication Relay Float Tween Decker
UC UEL UFL UHP UPS UR
Unanimous Consent Upper Explosive Limit Upper Flammable Limit Ultra High Pressure Uninterrupted Power Supply Ukrainian Register
VDR VDU VHF VIDS VLBC VLCC VRS VSOA VTMS
Voyage Data Recorder Visual Display Unit Very High Frequency Vessel Identification System Very Large Bulk Carrier Very Large Crude Carrier Vapor Recovery System Vessel Safety and Operations Audit Vessel Traffic Management Services
WLTHC WP/SRC WQIS WS WT WTBS WWD
Water Line / Top of Hatch Coaming Working Party on Surveyors Reporting and Certification Water Quality Insurance Syndicate Worldscale Watertight Water-Tube Boiler Survey Water Working Days