Divers
| (S)AGW | Sub All Going Well |
| A.I | All In |
| A/H | Anchor Handling |
| A/S | AlongSide |
| AA | Always Afloat |
| AAAA | Always Afloat Always Accessible |
| ABT | ABouT |
| AGS | Aden Gulf Surcharge |
| AGW | All Going Well |
| AHT | AnchorHandling Tug |
| AMQ | Autorisation de mise à quai |
| APS | Arrival Pilot Station |
| ASAP
ASPW |
As Soon As Possible
Any Safe Port in the World |
| ATDNSHINC | Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays INCluded |
| ATUTC | Actually Time Used To Count |
| B/N | Booking Note |
| BAF | Bunker adjusting factor (freight) |
| BDI | Both Dates Inclusive |
| BE | Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports) |
| BEG | BEGinning |
| BENDS | Both Ends ( Load and discharge ports) |
| BI | Both Inclusive. |
| BIMCO | The Baltic and International Maritime Conference |
| B/L | Bill of lading |
| BOB | Bunker On Board |
| Box | everyday term for container (or boxed vessel) |
| BRGDS | Best ReGarDS |
| BROB | Bunkers Remaining On Board |
| Brt | Gross tonnage |
| BSC | Bordereau de suivi de cargaison |
| BT | Berth Terms |
| BV | Bureau Veritas |
| BWAD | Brackish Water Arrival Draft |
| C/P | CharterParty |
| CAF | Currency adjusting factor (freight) |
| CBM | M3 |
| CBFT | CuBic FeeT |
| CBR | Commodity box rate |
| CFT | Cubic FeeT |
| CFS | Container freight station |
| Chem | Chemical |
| CHOPT | CHarterer’s OPTion |
| COA | Contract Of Affreightment |
| COACP | Contract Of Affreightment Charter Party |
| COD | Cash On Delivery |
| CONT | CONTainer |
| COP | Custom Of Port |
| CQD | Customary Quick Despatch |
| CR | Current Rate |
| CROB | Cargo Remaining OnBoard |
| CSC | Convention sécurité conteneur (1972) |
| CTN | Cargo tracking note |
| CUFT | CUbicFeeT |
| CY | Container yard |
| D/A | Disbursement Account |
| DAP | Days All Purposes (Total days for loading and disch.) |
| DELY | DELiverY |
| DEM | DEMurrage |
| DESP | DESPatch |
| DHDATSBE | Despatch Half Demurrage on All Time Saved Both Ends |
| DHDWTSBE | Detpatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends |
| DK | DecK |
| DNV | Det Norske Veritas |
| DO | Diesel Oil |
| DOP | Dropping Outward Pilot |
| DOT | Department Of Transport |
| DPT | DePTh |
| DTS | Droit de Tirage Spéciaux |
| DWT | Dead Weight Tonnage (Fr=TPL, Tonne de port en lourd) |
| EDI | Electronical Data Interchange |
| EEOI | Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator |
| ETA | Expected Time of Arrival |
| ETC | Expected Time of Completion |
| ETD | Expected Time of Departure |
| ETS | Expected Time of Sailing |
| EVP | Equivalent vingt pieds |
| EXCL | EXCLusive |
| EXW | EX Works |
| F.DESP (FD) | Free DESPatch |
| F.DIS | Free DIScharge |
| F.P. | Flash point |
| F/N | Fixing Note |
| FA | Free Alongside |
| FAC | Fast As Can |
| FAC | Forwarding Agent Commission |
| FAK | Freight All Kind |
| FCL | Full container load |
| FD | Free Despatch |
| FDD | Freight Demurrage Deadfreight |
| FHEX | Friday Holidays EXcluded. (Muslim Countries) |
| FHINC | Friday Holidays INCluded. (Muslim Countries) |
| FIO | Free In and Out |
| FIOST | Free In and Out Stowed and Trimmed |
| FIOT | Free In and Out Trimmed |
| FIT | Free In Trimmed |
| FLT | Full Liner Terms |
| FM | FroM |
| FMC | Federal Maritime Commission |
| FO | For Orders |
| FO (IFO) | Fuel Oil |
| FOG | For Our Guidance |
| FOIS | Free in, out & stowed |
| Fr. wa. | Fresh water |
| FT | Freight ton |
| FWAD | Fresh Water Arrival Draft |
| FWDD | Fresh Water Departure Draft |
| FYG | For Your Guidance |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| GA | General Average |
| GASBEND | Good And Safe (Port) Both ENDs |
| GENS | GENeralS or general cargo |
| GL | Germanischer Lloyd |
| GO | Gas Oil |
| GP | General purpose |
| GRT | Gross Register Tonnage ( Jauge Brute = Capacité du navireau dessous du pont |
| GT | Gross Tonnage (Jauge brute totale = Capacité totale du navire) |
| GTEE | GuaranTEE |
| HA | HAtch |
| HMS | Heavy Metal Scraps |
| HO | Cargo HOld |
| HR | HouR |
| HRS | HouRS |
| HV | HeaVy |
| HW | High Water |
| IEEC | International Energy Efficiency Certificate |
| IFP | Intermediate fuel participation |
| IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Code |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation. |
| ISI | If Sufficient Inducement |
| ISMC | International Safety Management Code |
| ISO | International standard organisation |
| ISPS | International Ship and Port Facility Security Code |
| ISTELI | Institut Supérieur du Transport Et de la Logistique Internationale |
| IU | If Used |
| KMC | cargo refrigerating system |
| KN | Knots |
| LCL | Less than container load |
| L.S. | LumpSum. |
| L.T. | Liner Terms |
| LASH | Light Aboard SHip |
| LAYCAN | LAYday CANcelling date |
| LC | Loading Capacity |
| LCR | Lowest Current Rate |
| LDN | LaDeN |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| Lo Ho | Lower Hold |
| LOA | Lenght Over All |
| LOI | Letter Of Indemnity. |
| LOLO | Lift On Lift Off ship |
| Long tons | 1016 Kgs |
| LOW | Last Open Water |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LPS | LumPSum |
| LR | Lloyds Register of Shipping |
| LSD | Lashed Secured Dunnage |
| LT | Long Tons |
| LT | Liner Terms |
| LT (LTONS) | Long TONS. |
| LW | Low Water |
| m/r | Mates receipt |
| MAQ | Mise à quai |
| MDWT | Metric DeadWeight tons |
| MIN/MAX | Minimum/Maximum (cargo quantity) |
| MOLCHOP | More Or Less CHarterers OPtion |
| MOLOO | More Or Less Owners (Masters) Option |
| MTONS | Metric Tonnes |
| NAABSA | Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground |
| NCC | Non containerisable cargo |
| NIS | Norwegian International Shipsregister |
| NK | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai |
| Nm | Nautical mile = 1852m |
| NOR | Notice Of Readiness |
| NOS | Non otherwise specified |
| NRT | Net Registered Tonnage ( Jauge Net =capacité utile pour les marchandises) |
| NVOCC | Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers |
| o.a. | Over All |
| OA | Over Aged |
| OBO | Oil Bulk Ore |
| O/F | Ocean freigh |
| OMQ | Ordre de Mise à Quai |
| OO | Owners Option |
| OOG | Out of gauge cargo |
| OP | OPerator |
| OT | On Truck |
| OW | OWners |
| P & I | Protection & Indemnity |
| P/E | Purchase Enquiry |
| PDPR | Per Day Pro-Rata |
| PLTC | Port liner terminal charge |
| POD | Port Of Discharge |
| POL | Port Of Loading |
| POO | Point Of Origin |
| PPT | PromPT |
| PSC | Port service charge |
| PSV | Plattform Supply Vessel |
| PWH | Per Workable Hatch |
| PWWD | Per Weather Working day |
| REEF | Refrigerated |
| RGDS | ReGarDS |
| RGE | RanGE |
| ROB | Remaining On Board |
| RORO | Roll On Roll Off ship |
| RPM | Revs. Per Minute |
| S.O. | Shipper’s owned |
| S.THR. | Side Thruster |
| SATSHEX | SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays Excepted |
| SATSHINC | SATurdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded |
| SBS | Safe Berth |
| SBT | Segregated Ballast Tanks |
| SDR | Special Drawing Rights |
| SEEMP | Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan |
| SELFDISCH | SelfDischarger |
| SHEX | Sundays, Holidays EXcepted |
| SHINC | Sundays, Holidays Included |
| Short tons | 907 Kgs |
| SI | Sub Inducement |
| SID | Single Deck |
| SOF | Statement Of Facts. |
| SP | Safe Ports |
| SSHEX | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays EXcepted |
| SSHINC | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded |
| ST | Short Tons. |
| SCTS | Suez Canal Transit Surtaxe |
| SWAD | Salt Water Arrival Draft |
| SWDD | Salt Water Departure Draft |
| SWL | Safe working load |
| TA | TAnks |
| TBN | To Be Named |
| TBR | To Be Renamed |
| TCP | Time Charter Party |
| TCT | Time Charter Trip |
| TEU | Standard 20′ container |
| THC | TerminalHandling Cost |
| TID | Taxe informatique douanière |
| TIP | Taking Inward Pilot |
| TL | Total Loss |
| TOP | Taking Outward Pilot |
| TTL | ToTaL |
| ULCC | Ultra Large Crude Carrier |
| USC | Unless Sooner Commenced |
| UU | Unless Used |
| VATOS | Value At Time Of Shipment |
| VLCC | Very Large Crude Carrier |
| VSL | VeSseL |
| WCCON | Whether Custom Cleared Or Not |
| WIBON | Whether In Berth Or Not |
| WIFPON | Whether In Free Practique Or Not |
| WIPON | Whether In Port Or Not |
| WITA | WIng TAnk |
| WLL | Working Load Limit |
| WLTOHC | WaterLine-TO-HatchCoaming (distance) |
| WOG | WithOut Guarantee |
| WOG | WithOut Guarantee. |
| Working Copy | (Copy of Charter Party – not being signed and may contain unchecked errors |
| WP | Weather Permitting |
| WRIC | Wire Rods in Coils |
| WWD | Weather Working Days |
| WWR | When, Where Ready |
| WWWW | Wibon Wccon Wifpon Wipon |
| YAR | York Antwerp Rules |
| ZUTC = | GMT |