ACRONYMS

Following 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
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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

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

For Unattended

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

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

ASBA
TANKVOY

(U.K. Hydrographic Office)

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

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)

(46 USC Title V)

CF

Center Forward

CFE/TLE

Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty

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

Implementation

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

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

Guard)

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

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

Services

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

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 ISM

International 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)

Lloyds 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 Marine

Environment Preservation

MARITECH

Maritime Systems Technology Program (U.S.)

MARPOL

Marine Pollution Prevention (International Convention) MARS

Nautical 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

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

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

Terminal Operators

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
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